Socialist Party of America
1901–1972 United States political party
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| February 2025 | Colorado State University's Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) chapter held a demonstration advocating for the university to become a sanctuary campus, delivering a petition with over 3,000 student signatures to the university administration in response to Trump administration executive orders on immigration. |
| 2024 | Communist Party USA claims to have increased its membership to 20,000 members. |
| 2024 | Joshua Bradley ran for City Council in Raleigh at-large, losing the nonpartisan election with 26,727 votes. |
| 2024 | DSA endorsed state-level Uncommitted campaigns in the Democratic primaries to protest the Biden administration's stance on the Israel–Hamas war, and made no endorsement in the general presidential race. |
| August 2024 | Cori Bush lost the Democratic primary election for her seat to Wesley Bell. |
| July 2024 | The DSA's National Political Committee revoked its endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez due to her stances on Palestine, though the New York City DSA chapter continued to endorse her. |
| July 11 2024 | DSA pulled its endorsement of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she hosted an online panel discussion about antisemitism, which the organization viewed as a 'deep betrayal'. |
| June 2024 | Jamaal Bowman lost the primary election to George Latimer. |
| May 2024 | Jamaal Bowman rejoined the DSA and was endorsed by its New York City chapter ahead of a primary challenge from George Latimer. |
| February 2024 | DSA gains at least 2,400 new dues-paying members due to its pro-Palestinian stance during the Israel-Hamas war. |
| 2023 | Communist Party USA claims to have 15,000 members. |
| 2023 | DSA became an Associate Member of the São Paulo Forum. |
| 2023 | During the DSA National Convention, Marxist and revolutionary socialist factions won a majority of seats on the 2023–2025 National Political Committee, marking a further leftward shift in the organization's political orientation. |
| 2023 | At the DSA National Convention, delegates prioritized school board elections, with successful DSA candidates running in at least 15 states, focusing on issues like transgender rights, fighting systemic racism, and supporting teachers' unions. |
| November 29 2023 | DSA began a five-day hunger strike outside the White House, with participants including Zohran Mamdani, Abraham Aiyash, Sumaya Awad, Cynthia Nixon, and Ashik Siddique. |
| November 15 2023 | DSA participated in a candlelight vigil and protest at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, which ended in clashes with U.S. Capitol Police, resulting in injuries to 90 protesters and 6 police officers. |
| November 7 2023 | The U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her statements on the Israel-Hamas war. |
| October 2023 | DSA gained at least 2,400 new dues-paying members due to its pro-Palestinian stance during the Israel-Hamas war. |
| October 2023 | University of Oregon's YDSA chapter led a successful nationwide undergraduate labor union campaign, unionizing 4,900 student workers. |
| October 2023 | DSA member and former honorary chair Cornel West announced his independent candidacy for the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| October 2023 | DSA became an official member of the Progressive International. |
| October 20 2023 | Socialist Party USA held its National Convention virtually from October 20-22, 2023, with reported organizer issues. |
| October 20 2023 | New York City DSA led a 3,000-person protest in Manhattan calling for a ceasefire, resulting in 139 protesters being arrested, including DSA member and New York State Senator Jabari Brisport. |
| October 16 2023 | Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib introduced a congressional resolution calling for deescalation and ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an initial co-sponsor. |
| October 13 2023 | DSA New York State Assembly members Zohran Mamdani and Marcela Mitaynes were arrested for disorderly conduct at a ceasefire rally in Brooklyn. |
| October 7 2023 | DSA published a statement on Hamas's attack, condemning civilian casualties and calling for an end to U.S. financial support to Israel. |
| August 2023 | DSA membership declined to 77,575, primarily due to lapsed dues. |
| August 2023 | DSA membership declines to 77,575 members. |
| August 2023 | DSA National Convention delegates voted to join the Progressive International. |
| July 2023 | DSA members Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Bush, and Bowman voted against a House resolution declaring Israel is not a racist or apartheid state. |
| May 2023 | DSA claimed victory after a four-year organizing campaign resulted in the passage of the Build Public Renewables Act, which they celebrated as the 'biggest Green New Deal victory in U.S. history', including provisions for public renewable energy, unionized jobs, electricity price discounts, and natural gas plant closures. |
| April 2023 | Bowman co-led a letter with Bernie Sanders to President Biden urging a probe into U.S. weapons use in human rights abuses against Palestinians, calling for restricting $3.8 billion in annual military aid to Israel. |
| March 2023 | DSA House members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman wrote to Governor Kathy Hochul urging the passage of the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA). |
| 2022 | Joshua Bradley ran for City Council in Raleigh at-large, losing the nonpartisan election with 18,143 votes. |
| 2022 | Troy Thompson ran for Mayor of Floodwood, losing the nonpartisan election with 51 votes. |
| 2022 | Sonya Emerick won a seat on the Minneapolis Board of Education in a nonpartisan at-large district election. |
| November 2022 | Greg Casar became the fifth DSA member elected to the House, though he was not endorsed by the organization due to his stances on Palestine. |
| February 2022 | Jamaal Bowman removed his sponsorship of the Israeli Relations Normalization Act, which some DSA National Political Committee members considered a win. |
| February 26 2022 | The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) issued a controversial statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, condemning the invasion while simultaneously arguing that the U.S. and NATO provoked Russia. The statement called for diplomacy, de-escalation, and U.S. withdrawal from NATO, drawing criticism from many Democratic members of Congress and generating significant media attention. |
| 2021 | Samantha Pree-Stinson won a seat on the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation using ranked-choice voting. |
| 2021 | Pat Noble won an uncontested election to the Red Bank Regional High School Board of Education in Monmouth County. |
| 2021 | DSA membership peaks at 95,000 members with 239 local chapters. |
| 2021 | DSA membership peaked at 95,000 with 239 local chapters. |
| 2021 | Controversy arose over DSA member Jamaal Bowman's vote to provide $1 billion in additional annual aid to Israel, which violated the organization's anti-Zionist and pro-BDS platform. |
| 2021 | DSA National Convention delegates voted to apply for membership in the São Paulo Forum. |
| October 22 2021 | Socialist Party USA conducted its National Convention virtually from October 22-24, 2021, experiencing organizer challenges. |
| June 2021 | India Walton, endorsed by the Buffalo DSA chapter, won the Democratic Party primary election for mayor, though she ultimately lost the general election to incumbent Byron Brown in November. |
| April 7 2021 | Announced intention to run candidates in elections again after a hiatus of over thirty years. Steven Estrada ran for Long Beach city council, receiving 8.5% of the vote. |
| March 2021 | DSA achieved an historic first by electing an all-DSA leadership of the Nevada Democratic Party, though their leadership ended in March 2023. |
| March 7 2021 | DSA launched a coalitional effort with Communications Workers of America and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, conducting rallies and making hundreds of thousands of phone calls to voters. |
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