Social Democrats of America

At SDA, we do not discuss organizing; we discuss the drafting of a coherent Socialist platform.

The goal is to create a Socialist Democratic plaform to present at the 1st Social Democrats of America Congress.

Harrington SDA Type Branch

• Statement on SDA
• Declaration of Principle
• Ethical Charter

Intro to the basic of Socialism in 10 minutes

What is Social Democracy?

What do we owe to Social Democracy?

The Democratic Party - Whose Party Is It, Anyway?

Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister - Swedish with English Subtitles)

The story of the Socialist Logo (French with English Subtitles)

Why Socialist politicians became Social-Democrats or Socialists

• Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister - Swedish with English Subtitles)
• The story of the Socialist Logo (French with English Subtitles)
• Fist and rose (Wikipedia)

The 2021 French Socialist Party Convention

• English Translated Documents (Machine Translated in English)
• French Contribution (in French)
• Reinventing the World after COVID

The Important Socialists Congresses (or Conventions)

• Marseille 1879
• Stuttgart 1907
• Lenin's take on the 1907 Congress

Understanding the differences between Communism and Socialism

• Trotsky letter of Invitation
• The 21 conditions that Socialists did not sign
• The 1st Comintern Congress where Communists quit the Socialist party.

Books to read

• Michael Harrington: Socialism - Past and Future
• Cyril Lionel Robert James: The Black Jacobins - Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The important events that shaped the Socialist thinking

• The Dreyfus Affair
• The relationship between Marx and Lincoln
• The changes of values of the left over the last 100 years

Miscellaneous Videos

• The Black Jacobin and the First Black Revolutionary member of Parliament French with English Subtitles
• The New York City branch of the European Socialists party

If you have any question, please email info@socialists.us

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