The Capitalist system is designed by the wealthy elite to profit from exploiting the working class. We sell our labor to the owners of capital for a wage or salary that is significantly smaller than the value we create. We are subject to the tyranny of the capitalists: their ownership of our homes and workplaces gives them significant power over people’s lives, their immense wealth gives them nearly total control of our government, and their control of production ensures that people’s needs are not met.
We believe that to achieve true democracy, freedom from economic tyranny, and just distribution of resources, ordinary people must have a real voice in our government, our workplaces, and our neighborhoods. We need a democracy where we collectively control the economic drivers that dominate our lives, like housing, transportation, food, and sustainable energy.
The working class needs a mass movement to take the reins of society away from wealthy exploiters and put it into the hands of the people. This is Democratic Socialism.
To build such a mass movement, we fight to win things like Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and Social Housing. We organize with tenants so that they have the power to confront their landlords, and we organize with workers so they have the power to confront capital. We support socialists seeking elected office so they can represent the working class and help build the movement. We build Mutual Aid networks to ensure that people can get the resources they need. We do all of this so that, someday soon, the working class has the momentum necessary to liberate themselves and to take democratic control over their lives. See more about our chapter’s work here.
View DSA’s 2025-2026 Program to learn more about what DSA fights for!
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