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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a Socialist organization in the United States and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International , a federation of socialist, social democratic and labour parties and organizations. DSA was formed in 1983 by a merger of Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee , the largest remnant of the defunct Socialist Party of America led by Michael Harrington , and the New American Movement , a coalition of writers and intellectuals with roots in both the New Left movements of the 1960s and the more traditional parties of the Old Left . Originally DSA, like DSOC before it, was very strongly associated with , the DSA took no official position on the presidential election, with several prominent DSA members backing Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader . In 2004 , the organization backed John Kerry after he won the Democratic nomination. The only resolution on upcoming elections at the DSA's 2005 convention focused on Bernie Sanders ' independent campaign for the U.S. Senate ''Democratic Left'' v. 33 no.3 (Winter 2006), p. 4. Available from the DSA Website .. DSA is organized at the local level, and works with Labor Unions , community organizations, and campus activists on issues of common interest. Nationwide campaigns are coordinated by the organization's national office in New York City . As Of 2006 the DSA website lists 24 chartered locals. Notable DSA members have included United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta , SDS veteran Steve Max , AFL-CIO President John Sweeney , literary critic Irving Howe , Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem , actor Ed Asner , author Barbara Ehrenreich , leading African-American Studies professor Cornel West , and political columnist Harold Meyerson . In August of 2005, DSA announced that its membership had increased by some 13% since July of 2003 as the result of a recent direct mail campaign. {Link without Title} Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) is the official youth section of Democratic Socialists of America. EXTERNAL LINK REFERENCES |
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