The Democratic Socialists of America are increasingly a vehicle for hardcore Marxists. At the DSA’s 2025 convention, as the indefatigable Stu Smith reports, a “coalition of Communist caucuses” seized a majority on the party’s National Political Committee. They repealed the existing ban on Leninist “democratic centralism,” backed a Maoist with a soft spot for revolutionary bloodletting on a security commission, and narrowly passed an amendment calling to get rid of the US presidency and Supreme Court for bodies subordinate to Congress. Media outlets scoff at the “Communist” label, but the facts are there: self-described Marxists, Marxist-Leninists, and Maoists now have top positions in America’s largest socialist group. The DSA represents a radical faction with expanding influence in our politics. It’s not a good development, and needs to be stopped. Read Stu’s full piece: