{"id":2646742,"date":"2026-08-19T05:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-chapter-plans-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T05:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:11:14","slug":"dsa-chapter-plans-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-chapter-plans-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA chapter plans &#8216;Riots and Uprisings&#8217; reading club"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdsa-chapter-plans-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the Washington, D.C. area are organizing &#8220;Reading Groups&#8221; to study recent riots and uprisings worldwide.Open to members and nonmembers, these groups will examine protests in places like California and Minnesota, focusing on topics such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-linked-website-reveals-the-lefts-disturbing-domestic-terror-gameplan-to-take-the-fight-to-ice-at-agents-home\/\" title=\"Anti-Linked Website Reveals the Left&#039;s Disturbing Domestic Terror Gameplan to &#039;Take the Fight&#039; to ICE at Agent&#039;s Home\">anti-deportation riots<\/a>, abolishing work, prison, and family, U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-jr-reacts-like-man-whos-seen-assassination-when-chaos-erupts-during-hearing\/\" title=\"Watch: RFK Jr. Reacts Like Man Who&#039;s Seen Assassination When Chaos Erupts During Hearing\">foreign policy impacts<\/a>, border violence, and DSA\u2019s electoral strategies amid recent political developments. A key reading includes a Karl Marx quote on proletarian revolution, emphasizing persistent struggle and self-criticism leading to revolutionary breakthroughs. The groups will analyze movements from the 2008 financial crisis, COVID-19 protests, and recent uprisings in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, aiming to develop a critical &#8220;Democratic Socialist&#8221; understanding of these events. The DSA seeks to understand the global rise of mass protests that have evolved from setbacks to meaningful political changes, with selected readings from leftist publications recounting experiences from demonstrations, including confrontations with police forces. The DSA has grown rapidly, surpassing 120,000 members to become the largest socialist organization in U.S. history, and its members like Washington, D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis george are actively involved in local politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-socialists-of-america\/\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a> are planning \u201cReading Groups\u201d in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, area that include a study of recent \u201cRiots and Uprisings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members and nonmembers can join the Metro DC DSA chapter this fall for readings and discussions on mass protests worldwide, including <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\">California<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\">Minnesota<\/a>\u2018s anti-deportation riots, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ledhx\">according to<\/a> the group\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe2li-wr2Wd7sjyZ73oJGyVwy2gFz9gWu8uRl5D2Rqtz9Vehw\/viewform?pli=1\">materials<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/16SO3CvkdDjGX29Q-ghFgl3mjVoTAlpS_S3qbZG76GNc\/edit?tab=t.0\">announcements<\/a> about the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/SsTP6\">clubs<\/a>. The chapter\u2019s other reading groups will explore topics such as abolishing \u201cwork, prison, and family,\u201d \u201chow the US\u2019s Cold War foreign policy led to genocide and dashed the dreams of radicals,\u201d the \u201cviolence\u201d of national borders, and \u201cDSA\u2019s electoral strategy\u201d in light of recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4675743\/dc-janeese-lewis-george-expand-diversion-juvenile-criminals\/\">Washington<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4632602\/mamdani-backed-candidate-billionaires-soros\/\">New York City<\/a> candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/Db4uPIWxYVr\/\">wins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4691311\/dsa-dc-chapter-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DSA chapter plans \u2018Riots and Uprisings\u2019 reading club to study \u2018how people struggled\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4691674\/dc-arrest-warrants-mpd-officers-fraud-scheme\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC judge issues arrest warrants for six MPD officers over fraud scheme<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4691547\/judge-sentence-transgender-assassin-bessent\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge sentences transgender would-be Bessent assassin to over six years in prison<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSA\u2019s Metro DC chapter <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mdc_dsa\">covers<\/a> its Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia branches. The Democratic Party currently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4678473\/third-way-15-million-campaign-dsa\/\">faces<\/a> a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4657182\/dsa-endorsement-tracker-socialists-running-for-office-across-america\/\">reckoning<\/a> with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4655374\/dsa-candidate-hamas-greenhouse-school-internship\/\">more radical<\/a> DSA wing\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4638502\/dsa-endorsed-democrat-troy-jackson-allegations-maine-senate-race\/\">efforts<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4632602\/mamdani-backed-candidate-billionaires-soros\/\">overthrow establishment leadership<\/a> in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4630204\/mamdani-backed-new-york-candidate-arrested-multiple-times-protests\/\">races across the country<\/a>. Democratic Washington, D.C., mayoral nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4675743\/dc-janeese-lewis-george-expand-diversion-juvenile-criminals\/\">Janeese Lewis George<\/a>, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mdc_dsa\/status\/2070195300359147934\">Metro DC DSA member<\/a>, is slated to win office in November in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2024-election\/results\/washington-dc\/\">overwhelmingly blue district<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sign up is open for our 13 Fall 2026 Reading Groups! Metro DC DSA will host reading groups on the political economy of the working class, global poetry, service sector and gig work, and many more! Sign up today! <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6VDwMD7aKT\">https:\/\/t.co\/6VDwMD7aKT<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1RUo76qDwp\">pic.twitter.com\/1RUo76qDwp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Metro DC DSA (@mdc_dsa) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mdc_dsa\/status\/2089426775273099395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A syllabus-style document describing the \u201criots and uprisings\u201d reading club opens with a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karl-marx\/\">Karl Marx<\/a> quote about \u201cproletarian revolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such movements \u201cconstantly criticize themselves, constantly interrupt themselves in their own course, return to the apparently accomplished, in order to begin anew,\u201d the quote says. \u201cThey deride with cruel thoroughness the half-measures, weaknesses, and paltriness of their first attempts, seem to throw down their opponents only so the latter may draw new strength from the earth and rise before them again more gigantic than ever, recoil constantly from the indefinite colossalness of their own goals \u2014 until a situation is created which makes all turning back impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSA club will analyze \u201chow people struggled\u201d against elites during crises such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2008-financial-crisis\/\">2008 stock market crash<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4669809\/fauci-diary-details-outrage-far-right-softness-toward-biden-china\/\">COVID-19<\/a>, according to the guide. The study will also include the mass uproar against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> operations <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4665634\/seiu-california-david-huerta-anti-ice-protest-charges-dropped\/\">in Los Angeles<\/a> in summer 2025 and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4620337\/anarchist-website-far-left-tool-evidence-doj-probe\/\">in Minneapolis<\/a> starting in January. Both uprisings led to protester arrests and charges and property damage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to understand and develop our knowledge of the mass protests movements increasingly shaking different parts of the planet, as they went from pure defeats in 2011 to overthrowing governments in the 2020s,\u201d the DSA guide says. \u201cWe also want to develop a \u2018Democratic Socialist\u2019 analysis of these events, new concepts and ideas about them, through critically reading those who previously studied these events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> portion, DSA selected readings from leftist publications <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/spectrejournal.com\/defend-the-land\/#:~:text=We%20are%20witnessing%20in%20Los%20Angeles%20an,My%20aim%20in%20this%20essay%20is%20twofold.\">cheering on<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/illwill.com\/los-angeles\">rioters<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/heatwavemag.info\/online\/revrep_061625\/\">recounting<\/a> authors\u2019 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/daretostruggle.org\/2025\/07\/19\/dispatches-from-the-battle-of-la\/#1\">experiences<\/a> at the demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4655374\/dsa-candidate-hamas-greenhouse-school-internship\/\"><strong>DSA CANDIDATE INTERNED AT HAMAS \u2018GREENHOUSE\u2019 SCHOOL INFAMOUS FOR TERRORIST RECRUITMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rebels, mostly Black and Latino youth, battled for hours, persevering despite the hails of rubber bullets, flash bang grenades lighting up the sky, billowing clouds of tear gas, armored personnel carriers filled with riot police, militarized Feds, the National Guard, and now the Marines,\u201d one selected article says \u2014 just below pictures of protesters forming barricades and cars set on fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DSA announced in July that it had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4634623\/democratic-socialists-of-america-breaks-membership-records\/\">surpassed 120,000 members<\/a> nationally and became the largest socialist organization in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DSA plans D.C. reading groups on recent riots and 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