{"id":2665562,"date":"2026-09-20T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-chapter-leader-resigns-warns-frightening-and-extreme-radicals-are-running-the-show\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:29:23","slug":"dsa-chapter-leader-resigns-warns-frightening-and-extreme-radicals-are-running-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-chapter-leader-resigns-warns-frightening-and-extreme-radicals-are-running-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA Chapter Leader Resigns, Warns &#8216;Frightening&#8217; and &#8216;Extreme&#8217; Radicals Are Running the Show"},"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\">26<\/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-leader-resigns-warns-frightening-and-extreme-radicals-are-running-the-show%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=2665562&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>A former leader of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Jake Altman, warned members to leave the organization, criticizing its shift toward marxist ideologies and support for foreign regimes that oppose the U.S. He expressed concern that the DSA is increasingly promoting extreme leftist agendas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-based-marxist-funding-activism-now-under-doj-investigation\/\" title=\"China-based Marxist funding activism now under DOJ investigation\">defending authoritarian regimes<\/a> like Maduro&#8217;s venezuela, and distancing itself from pragmatic economic policies. Altman highlighted a growing alliance between Marxist utopianism and third-worldist views, which condemn the U.S. as a unique evil. he advised current members to leave, asserting that dissenting voices are being silenced within the organization. Altman&#8217;s comments come amid headlines about socialist candidates challenging established Democrats in the 2026 elections.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A former leader of the Democratic Socialists of America who left the organization issued a warning for those still part of the movement to likewise \u201cleave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake Altman, who was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympics-president-resigns-over-sexist-comments\/\" title=\"Tokyo Olympics president resigns over sexist comments\">executive board member<\/a> for the Boston chapter of the DSA, said in a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/deprogrammed-former-dsa-insider-reveals-frightening-socialist-agenda-drove-him-extreme-ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News that the group is working to \u201cforce their agenda down other people\u2019s throats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had been involved in my local union and met some people who were far, far to the left, in like, a frightening way,\u201d he described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was looking for a more pragmatic and thoughtful option on the left that was focused on economic policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he became more involved with the DSA, he developed the realization that the group was \u201cbeginning to sound more and more like those extreme groups on the left that I, you know, certainly didn\u2019t want anything to do with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Altman had expressed concern that the DSA defended the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, since \u201cthe democratic socialists and social Democrats in Venezuela are in the opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DEPROGRAMMED: A former executive board member of the Democratic Socialists of America is sounding the alarm after leaving the organization, saying DSA members now embrace Marxism and defend foreign regimes that oppose the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Altman, who served on DSA\u2019s Boston\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbBgdKQBet\">pic.twitter.com\/mbBgdKQBet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2101358683900768751?\">September 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe person disagreed with me and defended, you know, essentially defended the Maduro regime,\u201d Altman described.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlash forward to today\u2026 you have DSA members saying, \u2018Bernie Sanders, AOC, they\u2019re not socialists,\u2019\u201d Altman added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re willing to fall over themselves apologizing for any regime that opposes the United States, simply because it opposes the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DSA has generated headlines throughout the 2026 election cycle, with several DSA and socialist-aligned candidates unseating establishment Democrat incumbents in the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Altman warned that there is a \u201cmarriage\u201d between \u201cMarxist utopianism\u201d and \u201cthird worldism\u201d characterizing the DSA.<\/p>\n<p>He described it as \u201cthis view that America is a unique evil in the world and that its enemies have a point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when he advised Democrats who are still members to \u201cleave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally think that just, given the organization and the structure inside, that a lot of dissident voices have been silenced,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of dissident voices have left the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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