Resolution Text:
DSA members – regardless of endorsement status – who are credibly shown to
1. have consistently and publicly opposed BDS and the Palestinian cause (e.g. by denouncing the BDS movement in public interviews; writing public op-eds denouncing the BDS movement; drafting and voting in favor of legislation that suppresses BDS, such as legislation that suppresses speech rights around the right to freely criticize Zionism/Israel and/or the right to boycott; making statements that “Israel has a right to defend itself”; making or endorsing statements or legislation equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism), even after receiving fair and ample opportunity for education about the Palestinian struggle for liberation,
2. be currently affiliated with the Israeli government or any Zionist lobby group(s) such as, but not limited to, AIPAC, J Street, or Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI), or
3. have knowingly provided material aid to Israel (e.g., voted to provide Israel with material aid; gave direct financial donations of any kind to Israel and/or settler NGOs who carry out the mission of Israeli settlement and Palestinian dispossession/displacement, such as the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Land Fund, the Hebron Fund, and Regavim)
shall be considered in substantial disagreement with DSA’s principles and policies, thereby committing an expellable offense as outlined in Article 3, Section 4 of the DSA Constitution, which states that a member credibly shown to have engaged in any of the above shall “be expelled [by] a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members of the National Political Committee.”
I can’t find any articles about this online. The resolution to align with BDS was opposed :
Full list of resolutions here https://dsa-lsc.org/2025/08/06/lsc-official-2025-dsa-convention-recommendations/
Yea, I keep seeing this one vote on twitter and couldn’t believe the simple conclusion. Like dsa has faults but I haven’t really met a member that is openly pro Israel. I’ve met people who haven’t formed a complete view, vague pacifism or w/e, bc they are still near the start of the political education but that is different.
Idk the amount of people I’ve seen on twitter it feels like there is a bit of wrecker behavior going on more generally, I’m not accusing you of that to be clear.
Kneejerk reaction from me while being ignorant of the rest of the ballot, I’ll admit to that.
No worries, I wasn’t passing judgement or anything