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Democratic Socialists of America Video Calls for New Constitution
A Democratic Socialists of America caucus released a recruiting video on Monday that argues the U.S. Constitution was written to protect wealthy slaveholders. The video promotes a new founding document and a democratic socialist republic.
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A Democratic Socialists of America caucus released a recruiting video on Monday that argues the U.S. Constitution was written to protect wealthy slaveholders. The video states that the document was created by rich landowners who owned slaves and designed to keep power away from ordinary people, including Black people, Indigenous populations, and poor workers.
It links these origins to current issues such as police actions, prisons, voting maps, poverty, and Senate representation.
The speaker in the video calls for a new constitution written for working-class people and urges viewers to join the DSA to build a mass political party. The organization’s national program advocates abolishing the Senate and the Electoral College, allowing criminals and noncitizens to vote, and limiting the Supreme Court’s authority.
The DSA announced on July 6 that its membership reached more than 120,000, an all-time high. The group’s website states its candidates are running in 60 upcoming elections across the U.S. and have already won 38 this year. Less than half of the Constitution’s original signers in 1787 owned enslaved people, according to historical accounts.
