Interviews for Resistance

Interviews for Resistance


Putting Socialists in Office, with David Duhalde

November 16, 2017

The Democratic Socialists of America had a good night on election night, electing two endorsed candidates and 15 of its members to offices in cities and states across the U.S. From Peekskill, NY to Knoxville, TN, Billings, MT to Pleasant Hill, IA, socialists will be taking office. What does that mean for the political trajectory of the country and for next year's Congressional races? I spoke with David Duhalde, deputy director of DSA, about the organization's electoral strategy and where it fits in the overall spectrum of left groups winning elections in 2017.