Former DSA member alleges communists have ‘captured’ socialist group, warns Democratic Party is next
Former Democratic Socialists of America member Jake Altman offered an inside look Saturday at the organization he says has been overtaken by communists — warning the same playbook is now being used to push the Democratic Party further to the left."Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News."One of my real concerns is that we see a lot of resistance to anti-communism within the DSA, even from the moderate wing of the DSA, and I think this is very, very dangerous."SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAMSpeaking on "Saturday in America," Altman warned the organization is anything but "harmless," claiming its members are "perfectly willing to cohabitate with Maoists, with Trotskyists, with Leninists" — groups he said are intent on dismantling American institutions."People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence.
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Former Democratic Socialists of America member Jake Altman offered an inside look Saturday at the organization he says has been overtaken by communists — warning the same playbook is now being used to push the Democratic Party further to the left."Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News."One of my real concerns is that we see a lot of resistance to anti-communism within the DSA, even from the moderate wing of the DSA, and I think this is very, very dangerous."SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAMSpeaking on "Saturday in America," Altman warned the organization is anything but "harmless," claiming its members are "perfectly willing to cohabitate with Maoists, with Trotskyists, with Leninists" — groups he said are intent on dismantling American institutions."People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence. That is just profoundly troubling at a time when our country is already facing many, many problems," he said.DSA CO-CHAIR PUSHES BACK ON SOVIET UNION COMPARISONS, WANTS PRISONS TO BE 'LESS NECESSARY'Altman also said some aspects of the group raised his eyebrows nearly ten years ago when, while participating in a debate on the organization's behalf, he questioned whether he was the best person to represent its trajectory.At the time, he claimed, he was reassured that the organization's increasingly radical direction was being driven by only a small faction clustered around "Jacobin" magazine."I was debating with Leninists who were saying Bernie Sanders isn't a socialist, and now we're hearing that from DSA, right? Bernie Sanders, AOC, they're not real socialists," he recalled."So I think this is just the level of extremism and radicalism we're seeing.
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- Former Democratic Socialists of America member Jake Altman offered an inside look Saturday at the organization he says has been overtaken by communists — warning the same playbook is now being used to push the Democratic Party further to the left."Their organization has been captured..." Altman told Fox News."One of my real concerns is that we see a lot of resistance to anti-communism within the DSA, even from the moderate wing of the DSA, and I think this is very, very dangerous."SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAMSpeaking on "Saturday in America," Altman warned the organization is anything but "harmless," claiming its members are "perfectly willing to cohabitate with Maoists, with Trotskyists, with Leninists" — groups he said are intent on dismantling American institutions."People who want to pull down American institutions and are very clear about it. People who have this thrill to violence.
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