DSA has a purity problem. Its endorsement debate has been sequestered into the narrow binary of deliverism and sectarianism. In this ambitious explication, Geese Senior Editor T. E. Moon attempts to clarify the magazine's position in relation to DSA electoral strategy, arguing that it is systematically misconstruing the real task: turning the mass left-populist insurgency into an organized force capable of taking power.

Nithya Raman has won the official endorsement of DSA-LA following weeks of contentious yet constructive debate in Geese by both sides of the question. J. Ryder argues that the entire chapter should now mobilize and unite under a permanent campaign to build a socialist pole in LA and defeat Karen Bass to meet the crucial challenges ahead against the establishment.

DSA has a historic opportunity to disrupt the corporations that have hijacked LA politics by endorsing Nithya Raman for Mayor and Marissa Roy as City Attorney—intervening on the side of labor. That’s the case made by UNITE HERE Local 11 leaders and DSA-LA members Juan Muñoz-Guevara & Mary Entoma, UAW leader & DSA-LA member Aya Konishi, and Socialist in Office Estefany Alejandra Castañeda. In this Geese exclusive, this collective of electeds and union leaders make the case that the Raman endorsement is an opportunity for DSA-LA to become a serious force in labor’s biggest fight yet — the 2028 moment.

The Puerto Rican government has proven utterly incompetent at providing basic services, from constant blackouts to a water crisis that has left over 200,000 without running water. Marcia E. Valentina F. argues that the crisis goes far beyond the ecological. It is a symptom of the colonial system, one that must be overthrown. As a new wave of protests begins, Puerto Ricans must take up the spirit of Verano del ’19 with a unified clarity of purpose: both governments must go. Puerto Rico must be independent, equal, and socialist.

Is left populism the answer to the revolutionary impasse of the 21st century? In his latest, Matthew Hunter takes on Chantal Mouffe’s theory expounded in her work For A Left Populism, interrogating its Eurocentric and reformist characteristics. He writes that until this milieu becomes more inclusive and audacious in leading the diverse demographics it claims to represent, it will always fall short.