Honestly its rude to be invited by a country to meet their president who decided to respond to your criticisms of their administration only to not show up and go meet the opposition.
Being invided and then no showing shows complete disregard to basic diplomatic Etiquette since it was a mission to show solidarity against the embargo
Bonus socdems being cringe part 4.5: about another member that didnt show up to the presidential meeting
Deeply unserious people
I mean, singling these losers out is cool, but it seems weird to call out all of DSA for the ugly behavior of these two bad actors. After all, this is a statement coming from within DSA. Its not coming from the Cubans themselves. The fucking President took time to meet with them, which would seem to suggest Cuban organizers are largely supportive of these outreach efforts.
Giving these two tickets was a mistake. But organizing the trip, getting Americans to visit the island, and putting them face-to-face with a bonafide AES state leader should be a huge mark in DSA’s favor.
Yes, we can absolutely criticize the DSA for actions it’s members do, especially while part of an official delegation.
Just disband if you don’t want to be an accountable organization.
I left after a number of years being deeply engaged in it because of this and I think their failure to have even rudimentary ideological unity is what has led to their current crisis.
Props comrade. All our groups draw circles around what we think are appropriate ideas to be a member of an org, but when you don’t practice democratic centralism, and just let anyone break the rules at any time because “freedom”, it doesn’t build much trust or faith from the public, who are expecting a group even more disciplined and consistent than the current leaders to run things.
It might be possible for a big tent org to do this, but DSA has probably more members of the selfish individualist liberal orientation than not.
Way to miss their point. They aren’t saying the DSA should disband, they are saying they should shape up and act like an actual accountable organization with internal discipline.
Official delegates are representatives. They represent the organization. Stop squirming out of it
I might be ignorant on this, but did DSA call these people out or apologize for their behavior? Because they were essentially acting as diplomats for the org and if not strongly refuted then indeed reflect badly on the org as a whole.
The DSA isn’t a single entity really, it’s a decentralized mass of tons of different squabbling groups. Some of them are attempting to repudiate them, others are defending them. The DSA isn’t really capable of enforcing discipline on its members.
This whole organization is a mess, being able to keep a cogent message for the party is the bare minimum in organizing political action
None of the goals are mentioned, none of the organizations leaders are named, and there’s no mention of when or how the author plans to
materially intervene against our government’s imperialist aggression by dismantling the embargo
If this is how they act, this isn’t a mark in their favor it’s a fucking disgrace and Cubans will soon move on to another group with less chauvinist predispositions
Other groups send delegations to Cuba regularly, including PSL and Cuba-specific groups like those opposing the embargo. I’m not sure if FRSO has a delegation or not, or whether they join some of the amalgamation delegations that go every do often (they probably do one of those options).
I’ll call out all of the DSA for wasting everyones time and energy giving life support to DNC instead of growing the PSL or Greens.
Did you read the linked article? It goes into more detail about the organizational failures not limited to two participants.
It does, but I’m reading it as an outcropping of the fractured state of the returning committee membership.
I can’t speak to what the International Committee facilitated, but I can say I’ve seen some off-shot of the delegation’s visit via Noah Pasarán regarding the history of the embargo and its long term and most recent economic consequences. This is some of the most real and informative coverage of the Cuban Embargo I’ve had the opportunity to access, and I would consider this kind of outreach invaluable when attempting to shift views on our foreign policy.
To dismiss the efforts of the DSA participants as a whole seems shortsighted, as it appears more radicalized members of the delegation such as Noah continued to advocate for and send support to the country.
The article also seems to completely neglect that the DSA delegation brought 500 lbs of medical supplies to the island. Which seems like a bigger thing to crow about than two naysayers with shitty attitudes.
It’s written by DSA members trying to improve the DSA, it seems pretty clear they’d focus on what they want to improve rather than back-patting themselves on aid they brought.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
