This week we are organising for power, in more ways than one.
Andrew is joined by Lawrence Wang (@ltothewang), a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (@DemSocialists), and on the Eco-socialist working group for the New York City Chapter (@Nycdsa). Lawrence explains how the DSA in New York State organised and passed a bill that means the state has to develop publicly owned renewable energy generation. We discuss the DSA's mission and how it approaches politics in the USA, the tactics and strategy that got their legalisation passed and how they ended up running AGAINST one of the sponsors of the bill they were pushing through the congress!
Cheat sheet for the episode
DSA: Democratic Socialist of America
BPRA : Build Public Renewables Act
NYA : New York Power Authority
IRA: Inflation Reduction Act
Links
Democratic Socialists of America
DSA New York Chapter
NYC DSA Eco-socialists
Lawrence's recent article in Jacobin about the BPRA
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/new-york-bpra-green-new-deal-public-renewable-energy
Shout Outs
Stop Cop City
Pine Tree Power
Our Power coalition
Maine DSA