Liberation (DSA)

Liberation is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist caucus inside Democratic Socialists of America. It was founded circa April 2025. In late 2025, it had about 100 members

Co-chair

In 2026, Alexandria Rose of Cleveland Democratic Socialists of America was co-chair of Liberation (DSA).

Liberation Central Committee, 2025

• Alina Shen (Lower Manhattan, NYC-DSA) Role in Liberation/Other Organizing: Liberation Agitprop Committee, CSC of Socialism is the People, Central Committee of Break the Chain.

• Chris Winston (STL) Role in Chapter/DSA: Political Education Committee Co-Chair (September 2025-current), Acting Chapter Co-Chair (June-September 2025), Executive Committee (September 2024-September 2025). DSA International Committee (Middle East/Africa Subcommittee). AFROSOC Executive Committee.

• Shane Murphy (Space Coast) Role in Liberation: Political Education Committee Chair.

• Kevin M. (El Gato) (East Bay) Chapter/Role in chapter: Migrants Defense Committee, Co-Chair. Role in Liberation: Labor Committee.

• Matthew Littrell (they/them) (Kentucky) Role in Liberation/Other Organizing: Co-chair of Labor Committee, EWOC and IWW organizer.

• Skrilla (Northwest Indiana) Role in Liberation: Labor Committee.

• Thistle G. (Central Indiana/Indianapolis) Role in DSA: Chapter Political Education Secretary. Role in Liberation: Political Education Committee.

Liberation NYC

Comrades Lexie, Matt, Alina Shen, Peter, & Will

'Bureaucracy of the Overlords'

"Bureaucracy of the Overlords: Against Political Persecution and Abuse of Authority in NYCDSA’s Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Working Group",

It has come to our attention that one of our candidate members, who serves with distinction as a coordinator with the Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy Working Group in NYC-DSA, has been made subject to harassment, including the issuance of an ultimatum demanding that she cease engagement with Liberation and withdraw her application. The main instigators of this blatant witchhunt are affiliates and members of Groundwork, which has established a reputation for this type of politically inspired harassment, most notoriously in Atlanta DSA. The justification for this harassment is our caucus’s signing of a statement several months ago regarding Elias Rodriguez, a post we made, and a nonexistent violation of the code of conduct that stemmed from it....

Organizational Signatories:

• Central Committee, Liberation

Individual Signatories:

• Michael S., (NYC-DSA, Queens)
• Jon M., (NYC-DSA, Queens)
• Tim C. (NYC-DSA, Queens, Emerge)
• Christine N. (NYC-DSA, Queens)
• Mubashir Saleem (NYC-DSA, Queens, Emerge Candidate)
• Kyle G., (NYC-DSA, CBK, Emerge Candidate)
• Diego P., (NYC-DSA, CBK)
• Ollie T., (NYC-DSA, CBK)
• Jon W., (NYC-DSA, NBK)
• Ethan A., (NYC-DSA)
• Stephanie L., (NYC-DSA)
• Selendis Johnson, (NYC-DSA)
• Herman B., (NYC-DSA)
• Jason D., (NYC-DSA, Lower Manhattan)
• Kate W., (NYC-DSA)
• Adam A. (NYC-DSA, Winter Caucus)
• Cooper B. (Philadelphia DSA, LSC)
• Kate L. (Philadelphia DSA, MUG)
• Paul B. (Philadelphia DSA)
• D. (Pittsburgh-DSA)
• Vinit Shah (Houston DSA)
• Robert K. (Triangle DSA)
• Adam M. (New River Valley DSA)
• John M. (East Bay DSA, Red Star)
• Eric E. (East Bay DSA, Red Star)
• Isa S. (San Francisco DSA, Liberation)
• Ollie B. (San Francisco DSA, Liberation)
• Faith S. (San Francisco DSA, Liberation)
• Jesse K., (San Francisco DSA)
• Robin W. (MDC-DSA, LSC)
• James M. (MDC-DSA, LSC)
• David M. (At-Large)
• Alex S., (Tacoma DSA)
• Shane Murphy, (Space Coast DSA)
• Alexandria S., (Asheville DSA)
• Colleen D., (Madison DSA)
• Arcadia A., (Madison DSA, LSC))
• Baylan M. (LSC)
• Delano Ducasse, (Atlanta DSA, Red Star)
• Erin W. (Atlanta DSA, Rainbow Coalition)
• Sage B. (Atlanta DSA, Rainbow Coalition)
• Christian A.
• Kit L. (Atlanta DSA)
• Jesse R., (Atlanta DSA, LSC)
• Bill N., (Seattle DSA, LSC)
• Zach R. (MUG)
• Matt S. (Fort Worth DSA)
• Elliot H. (Fort Worth DSA)
• Chris H. (Fort Worth DSA)
• Erin K. (Long Island DSA)
• Matt K. (Long Island DSA)
• Mike Adams (Long Island DSA, Red Star)
• Isabelle, (Long Island DSA)
• Ann Schilling (Long Island DSA)
• Steven K. (Long Island DSA)
• Ted G. (Long Island DSA)
• Nevena Mitkovska (Long Island DSA)
• Ceres C., (Long Island DSA)
• Sarah G., (Long Island DSA)
• Ashley Colin, (Long Island DSA)
• Erin N., (Long Island DSA)
• Tyler A., (Long Island DSA)
• Cole M., (Long Island DSA)
• Kevin Shea, (Long Island DSA)
• Isabel E., (Twin Cities DSA, Mass Work, Socialist Feminist Branch)
• Hunter Parker (LSC, STL-DSA)
• Kathryn M. (LSC)
• Kilian McCrea, Delaware DSA (Northern Branch)