NC Triangle Democratic Socialists of America

NC Triangle Democratic Socialists of America is a chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America organizing in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, and Raleigh.

Elections

From Michael Nutt:

The Triangle DSA's recent electoral successes demonstrate how socialists can win seats in city councils, where we can not only "generalize and spread our ideas" but have positive material impacts on the lives of the working class which can be directly attributed to socialist praxis. In Durham, "we endorsed the electoral campaign of Nate Baker--a DSA member, whose campaign was managed by a DSA cadre and chapter HGO...Our elected officials have held the line on Palestine with total discipline: Nate Baker’s first action as a Durham City Council member was to call for a ceasefire and we secured the first ceasefire resolution passed in North Carolina with the help of DSA cadre and Carrboro town councilor Danny Nowell."

This coming Raleigh town council election is the most exciting in my 11 years as a city resident, with two self-identified socialists on the ballot endorsed by our Triangle chapter. This is the first time I'll be able to vote for a candidate I first met as a comrade organizing in the community. Reeves Peeler's story and campaign represent a model for how socialists can raise up local organizers to claw back the trust of the working class, too battered to care about voting for yet another pro-gentrification Democrat.

Similarly, I am proud of our chapter's overwhelming endorsement of town council incumbent Mary Black. As one comrade noted after her endorsement meeting, she has "a clear fighter's spirit, being driven by a clear antipathy to the current political order and a desire to see a different, better world in its place. She's been a clear, public leader in Raleigh willing to take risks on Palestine even in a conservative district."

2022-2024 steering committee

Steering committeeNC Triangle Democratic Socialists of America, 2022–2024.

Tristan Bavol-Marques co-chair, co-chair Iri Wen, members Mika M, Peter T, Robert Whittaker, David S, Jason B, Daniel McCullough, Travis S, Cara Callahan, Tim Hoffman, Zoe Little, and Hwa Huang.

Members

Sebastian Fernandez Giraldo, Alex Koch, Alvin Sheng, Daniel McCullough, Danny Nowell, David Vorbach, Emily Moore, James Stewart Doom, Nida Allam, Owen Couch, Robin Templeton, Tyler O. Rogers, Connor Beckerle, Saige Smith, Tim Hoffman, Gabriel Fernandez .