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"Democrat Socialists of America (#DSA) top leader David #Jenkins: "Our goal is #Communism."" #DemocraticSocialistsofAmerica #communism #communist #communists #Marx #Marxism #Marxist #Marxists #socialist #socialism #socialists https://archive.ph/pmGKW "He is a top DSA leader and a member of the #NationalPoliticalCommittee, the organization’s highest governing body. He is not a co-chair, but he does sit on DSA’s national leadership, which effectively acts as the organization’s board of directors. " https://archive.ph/FjkZH#selection-580.0-583.249 "DSA National Leader David Jenkins Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: “Our Goal Is Communism” You may have seen the recent #NewYorkPost piece on David Jenkins, the DSA mime leader who also holds national leadership. Since mimes are usually silent, it seemed worth letting people hear Jenkins in his own words. Consider this supercut a helpful guide for anyone still wondering what “libertarian socialism” looks like in practice. Though he brands himself a libertarian socialist, Jenkins frames the broader DSA project in explicit terms, “Our goal is liberation. Our goal is communism.” He calls for disbanding the #NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, aligns himself with a political tendency that includes anarchists and left communists, and says he was the “only DSA member” at a January 6 counter-protest in #Washington. Speaking about his campaign against the SRG, Jenkins escalates the rhetoric further, “We’re not going anywhere until your goons finally start killing us, because that’s where this shit is going.” He also fumes that the NYPD protected those attending a rally in support of Daniel #Penny, which he denounces as a “disgusting display” by “outside agitators from #LongIsland” celebrating a “self-deputized racist murderer.”" https://archive.ph/IfAm5 "David Jenkins recounts traveling to #Washington on January 6, 2021 for what he describes as a counter-protest, then walking to the #Capitol and spending an hour watching the riot unfold. Jenkins says he felt like he had entered “the timeline where the fascists win” and came away convinced that if a coup had succeeded, police in #NewYork would have enforced it. But the story does not end in #Washington. #Jenkins says that the very next day he joined a protest organized by NYC #DSA and coalition partners in #Brooklyn, where he watched “my future mayor Zohran #Mamdani” speak outside Chuck #Schumer’s apartment demanding “real accountability.” Jenkins closes by saying, “From that day on, DSA has been my political home.”" https://archive.ph/PJW6D#selection-554.0-557.719 "You may remember the “pig squeaker” protests from a few years ago. Jenkins took part in them, and in this video he is the first person removed from the hearing. The abolish-the-police fervor is strong with this one. Despite a literal terrorist attack outside Gracie #Mansion, DSA and #Mamdani are still charging ahead with calls to disband the SRG." https://archive.ph/F3gV2#selection-810.0-813.347 "And for anyone who wants some deep lore on Jenkins, he has uploaded tens of hours of himself reading the #MuellerReport on #YouTube. Even in the intro alone, you get a full ideological download: he calls for boycotting #Amazon and #PrimeDay, backs abolishing #ICE, ties #Amazon to #immigration enforcement through #Palantir, and casually argues #Trump should be impeached. He frames all of it as part of a broader system of “global criminality” that needs to be fundamentally reformed, if not outright replaced. It is the familiar sleight of hand where every institution is corrupt, and somehow the solution is more power for his side. This was six years ago, and it is kind of insane how relevant it still feels today." https://archive.ph/G5VWJ#selection-1066.0-1069.715 "Jenkins has me blocked, so I’m screenshotting this to share. But at the core, he is another Bernie bro turned radical. The trajectory is pretty straightforward: Bernie campaigner in February 2020, radicalized during the George Floyd riots into seeing police as inherently evil, convinced after January 6 that the “fascists” had won, joins DSA on January 7, 2021 after hearing Zohran speak, and then proceeds to throw his entire life into DSA activism." https://archive.ph/aTUoR #grillc0v3r https://archive.ph/e4yrD#selection-1546.0-1546.1 https://archive.ph/Szc4m https://archive.ph/jfcup

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