Democratic Socialist Alliance
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The Democratic Socialist Alliance (DSA) is a left-wing political organisation in the UK
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The DSA name was adopted for public political work, in June 2005, by a group of members of the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform
(SADP) who declared an intention to continue the SADP against what the DSA claims was a "purported" dissolution of the latter organisation by another group of its members, who reorganised as the Socialist Alliance (Provisional) (SA(P)).
The DSA claims that it holds to the assertion in the SADP's Founding Statement that "the political vacuum to the left of the Labour Party (UK)
must be filled by socialists working together to build a workers party, which is serious about winning political power. An electoral alliance of autonomous socialist organizations and individuals does not measure up to the needs of the situation". It cites the Scottish Socialist Party
, which it describes as a "unitary democratic socialist party with full platform/faction rights", as the organisational model which it desires to emulate.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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The DSA name was adopted for public political work, in June 2005, by a group of members of the Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform
Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform
The Socialist Alliance Democracy Platform was a faction of the Socialist Alliance , a left-wing political group of England and Wales which existed between 1999 and 2005....
(SADP) who declared an intention to continue the SADP against what the DSA claims was a "purported" dissolution of the latter organisation by another group of its members, who reorganised as the Socialist Alliance (Provisional) (SA(P)).
The DSA claims that it holds to the assertion in the SADP's Founding Statement that "the political vacuum to the left of the Labour Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
must be filled by socialists working together to build a workers party, which is serious about winning political power. An electoral alliance of autonomous socialist organizations and individuals does not measure up to the needs of the situation". It cites the Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish Socialist Party
The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....
, which it describes as a "unitary democratic socialist party with full platform/faction rights", as the organisational model which it desires to emulate.