#60: Party Time?

Party Time? . . Socialists need to organize as socialists to be as effective as we can. Does this mean that small socialist organizations can be parties or start to build parties? How can we best work towards much larger and more effective socialist political organizations? Charlie Post joins David on this episode to discuss what genuine parties are, the history of socialist party-building efforts, the micro-party model and alternative approaches. . . Related reading: Charlie Post and Kit Adam Wainer, Socialist Organization Today https://solidarity-us.org/sot/ . A LETTER FROM CANADIAN COMRADES https://www.prairiered.ca/archive/a-letter-from-canadian-comrades . Duncan Hallas: Towards a Revolutionary Socialist Party (1971) https://www.marxists.org/archive/hallas/works/1971/xx/party.htm . about the Democratic Socialists of America: https://tempestmag.org/2025/01/dsa-never-recovered-from-bowman/ https://tempestmag.org/2023/09/the-dsa-moment-is-over/ https://cosmonautmag.com/2025/11/traveling-through-purgatory/ . about YourParty in Britain: Your Party must trust its members https://revsoc21.uk/2025/12/08/your-party-must-trust-its-members/ . A new podcast recommended for listeners in Britain or who’re interested in socialist discussion of Your Party and the Green Party in Britain: https://proletarianblues.substack.com/p/brand-new-podcast-series-life-of