Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
U.S. democratic socialist organization (1973–1982)
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC, DEE-sok) was a democratic socialist political organization in the United States. In his March 1973 DSOC founding essay, Michael Harrington envisioned a new, post-1960s democratic left coalition that went beyond the Old Left traditional socialist emphasis on organizing labor unions to build political power, and also wanted to mobilize left-liberal Democrats; civil rights, feminist, and anti-war activists; with a robust youth section from college campuses. DSOC was formed in 1973 when Harrington led a minority caucus away from the Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA), the recently renamed and restructured Socialist Party of America (SPA), when SDUSA leadership chose not to endorse the Democratic candidate George McGovern in the 1972 presidential campaign. In Harrington's view, the South Dakota senator was clearly a better candidate than the incumbent Richard Nixon. DSOC's ranks grew during the 1970s, eventually claiming a national membership...
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