Stu Smith@thestustustudio
🚨 Neville Roy Singham’s Niece Says DSA’s New York Wins Could Lead to a Socialist Presidential Campaign
Alicia Singham Goodwin, the niece of far-left billionaire financier Neville Roy Singham, is a member of NYC DSA’s Steering Committee. She joined tonight’s DSA call celebrating its New York victories to discuss where the organization goes next.
Goodwin said DSA’s electoral wins are “just one piece” of building the power needed to “transform people’s lives.” She laid out the next phase: freezing the rent, fighting for fast and free buses, moving from Zohran’s 2,000-childcare pilot to universal childcare, and using 2027 in Albany to tax the rich.
She made clear this will require pressure from DSA members on the ground:
“We’ll have the same uphill battle that we’ve had every year we fought to tax the rich, but we’re going in with double the number of our socialists in office and hopefully double the number of DSA members on the ground to really keep the pressure up.”
Then she pointed to 2028...
“If we grow and we build enough between now and then, the next year in 2028, we might be working on a campaign for a democratic socialist for president.”
Goodwin closed by asking people not just to join DSA or pay local dues, but to “become an organizer.”
Not gonna lie, after everything I know and everything I’ve seen, seeing her of all people on that call was a genuine holy-crap moment. Especially when she’s the one delivering the socialist presidency message.
