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Upon the organization's founding, Harrington and the [[Socialist feminism|socialist feminist]] author [[Barbara Ehrenreich]] were elected co-chairs. After the merger, the DSA became the largest socialist organization in the United States, with a membership of approximately 5,000 ex-DSOC members and 1,000 ex-NAM members.<ref name="Johnston-2022"/>

 

 

The DSA's stated goal is to participate in "fights for reforms today that will weaken the power of corporations and increase the power of working people", with a long-term aim of [[social ownership]] of production as [[state-owned enterprise]]s, [[worker cooperative]]s, or a [[planned economy]].<ref name="Kurtzleben-2018"/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_z2LDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22fights+for+reforms+today+that+will+weaken+the+power+of+corporations+and+increase+the+power+of+working+people%22&pg=PT101 | title=Why You Should be a Socialist | isbn=9781250200877 | last1=Robinson | first1=Nathan J. | date=December 10, 2019 | publisher=St. Martin's Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Emily |date=2020-03-13 |title=What Bernie Sanders's movement does now |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/13/21175302/democratic-socialists-of-america-dsa-bernie-sanders-2020 |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref> To this end, it has endorsed candidates for political office and led various organizing campaigns for [[Trade union|labor organizing]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olivier |first=Indigo |date=Aug 4, 2023 |title=Democratic Socialists Are Fueling a Hot Labor Summer |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/democratic-socialists-labor-organizing-teamsters-strike-unionizing-dsa |website=In These Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reade |first=Frances |date=Sep 26, 2023 |title=How Democratic Socialists Can Stand in Solidarity With the UAW Strike |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-dsa-strike-solidarity-support |website=Jacobin}}</ref><ref name=":16"/> [[Public electricity supplier|public electricity]],<ref name="Dawson-2023"/><ref name=":16"/> [[public housing]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Social Housing Is Becoming a Mainstream Policy Goal in the US |url=https://jacobin.com/2021/02/social-housing-public-affordable-california-maryland |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref> [[tenants union]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pixley |first=Kate |title=Democratic Socialists of America works to create tenants' union |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2019/02/11/democratic-socialists-of-america-work-to-create-tenants-union/ |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=The Daily Iowan}}</ref><ref name="Gazette"/> [[Abortion in the United States|abortion]] rights,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teuscher |first=Amanda |date=2018-06-01 |title=How Democratic Socialists Helped Propel Abortion Funds to Record Fundraising Levels |url=https://prospect.org/api/content/0a851e26-15e3-5978-8493-698fff134669/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=The American Prospect |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Noroozi |first=Aryana |date=2022-06-29 |title=Abortion Rights Rally Hosted by IE Democratic Socialists |url=https://theievoice.com/ie-democratic-socialists-host-rally-for-abortion-rights-after-reversal-of-roe-v-wade/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=VOICE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://protectabortion.org/|title=Roe v. Wade Protests & Protection Plan &#124; DSA|website=protectabortion.org}}</ref> and support for [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Palestinian statehood]],<ref name=":6"/><ref name=":4"/> among others.<ref name="Kurtzleben-2018"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-26 |title=Protesters disrupt immigration agents with encampments across U.S. |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-protests-idUSKBN1JM2L2 |access-date=2023-08-03}}</ref>