Maria Svart

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"Right now, the NPC is working on finalizing the 2024 budget. It will require very hard choices, and longer term, a reckoning with our structure and our definition of democracy. I’ve said before that DSA is both an army and a town hall. We must act together but also question each other. We can never resolve this fundamental structural contradiction, and it is why my main advice to DSA members is to face this truth. Accept that mass work means competing ideas, so seek ways to compromise with each other. Act responsibly and expect the same of your leaders. Most importantly, learn to act holistically and based on a hard analysis of real conditions. This becomes increasingly important as we head into an election year with stakes higher than ever.

We have everything to lose, but also everything to win. Let’s take ourselves as seriously as the moment requires."

Maria Svart, "A Farewell from the National Director" (January 16, 2024)

Personal life

Svart lives in Brooklyn, New York. [4] Svart is biracial, and has Mexican ancestry. [5]

References

  1. Gabbatt, Adam. "Lean left: is America ready for a wave of Bernie Sanders-inspired socialists?". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. Svart, Maria. "Post-Election Message From the DSA National Director". Young Democratic Socialists of America. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  3. Svart, Maria (2024-01-16). "A Farewell from the National Director". Democratic Socialists of America.
  4. News, Nathan Baker, KATU (2016-02-25). "A conversation with Democratic Socialist of America director & Portland native Maria Svart". KATU. Retrieved 2019-11-18.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Class and Gender in Democratic Socialist Activism". The Real News Network. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
Maria Svart
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Former National Director of the Democratic Socialists of America
In office
June 2011 February 2024