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Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. I don't have time for a super

involved intro today, so I'll just say this. DSA's explosive growth continues. It's already,

in a few short years, become the center of a renewed American socialist movement.

My guest today, Doug Henwood, has lots of thoughts on what's happening with DSA and why,

because he recently published a lengthy article in the new republic entitled The Socialist Network,

Inside DSA's Struggle to Move Into the Political Mainstream.

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