I'm I'm in Takapi. Thanks for joining us.

This is Nogastis, co-hosts of the Red Nation podcast.

We have some special guests today. Some comrades from the Democratic Socialists of America are joining the podcast today to have a what's hopefully a frank and free-flowing discussion about the direction of the organization and building, you know, socialist movement in the United States,

what that means, facing a variety of different sort of challenges right now, but also opportunities.

So without further ado, I'll just start in the order of the panel.

But we have Jorge, John, and Louisa.

Maybe we'll start with you, Jorge, if you want to just introduce yourself and your position that you hold in DSA. Yeah, thank you so much, Nick. And thank you for having me on.

My name is Jorge Rocha. I am the co-chair of DSA's International Committee since 2023.

I've been a member of the organization

since 2019.

And previously, I've served as the

in various leadership positions in the NYC-DSA chapter,

which is the chapter that I've been a member of since the,

for the entirety of the time I've been in DSA.

Thank you for having us.

And I'll turn it over to John.

You want to introduce yourself and what position you hold in the DSA.

Hello.

My name is John, a museum pronouns.

I served on DSA steering committee.

Served on DSA steering committee since 2023. I served on DSA's steering committee. I served on DSA steering committee since 2023.

I'm currently our national treasurer.

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