RSO - Young Democratic Socialist of America

The mission of the UMass Amherst Young Democratic Socialists of America is to educate and organize students and young people and to play a helpful and principled role in the movement for democratic socialism. We seek social change that extends democracy into all aspects of life—social, political and economic. This is the struggle for democratic socialism, which articulates and defends the idea that human liberation is impossible under capitalism. Our vision of socialism is inherently human-centered; democratic, feminist, and anti-racist.