The “Socialism 2023” conference was dominated by the self-absorption and reactionary politics of the upper middle class milieu populating the DSA, the fraudulent “reformists” of the trade union bureaucracy and pro-imperialist state operatives.
UAW President Shawn Fain is following the same playbook used by the Teamsters at UPS, seeking to disarm and demobilize opposition through various stunts as it prepares to impose a sellout. .
The attempt to manufacture “left” credentials for the new UAW administration is taking place at the same time as DSA members are being placed in the upper echelons of the UAW bureaucracy.