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Socialists launch radical platform to abolish the US Senate in bid to fundamentally transform America
By Peter Pinedo
Published July 10, 2026
As many of its candidates notch electoral wins nationwide, the pre-eminent socialist political group in the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress.
According to a source familiar with the DSA’s planning, the organization plans to roll out an update next week to its long-term vision for a U.S. policy platform. The update includes eliminating the U.S. Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive branch and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.
Additionally, the updated platform would include amnesty for all immigrants and defunding the Department of War.
This would be in addition to the DSA’s current policy platform, which calls for an "immediate end to all deportations," free migration between countries without restrictive immigration controls, and "extending full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens."
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America gather outside of a Trump owned building during a May Day rally in New York City in 2019. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Once considered a fringe movement on the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, the DSA has been gaining relevance with several of its members toppling longtime establishment party figures. This has prompted many to speculate that the DSA represents the Democratic Party’s future.
While the DSA has endorsed the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., perhaps the most prominent member of the group is New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani, an immigrant from Uganda, burst onto the national consciousness this year after he defeated former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2025.
Since Mamdani’s victory, the DSA has continued to gain momentum, with four of its endorsed candidates — Melat Kiros of Colorado, Darializa Avila-Chevalier of New York, Adam Hamawy of New York and Donavan McKinney of Michigan — each defeating sitting Democratic members of Congress in recent months.
Zohran Mamdani speaks during an election night event on June 25, 2025. (Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
These and other victories have emboldened the DSA, which touts itself as a "working-class alternative to the Democratic Party." After a recent round of primary victories, the DSA proclaimed that "only socialism can solve decades of capitalist mismanagement in the US."
The group added that "our newly elected leaders will fight for the working class — not for crumbs."
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani hold hands during the town hall "Fighting Oligarchy" event at Brooklyn College on Sept. 6, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
In addition to radically altering the country’s three-branch form of government, the DSA’s existing platform also advocates establishing a 32-hour work week "with no reduction in pay or benefits," the passage of Medicare for all, canceling all student loan debt, the elimination of cash bail and universal rent control.
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In its program for 2025-2026, the DSA calls for a "new democratic constitution" that it says would establish civil, political, and democratic rights for all based on proportional representation in a "single federal legislature."
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Fox News Digital reached out to the DSA for comment.
Fox News' Matthew Donnell contributed to this report.
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