Articles I recommend for Sunday, September 16, 2018

• Erdogan, Putin to Meet Monday in Sochi as Turkey Moves More Weapons into Syria from 21st Century Wire.

• The Bluffer’s Guide to Bombing Syria by Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Syria, posted on 21st Century Wire.

• Analyzing the business behind the controversial Nike Kaepernick ads by William Bayless from News Rep. 

• Elections, Power, & the DSA: The Failure of the Left in Power from It's Going Down.

Along with obsession over “ANTIFA,” the growth of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the wake of Bernie Sanders’ failed Presidential run has garnished mass attention in the press, been demonized by the Right, and also embraced by some sections of the liberal class as the new shepherds of the Democratic Party.

Meanwhile, the DSA has continued to explode in membership, hitting over 50,000 dues paying members in recent weeks. While some DSA backed politicians have become house hold names as the DNC aligned media smells blood in the water in the lead up to the midterms, DSA chapters have also become a fixture at protests and demonstrations, from fighting against the Alt-Right to supporting strikes.

But key questions remains, will the DSA be used, much as Bernie Sanders’ campaign was used, to activate key sections of millennials and the working poor, and prime them for elections?