Was Oct. 7 ‘inevitable’?
“The New Yorker Radio Hour,” the weekly program produced by The New Yorker and WNYC Studios, released an episode on Aug. 7 titled “How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains.” The host was David Remnick, who covered Moscow for The Washington Post and has edited The New Yorker since 1998 (he also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 in the category of general nonfiction). His guest was Megan Romer, national co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America.This was not Fox News. This was not an ambush. It was a 30-minute slot on a friendly magazine with the co-chair who had come to explain what her movement believes. She went on to explain.Remnick asked about Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic socialist who just won a congressional primary in New York, and whether Romer supported her decision to attend a rally in Times Square on Oct. 8, 2023, the day after…
During an August 7 episode of "The New Yorker Radio Hour," Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national co-chair Megan Romer stated that the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in southern Israel were "inevitable." She reasoned that denying people rights and dignity in an "open-air concentration camp" would eventually lead to rebellion. When pressed by host David Remnick, Romer clarified, "I'm saying that I think it was inevitable," while also asserting that she was "not defending any harm of civilians or of non-combatants." Romer also expressed support for Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic socialist who attended an October 8 rally in Times Square, stating she would have joined it herself. The article highlights the controversy surrounding Romer's remarks and the DSA's evolving stance on such events.
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