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Resolved, that Twin Cities DSA supports …

In early October, the Twin Cities DSA Steering Committee voted to adopt this resolution, which calls on the chapter to…
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Resolved, that Twin Cities DSA supports …

Who Are Delta Air Lines Shareholders?

This article was originally written for the Delta Workers Organizing Committee newsletter, Blue Notes, by Pat G (Delta ramp worker…
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Who Are Delta Air Lines Shareholders?

Post-Convention Reflections and Invitations from the Labor Branch

The Labor Branch Organizing Committee wants to share some reflections and opinions about the TCDSA Convention, and also invite you…
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Post-Convention Reflections and Invitations from the Labor Branch

Steering Committee Reflection from an Outgoing At-large Member

It has been an honor to have been able to serve this past year on the 2023-2024 Steering Committee of…
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Steering Committee Reflection from an Outgoing At-large Member

Two Chapter Ex-parliamentarians Review the Convention

Deb K R Hi, comrades. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Debra Keefer Ramage or Debs…
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Two Chapter Ex-parliamentarians Review the Convention

Twin Cities DSA Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election

This fall voters face yet another election where we are left to choose between the threat of fascism or the…
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TCDSA 2024 Online Experience Survey

Twin Cities DSA is currently collecting user feedback for some of our online platforms. Filling out this form is extremely…
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TCDSA 2024 Online Experience Survey

No Reform, No Ideas, Just Spending

On July 18th, 2024 the Minneapolis City Council voted 8 to 4 in favor of a massive 21% pay increase…
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No Reform, No Ideas, Just Spending

The Value of Trees and Labor

A version of this article was originally published in the Nokomis Messenger. MPRB Arborists maintain 600,000 trees that cover 29.8%…
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The Value of Trees and Labor

We Get What We Organize For: Smith Foundry Update 

Background Smith Foundry is an iron foundry that manufactures iron castings in the East Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Smith…
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We Get What We Organize For: Smith Foundry Update 

🗓️ Upcoming Events

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Wednesday November 20

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Local Elected Socialists in Office: Administrative Meeting

All branches, committees, and working groups are encouraged to bring ideas for how we can collaborate with electeds.

Zoom only — (Line 2) Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81187443699

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Internal Organizing Phonebank

Join the Internal Organizing Committee for a New Member Phonebank. We meet on Zoom to go over the script, mute ourselves and make phone calls to other DSA members, and then return to debrief how our calls went. A brief training is provided and no prior experience is required. These phonebanks are a chance to meet other members to TCDSA, hear what they need from our chapter and what brings them to socialism. Register for the Zoom meeting here.

All are welcome, but new members should note that we will be calling you!

IO phonebanks are held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. For more information about joining this meeting, see the #internal-organizing Slack channel.

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
May Day Cafe Workers Cooperative Karaoke Fundraiser

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Ed Justice union working group

Join us at our next Ed Justice meeting where we will discuss — among other things — educators’ Palestine work in our unions, plans for SBI divestment, and building working-class power through our unions and together!

—Education Justice monthly meeting
— Wed November 20, 6:30-8.
— Online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85370440328?

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Tenant Organizing Committee

If you are currently a tenant, have rented in the past, or simply care about housing justice, join us to discuss and strategize on tenant organizing in the Twin Cities!! We will be doing this work with support from a mentor with ETOC (DSA’s Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee).

RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/O_t-xFhsy0SyXEqZeLR7bw2
Zoom (line 2): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85398853486?pwd=qayFEiYcUwhrcVYwrbKvQz1vz4vTE0.1

Thursday November 21

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Communications Committee Meeting

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoceisrTMrHtR9Tz2fVlH5TL6J2MRski_S

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Palestine Solidarity Working Group

Regular biweekly meeting of the TCDSA Palestine Solidarity Working Group. Join us as TCDSA organizes with allies in the community towards Palestinian liberation.
 
Check the #palestine-solidarity Slack channel for the zoom link and agenda. If you are a member and need access to slack, sign up at tcdsa.org/slack

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldOqurDIqE92znlNs4iksgIMOtlE_p_2G

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
I-94 EJ Working Group

Meeting of the working group acting in coalition toward the goal of replacing the current I-94 interstate corridor with an at-grade boulevard and/or rail transit option that reconnects communities in the Twin Cities.

Zoom (Line 1): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItcOCprjwoGtSlfjcPDq73ygvEDpgrogiu#/registration

Friday November 22

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Activism and Academic Freedom in a Time of Genocide

On college and university campuses across the US, talk of “academic freedom” and “student safety” has become all-consuming. But what is academic freedom? And whose safety are we really concerned with? As hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel’s genocidal attacks, faculty, students, and staff across American colleges and universities are being charged with creating an “unsafe atmosphere” by speaking up for Palestinian liberation. What does it mean to create an “unsafe atmosphere” in the context of talking about genocide? How has safety been weaponized to silent dissent? What are our rights and what are our responsibilities? And what can we do now?

Maura Finkelstein is a writer, ethnographer, and former associate professor of anthropology. Finkelstein, who is Jewish, continues to come to public attention and is said to be “the first tenured professor to be fired for Pro-Palestine speech.

RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/jTa-3jT5DUC5v29Q6KC67Q2

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Environmental Justice Group Social

RSVP Here: https://secure.everyaction.com/qLPWMWwfPkOsFlxUsiRe3A2

Join us at the Spruce Tree office to with comrades in our Environmental Justice group! We’ll be crafting and talking about our current campaigns.

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