📰️ News

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 

Solidarity Culture

There’s been a lot of discussion in the steering committee and the chapter as a whole about solidarity culture. That’s…
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Solidarity Culture

OpenSliding into Democracy

Hello Comrades! As you all know, at our last general meeting, the chapter debuted a new online meeting organizing tool:…
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OpenSliding into Democracy

Labor Notes 2024 – Watching History Be Made

One of the best moments of the Labor Notes weekend was what didn’t happen: Sean Fain couldn’t give his talk…
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Labor Notes 2024 – Watching History Be Made

Tenant Unionism is the remedy to the Ills of our Cities and our Organization: A Prescription for TCDSA

1. The Diagnosis We’re at a terrifying and tumultuous crossroads in history. The contradictions in capitalism have become more visible…
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Tenant Unionism is the remedy to the Ills of our Cities and our Organization: A Prescription for TCDSA

Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #126: TDOV Karaoke Smashes Fundraising Goal, Uber and Lyft Drivers Deserve a Living Wage, 2024 Endorsement Process Update and More!

Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #126 TDOV Karaoke Smashes Fundraising Goal, Uber and Lyft Drivers Deserve…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #126: TDOV Karaoke Smashes Fundraising Goal, Uber and Lyft Drivers Deserve a Living Wage, 2024 Endorsement Process Update and More!

🗓️ Upcoming Events

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Sunday October 6

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Office Open Hours

Our chapter office will be open for members to drop in! Come on by to hang out, use the printer, read or check out books in the library, and more!

Our office is located on the first floor in Suite # 3

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Steering Committee Meeting

Check #steeringcommittee for the zoom link and agenda. If you are a member and need access to slack, sign up at tcdsa.org/slack

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Tech Ops Committee

The Tech Ops Committee meets on the 1st Sunday of the month.
 
To see the latest agenda: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zfAdnONBZmlCrWIG2-07kLdxRAnHZjfO

zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcOGgqDwuGNRrasyBOxeDmOqLIg7mhYxF

1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
March Against 1 Year of Genocide

October is almost here; we are nearing the ONE YEAR mark since Israel began its devastating assault on Gaza. Join the MN Free Palestine Coalition on Sunday, October 6th to march with a MASSIVE crowd of protestors in solidarity with Palestine! Attendees from across the entire state will be uniting together for one noble cause: justice for Gaza!

We’ll form a TCDSA signal chat to coordinate closer to the event. Stay tuned to the #palestine-solidarity channel on slack for updates.

Can’t make it to this event but want to get involved in TCDSA’s Palestine Solidarity work? Fill out this form! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1m3QCaATznnuRXwWUixPEobCuS-yMEeAztnc-6izsQQQ
 
RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/vsqmpMuZQ0CUzTaIMEjHsQ2

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Camp Nenookaasi Support

A group of TCDSA members come to camp Nenookaasi every Sunday afternoon to help with food prep, doing dishes, cleaning, yurt construction, talking with residents and neighbors, building relationships, and connect immediate needs with a wider housing justice political program/policy. 

Join the signal thread here: https://signal.group/#CjQKIJdN81U0ezdoPCzUhCYK3ieSb8-ikX-q6bdGWr24g–KEhC3pCxat2rA1pCo4aZ6FB1n

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Street Corps: Solidarity Sundays

Join our Street Corps Working Group with outreach to and organizing of our houseless and lower income neighbors. We will be preparing and handing out food, information flyers, and talking with our neighbors about their needs.

To find out specific week to week volunteer asks and specifics, connect with our Street Corps Working Group.

Monday October 7

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Electoral Committee

Tuesday October 8

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Relaunch of Ed Justice Union Working Group

TCDSA Line 2 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 829 6939 1202
Passcode: 971519

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Wednesday October 9

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
2024 People’s Dance Party/Fundraiser Planning

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Internal Organizing Committee

All are welcome to join our monthly meetings of the TCDSA Internal Organizing Committee (IOC).

Register here.


This committee works to create the spaces, structures, and resources to initiate and sustain members’ active and healthy participation in chapter work. Through internal organizing, we strive to grow our capacity by developing confident and skilled organizers and leaders who are empowered to turn their resources into collective power to make socialist change. Join the #internal-organizing channel on Slack for more info.

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The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.