| Comrades, we have been seeing it for years, but have felt it especially deeply the past few weeks – it is clear that the right wing is going for it. They have been strategically building to take power for a very long time, and we are seeing more clearly than ever the possibility of fascism in the US. We do not take this lightly. We know that national Democratic Party leadership does not have a plan to stop it, and they are more afraid of working people mobilizing than they are of the right. What gives us hope is that there are so many signs of a reawakening working class movement here as well. We need to step into that, to take cues from history as well as active socialist movements from around the world, and graduate to the major leagues. We need to be thinking about how to move millions to organizing for unions, abortion, and against climate change. We cannot let that energy be coopted and neutralized into the status quo by the current system. We need to sharpen our analysis and act collectively. We need you! |
| Big events in the next week |
| We will be stationed at the Black Hart Bar of St Paul’s parking lot to replace community members brake lights! Any and all interested in attending are welcome. |
| • TCDSA Endorsed Candidate Canvasses |
| With the August 9th primary just two weeks away, and we need to get the word out about our candidates! Join us canvassing this week: Tuesday, 7/26, 5:30pm – Mai Xiong Chong for Ramsey County Commissioner Thursday, 7/28, 5:30pm – Senator Omar Fateh for Senate District 62 Saturday, 7/30, 12:00pm – Sheigh Freeberg for Senate Disctrict 65 |
| From The Blog |
| A statement of support for Sen. Fateh from the TCDSA steering committee. |
| It was wonderful to meet with so many comrades out at Powderhorn Park! A special shoutout to all the new people who then joined TCDSA in the march to the abortion rally Sunday. |
| Other Asks |
| Our annual convention is where we set priorities, elect chapter leadership, and make changes to the structure of our chapter. We want YOUR opinion on how it should be held! Please answer a few questions to determine how we plan it. |
| • Sign the Petition to Support Nurses – Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) have asked DSA members to support their petition to get a fair contract at their hospitals. |
| Chapter Branch/Committee Meetings and Events |
| • Internal Organizing Phonebank – Monday, 7/25, 6:30pm-7:30pm – Online, Register Here |
| Join the Internal Organizing Committee for our bimonthly phonebank to call new TCDSA members. These phonebanks are a chance to meet newer members to TCDSA, hear what they need from our chapter and what brings them to socialism. |
| • Labor Branch Meeting – Tuesday, 7/26, 7:00-8:30pm – Online, Join Here |
| We’ll cover next steps in Starbucks organizing, Amazon-UPS and logistics, Trader Joe’s and how we can push workers, unions, and union organizing closer to the center of the TCDSA agenda. |
| • Internal Organizing Committee – Wednesday, 7/27, 1:00-3:00pm – Hybrid, Zoom Here |
| This meeting will be in person and on Zoom. Join us in Powderhorn Park at the south picnic tables, or online. The Internal Organizing 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. |
| • Tech Ops: Website Redesign – Thursday, 7/28, 6:30-8:00pm – Zoom available in slack in the #TechOps channel |
| We will be going over the results of the website redesign survey and talking about next steps going forward. If you haven’t joined Slack yet, register here: twincitiesdsa.org/slack |
| • Socialist Feminist Branch Meeting – Saturday, 7/30 2:00-3:30pm – Online, Register Here |
| Our monthly branch meetings are a space to talk about current organizing and how people can get involved! We also will have discussion centered around political education. |
| Go to tcdsa.org/events to see everything! |