| Thank you to everyone who joined our annual convention on Sunday, Building Community, Class Struggle, and Capacity: Fighting for our Future in the Autumn of Capitalism. Well over 100 members joined us in-person or online to debate chapter business, meet our candidates for Steering Committee, and hear from an Amazon worker about their organizing efforts. Make sure to vote if you haven’t already (search OpaVote in your email) — voting will close on Friday at 9:30pm and we’ll announce the results over the weekend via slack and blog post. Thank you again to everyone who volunteered and made the event (and particularly the hybrid format) possible. These meetings are no small feat! While our chapter has focused on administrative business this weekend, class struggle continues on its own pace. One of the largest private sector strikes in our nation’s history took place Monday through Wednesday when the Minnesota Nurses Association picketed 15 hospitals across the Twin Cities and Twin Ports. As of Thursday, an imminent rail strike seems to have been temporarily averted, but the power remains in the hands of the workers to accept or reject the proposed contract. We’re entering the homestretch of the 2022 election season, and considering two more candidates. Aaron Wagner (Robbinsdale City Council, Ward 4) and Samantha Sencer-Mura (MN House 63A) are both seeking our endorsement. Over the next week, we have a Q&A with each candidate, to be followed by an endorsement meeting over Zoom. We hope to see you there! |
| Big events in the next week |
| • Minneapolis Solidarity Festival – Moon Palace Lot Saturday, 9/17 from 3:00pm-5:00pm – RSVP Here Join us in building our shared vision for our city at the Minneapolis Solidarity Festival! Our city is at a crossroads, and we want you to be part of envisioning a Minneapolis that works for all of us. The event is hosted by City Councilmember Robin’s campaigns and community organizations. Food, music, family friendly! |
| • TCDSA Final 2022 Candidate Endorsement Meeting Saturday, 9/24, 1:00pm-3:00pm – Zoom Registration |
| Come hear from and discuss candidates seeking the chapter’s endorsement for! You can find more information about the process and the candidates at tcdsa.org/september-endorsement. We invite all TCDSA members to come and participate, this is for the endorsement of the entire chapter! |
| From the Blog |
| • Labor Rebellion – Labor Branch Co-chair Kip H provides an overview of the outlines and depth of the current labor uprising and how we fit into it. |
| • A Better World is Possible, Comrades. – This post is an adapted version of the speech given by outgoing Co-chair Ian R at the 2022 Annual Convention, giving his perspective as we transition to a new steering committee and a new page in the life of our chapter. |
| • 2022 TCDSA Convention Voting Results – See the results of the recent chapter leadership elections and which resolutions and bylaws amendments were approved by membership. |
| Chapter Branch/Committee Meetings and Events |
| • Seize the Means of Production – Sunday, 9/18, 12:30pm-1:00pm |
| Sign up and let us know if you need supplies for learning here: https://secure.everyaction.com/1zPU7MPYsUq90rr6-1c3rA2 A crafting social for socialists. Bring your project, bring supplies if you want to learn to knit or crochet. Let us know you’re coming here: All are welcome! |
| • Socialist Reading Group – Sunday, 9/18, 3:00pm-4:30pm – Zoom Registration |
| Discussing Black Reconstruction in America by W.E.B. DuBois. |
| • Chapter Q&A with Aaron Wagner – Monday, 9/19, 5:00pm-5:45pm – Zoom Registration |
| Aaron Wagner is a candidate for Robbinsdale City Council Ward 4, and has applied for Twin Cities DSA’s endorsement. These Q&A meetings are an opportunity for membership to ask questions in advance of the chapter endorsement meeting. See their questionnaire here. Submit questions for the Q&A here. |
| • Internal Organizing Phonebank – Monday, 9/19, 6:00pm-7:00pm – Zoom Registration |
| Join the Internal Organizing Committee for our bimonthly phonebank to call new TCDSA members. We will 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. These phonebanks are a chance to meet newer members to TCDSA, hear what they need from our chapter and what brings them to socialism. See the pinned post on the #internal-organizing channel on Slack to preview the script. |
| • Street Corp Working Group Organizing Meeting – Tuesday, 9/20, 5:30pm-6:30pm – Zoom Registration |
| Organizing meeting of the new Street Corps Working Group. Join us to discuss issues in the community and what mutual aid, community building, and community defense projects we can organize to address them! |
| • Internal Organizing Committee – Wednesday, 9/21, 6:30pm-8:00pm – Zoom Registration |
| 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. Join the #electoral channel on Slack for more info. New members are always welcome to join! |
| • Chapter Q&A with Samantha Sencer-Mura – Thursday, 9/22, 1:00pm-1:45pm – Zoom Registration |
| Samantha Sencer-Mura is a candidate for MN House of Representatives in district 63A, and has applied for Twin Cities DSA’s endorsement. These Q&A meetings are an opportunity for membership to ask questions in advance of the chapter endorsement meeting. See their questionnaire here. Submit questions for the Q&A here. |
| • St. Paul Branch Meeting – Thursday, 9/22, 7:00pm-8:00pm – Join Zoom |
| Twice monthly meeting of TCDSA St. Paul Branch |
| • TechOps: Website Redesign – Tuesday, 9/27, 5:00pm-6:00pm – Zoom Registration |
| We will be having a presentation on a new proposed website design. |
| • Steering Committee Meeting – Wednesday, 9/28, 7:00pm-8:30pm |
| Check #steeringcommittee for the zoom link and agenda. If you are a member and need access to slack, sign up at tcdsa.org/slack. |
| • TechOps: Website Redesign – Tuesday, 9/27, 5:00pm-6:00pm – Zoom Registration |
| All are welcome to join in making buttons for the TCDSA table at Open Streets Minnehaha on October 1st. No experience required! Members, sign up for an October 1st tabling shift here: tcdsa.org/tabling |
| Go to tcdsa.org/events to see everything! |