Twin Cities DSA
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The Unionization of Everything and Other Seismic Shifts
It’s 1:30 pm on the last Sunday in January and I am watching and listening to a Zoom presentation coming from East Side Freedom Library (ESFL). You can watch the recording of the presentation, which was also live-streamed on ESFL’s Facebook page, at this link: East Side Freedom Library panel discussion with UFCW and Half…
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Relating to the DFL
How and when to relate to the Democratic Party? It’s a vexing question, one that members of DSA spend a lot of time thinking about. In 1896 the People’s Party, a populist formation, joined the Democratic Party and was quickly subsumed. In the 1930’s the labor union bureaucracy kept workers in the Democratic Party, in…
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2022 First-Round Endorsements
TCDSA is proud to announce endorsement of four candidates to bring the values of Democratic Socialism to the MN State Legislature: 🌹 Omar Fateh – Senate District 62 🌹 Zaynab Mohamed – Senate District 63 🌹 Sheigh Freeberg – Senate District 65 🌹 Fabian Bean – House District 63A Our endorsements are not just words.…
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Jacobins and Marxists : A Shared History
Political Education Snippet #9 How it started It started with wondering about two questions. 1. Why are the Jacobins called that? 2. Why is a Marxist 21st Century magazine about modern socialism called Jacobin? The first question is easily answered. (Thanks to Wikipedia.) Jacobin (political) Not to be confused with Jacobitism or the Jacobean era.…
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Democratic Socialists in the DFL – The Story So Far
A little over a year ago, I heard of an effort to launch a Democratic Socialists Caucus in the DFL. I have called myself a democratic socialist since about the mid-1980s. I made the transition from anarchist (because of Ursula K. LeGuin, Emma Goldman, and my small but intellectually broad social circle in Atlanta) through…
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A Strike in Every School
What would a strike at every school in every neighborhood mean for workers in Minneapolis? The last time the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) went on strike was over 50 years ago, amidst a national trend of unions avoiding striking for the last 40 years. Teachers have been more willing to break that trend due…
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Starbucks Union and Organizing in 2022
This month Starbucks workers at three locations in Buffalo NY made history by voting to confirm their union. Workers at one store voted overwhelmingly to approve the union, the vote at a second location did not succeed, and at the time of writing several votes at a third location are being disputed; however, the margin…
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Make 2022 the Year of Rent Control in Minneapolis!
On January 10th, the new city council’s Inauguration Day, join Minneapolis United for Rent Control (MURC) and their coalition for a rally to “Make 2022 the Year of Rent Control in Minneapolis!” Voters in Minneapolis and St. Paul were loud and clear in their support for rent control last fall, passing proposals with over 52%…
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2021 TCDSA Grievance Committee election results
Election results are in! Thanks to everyone who voted in the election following our chapter convention! We are happy to announce the results of the Grievance Committee election. Robbie O., Jia M., Jory F., Brian K., and Hilary B. have all been elected to the committee for two year terms. Handling conflict and harmful behaviors…
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About the Ezra Ishman Solidarity Fund
At our last All Chapter Meeting, Matt gave a great presentation about the Ezra Ishman Solidarity Fund. In case you missed it, here are the basics: It provides one-time grants up to $200 to TCDSA members and others in the community It was established in 2018 by TCDSA’s Mutual Aid and Solidarity Economy (MASE) working…
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How to survive the climate crisis
Many of the world’s problems exist because of the systems of rules that we live under. These rules have been defined over centuries to make it so that a tiny minority of people can become ridiculously wealthy while we all head towards the sixth great extinction. Some call this the anthropocene, blaming our troubles on…
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November 2021 Membership Meeting
Join Twin Cities DSA for our November 2021 General Membership Meeting! Date: November 16, 2021 Time: 6:30pm to 8:15pm Register for the Zoom call here Meeting packet with agenda Please email operations@twincitiesdsa.org for any questions you may have.
2023 Elections Aisha Chughtai Anti-imperialism Association of Flight Attendants Book review Ceasefire in Gaza Delta Delta Air Lines Democratic Party/DFL East Phillips Neighborhood Institute/EPNI East Phillips Urban Farm Electoral Committee Endorsements Environmental racism General Strike Three International Association of Machinists International Brotherhood of Teamsters Jason Chavez Labor MFT/ESP MFT59 Minneapolis Minnesota Uber/Lyft Drivers Association (MULDA) MN Governor Tim Walz Mutual aid National Convention Nelsie Yang Omar Fateh Political education Rent control Robin Wonsley Roof Depot Soren Stevenson St. Paul Starbucks Starbucks Workers United TCDSA Teamsters UFCW 663 Ukraine invasion 2022 UMN Union Organizing United Auto Workers (UAW) Unite HERE Local 17 YDSA