Cannon Valley DSA Chapter
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Reflections on Cannon Valley DSA
Part three. See Dec. 16, 2022 LRL for part 1, Jan. 13, 2023 LRL for part 2 Regardless of whether we merge into the Twin Cities chapter, dissolve, or continue on as an inactive ghost chapter, this experiment in building a Cannon Valley DSA chapter has failed. I started the chapter with two primary goals, […]
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Reflections on Cannon Valley DSA
Part two, with part one published in our December 16, 2022 newsletter From the failure of our first attempt at getting Cannon Valley DSA off the ground, I concluded that, to be successful, we would need more support from members of Cooperation Northfield (now renamed Red Pine). In the summer of 2021, when the chapter […]
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #96
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #96 Setting Directions, Labor Actions, and Debriefing Elections December General Meeting Recap There was a full schedule at the December 2022 general meeting. Starting with updates on how our chapter’s capacities are being developed, inspiring work being done by local YDSA chapters, and preparations by labor allies […]
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Reflections on Cannon Valley DSA
Part One: Two years after submitting our application for Organizing Committee (OC) status in the fall of 2020, the Cannon Valley Democratic Socialists of America chapter is effectively moribund. Dues paying membership has remained at around 50 since the beginning of 2021, no member outside the Steering Committee, the elected leadership of the chapter, has […]
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