Robin Wonsley
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #113: Fair Driver Compensation Vetoed, Encampment Evictions Continue,Closing the HERC, and More!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #113 Fair Driver Compensation Vetoed, Encampment Evictions Continue,Closing the HERC, and More! Let’s start local this week. As always, it has been an eventful time. As we mentioned in our last issue, on August 15, 2023 a wide range of people including doctors, union leaders, scientists, teachers,…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #111: Reviving the Dance Party, The Organizing Doesn’t Stop, and Onward to DSA Convention 2023!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #111 Reviving the Dance Party, The Organizing Doesn’t Stop, and Onward to DSA Convention 2023! A little bit late, but well worth it after a busy weekend packed with DSA events. From our bartender Mark to DJ Bree and our MC Ian, everyone who donated a silent…
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News Roundup – Supreme Court Rulings, DSA Electeds in the News, and Labor Near and Far
News doesn’t slow down in the summer, here is some of everything that happened since our last edition. The Supreme Court issued final rulings in a variety of cases at the end of their session, including rulings prohibiting affirmative action as we know it while letting stand exemptions for legacy admissions and military academies, allowing…
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Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America Announces 2023 Endorsements
Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America (TCDSA) is proud to endorse seven candidates for the 2023 elections for City Council in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #103: DSA in Action, Cub Foods Strike Averted, State Power Struggles and More!
Over the last few editions we have noted current events near and far as we continue to watch and participate in the struggle for a better world. That fight begins with organization, and today we look at what DSA is doing to build and sustain the fight.
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Neoliberals on Display
East Phillips is a neighborhood plagued by industrial pollution, with children there suffering abnormally high rates of asthma and other respiratory ailments. Under a cloak of progressive rhetoric and talk of equity, the majority on the Minneapolis City Council steamrolls over both the the community vision and fears of increased pollution. With this 7-6 vote,…
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Twin Cities DSA Newsletter #95
The December General Meeting, Labor Actions, 2023 Elections (Already??) and More!
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Looking Forward to 2023 Elections in Minneapolis & Saint Paul
A quirk in redistricting laws has the Minneapolis election season kicking off just eleven months after the City Council was sworn in. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) incumbents Jason Chavez and Robin Wonsley launched their re-election campaigns earlier in November. Both kickoffs emphasized the role of DSA elected officials in supporting working class movements across…
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