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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 DSA Little Red Letter #104: Conventions, Elections, Rallies, Progress, and More!
Members had a busy couple weeks between the local endorsement meeting, Delta organizing rally, the YDSA and DSA conference, and more to come.
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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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Labor Movie Night: Teamster Rebellion
Protesting low wages, Minneapolis Teamsters went on strike in 1934 in what would become a turning point in the labor movement nationally.
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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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A Surging Labor Movement
Worker solidarity was in the air at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 2 on Thursday, December 8th. Union members, with help from TCDSA, were directing rally traffic, handing out SEIU Airport Workers United hats and rally signs and circulating sign-in sheets. Things were buzzing. Smiling workers seemed excited but a little apprehensive. It was an…
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YDSA and the Teamsters Fight at the University of Minnesota
YDSA played purely a support role for the Teamsters Local 320. Being a studentorganization, our primary aim was to educate students about the working conditions at theuniversity, and to build up support for the union among the student body. With this goal in mind,we went about tabling outside of dorm cafeterias, lit-dropping pro-Teamsters literature inuniversity…
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