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  • For Social Movements – Here’s How To Win

    For Social Movements – Here’s How To Win

    In mid-February, prospects didn’t look good for the St. Paul City Council to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Council President, Mitra Jalali, had blocked introduction of such a resolution, explaining that she didn’t believe “foreign affairs” had a place in the deliberations of the City Council, despite the fact she…

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  • Uncommitted Makes Waves

    Uncommitted Makes Waves

    On March 5th, “Super Tuesday”, Minnesotans showed up in the tens of thousands to Vote Uncommitted in the presidential primary elections. Through phone-banking, text-banking, flyering, and relational organizing, members of our local Twin Cities chapter and DSA national joined in the effort, which garnered 19% of the vote in the Democratic Party primary, nearly 46,000…

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  • Argentina Ignites the Fire of Rebellion Against the Far Right

    Argentina Ignites the Fire of Rebellion Against the Far Right

    Argentina anticipates the near future in the US? The working class in Argentina just dealt a powerful blow to the Far Right. After a one-day national strike that brought 1.5 million people into the streets across the country and a week of protests bringing together wide sectors of the working class and social movements, a…

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  • Lessons from Cop City

    Lessons from Cop City

    You have likely heard of Cop City and the corresponding “Stop Cop City” movement in Atlanta, Georgia. However, you may have wondered what exactly are the details of this project and the campaign to stop it? How is the ruling class forcing this project into reality? What can we learn from the fight against Cop…

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  • Why Liberal/Progressive Politicians Don’t Deliver

    Why Liberal/Progressive Politicians Don’t Deliver

    When St. Paul elected their first all female and nearly all women of color City Council last year, there were high hopes this would deliver progressive change at the City Council level. On Wednesday, February 21 those hopes took a heavy blow. Council President Mitra Jalali, widely known as a progressive, refused to bring forth…

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  • The Problem With PACs and Non-Profits

    The Problem With PACs and Non-Profits

    In a discussion with a former Executive Director of Take Action MN, he explained some of the problems they run into as a liberal non-profit. Take Action will submit a funding request to a foundation or rich person outlining what the project is and what the budget is. Quite often the entity will respond by…

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  • What Meaning Will We Give the New State Flag?

    What Meaning Will We Give the New State Flag?

    Flags, like any symbol, do not really have meaning crafted into them by default. They are imbued with meaning from the actions and narratives that are made to associate with them. Sure the current Minnesota flag has pretty un-abstract designs of colonialism imprinted directly on it but its significance and meaning comes from it flying…

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  • Toward a Twin Cities DSA Ready to Govern

    Toward a Twin Cities DSA Ready to Govern

    2024 is going to be another pivotal election year. During a federal presidential election, the discourse on electoralism at all levels will be in full swing across the wider left and across our own organization. With this discourse we must ask ourselves, what does it mean for Twin Cities DSA to take electoral power? Is…

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  • We Are Essential Workers

    We Are Essential Workers

    Over the past year, one of the largest organizing campaigns in the country has been the effort to organize Delta Airlines. Members of Twin Cities DSA will be familiar with this campaign, as many have joined rallies in solidarity with these workers as they seek to organize over 45,000 workers at the only U.S.-based mainline…

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  • Reading an Old Anti-War Book for Our New Anti-War Moment

    Reading an Old Anti-War Book for Our New Anti-War Moment

    Much has been made of how our current political moment feels like the Iraq War era. When leftists mention this, they usually are referring to the vibe of centrist and neoliberal media discourse, which since October 2023 has veered sharply between an apoplectic, war-mongering “anti-terrorism” tone when reporting Hamas’s offenses and a confused, “still looking…

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  • We Can All Be Housed

    We Can All Be Housed

    Originally published online with the Sahan Journal, December 7, 2023 By restoring rent stabilization and putting the right to housing above the right to profit, we can transform our cities. If you live in Saint Paul like me, you may be familiar with the powerful rent stabilization law we passed in November 2021. Minneapolis and…

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  • Update from Brainerd Lakes Area DSA on UFCW Strike in Crow Wing County

    Update from Brainerd Lakes Area DSA on UFCW Strike in Crow Wing County

    The following short piece is taken with permission from the email newsletter of BLA/DSA:  Brainerd Area Grocery Updates This past weekend, workers at the five unionized grocery stores in Crow Wing County went on a three-day ULP strike in order to push for a fair contract. It was an incredible showcase of labor militancy, with…

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