News

For general news to membership and the public.

  • Minneapolis DFL Turmoil

    Minneapolis DFL Turmoil

    On Saturday, May 13, the Minneapolis DFL held their Ward 10 endorsing convention. It would be forced to adjourn partway through as Warsame supporters began to physically confront and assault Chughtai supporters, with the convention becoming unsafe for all participants.

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #105: Worker Power, Corporate Threats, Endorsements and More!

    Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #105 Worker Power, Endorsements, Corporate Threats and More! We are a week out from May Day, or International Workers’ Day. Though not officially observed in the United States, leftwing groups and labor unions have long kept the tradition alive, one that traces itself to the campaign for…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #104: Conventions, Elections, Rallies, Progress, and More!

    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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  • Rally for Delta Workers

    Rally for Delta Workers

    On Saturday, April 15, Twin Cities DSA members were invited to attend a major labor rally to boost the coordinated organizing efforts at Delta Air Lines. Delta flight attendants are organizing with the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA (AFA-CWA). Delta fleet service / ramp crew are organizing with the International Association of Machinists and…

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  • Update: East Phillips Urban Farm in Sight

    Update: East Phillips Urban Farm in Sight

    Comrades, we’ve just passed Earth Day, and in that spirit, we are thrilled to share positive news about the effort in East Phillips to avoid demolition of the Roof Depot and realize the community’s vision of an indoor urban farm, housing, and community hub.  In a meeting on Wednesday, April 19, with the East Phillips…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #103: DSA in Action, Cub Foods Strike Averted, State Power Struggles and More!

    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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  • Cub Foods Strike Averted: Prep for the Future

    Cub Foods Strike Averted: Prep for the Future

    The planned strike by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 this past Friday and Saturday has been called off following a tentative agreement reached by the bargaining committee that would provide workers with wage increases of $2.50 to $3.50 an hour by Spring of 2024 and establish a safety committee. A membership ratification…

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  • News from other states, both good and bad

    News from other states, both good and bad

    From the state of Idaho, a new statute was recently passed by the legislature that literally strikes fear into our hearts and seems to indicate a slide toward a future resembling Margaret Atwood’s Gilead from A Handmaid’s Tale. The law creates a new crime, called “abortion trafficking.”  Here are the bare facts, as reported on…

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  • Organize and fly together

    Organize and fly together

    The heartbreaking 2010 loss of a union election at Delta Air Lines by a mere 280 votes meant that 16,000 ramp workers would not be represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). The last 13 years have been marked by several unsuccessful attempts at unionization. A combination of firing key activists, intimidation, intense anti-union…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #102: East Phillips, Union Strikes, Socialists in Office, and More!

    Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #102: East Phillips, Union Strikes, Socialists in Office, and More!

    Another eventful week, let’s start local. More stories to come in our featured news section. 

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  • Starbucks One-day Strike Report-back

    Starbucks One-day Strike Report-back

    On Wednesday, March 22, Starbucks workers at over 100 stores across the country went on strike over recent hour cuts and the company’s continued refusal to bargain. Three stores in the Twin Cities participated: Saint Anthony, 300 Snelling in Saint Paul, and 47th & Cedar in Minneapolis. The one day strike took place the day…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #101: Ruling Class Backlash and Movement Solidarity

    Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #101: Ruling Class Backlash and Movement Solidarity

    Our last edition described major developments in the fight around the Roof Depot. The dynamic has changed, but the intensity of the ruling class hostility has not diminished.

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