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  • TCDSA Responds to Governor Walz Enacting Eviction Moratorium

    TCDSA Responds to Governor Walz Enacting Eviction Moratorium

    March 23, 2020 Ever since a peacetime state of emergency was declared amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesotans have been calling for a statewide eviction moratorium. Last week, hundreds of people made thousands of calls to the Walz Administration demanding that they take emergency action to guarantee healthcare, economic and social security, and safety amid this…

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  • TCDSA Statement on Minnesota Emergency Response to  COVID-19

    TCDSA Statement on Minnesota Emergency Response to COVID-19

    MARCH 20, 2020 Minnesota residents are in the middle of an unprecedented public health crisis. With each passing day, people become more terrified, wondering if they will be evicted from their homes because they can’t pay rent, unable to provide for their loved ones due to layoffs and small business closures, or forced to risk exposure…

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  • Education roundup: MPS has many balls in the air; meanwhile Saint Paul teachers may be on the verge of a strike

    Education roundup: MPS has many balls in the air; meanwhile Saint Paul teachers may be on the verge of a strike

    Editor’s note: A version of this column appears in the March 2 edition of Southside Pride. Whew! I hardly know where to start. On March 10th, a coalition of pissed-off parents is going to march to demand Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) go back to the drawing board on their Comprehensive District Design (CDD) and this…

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  • Twin Cities DSA and friends protest Line 3, call out fossil fuel industry for buying political influence

    Twin Cities DSA and friends protest Line 3, call out fossil fuel industry for buying political influence

    On February 26, 2020, members of Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America, Northfield Against Line 3, and other allies from the Movement to Stop Line 3 gathered in downtown Minneapolis at the offices of Winthrop & Weinstine—one of Minnesota’s premier corporate law firms and lobby shops—to call out its relationship with Enbridge Energy, the company…

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  • Official Tuna 4 Bernie Shirt

    Official Tuna 4 Bernie Shirt

    [Order Here] On February 7, the night of the Democratic debate in New Hampshire, very online Twin Cities DSA member Chris Stedman tweeted a simple video capturing his dog Tuna’s enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders and her…. lack of enthusiasm for Pete Buttigieg. Overnight the video went viral, and it has since been viewed almost 900K…

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  • TCDSA endorses Sonia Neculescu for MN House 60A

    TCDSA endorses Sonia Neculescu for MN House 60A

    The membership of the Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America has voted to endorse Sonia Neculescu in the special election for MN House 60A. The DFL primary is on January 21st and early voting is available now. Find your polling place at https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/. Sonia is a working class resident of Northeast Minneapolis. She’s a first-generation…

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  • Introducing the Red Loons

    Introducing the Red Loons

    Hello TCDSA! We are the Red Loons, an independent leftist supporters group of Minnesota United FC, Minnesota’s new Major League Soccer team. While some of you are members already or have worked with us on community and political projects, we thought it was high time we extended an invitation to anyone who wants to have…

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  • Success! Nelsie Yang for Ward 6

    Success! Nelsie Yang for Ward 6

    The city of St Paul held city council elections this Tuesday 5 November and Twin Cities DSA recommended members volunteer support for Nelsie Yang, candidate for city council in Ward 6. Twin Cities DSA did not host formal endorsement meetings this year, however a group of chapter members approached the elected leadership asking for an urgent…

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  • Support Nelsie Yang

    Support Nelsie Yang

    With the city of St Paul holding city council elections this Tuesday 5 November, Twin Cities DSA would like to strongly recommend volunteer support for Nelsie Yang, candidate for city council in Ward 6. Sign-up Here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/p/JjsHsM6BHUqPHxKvqHbOAA2 Decision Process Twin Cities DSA did not host formal endorsement meetings this year available to rank & file…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Supports Aisha Gomez

    Twin Cities DSA Supports Aisha Gomez

    The following resolution was passed by the Steering Committee on October 30, 2019. WHEREAS, on October 10, 2019, the Minneapolis Police Department used violent, escalatory tactics including indiscriminate spraying of chemical irritants and charging horses into crowds after a rally by Donald Trump, and WHEREAS, the MPD used these tactics in an effort to to…

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  • TCDSA Steering Committee

    TCDSA Steering Committee

    To reach the entire steering committee, please email steering@twincitiesdsa.org. Other elected & appointed non-Steering Committee roles Grievance committee (grievances@twincitiesdsa.org) Political education committee (politicaledu@twincitiesdsa.org) Member data coordinator (operations@twincitiesdsa.org) Updated 10/18/2022

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  • The Fight For 15 At MSP Airport

    The Fight For 15 At MSP Airport

    In early 2015 a fight was raging at the airport between workers on the one side and large corporations and their political supporters on the other over what the minimum wage would be for airport workers. Ultimately, workers were only able to wrest one dollar per hour above the Minnesota state minimum wage ($9.65) from…

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