News
For general news to membership and the public.
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How To Vote in the 2019 DSA Convention Delegate Elections
Twin Cities DSA will be having a special meeting – dare I say A Very Special Meeting – on Saturday, June 8, 2019. This will be your only opportunity to help choose who represents us at the upcoming DSA Convention in Atlanta, GA on August 2 through 4. If you’re a candidate (and thanks for…
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Upcoming delegate election meeting and chapter social
Twin Cities DSA is electing 19 delegates to send to the August national convention in Atlanta. Join fellow members on Saturday, June 8 to hang out, hear from the candidates, and vote! Voting will be open all afternoon so members have the option to stop by, drop off a ballot, and leave. Snacks and drinks…
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Run for Delegate to the DSA National Convention!
Democratic Socialists of America is holding its national convention on August 1-4 in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the highest body of decisionmaking for the national organization, where delegates from the over 150 chapters nationwide will vote on political priorities, changes to our national constitution and bylaws, and electing a new National Political Committee. This will…
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Twin Cities DSA Stands With Ilhan Omar
The following resolution was passed by the Steering Committee on March 27, 2019. WHEREAS in the last several weeks, Representative Ilhan Omar has been subjected to attacks for being a Muslim Somali woman in a country where white Christian maleness is the default, and WHEREAS such attacks on Rep. Omar constitute abuse and give credence…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 35
A Time for Radical Empathy In the midst of deteriorating capitalism we find ourselves in a society where empathy has faded to only a background blip in our minds. It has become the slight tick that shows one’s weakness when they feel something for someone else. In our pervasive individualism empathy is a weakness that…
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January 20 Election Results
During the January 2019 General Meeting, Twin Cities DSA held an election where members voted to elect a Tech Coordinator. Eugene B. was elected Technology Coordinator for the Twin Cities DSA. Thank you to the other candidates, Michael H. and Brad M., for your interest in the Tech Coordinator position and your commitment to TCDSA.
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 34
Note: In the newsletter version, this edition of Little Red Letter is incorrectly numbered as #36. In this web version, it has been corrected to #34. Each January I am reminded of my alma mater’s annual debate on the pros and cons of canceling class on Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day. A private, liberal…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 33
What does it mean to choose hope? Dear comrades, 2018 was a tough one. The response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting showed us that gun control was still not up for debate. Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 saw yet another blow to the power of labor unions, and sex workers were robbed of the…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 32
Fanning the Flames: 2018 In Review For Twin Cities DSA, 2018 was a year in which we seized on the massive energy and growth around socialism in America and took on deep organizing, mass mobilization, direct action, and electoral politics. Over the course of the year we held hundreds of meetings, six general body meetings,…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 31
The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy has produced a rolling catastrophe for international workers in the United States, with Department of Homeland Security entities like Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and Border Patrol targeting ever-increasing numbers of completely innocent people for indefinite detention, physical and emotional abuse, illegal deportation (“refoulement” of refugees…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 30
As socialists in a capitalist world, we are well equipped to take on the challenge of changing our society. However, living in a system that we know is built on exploitation, oppression and greed, and knowing how our world could be better, takes additional tolls on us. Capitalism has infested every part of our lives,…
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TCDSA Little Red Letter No. 29
Statement on Racist Violence in Pittsburgh This past Saturday, October 27th, a fascist murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The fallen were the elders of the community, its backbone. TCDSA is sickened and angered by the terrorist attack at Tree of Life synagogue this past Shabbat. Many have described the…
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