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… Read more »
Walking the picket line
On May 15th, 80 warehouse workers at seven Murphy Warehouse locations across the Twin Cities went on strike. Murphy Warehouse Company, a Minneapolis-based warehousing and logistics company, has a number of employees organized with Teamsters Local 120. On Friday the 17th, at one of the picket sites, I found a half dozen people holding the… Read more »
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… Read more »
Democrats suck at protecting our reproductive rights
Since the appointment of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade is once again hanging on by a thread, but many, many people who can get pregnant already live in a post-Roe world. In the past week, Alabama lawmakers voted to effectively ban abortion in the state, except at “great risk” to the mother’s… Read more »
May Day, round 3
The May Day parade is a Minneapolis tradition of celebration and resistance in the heart of the Powderhorn neighborhood. For the third year in a row, Twin Cities DSA came out to the party. Our contingent of flags, signs, songs and chants made its way with the dozens of other groups and people cheered from… Read more »
A report back from Socialist Feminist Convergence
Last weekend, the Philadelphia Socialist Feminist Working Group hosted over 200 socialist feminists from all over the U.S. for the Socialist Feminist Convergence, a three day conference of talks, workshops, skill sharing and relationship building with the goal of developing a shared strategy for winning anti-racist socialism in our time. The program was packed with… Read more »
A report back from preconvention
This is a weekend event recap, state of the movement, and personal account all wrapped into one, from the Midwest pre-convention regional conference in Chicago. Like a ton of my Twin Cities DSA comrades, I’ve only been organizing for a few years. TCDSA has become an important part of my life in a short time:… Read more »
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… Read more »
A dispatch from Socialism 101 (plus a rad vegan chili recipe)
Recently a group of DSA members got a chance to try out an updated version of Socialism 101. The purpose of the course is to help those interested in becoming more involved in the fight for a better world to deepen their analysis of where we are, what do we want to build, and what… Read more »
An Invitation from the Left Social Democrats
Please join the Left Social Democrats Caucus of the Twin Cities DSA on Tuesday, April 16th, at 7:00pm for a presentation by Professor David Schultz of Hamline University on “Bernie Sanders and the Future of Democratic Socialism in American Politics.” If any other branches, working groups, or caucuses are interested in co-sponsoring or promoting this… Read more »