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Mass Work Caucus: A Vision for Revolutionary Change Grounded in Everyday Struggle
In a world where capitalism’s crises grow more acute with each passing day, the need for a truly revolutionary socialist movement has never felt more urgent. Yet within the broad left, a crucial question persists: How do we transform our principles into mass movements powerful enough to challenge, and eventually overthrow, the capitalist system? An…
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Option 2: Reclaiming the Working Class after the 2024 US Presidential Election
“Everybody thought the way to fight fascism was to get Kamala Harris elected.” — Anonymous “It should come as no surprise that the Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.” — Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders issued a statement on Wednesday outlining for America what happened…
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Why TCDSA Stands With Union Educators for Palestine
Twin Cities DSA stands with Minneapolis union educators who hosted an event for educational professionals to support and educate each other in standing on the side of justice through their work. Like many residents of the Twin Cities area, they cannot stand by while Israel annihilates the Palestinian people and pushes us toward wider war…
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Resolved, that Twin Cities DSA supports …
In early October, the Twin Cities DSA Steering Committee voted to adopt this resolution, which calls on the chapter to use its resources to support the passage of the congressional Joint Resolutions of Disapproval recently introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders. This group of six resolutions, put before both houses of Congress, would block over $20…
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Who Are Delta Air Lines Shareholders?
This article was originally written for the Delta Workers Organizing Committee newsletter, Blue Notes, by Pat G (Delta ramp worker and TCDSA member). While it is specific to Delta Air Lines, we include it here because a great number of generalized conclusions can be drawn from it. One ruling class myth is that somehow Wall…
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Post-Convention Reflections and Invitations from the Labor Branch
The Labor Branch Organizing Committee wants to share some reflections and opinions about the TCDSA Convention, and also invite you to an important labor event. On one hand, DSA union activists were understandably disappointed that our labor priority proposal did not make it in the top three priorities of the TCDSA Convention. On the other…
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Steering Committee Reflection from an Outgoing At-large Member
It has been an honor to have been able to serve this past year on the 2023-2024 Steering Committee of our chapter. It was a successful convention season, with a new chapter priorities process bearing a renewed focus for our chapter and elected leadership containing both incumbents and a slate of new chapter leadership. Furthermore,…
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Two Chapter Ex-parliamentarians Review the Convention
Deb K R Hi, comrades. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Debra Keefer Ramage or Debs (she/her pronouns.) I was one of the first co-chairs elected in 2016 under our then-new constitution and bylaws (which I also had a major hand in writing, so please forgive me if some of them…
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Twin Cities DSA Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election
This fall voters face yet another election where we are left to choose between the threat of fascism or the neoliberal status quo. On one hand, Trump represents the threat of mass deportations of immigrants, attacks on bodily autonomy and LGBTQ rights, deepening attacks on unions and workers, racist attacks on people of color, and…
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TCDSA 2024 Online Experience Survey
Twin Cities DSA is currently collecting user feedback for some of our online platforms. Filling out this form is extremely helpful! You will be directly impacting our work going forward. There’s also opportunities to get involved or reach out for training at the end. There will be a Tech Ops zoom meeting to talk about…
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No Reform, No Ideas, Just Spending
On July 18th, 2024 the Minneapolis City Council voted 8 to 4 in favor of a massive 21% pay increase for the Minneapolis Police Department. Council Member Jamal Osman missed the vote but said he would have also voted in favor. Despite calls by critics, the contract does not reform the police except to grant…
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The Value of Trees and Labor
A version of this article was originally published in the Nokomis Messenger. MPRB Arborists maintain 600,000 trees that cover 29.8% of Minneapolis with an urban canopy. Recent rain, hail, and wind gusts, as well as the LiUNA 363 labor union strike, has highlighted the precarity of our tree canopy, as well as how much work…
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