Rally and Make Art! Join East Phillips organizers and community on October 9, 1PM, at the Roof Depot intersection. This will be a community rally and art-making event! The city recently tore down all the signs there, so folks will be making more to put up. Update: On Thursday, September 22, 2022, amid ongoing protests… Read more »
Labor Rebellion
The outlines and depth of a labor uprising are becoming clearer with everyday. The rail workers group, Rail Workers United (RWU), issued a statement in support of striking Minnesota Nurses explaining that rail workers face the same conditions and problems as nurses; speed up, lack of staffing, more dangerous conditions and an attempt by bosses,… Read more »
A Better World is Possible, Comrades.
(This post has been adapted from the convention speech given by outgoing co-chair Ian R.) Given that this is my last meeting as co-chair, I wanted to share a few parting thoughts as we transition to a new steering committee and a new page in the life of our chapter. The past several years have… Read more »
2022 TCDSA Convention Voting Results
Bylaws and resolutions results: Bylaws Change 1: Operations Coordinator – passes. 66% required to pass. 93% in favor, 7% opposed or abstained. Bylaws Change 2: Sortition Officers – fails. 66% required to pass. 39% in favor, 61% opposed or abstained. Resolution 1: Minnesota Health Plan – passes. 50% + 1 to pass. 75% in favor,… Read more »
Get on the picket line: MN Nurses Strike!
TIME SENSITIVE: Twin Cities DSA invites you September 12-14 to join the 15,000 nurses making history with their largest ever private sector strike! Ways to get involved below. This strike comes after months of failed negotiations with various hospital systems across Minnesota, with pickets happening at the following campuses: * Abbot Northwestern (Minneapolis) * Children’s… Read more »
Labor Day, Anti-Racism, and the New Labor Movement
By Cynthia S. How should anti-racists celebrate Labor Day? Or rather, how is the labor movement related to the work we do in fighting for racial justice? Scholar and activist, Ruthie Wilson Gilmore (whose forthcoming book on racial capitalism is worth pre-ordering) reminds us that from the beginning “capitalism require[d] inequality, and racism enshrine[d] it.” How? By… Read more »
2022 Chapter Leadership Candidates
The following candidates are running for various positions in the Twin Cities DSA 2022 Convention this September. Descriptions for each of the positions can be found here. Co-chairRecording SecretaryTechnology CoordinatorTreasurerPolitical Action CoordinatorOperations CoordinatorPolitical Education CoordinatorMembers At-Large Co-chairs (2, at least one may not be a cis male) Arianna F. she/herHi, I’m Arianna (she/her). I have been… Read more »
Brake Light Clinic Recap
On July 31st, 8 comrades including myself led a Brake Light Clinic in the parking lot of the Black Hart of Saint Paul. This has been the first clinic hosted by the chapter in a little over 2 years, and after a little over a month of planning, we managed to assist over a dozen… Read more »
Why You Should Care About Logistics
Over the course of the next 12 months the potential for mighty class battles will be mounting in logistics across the United States. One of these will be at UPS, where more than 340,000 workers will be faced with the expiration of their contract on August 1, 2023. Sean O’Brien, the newly elected president of… Read more »
In Support of Omar Fateh
The Twin Cities DSA Steering Committee urges the residents of Minnesota Senate District 62 to support Sen. Omar Fateh in the August 9th DFL Primary. Voting by mail and early voting began June 24th, and a primary ballot can be requested through the Minnesota Secretary of State website. Both prior to and since election to… Read more »