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Centering the Roof Depot Struggle
Our chapter is engaged with coalition partners to stop the continued pollution and disempowerment of Little Earth and East Phillips residents. Entering this fight means directly confronting the history of colonialism that has been the rule for centuries, as well as recognizing the history of indigenous resistance to the ruling class. This land acknowledgement was…
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Rebellion in Peru Dispatch #2: Second Takeover of Lima
It’s time to turn over 500 years of colonization. The uprising of the people against the infamous regime instated by Fujimori and the US Embassy has many reasons. 500 years worth of reasons. But let’s try to see what is behind the coup today. The region is the richest in minerals in the world. Today…
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No Demo: Solidarity Continues in East Phillips
The fight to prevent the demolition of the Roof Depot building and to prevent the City of Minneapolis from installing a polluting truck yard and diesel fueling station in East Phillip continues, and the last two weeks have shown that the momentum is strong! In the week leading up to the originally planned demolition date…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #100: Developments in the East Phillips Fight, UMN Graduate Labor Union, and More!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #100 Developments in the East Phillips Fight, UMN Graduate Labor Union, and More! For Minneapolis, the last week has seen rapid changes in the fight around the Roof Depot demolition. For more context, see the update written by Connor S featured below. TCDSA members came together Saturday…
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2023: Building Worker Power in City Hall
Twin Cities DSA is pleased to announce that our 2023 electoral endorsements process has begun! Each endorsement is decided by membership and only happens with member participation. Candidates who share our vision are encouraged to read our endorsement process and submit their questionnaire by February 28th. Our Electoral Committee has been reflecting on the electoral…
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TCDSA Street Corp Practices Democratic Snowcialism
Click through a gallery of candid shots of members participating in our Street Corp snow shoveling program. Thank you to all comrades who came out to help shovel! We were able to clear several sections of sidewalk, crossings, and bus stops near a local encampment.
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Ukraine, Solidarity, and the Age of Inter-Capitalist Destruction
Where Things StandIt’s been a full trip around the sun since Russia invaded Ukraine with the aims of regime change and/or mass territorial conquest. Yet, a year into the conflict, the largest war in Europe since the defeat of Nazi Germany appears further than ever from a conclusion. Since the Russian blitz collapsed in the…
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No Demo!
The East Phillips Urban Farm fight just had a huge victory! Monday, February 27, was the anticipated first day of demolition of the Roof Depot building. But on Friday, February 24, the judge granted a temporary injunction on demolition for at least two weeks. EPNI needs to raise $10,000 in that time to post bond…
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UMN Grad Workers Announce Union
On Monday, February 20, over 300 graduate student workers and their supporters gathered in front of Coffman Memorial Union on the Minneapolis Campus of the University of Minnesota to formally announce their union campaign. The University of Minnesota effort, which has been underway for over two years prior to their public announcement, follows in the…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #99: Standing Up, Fighting Back
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #99 Standing Up, Fighting Back Our last edition started with a few recent events, ones which put the brutality of the system in sharp focus. Frustration, anger, and grief are all understandable reactions to the ruling class’s tools of oppression and goal of exploitation. Organizing in the…
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Dirty Break Debate Night Recap
On January 27, 2023, TCDSA’s Political Education Committee hosted their first debate, “ What should be the Democratic Socialists of America’s relationship with the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party?”
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Neoliberals on Display
East Phillips is a neighborhood plagued by industrial pollution, with children there suffering abnormally high rates of asthma and other respiratory ailments. Under a cloak of progressive rhetoric and talk of equity, the majority on the Minneapolis City Council steamrolls over both the the community vision and fears of increased pollution. With this 7-6 vote,…
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