• A Surging Labor Movement

    A Surging Labor Movement

    Worker solidarity was in the air at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 2 on Thursday, December 8th. Union members, with help from TCDSA, were directing rally traffic, handing out SEIU Airport Workers United hats and rally signs and circulating sign-in sheets. Things were buzzing.  Smiling workers seemed excited but a little apprehensive.  It was an…

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  • Saint Paul Electoral Opportunities

    Saint Paul Electoral Opportunities

    There has been a quiet political earthquake developing in St. Paul over the past few years that you can hear if you are listening closely. Over the past decade, St. Paul went from a majority-homeowner city to a majority-renter city. As landlords began to put the squeeze on renters, activists started to fight back.   Two…

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  • Rail Industry Crisis

    Rail Industry Crisis

    It seems, at least for now, a crisis in the rail industry has been averted. Congressional approval of an imposed contract on rail workers in 12 different unions means there will be no strike and no labor disruptions for at least another three years. But even the business mouthpiece, The Wall Street Journal, sees some…

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  • Post-Election Debrief: Recentering After Two Years

    Post-Election Debrief: Recentering After Two Years

    On December 10th, Twin Cities DSA members met to discuss what is the role of electoral campaigns going forward. In light of the potential approval of the policy platform and chapter priorities proposals, we discussed how this work could advance TCDSA’s political vision, what the chapter is seeking from the endorsement process, how to build…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #95: The December General Meeting, Labor Actions,2023 Elections (Already??) and More!

    Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #95: The December General Meeting, Labor Actions,2023 Elections (Already??) and More!

    All of the work mentioned below happens because our members and allies make it happen. Join us at the Dec. 5th member meeting as we lay out our plan for the years ahead. Twin Cities DSA will discuss the most significant opportunity for labor to exercise power in the region in almost a century. We…

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  • Twin Cities DSA Newsletter #95

    Twin Cities DSA Newsletter #95

    The December General Meeting, Labor Actions, 2023 Elections (Already??) and More!

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  • We Need Some Rail Solidarity

    We Need Some Rail Solidarity

    The railroad workers of this country have been embroiled in a contract fight spanning the last three years, struggling to improve their material and working conditions, and they need our support.

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  • The monster is back …

    The monster is back …

    The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters. Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, loose translation by Slavoj Zizek Post-electoral thoughts: The Republicans didn’t get the Senate, but they came out strong in the lower house. I would have thought that the triumph of DeSantis in…

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  • West Side Community Organization Shows Us What Organizing Can Do

    West Side Community Organization Shows Us What Organizing Can Do

    Report Back from WSCO’s Annual Meeting and Reflections on Community Organizing and Direct Democracy West Side Community Organization (WSCO), the neighborhood organization of St. Paul’s West Side and the Planning Council for St. Paul’s 3rd planning district, is unique among district councils in St. Paul. WSCO actually represents and organizes its community. At the annual…

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  • Looking Forward to 2023 Elections in Minneapolis & Saint Paul

    Looking Forward to 2023 Elections in Minneapolis & Saint Paul

    A quirk in redistricting laws has the Minneapolis election season kicking off just eleven months after the City Council was sworn in. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) incumbents Jason Chavez and Robin Wonsley launched  their re-election campaigns earlier in November. Both kickoffs emphasized the role of DSA elected officials in supporting working class movements across…

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  • Hard Travelin’ and Lightening the Load

    Hard Travelin’ and Lightening the Load

    A Book Review of “Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life” by Gustavus Stadler Woody Guthrie knew hard traveling. He traveled on fast, rattling box cars and hitchhiked across the USA in the midst of the Depression. He organized farm workers in Hooverville shanty-towns and sang for miners and factory workers on the picket lines. He always…

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