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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…
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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,…
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On the Direction for the Future of TCDSA
On September 14, 2022, the members of Twin Cities DSA voted to pass the following resolution. Whereas, the right wing is advancing – Key recent examples from the last few months include the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the expansion of gun rights despite increasing mass slaughter, EPA rulings that accelerate climate catastrophe, and revelations…
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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…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #89: CONVENTION SEASON IS IN THE AIR
We started off this summer with a chapter conversation about goals for our organizing. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of more socials and opportunities for engagement. Through ice cream socials, movie nights, rallying, canvassing, picketing, book discussions, and sipping coffee in solidarity, the structures of camaraderie and action are being built and reinforced. We…
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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…
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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…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #88: LABOR! LABOR! LABOR!
Starbucks and Trader Joe’s workers forming unions locally, nurses and UMN workers demanding better conditions – people are flexing their labor power! And here at the TCDSA Labor Branch, the calendar is teeming with events to advance our struggles in the workplace. Below you’ll find three events for all sorts of comrades — a movie…
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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…
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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…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #87: Organizing after Roe
Comrades, we have been seeing it for years, but have felt it especially deeply the past few weeks – it is clear that the right wing is going for it. They have been strategically building to take power for a very long time, and we are seeing more clearly than ever the possibility of fascism…
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