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Twin Cities DSA Supports Aisha Gomez
The following resolution was passed by the Steering Committee on October 30, 2019. WHEREAS, on October 10, 2019, the Minneapolis Police Department used violent, escalatory tactics including indiscriminate spraying of chemical irritants and charging horses into crowds after a rally by Donald Trump, and WHEREAS, the MPD used these tactics in an effort to to…
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If You’re So Rich, How Come You’re Not Smart?
We have come to a point in late-stage capitalism where a lot of the so-called philanthropy vying for well-meaning control of our lives is so inept, so blinkered by ideology, that it has become its own opposite. “Philanthropy” contains two Greek root words that mean, respectively, “love” and “human.” But, particularly in the subdivision of…
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Local Labor News Round-up
Comrades, we are in the midst of a wave of labor actions and agitation as the working class reasserts itself with greater urgency every day. People are fighting for their communities, fighting to save the planet, and fighting to get just a little more justice in their lives every day. All labor actions involve surprises,…
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TCDSA Socialist Feminist Branch Bylaws
Participation A branch member is a current Twin Cities DSA member (with dues paid to DSA National, or within the one-year grace period for dues payment) who affirms their intent to be an active branch member in a poll conducted periodically by the chairs. (Timing of the poll is at the chairs’ discretion.) Branch members…
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TCDSA Steering Committee
To reach the entire steering committee, please email steering@twincitiesdsa.org. Other elected & appointed non-Steering Committee roles Grievance committee (grievances@twincitiesdsa.org) Political education committee (politicaledu@twincitiesdsa.org) Member data coordinator (operations@twincitiesdsa.org) Updated 10/18/2022
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New Working Group in TCDSA to address mental health
On Saturday, September 14, a group of five Twin Cities DSA members – Jordan and Arissa, Ezra I, Jessica N, and I (Debs) – met at a Saint Paul coffee shop to launch a new working group focusing on mental health. You may ask – is that mental health in policy and theory, mental health…
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Brexit – could it really just be all about the taxes?
I’ll bet you’re confused as heck about Brexit. Don’t worry, so are most average Brits. It’s deliberately designed to be confusing, because, apparently, it’s all just a massive con game to the powerful interests who are really in charge. That’s what I have come to believe in the past month or so of obsessively reading…
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Did you know that freelancers and authors have a union?
Yes, it’s true. For decades, a nationwide union chapter, UAW Local 1981, has existed under its alternate name of the National Writers Union or NWU. This union fights for free speech, net neutrality, fair contracts between freelance writers and publishers, and other issues of interest to writers of all kinds. They also provide contract negotiation…
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Line 3 Update: One in the Win Column, and Upping Our Game Up North
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency conceded to public pressure last week and denied Enbridge a water quality permit it needs to build the new Line 3 pipeline. This is a significant victory for water protectors, but not the end of the line. Enbridge is not going to stop pre-construction on this project and intends to…
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Keeping Up the Pressure on Concentration Camp Investors: A Tour of Corporate Shame and a Weekend of Action
Concentration camps are big business. Minneapolis has no shortage of corporations profiting off human suffering and misery, as immigrants are targeted at the border and throughout the country. Locally, TCDSA members have helped launch a campaign against Thrivent, a local “ethical” investment bank that invests in Core Civic and GEO Group, the two main companies…
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No Trump in Our City
Trump wants to win Minnesota, and he’s coming to lead a rally of his bigoted supporters in downtown Minneapolis on Thursday, October 10, to prove he can. Let’s show him that this state wants nothing to do with him or the Republican party. Bring your best signs about the rights of migrants and refugees, women,…
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The Fight For 15 At MSP Airport
In early 2015 a fight was raging at the airport between workers on the one side and large corporations and their political supporters on the other over what the minimum wage would be for airport workers. Ultimately, workers were only able to wrest one dollar per hour above the Minnesota state minimum wage ($9.65) from…
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