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Class Struggle Making A Great Leap Forward
The UAW strike entered its second week. Strikes, like wars, once they start nobody knows how they will end. So far president Biden is against the ropes, after being called to walk the picket line with UAW, which he is now doing. The strike has a national impact. The companies blame the transition to electric…
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The Power of Solidarity
Momentum behind labor organizing and militancy is rapidly accelerating in 2023, as workers all across the USA organize new union shops, fight bolder fights on the job, demand more from their employers in contract negotiations, and engage in strikes and other forms of collective action. From auto-workers to baristas, from logistics-workers to entertainment workers, the…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #114: Camaraderie At The Close Of Summer, The Twin Cities DSA Annual Convention, UAW Fights For The Future We Need, and More!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #114 Camaraderie At The Close Of Summer, The Twin Cities DSA Annual Convention, UAW Fights For The Future We Need, and More! Readers, September is here and there is the sense of fall approaching and summer winding down. This time of year provides a good period for…
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Is The 99% The Same As The Working Class
Within the 99% are millions that are part of the professional managerial class. Think upper, mid level and even lower level managers that identify heavily with the boss and whose income often depends on extracting more out of workers, keeping a union out or defending the boss’ interests in other ways. Also in the 99%,…
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UAW Fights For The Future We Need
Union workers at the Big 3 Automakers in the USA (General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis) are preparing for a potential strike on September 14, 2023 when their collective bargaining agreements are set to simultaneously expire. Workers at all three companies are represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) which recently elected a new, rank-and-file, member-democracy-oriented…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #113: Fair Driver Compensation Vetoed, Encampment Evictions Continue,Closing the HERC, and More!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #113 Fair Driver Compensation Vetoed, Encampment Evictions Continue,Closing the HERC, and More! Let’s start local this week. As always, it has been an eventful time. As we mentioned in our last issue, on August 15, 2023 a wide range of people including doctors, union leaders, scientists, teachers,…
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2023 Twin Cities DSA Annual Member Convention
Join us on Saturday, September 30 at 2:00PM on Zoom or at the Ramsey County Library – Roseville (2180 Hamline Ave N), and on zoom the following day, October 1 at 2pm. Check-in on Saturday begins at 1:30PM, with the meeting kickoff at 2:00PM. Please register for the method you plan on using to attend…
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Ruling Class Counter Attack
I had an interesting conversation with a person who is very immersed in Minneapolis politics the other day. I’ll boil his pitch down to its bare essentials: He attacked TCDSA for our support of Soren Sorenson in his campaign to unseat Andrea Jenkins. He accused TCDSA, and me personally, of abandoning the fight for race…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #112: Wrapping up the 2023 DSA Convention, Justice for Workers, Shutting Down the HERC, and More!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #112 Wrapping up the 2023 DSA Convention, Justice for Workers, Shutting Down the HERC, and More! This past weekend 22 members of our chapter alongside over 1,000 comrades from across the nation gathered in Chicago for the 2023 DSA National Convention, the first in person convention since…
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Twin Cities DSA Little Red Letter #111: Reviving the Dance Party, The Organizing Doesn’t Stop, and Onward to DSA Convention 2023!
Twin CitiesDemocratic Socialists of America Little Red Letter #111 Reviving the Dance Party, The Organizing Doesn’t Stop, and Onward to DSA Convention 2023! A little bit late, but well worth it after a busy weekend packed with DSA events. From our bartender Mark to DJ Bree and our MC Ian, everyone who donated a silent…
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Brake Light Clinics 2023: A Recap & Analysis On TCDSA Mutual Aid
Recap: This July, myself and a group of comrades from the chapter’s Street Corps Working Group organized and carried out two Brake Light Clinics. These were hosted outside of the Minnesota Nurses Association and Minneapolis Federation of Teachers union offices who were generous enough to let us use their spaces. Brake Light Clinics are a…
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