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This is a feed aggregator that collects news and updates from DSA chapters, national working groups and committees, and our publications all in one convenient place. Updated every day at 8AM, 12PM, 4PM, and 8PM UTC.
Your rights to privacy in the workplace
U.S. federal law provides certain protections to workers against retaliation and surveillance. Knowing these rights can strengthen your organizing campaign.
The post Your rights to privacy in the workplace appeared first on EWOC.
Sanctuary for All
The following remarks were delivered by ROC DSA Co-Chair Gregory Lebens-Higgins at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s (RoCo) “Route of Refusal: A Public Art Walk” on Saturday, October 3, held as part of the national 2026 Fall of Freedom weekend. The event mixed creative art and expression with community and activism, including poetry that invoked words censored by the Trump regime, and collective music-making.
RoCo’s current featured exhibit, “Sanctuary: Borders & Belonging in 2026,” is a mixed-media presentation on dichotomies of sanctuary and isolation. “Projects in the exhibition amplify immigrant voices, document criminalization and detention, examine border politics and architecture, and give impacted people space to share diverse immigration stories.” The exhibit runs until November 14. ROC DSA is planning a group outing.
DSA is creating a world of sanctuary for all from the predations of capitalism. A world of safety, a world free from exploitation, a world of access to the means for a dignified life.
We know our immigrant neighbors are among the most vulnerable. That race is a tool used to justify and enforce their hyperexploitation. Those who speak up, those who try to organize, are the first targeted for detention and deportation. Because when the working class does act in solidarity, when we do call out with unified voice, we present a challenge to the unearned power of our rulers.
Let us create a sanctuary that is not defined by borders, but by inclusion and acceptance. A sanctuary not limited to the privileged few.
The Protect Our Neighbors campaign is calling on the Monroe County Legislature to declare our county a place of sanctuary for our immigrant neighbors by providing assurance that local resources will not be used for federal immigration enforcement. The county must also use its financial leverage by divesting from companies involved in the construction and operation of immigrant detention centers.
Join the call by emailing your legislator at bit.ly/pon_email. We’ll also be hosting a canvass kick-off on Oct. 10 @ 11:30am in Maplewood Park, collecting petition signatures throughout our community.
Help us to build a network of sanctuary, organizing our momentum locally, nationally, and worldwide. Participate in ICE watch, ensuring their activities are not done in the dark. Support mutual aid, so vulnerable communities are not unnecessarily exposed.
The only way we respond effectively is together.
The post Sanctuary for All first appeared on Rochester Red Star.
JD Vance Says Angie Nixon Doesn’t ‘Belong in America.’ Democrats Run From ‘Socialism’ but Voters Warm to It.
Sixty candidates and some sitting U.S. Congress members signed a pledge saying “we are capitalist, not socialist.”
The post JD Vance Says Angie Nixon Doesn’t ‘Belong in America.’ Democrats Run From ‘Socialism’ but Voters Warm to It. appeared first on Democratic Left.
Class Podcast
Let’s ETOC: HJC on the Class podcast!
HJC Steering Committee members, Sebastian of Triangle DSA and Triangle Tenants Union, and Kelly of Boston DSA and the Boston local ETOC branch join the crew of the National Political Education Committee’s own Class podcast. They discuss the Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee (ETOC) and the exciting rise of tenant unionization on the socialist left.
How does it fit into the broader scope of working class organizing for the crucial fight for decent housing? Listen here and find out!
U.S. Imperialism Resulted in a Forgotten Genocide in the Philippines
Contemporary authoritarianism and exploitation of the country’s working class are rooted in its past as a U.S. colony.
The post U.S. Imperialism Resulted in a Forgotten Genocide in the Philippines appeared first on Democratic Left.
Rochester Red Star | October 2026 | (Issue 30)
Monthly Newsletter of the Rochester Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America
Welcome to the October issue of Rochester Red Star, ROC DSA’s monthly newsletter. This month, find essays on DSA’s internal democracy, a voter guide, remarks on Marx, and more. You’ll also find upcoming events and coverage of chapter activities.
Interested in contributing? Send submissions to bit.ly/SubmitRedStar, or get involved with our Communications Committee. Reach out to steering@rocdsa.org and join DSA today!
The post Rochester Red Star | October 2026 | (Issue 30) first appeared on Rochester Red Star.
Brazil Faces a Crucial Choice on Oct. 4
A member of Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) discusses their alliance with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party (PT) to beat the far right — and the stakes riding on the defeat of Trumpism for Brazil and the rest of the world.
The post Brazil Faces a Crucial Choice on Oct. 4 appeared first on Democratic Left.
“You Are Wanted for Genocide!”
Thousands of New Yorkers protest Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations.
The post “You Are Wanted for Genocide!” appeared first on Democratic Left.
Drop the Charges Against Misael | No Political Arrests
Portland DSA resolutely denounces the political coercion by Texas State police of DSA member and Austin City Council candidate Misael Ramos, who was wrongfully arrested the morning of September 26. Ramos had recently attended a protest decrying ICE brutality, particularly the violence against Venezuelan immigrant Wilber Rafael Garces Perez who still remains critically injured after being shot by immigration police.
Misael is one of many people in Texas being targeted for exercising their free speech in rightfully condemning state violence against the immigrant community. What we’re seeing is a racheting up of state repression, now targeting citizens and socialist political candidates.
We will stand by our people, immigrants and poor alike, against this violence. Portland DSA demands the charges be dropped against Misael and that Wilber be released to his family. We also echo calls by DSA to the following:
Now is the time for an escalation of demands, not cowardice or inaction. We can and must fight back, at every level of power we hold. Therefore, we further demand:
Austin City Council and ALL Texas cities and counties must push back against unconstitutional state laws, reintroduce Sanctuary City policies, and CEASE and REFUSE any and all collaboration on immigration enforcement;
The Texas state legislature must REPEAL state laws that prevent cities from governing themselves (like SB 4 (2017), SB 4 (2023), SB 8, HB 1900, and HB 2127) and return local control to local governments;
The governor must END Operation Lone Star and use the billions of wasted taxpayer dollars to fund communities instead;
Texas cities and counties must BAN all AI surveillance tech like automated license plate readers (ALPRs) across the state that are used DAILY to track and arrest our community members, provided through contracts with Flock, Axon, and other companies;
The federal government must HALT all deportations now and reunite all the families who have been forcibly separated;
We must ABOLISH the current violent immigration enforcement system and instead establish a new system that includes a meaningful pathway to citizenship for all those who call the United States home. Abolish ICE. Abolish CBP. Abolish DHS.
No one is free until everyone is free.
In solidarity,
Portland DSA