Madrid Tenants Union expresses solidarity with US tenants!

Solidarity from the Madrid Tenants Union to tenants, tenant unions, and organizers in the US! The struggle against private property and capitalism is truly universal, and we in DSA can make a massive contribution by organizing our buildings, forming new tenant unions, and joining the ones that already exist in our areas.

WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP HERE

DSA HJC to Madrid Tenants Union: “Solidaridad!”

The Housing Justice Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America send our profound solidarity to the Madrid Tenants Union and all tenants across Spain. The struggle against private property and capitalism is international and we are deeply inspired by the courageous, militant actions you are undertaking. Tenants of the world, unite! 

SEE THE VIDEO CLIP HERE

La Comisión para Vivienda con Justicia de los Socialistas Democráticos de América expresa su profunda solidaridad con el Sindicato de Inquilinas de Madrid y con todos los inquilinos de España. La lucha contra la propiedad privada y el capitalismo es internacional, y nos sentimos profundamente inspirados por las acciones valientes y combativas que están llevando a cabo. ¡Inquilinos del mundo, uníos!

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Tuesday, October 6 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Ecosocialist Bi-weekly Meeting (zoom)

Tuesday, October 6 (6:30 PM – 7:30 PM) HWG Attends: Care vs. Criminalization: Rethinking Our Street Response to Homelessness (zoom and in person at 3036 24th St)

Tuesday, October 6 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM)  Ballot Measure Turnout Tuesday (zoom and in person 1916 McAllister St)

Wednesday, October 7 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM) What is DSA? @ Sour Cherry Comics! (in person at 3187 16th St)

Thursday, October 8 (6:00 PM – 7:00 PM)  Palestine Solidarity Free Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Thursday, October 8 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM)  Organizing Mindset Training Series (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Friday, October 9 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM) Tenants Know Your Rights + Yes on I Canvass (in person at 545 O’Farrell St)

Friday, October 9 (5:30 PM – 7:30 PM) Yes on I Lit Drop: Richmond (in person at 600 Arguello Blvd)

Saturday, October 10 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM) Yes on I, Yes on B, No on D Canvass – Glen Park (in person at Walter Haas Playground)

Sunday, October 11 (11:00 AM – 1:30 PM) Yes on I Lit Drop: Mission (in person at In Chan Kajaal Park)

Sunday, October 11 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM)  No Appetite for Apartheid – Consumer Canvas (in person at Dolores St & 19th St)

Sunday, October 11 (5:00 PM – 6:00 PM) Tenderloin Healing Circle Working Group Meeting (zoom)

Sunday, October 11 (6:15 PM – 7:30 PM) Working Class Gender Liberation Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Monday, October 12 (5:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Yes On I – Social Housing Working Group Lit Drop (location TBD)

Monday, October 12 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at 220 Golden Gate Ave)

Monday, October 12 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (zoom)

Tuesday, October 13 (5:30 PM – 7:00 PM) Social Housing Working Group  (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Wednesday, October 14 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM) DSA SF General Meeting  (zoom and in person at 220 Golden Gate Ave)

Thursday, October 15 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM)  Palestine Solidarity Working Group – No Appetite for Apartheid Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Thursday, October 15 (6:00 PM – 7:00 PM)  Education Board Open Meeting  (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Thursday, October 15 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Immigrant Justice Regular Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Friday, October 16 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)  Maker Day: Writing Corner (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Saturday, October 17 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM)  HWG Food Service (in person at 499 1/2 Hayes St)

Sunday, October 18 (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM)  What is DSA? (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Monday, October 19 (7:00 PM – 8:30 PM) SF EWOC Local Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Ballot Measure Turnout Tuesday

Today: Join the Electoral Board as we call new and existing members to let them know about our upcoming events for Yes on Prop B, Yes on Prop I, and No on Prop D! Join us at the DSA SF Office (1916 McAllister St) from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

If you can’t make it in person, you can still make calls on your own, just RSVP and you’ll get a link to join!
RSVP here!

Organizing Mindset Training: Basebuilding 101, How to Have an Effective Organizing Conversation

Every Thursday at 7:00 PM from September 17 through October 8 at the DSA SF Office, 1916 McAllister St.

Talking to people is central to effective organizing, but how do you embark on an organizing conversation? Organizing Mindset Training is a four-part event series that goes in depth into every aspect of the organizing conversation so that it’s a sharpened and ready-to-use tool for any campaign. After this training, participants will:

• Learn about the differences between organizing, advocacy, and direct services/mutual aid
• Understand of the role of an Organizing Committee and carrying out an organizing strategy
• Overview the Organizing Conversation and get in-depth practice for each step
• Develop the ability to have multiple successive organizing conversations with a person, with the goal of getting them more involved in your organizing

Attendance of all four sessions isn’t required, but it is encouraged! 

RSVP here!

Prop B Mobilizations

Come join our Yes on B mobilizations this weekend! Ballots are out so there is no better time to fight for a Public Bank in San Francisco. On Saturday, October 10 we’ll be joined by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, the Yes on I, No on D, and Gary McCoy campaigns for a canvass and lit drop at Walter Haas Playground in Glen Park. On Sunday, October 11 join us for a rally and lit drop at Minnie & Lovie Ward Recreational Center in the Excelsior! RSVP for Saturday here and Sunday here.

Please note that non-endorsed campaigns will be present, so please use your best judgement for lit drop participation with these campaigns.

No Appetite for Apartheid Canvass

Join us for our No Appetite for Apartheid campaign this Sunday, October 11 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM! We are working to build public support for stores in SF that have pledged to go apartheid-free, and talk to people about products to boycott. We’ll meet at Mission Dolores Park nearby the Miguel Hidalgo Statue.

We will first train you on how to talk to people, and then you will put that training into practice by collecting signatures around the park! Free Palestine 

RSVP Here!

Decolonization Studies

Come join your friendly neighborhood socialists for the third session of Decolonization Studies! On Saturday, October 24thwe’re discussing a collection of texts chosen to elevate our understanding of decolonization and socialism, reading is done beforehand and participants are invited to the DSA SF office (1916 McAllister St) for an in person facilitated discussion. Please feel free to come to the session even if you’ve only partially completed the readings or you missed the first one! Masks are required and provided!

RSVP Here!

Reportback: Bay Resistance Coalition

Last Tuesday, September 29th, DSA SF joined several organizations in the Bay Resistance Coalition to protest at the OpenAI conference. Sam Altman was the main speaker. We were out there to protest OpenAI’s complicity with ICE, their technical support to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and their role in the climate crisis through the continued use of data centers. We also demanded that OpenAI pledge to protect democracy should the Trump administration attempt a fascist takeover of the election. People Over Profit and billionaires were also our main slogans. The protest was very successful and drew media attention with coverage appearing on social media, local news stations, Democracy Now, Al Jazeera, just to name a few. 
Thank you to the electoral board and steering for supporting this action and also to those DSA members who were able to make it out to this early morning protest. DSA SF will continue to join in with other Bay Resistance coalition members to fight against any fascist and oligarch takeover of our government that want to silence the voice of the working class.  Stay tuned for more information regarding other actions that are needed in the event that the upcoming election is stolen or thrown into chaos.

BOO, comrade! An extra-spooky Halloween edition of the Pinellas DSA newsletter is here!

We hit another exciting milestone in September — our chapter is now officially more than 400 members strong! That’s 400 friends and neighbors who’ve made the choice to stand up and say “I believe that a better world is possible.” And, as long as we keep doing the day-to-day work of building our organization and growing the international movement for socialism, we will transform possible into inevitable.

Read on to learn more about what our chapter was up to over the last month, and what we have coming up next!

September Highlights

September was a month of steady progress for our ongoing campaigns. Perhaps the biggest development came early in the month when DSA comrades behind the Dump Duke campaign held a press conference in Williams Park to announce the launch of a petition campaign to place an amendment for public power on the 2028 ballot.

Meanwhile, organizers behind the No on 3 initiative wasted no time, launching a series of door-to-door canvasses, lit drops, and more to get the word out about the threat Amendment 3 poses to our communities. We also established a social media presence for our DeFlock St. Pete campaign, which has already seen a major win with a new business item in front of the St. Pete City Council, introduced by Councilmember and DSA comrade Richie Floyd, to allow for the discussion of the city’s Flock contract.

We also published the first in a fantastic new series of videos from our International Solidarity Working Group, with the aim of educating the masses on the legacy of US imperialism in the Caribbean. Check it out on the official Pinellas DSA YouTube channel (and subscribe while you’re at it)!

Lastly, we want to also spotlight the Pinellas DSA blog, which is where you can find updates and official statements published on behalf of the chapter. We’re also accepting submissions for the blog from any active member in good standing; email us at dsa.pinellas@gmail.com if you’d like to pitch your article!

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Dump Duke

On September 2, Pinellas DSA members held a press conference to announce the launch of a petition campaign to place a charter amendment on the 2028 ballot. If successful, the initiative would give St. Pete voters the opportunity to decide whether the city should establish a publicly owned electric utility.

The event, which was held in Williams Park — directly across the street from Duke Energy headquarters — was also the official launch of Public Power St. Pete, a coalition aimed at advancing the #DumpDuke mission. Besides Pinellas DSA, other coalition members include the CLEO Institute, Sierra Club Suncoast Group, Florida Youth Action Fund, People Power for Florida, and Florida Rising.

At the heart of this campaign is a simple goal: making electricity more affordable, reliable, and locally controlled for St. Pete residents. It won’t be easy, though: organizers will need to collect 16,200 petitions with verified signatures from St. Pete voters, with the aim to secure over 20,000 signatures.

Learn more about the petition drive here

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: DeFlock St. Pete

As mentioned above, Councilmember Richie Floyd introducing a business item during a meeting of the St. Pete City Council at the end of August to allow for the discussion of the city’s Flock contract. Specifically, how we can eliminate it.

You might reasonably assume that this initiative would see pushback from at least a few of the council’s more conservative members. However, St. Pete City Council voted unanimously to pass this item, and advance the discussion to the city’s Public Services & Infrastructure Committee. Richie sits on the committee, as do Councilmembers Hanewicz, Harting, and Gerdes.

Organizers with the DeFlock St. Pete campaign are asking anyone who is “passionate about preventing our little slice of Florida from becoming part of the surveillance state” to reach out to the three committee members in question, thank them for backing Richie’s business item, and let them know that you want to #DeFlockStPete! You can reach the officials in question using the contact information provided below:

• Copley Gerdes: copley.gerdes@stpete.org | (727) 551–3528
• Mike Harting: mike.harting@stpete.org | (727) 551–3305
• Lisset Hanewicz: lisset.hanewicz@stpete.org | (727) 893–7412

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: No on 3

Organizers behind the No on 3 campaign hit the ground running last month, launching into a series of door-to-door canvasses, lit drops, and “public service stakeouts” to rally Pinellas residents to defeat Amendment 3 on the November ballot.

If Amendment 3 passes, Pinellas County residents will suffer from millions of dollars in public funding cuts each year, impacting EMS, fire and rescue, flood mitigation, infrastructure repair, libraries, parks, public transit, and more. This campaign was spun up on short notice, withe less than three months to get the word out. But, organizers have done a phenomenal job so far!

Check out upcoming No on 3 events

Upcoming Events

“No On 3” Public Service Stakeout

Monday, October 5 from 6:00–7:30pm. Meet at the Largo Public Library (120 Central Park Dr. in Largo). RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

Program Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 6 from 6:30–8:00pm. Location TBD; check the Discord for more details.

Book Study: NATO: What You Need to Know

Wednesday, October 7 from 7:00–8:30pm at Pistil House (2533 1st Ave S. in St. Pete). Join us for a discussion of the book NATO: What You Need to Know by Medea Benjamin and David Swanson!

Dump Duke Petitioning

Thursday, October 8 from 6:30–8:00pm. Come help us collect petitions downtown (location TBD).

PDSA Steering Committee Meeting

Thursday, October 8 from 7:00–8:30pm. Zoom only.

Health Justice Working Group Meeting

Friday, October 9 from 6:00–7:30pm at Allendale United Methodist Church (3803 Haines Rd N. in St. Pete). Meeting in the Hybrid room.

“No On 3” North County Canvass

Saturday, October 10 from 10:00am — 1:00pm. Meeting in Clearwater (location TBD). RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

Dump Duke @ Fall Fest

Sunday, October 11 from 11:00am — 7:00pm at the St. Pete Pier. Come help us collect petitions at Fall Fest.

Growth & Development Committee Interest Meeting

Monday, October 12 from 6:30–8:00pm. Location TBD.

54th Ave S Apartment Canvass

Monday, October 12 from 6:30–8:00pm. Meet in the parking lot at 2822 54th Ave S. in St Pete. Join Pinellas DSA and the St Pete Tenants Union to organize tenants and demand safe and sustainable public housing.

Property Tax Townhall With Richie Floyd

Tuesday, October 13 from 6:00–8:00pm at Allendale United Methodist Church. Meeting in the Community Center; a Zoom option will also be available. RSVP for the event: https://sldr.it/s/amend-3-town-hall.

“No On 3” Public Service Stakeout

Wednesday, October 14 from 6:00–8:00pm at the President Barack Obama Main Library (3745 9th Ave N. in St. Pete). RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

North County Meeting

Thursday, October 15 from 6:30–8:00pm. Zoom only; RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/PDSA-NorthCounty.

Dump Duke Canvass — No Kings Day

Saturday, October 17 from 10:00am — 12:00pm. Meeting at Spa Beach on the St. Pete Pier to collect Petitions at the No Kings Day Event.

Bradenton-Sarasota Interest Meeting

Saturday, October 17 from 3:30–5:00pm at the South Manatee Branch Library (6081 26th St W. in Bradenton). Helping comrades in the South Bay Area to launch a Bradenton-Sarasota DSA chapter!

PDSA Steering Committee Meeting

Sunday, October 18 from 7:00–8:30pm. Zoom only.

Dump Duke Pollathon 2.0

Monday, October 19 from 7:00am — 7:00pm. Meet across from St. Pete City Hall (175 5th St N. in St. Pete) to collect petitions during Early Voting! More info TBD.

“No On 3” Public Service Stakeout

Tuesday, October 20 from 6:00–8:00pm at the President Barack Obama Main Library (3745 9th Ave N. in St. Pete). RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

Housing Working Group & SPTU Joint Meeting

Wednesday, October 21 from 7:00–8:30pm at Allendale United Methodist Church. Meeting of the Pinellas DSA Housing Working Group and St. Pete Tenants Union to decide action on tackling the exploitative capitalist housing system.

Dump Duke Pollathon 2.0

Thursday, October 22 from 7:00am — 7:00pm. Meet across from St. Pete City Hall (175 5th St N. in St. Pete) to collect petitions during Early Voting! More info TBD.

“No On 3” North County Canvass

Saturday, October 24 from 10:00am — 1:00pm. Meeting location TBD. RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

Dump Duke @ Mezzo Market

Saturday, October 24 from 11:00am — 1:30pm. Meet at the corner of Central Ave & 11th St. to collect petitions at the Mezzo Market before the new member orientation.

October Interest Meeting & New Member Orientation

Saturday, October 24 from 2:30–4:00pm at the Barbara S. Ponce Public Library (7770 52nd St N. in Pinellas Park). We’ll be in Meeting Room 2. RSVP: https://pinellasdsa.solidarity.tech/new-member-orientation

Halloween On Central

Sunday, October 25 from 7:30am — 5:00pm. Location TBD. We’ll be set up on Central Ave to share info about our ongoing campaigns and collect Dump Duke petitions. The signup link will be available soon if you’re interested in taking a shift — check back with the Discord for more info!

International Solidarity Working Group Meeting

Monday, October 26 from 6:30–8:00pm. Zoom only: https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/84002106080

“No On 3” Public Service Stakeout

Thursday, October 29 from 6:00–8:00pm at the President Barack Obama Main Library (3745 9th Ave N. in St. Pete). RSVP for updates: https://sldr.it/s/NoOn3Events.

Dump Duke Pollathon 2.0

Friday, October 30 from 7:00am — 7:00pm. Meet across from St. Pete City Hall (175 5th St N. in St. Pete) to collect petitions during Early Voting! More info TBD.

“No On 3” Pollathon

Saturday, October 31 from 9:00–11:30am. Location TBD. RSVP For Campaign Events: https://pinellasdsa.solidarity.tech/no-on-3-campaign-volunteer-events

“No On 3” Pollathon

Sunday November 1 from 10:30am — 3:00pm. Location TBD. RSVP For Campaign Events: https://pinellasdsa.solidarity.tech/no-on-3-campaign-volunteer-events

PDSA Steering Committee Meeting

Sunday, November 1 from 7:00–8:30pm. Zoom only.

Health Justice WG Meeting

Monday, November 2 from 6:30–8:00pm. Zoom only; see the Discord for the Zoom link.

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NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change, so check the website regularly for updates!

Plus an AutoZone location unionizes, strong results in Delaware, Raman leads in the polls, and more in Chapter and Verse, Democratic Left’s monthly round-up of chapter news.

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By Chris W.

At the 8/7 Steering Committee meeting, a new set of guidelines for our Detroit Socialist newspaper was brought forward, including number five on internal debates:

5. We should strive to keep internal debates and disagreements internal. We should not make it a habit to air our proverbial dirty laundry. At the end of the day, we are all comrades and we all want to achieve socialism. There is no reason to give our enemies ammunition to use against us. Internal debates are important and are critical to the democratic process, which is why they are better suited to our chapter’s internal discussion platforms and processes.

This guideline was met with pushback from Steering Committee members Jon Mukes and Mohamd Z., as well as other chapter members in attendance. Comrade Mo suggested that such a contentious issue should be referred to a General Membership meeting, but that proposal was not taken up and it was sent back to the Newspaper Committee while the rest of the guidelines were passed. At the newspaper Zoom meeting on 8/13, it was proposed that articles labeled “internal debates” would be placed in the chapter Discord, rather than in the Detroit Socialist, so that they are not available for public consumption. Any debate article could be published in the Detroit Socialist only with a hidden link not visible on the site, or it would have to be published with an accompanying counterpoint article as part of the same post.

After yet more pushback from Mohamd Z., myself and others, around what constituted an “internal debate,” an extra newspaper meeting was scheduled for 8/20. That meeting was attended by nearly every Metro Detroit member of the Groundwork caucus, as well as members of Bread and Roses, Marxist Unity Group, the Detroit Democracy Coalition, and independent members. Newspaper meetings average about five attendees, including the editors. The Groundwork members favored the guidelines; the Bread and Roses, Marxist Unity Group, and Detroit Democracy Coalition members opposed them. At the August 30th Steering Committee meeting, the committee voted to adopt the updated internal debate guideline. It’s difficult to parse the actual guideline from the agitation for the guideline (full text here), but the most relevant portion is this:

For the purposes of this proposal, internal debate and discussion will be defined as follows: “Discussion that directly affects a strategic decision taken by the membership imminently.”… Should a member still wish to publish their work on an internal debate in The Detroit Socialist, they will have the option to either publish it on an unlisted link on The Detroit Socialist’s Medium page — meaning that only individuals with the link may access the work — or, members may publish in The Detroit Socialist, but it will be published on the same page of an article with an opposing view.

These guidelines would turn The Detroit Socialist into nothing more than a promotional brochure — a place to “celebrate our victories” but not to tackle any difficult political discussions. Taking political debate out of The Detroit Socialist, or trying to hide it away in a Detroit-only Discord server, will prevent uncaucused comrades from influencing national DSA politics, cut off our chapter from the national DSA movement, rob this chapter of its best forum for political discussion, and debilitate the political development of our membership and the wider working class.

The Detroit Socialist is the only place for uncaucused comrades in our chapter to set out their own political positions for a broader public audience. Whereas caucused members of our chapter (a very small minority) will be able to publish under their caucus letterhead, those without a caucus who want to publish something on internal Detroit politics will be relegated to a quiet cul-de-sac where no one in the broader organization, or the wider working class, will be able to read it. This will force chapter members to join a caucus if they want to have a voice in the wider national discourse and create a built-in privilege for chapter members who are already part of a caucus.

There is no “local issue” when DSA is involved. Many other chapters are likely engaging in similar debates as Metro Detroit, or they likely soon will be. Issues like: the adoption of email voting, how to rewrite bylaws, whether or not to endorse a candidate with only a tenuous connection to the chapter. It is important that every member of our chapter has an opportunity to write and be published in a paper that can be shared nationally, because as DSA members we are part of a national party, and as socialists we are part of a global movement. Decisions taken by Metro Detroit DSA will change the local and national political situation, influence the way DSA is perceived as a whole, and hopefully provide a guide for how other chapters can organize in their area. Internal debate in The Detroit Socialist is a vital stream of information for other chapters to understand the political conditions within our chapter and we have an obligation to openly share this discourse with them.

Transformation of the working class from political objects to political subjects is one of the most important tasks of DSA as the nascent party of the working class. We need to show people that when they are collectively organized, they can enact their will on the world. This political development requires that workers can articulate for themselves what our party is fighting for. The Detroit Socialist is a training ground for members of the working class to build themselves into political thinkers who can construct nuanced arguments in long-form articles. The current political and cultural situation shows a dire need for long-form writing to be defended as a necessary skill for human flourishing. With AI slop becoming a blight on everyday life, it’s our socialist duty to defend and develop the human ability to think for oneself (The Detroit Socialist expressly forbids AI-written articles). Writing is a unique and edifying form of thought, and by writing I mean setting down one’s thoughts in a long piece, not slapping a quip in a discord chat. There’s a reason Elon Musk spends all his time posting on Twitter: he’s a moron. And we will be condemning our chapter to moronhood if all we have for internal discourse is a Slack or Discord forum that’s essentially constructed the same way as a Facebook comment section.

We already had an online forum for political discussion: the Slack channel, which many members already avoid because the level of discourse was usually low, poorly constructed, and at times devolved into ad hominems. This is not necessarily the fault of the participants. The medium is simply unsuited for intellectually rigorous debate. The Discord will likely experience all of the same problems. I challenge anyone to say they gained more intellectually from reading a 100+ reply Slack thread than from reading an article. I can say as the Political Education Co-chair, we do not ask people to read forum posts before attending New Member Political Education; we ask them to read articles.

The writing in The Detroit Socialist comes from the same intellectual tradition as the pieces we do read as part of the curriculum. Marx, Lenin, Luxembourg– take your pick. They developed their thinking and the politics of the working class as a whole by debating political points in publications that were freely available to the masses. These were not writings that were hidden away for only party members to be able to view (as long as they weren’t censored by the state); they were shared and discussed by members of the working class who were not necessarily formal members of a socialist party. These writings are still read and discussed today. The great socialist theorists never feared airing their “dirty laundry,” because there’s nothing dirty about disagreement in a democratic organization. We should be proud of a robust culture of political debate and of our transparency as an organization. A pair of articles debating a political point are not a pair of dirty socks, they are red banners. It is not shameful that we debate, it is our socialist honor.

There is concern that allowing certain points of view to be expressed in The Detroit Socialist will make our chapter look bad. For example, when Anthony D. argued against endorsing Donavan McKinney, it was said of the article, “It was bad for Donavan and it was bad for us.” The article was shared by a Metro Phoenix DSA page. Critics argued that this article confused readers and made it seem as if the chapter opposed Donovan’s endorsement. I think that confusion was cleared up when we voted to endorse him. But, if that doesn’t assuage these concerns, perhaps The Detroit Socialist can do what literally every other newspaper does and put a big “OPINION” above articles that aren’t meant to reflect the views of the chapter.

If there is still concern over disagreements in this chapter making Metro-Detroit DSA look bad, I encourage the supporters of these restrictive guidelines to address disagreement the democratic way: make your case to membership and win your comrades over to your point-of-view through well-reasoned arguments.

Maybe write an article in The Detroit Socialist?

Chris W. is a law student and an uncaucused member of the Democracy Coalition.

The Detroit Socialist is Not Dirty Laundry was originally published in The Detroit Socialist on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

U.S. federal law provides certain protections to workers against retaliation and surveillance. Knowing these rights can strengthen your organizing campaign.

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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.

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Sixty candidates and some sitting U.S. Congress members signed a pledge saying “we are capitalist, not socialist.”

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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!

Apple podcast link

NPEC Class Podcast link