Hey comrade — welcome to the latest edition of Chapter Notes!

We’re coming off the success of an enlivening May Day demonstration in Downtown St. Pete. We had a great turnout, and it was truly inspiring to see so many local comrades hit the streets to say, in one unified voice, “NO!” to capitalist exploitation, imperialism, and Trumpist fascism.

That said, a one-day demonstration of worker power isn’t nearly enough to win the world we want to see. Marches and demonstrations can briefly rattle the financiers, defense contractors, tech-eugenicists, and fossil fuel moguls that compose the Epstein class. But, they’re not going to overthrow them. To achieve that, we need sustained, militant action to build a movement capable of activating the whole of the working class.

That’s the movement we’re building — every meeting attended, rally organized, door knocked, number texted, sign painted, and fist raised brings us that much closer to achieving our dream of a just, free, socialist society. Read on to learn about our next steps!

April Highlights

This month, we officially announced that we’d reached an incredible milestone — there are now more than 300 active, dues-paying members of our chapter!

In April, our members kept up with the work of canvassing in support of PDSA member Richie Floyd, who is running for re-election to the District 8 seat of St. Pete City Council. While members continue to collect additional signatures for added security, we’ve now crossed the threshold for Richie to secure his spot on the ballot!

The members of our International Solidarity Working Group organized a No War With Iran March on April 19. Alongside our comrades from Progressive Peoples’ Action and other local organizers, we took to the streets to demand an end to US aggression against the Iranian people.

Our comrades from the Ecosocialist Working Group, who’ve spearheaded our highly successful Dump Duke campaign for well over a year now, were on the move as well. They brought the call to “Dump Duke Energy!” to the Eco Market, the Earth Day Every Day event at St. Pete Distillery, and to a presentation at Outcast Brewing Company.

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Re-Elect Richie Floyd

As mentioned above, the campaign to re-elect PDSA comrade Richie Floyd to the District 8 seat of St. Pete City Council has achieved a new major milestone: we’ve now collected the 500 signed petitions needed for Richie to qualify for a place on the ballot.

“Why did we need those petitions signed?” you ask?

If you’re interested in running for a seat on St. Petersburg City Council, there are multiple ways for you to secure your name on the ballot. One option is to simply buy a slot. This is the path that most of the developer- and corporate-friendly candidates that throw their hat into the ring in every election cycle tend to go.

But, Richie is not one of those bought-and-paid-for candidates; he’s the first socialist elected to public office in Florida in a century. So, as we did for Richie’s first election in 2021, we opted to go the grassroots path, and qualify for ballot access by pounding the pavement, week after week, and knocking on doors to ask the residents of District 8 to sign our petition!

Now, this is crucial: even though we’ve secured 500 signatures, remember that each of those signatures needs to be officially verified. The reality is that some of those signatures will almost certainly be tossed out. So, even though we’ve surpassed our stated goal, we still need to keep plugging away and collect as many signatures as possible!

Go to richiefloyd.com/volunteer-rsvp to volunteer for an upcoming canvas!

CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Dump Duke

The organizers behind Dump Duke have been working hard this past month as well.

As our enemies start to recognize the Dump Duke campaign as more of a genuine threat to their interests, they’re shoveling more and more resources into dark money, astroturf groups like the Clearwater Energy Alliance and St. Pete Energy Alliance. They have a lot of money, and can buy a lot more ads than our grassroots campaign can buy.

If we can’t beam our message into peoples’ homes at the same scale as Duke Energy, then we need to go where the people are, which our campaign organizers have done by participating in multiple public events.

Dump Duke had a presence at Earth Night Soundsystem Culture Day, a collaboration celebrating Earth Day and the worldwide DJs for Climate Action initiative, where we tabled and shared information as part of the Eco Market. We also tabled at the Earth Day Every Day: Party For The Planet event, which was a music and art festival attracting hundreds of attendees. We also collaborated with The St. Pete Eco Club, presenting the details and aims of the Dump Duke campaign to their members during their monthly meeting at Outcast Brewing Company.

To see what’s next for the campaign, go to dumpdukefl.com.

Upcoming Events

We have more than a dozen political events, working group meetings, and social outings scheduled in April. You can always view our full calendar of upcoming events, along with the most up-to-date times and locations, on our website: https://www.pinellasdsa.org/home.

Health Justice WG Meeting

Monday, May 4 from 7:00–8:30pm. Allendale United Methodist Church (3803 Haines Rd N. in St. Petersburg). Meet in the Hybrid Room!

Housing Working Group & St. Pete Tenants Union Joint Meeting

Tuesday, May 5 from 7:00–8:30pm. Meeting of the Pinellas DSA Housing Working Group and St Pete Tenants Union to decide action on tackling the exploitative capitalist housing system. Meet in the Hybrid room at Allendale UMC.

Bylaws Committee Meeting

Thursday, May 7 from 6:30–8:30pm. Location TBD — check the Discord for more details.

TBISN Art Build

Friday, May 8 from 7:30–8:30pm. Come build and paint materials for upcoming public actions on behalf of the Tampa Bay Immigrant Solidarity Network. Location TBD — check the Discord for more details.

Canvass for Richie Floyd & BBQ

Saturday, May 9 from 3:00–5:30pm. Meet at Jorgensen Lake Park (37th St. N. & 11th Ave N. in St. Petersburg). RSVP here.

Richie Floyd Campaign Concert & BBQ

Saturday, May 9 from 5:30–8:30pm. RSVP here for full info.

International Solidary Working Group Meeting

Monday, May 11·from 6:30–7:30pm. This will be a virtual-only meeting. The Zoom link will be provided in the Discord.

Article Study: AI as a tool of Capitalism

Tuesday, May 12 from 7:00–8:00pm. Check the Discord for more details. Here’s a link to the article.

Lit Drop for Richie Floyd

Saturday, May 16 from 10:30am — 1:30pm. Meet at Jorgensen Lake Park (37th St. N. & 11th Ave N. in St. Petersburg). RSVP here.

May General Meeting

Sunday, May 17 from 2:00–4:30pm at Allendale United Methodist Church (3803 Haines Rd N. in St. Petersburg).

Bylaws Committee Meeting

Monday, May 18 from 6:30–8:30pm. Location TBD — check the Discord for more details.

Lit Drop for Richie Floyd & Pizza Party

Saturday, May 23 from 10:30am — 1:30pm. Meet at Jorgensen Lake Park (37th St. N. & 11th Ave N. in St. Petersburg). RSVP here.

Dump Duke Town Hall Outreach

Sunday, May 24 from 10:30am — 12:30pm. Outreach for the upcoming Town Hall at the Sunshine Center. Check the Discord for more details.

International Solidary Working Group Meeting

Monday, May 25 6:30–8:00pm. This will be a virtual-only meeting. The Zoom link will be provided in the Discord.

Town Hall: Electric Bills 101

Wednesday, May 27 from 6:30–8:00pm. At the Sunshine Center (330 5th St N. in St. Petersburg). Understand your bill and what’s driving rising costs ahead of the upcoming vote on public power. Go to dumpdukefl.com to RSVP.

Canvass for Richie Floyd

Saturday, May 30 from 10:30am — 1:30pm. Location TDB. RSVP here.

New Member Orientation

Saturday, May 30 from 2:30–4:00pm. In the Hybrid Room at Allendale United Methodist Church (3803 Haines Rd N. in St. Petersburg). New to DSA? Come out to our monthly new member orientation! RSVP here.

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

If you would like to create an event on the Pinellas DSA calendar, please submit a Meeting & Event Request Form no later than two weeks prior to the requested event date. You can always check the ttps://www.pinellasdsa.org/">Pinellas DSA website for our full chapter calendar and email us with any questions at dsa.pinellas@gmail.com.

We hope to see you at some upcoming events!

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Note: This article reflects only the views of the author and not Portland DSA.

You just got home from work on Tuesday, May 19, and it’s the last day to turn in your ballot. You’re frantically thumbing through the Oregon voters guide to finish your ballot. Yes, you heard that ballots get lost in the system and that the vote-by-mail system is under attack by Trump, but perhaps you live in a district with only uncontested primary races, or maybe there’s just not much to get excited about. While you leaf through the rather anemic voter’s pamphlet, you pass the section on… Measure 120? And it has a whopping 28 “No” arguments vs 7 “Yes” ones? Oh, this is that Gas Tax thing that’s been in the news for a year? It’s not even clear how you should vote on it, AS a socialist!

What if I told you that this might be the most impactful vote many Oregonians make this year? 

First, we should establish what Measure 120 even does. After the failure of our state government to pass a transportation package last summer, Governor Tina Kotek called a special session and successfully passed a less ambitious package, House Bill 3991. Although 3991 was heavily compromised to secure the support of the most conservative Democrats and to prevent Republicans from walking out, Republicans played to win and gathered enough signatures to refer *elements* of it to the voters. 

A “Yes” vote simply allows the legislature to enact the bill they passed. A “No” vote cancels some chosen elements of the package, while retaining others. Which ones? 

Well, you have to follow some legislative horse-trading to figure out what’s at stake with Measure 120. Democrats once again succumbed to GOP “bait” during the recent session, when they agreed to water down the spring session’s attempt at a transportation package to get something through (transit funding, sidewalk funding, raising the gas tax enough to make up for inflationary losses). Concessions in hand, the Republicans then executed the “switch” and referred the parts they didn’t like to the ballot anyway.  

A “No” vote on 120 erases specifically any benefits for our side, but retains the parts of the deal we don’t like. It’s just not a good deal! On that alone, a “Yes” vote should be the obvious choice.

While Portland DSA takes no position on Measure 120, the chapter’s May 2026 Voter Guide (comingn soon!) offers excellent guidance for evaluating ballot measures, when it asks voters to consider 3 benchmarks:

1. Whether a ballot measure is endorsed by member-led organizations or unions.
2. Whether a ballot measure increases funding for broad public services, like public schools, fire departments, or public transit;
3. That a ballot measure does not support or empower local, state, or federal police.

For Measure 120, the answer to all three questions is “Yes”!

Tepidly, the Portland Mercury agreed: 

“We encourage a “yes” vote because Oregon is in desperate need of more funding in order to provide basic transportation services to its residents, and because the debate here has been exploited by Republicans who are misrepresenting the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) accountability problems for their own political purposes. But we aren’t going to try that hard to convince you to vote for this, either—why would we, when Oregon Democrats aren’t even putting in the effort to campaign for the bill they worked so hard to pass?”

Just like the progressive, tax-the-rich ballot measures socialists have championed in the past, the referral tells a narrative: state and local governments are flush with cash, they just need to have waste and inefficiency rooted out (this usually ends up meaning cuts to programs used by people of color & lower-income people, with the preservation of programs used by whiter & more affluent people). When your suburban municipality serves as a tax haven for Portland wealth, it’s very easy to look around at your well-maintained, sparsely used roads and assume everyone else is doing just as well.

If you know me for any one thing, it’s probably my single-minded dedication to transit funding. Maybe you’ve heard that the package will affect Trimet Revenue. Candidly, the Democratic Party of Oregon has already sacrificed transit funding at the altar of bipartisanship. If you followed the 2025 Transportation Package from beginning to end (sorry), you might remember the initial ask by Trimet of a 0.4% bump to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF). That would go on to be negotiated down to a 0.2% bump in the final package, which would tragically fail. The governor’s special session again negotiated the bump down to 0.1%, and to add insult to injury, sunset that meager 0.1% after 2 years. 2 years of additional funding for a transit agency is not very useful; you aren’t going to hire new bus drivers for 2 years! 

The HB 3991 transit funding is just treading water until a comprehensive transportation package can (hopefully) be passed in 2027. Transit is too important for me to pretend that life raft doesn’t matter.

To talk just about transit funding ignores the framing, very deliberately done by OR Republicans, of this as a referendum on the Gas Tax. Many socialists have, rightfully so, recoiled at the idea of an increased gas tax but from the left. It conjures ideas of out-of-touch enviros unilaterally imposing their priorities on priced-out working families. Besides, why doesn’t the state just… Tax the Rich? I want to tax the rich more than anyone! I fight for that frequently myself, but the issue of the gas tax cannot be neatly sorted into the box of “Regressive Tax” and wholly discarded. I’ve collected a few miscellaneous thoughts about road funding that I think are highly relevant:

• The gas tax is a static value charged per gallon. Because of inflation, a dollar today is worth what 97 cents was a year ago. Every year the gas tax isn’t increased, it’s actually going down. At the same time, we create more roads every year and our existing ones fall into deeper, more expensive disrepair. The 2025 Transportation Package attempted to index the gas tax to inflation, but the bipartisan austerity agenda would not have it.

• Other countries use methods other than the Gas Tax, but they all tend to be charges for “road usage”; if you drive your heavy vehicle on the road, that damages the road, and so you pay for the damage you’ve done to the road. There are more progressive ways to do this (Congestion Pricing)! For example, most states charge up-front registration and title fees so that the burden is not placed disproportionately on those who drive the most (e.g. rural households). The failed 2025 Transportation Package attempted to institute a “New Vehicle Fee” which would charge the wealthier buyers of new vehicles specifically, and a charge on distance traveled rather than gas usage, to relieve the burden on poorer owners of older vehicles.

• Wealth and income taxes are great for funding new capital projects (like Seattle’s social housing developer!) or for programs that only some of the population use at once (like universal preschool!). They are less sustainable for services that are used by most people for sustained periods. This is why Social Security is gathered from everyone’s wages, and then distributed back to everyone; broad public services need broad, stable funding. The same is true for roads, which literally every living person relies on daily.

• One example to my “Broad Services, Broad Funding” rule is school funding. Schools are funded by a mix of local property taxes, state funding, and federal funding. When you only consider the local portion, schools are funded along lines of segregation, and those in poorer neighborhoods are not funded like those in more affluent areas. This is where state funding comes in and redistributes from the richer areas to the poorer ones (if you have a functional state government, of course). Building a functional system means balancing “broadness” with redistribution. So, how does one “redistribute” transportation revenue from richer areas to poorer ones? Let’s get into that.

• Where you live, where you work, and how you get there *is* political! If it weren’t, the Columbia river wouldn’t separate the highest per-capita DSA membership from perhaps the most right-wing, ICE-loving, war-hawk democrat in congress. Wealthy residents and businesses threaten to move out of the municipality, “opting out” of taxes and shared responsibility, while still traveling into it for business and services. Portland’s ruling classes have not lived in the city center for decades; they may work here, but they live in Lake Oswego or in Clark County! This is the rationale for regional tolling, something which is very controversial on the west coast, and apparently detonated the 2025 Transportation Package (although it wasn’t even being proposed). I am not sure whether intra-state regional tolling will happen anytime in the near future, but I hope you can at least see the vision.

None of this is to say that these additional taxes and fees won’t hurt. None of this is to say that we can’t strive for a world where the rich pay to maintain our public works. I’m just saying that roads are really expensive; our decision, as a society, to make everyone drive everywhere has resulted in a lot of pavement which self-destructs if not maintained regularly. One can’t “opt out” of this responsibility, unless you consider bent wheels and longer commutes “free”. We can’t deliver socialist programs if our government can’t deliver basic governance and pave the roads.

To be crystal clear: I am not writing this in uncritical support of HB 3991 or ODOT. Just because I want to avoid a “DOGE Mentality” where cuts are always the cure, doesn’t mean that the state transportation system is totally accountable and a wise steward of tax revenue. A lot of work remains to fight for true reform in transportation, and that probably would look like fewer freeway megaprojects and more bus service. The opportunity to fight for those things is next spring, in the 2027 Long Session. We will need your energy to fight for the future we deserve and not just scraps. A “Yes” vote on 120 just ensures we can tread water until that next fight takes place.

Jordan Lewis is an Ecosocialist Working Group Co-chair and an elected member of our Socialists in Office Committee.

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The Pinellas Democratic Socialists of America Condemn Florida Redistricting & Recent SCOTUS Decision as Attack on Democracy

The membership of the Pinellas County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America strongly condemns the recent congressional redistricting imposed by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Republican Party, alongside the ongoing erosion of the Voting Rights Act by the US Supreme Court. These actions represent a coordinated assault on democratic representation in Florida and across the United States.

Over the past several days, we’ve witnessed some of the most severe attacks on voting rights in recent memory, both in Florida and the United States more broadly. First, the redrawing of Florida’s congressional districts by Governor DeSantis and the Florida Republican Party, which we condemn as explicit gerrymandering and which is in direct opposition to the Fair Districts Amendments to the state constitution. Second, the US Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act, which threatens to disenfranchise minority communities across the nation. These measures are part of a broader effort to consolidate political power and silence anyone opposed to the Trump regime’s agenda.

SCOTUS’ gutting of the Voting Rights Act will allow Republicans to strip representation from non-white people in their latest efforts to reassert the rule of white oligarchs over the dispossessed millions across the US. Meanwhile, DeSantis’ gerrymandering of Florida seeks to subvert democracy by ensuring that Florida is represented at the federal level by legislators that do not represent the interests of the vast majority of Florida’s population, and who are dedicated to preserving rule by the capitalist class.

While these measures most explicitly target Black political power, they will have consequences for the entirety of the working class, including restrictions on reproductive freedom for women, attacks on the right to organize and collectively bargain, and the veritable elimination of freedom of speech and assembly. These developments are not isolated incidents, but part of a long-standing pattern. For decades, the far right has used state and federal institutions to curtail democratic participation and undermine collective political power. Now, as the capitalist class perceives the power of the working class growing, and feels their grip on power loosening, these measures further accelerate the stripping away of our freedoms; a desperate gambit to preserve class rule, and the logical outcome of a political system that prioritizes elite control over genuine democracy.

The state government of Florida, which has seized for itself the privilege to determine how votes are apportioned in opposition to our own state constitution, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States, both represent undemocratic arms of class rule. We must confront these institutions head-on if we wish to truly accomplish the aims of Reconstruction, which remain unfinished more than 150 years after the end of the Civil War.

In response, the members of the Pinellas County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America call for the new Florida congressional map to be rescinded, and for the reinstatement of the guidelines outlined in the Voting Rights Act prior to SCOTUS’s narrowing of the definition of discriminatory intent for the drawing of legislative lines.

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May 2026 Newsletter

This is the monthly newsletter by the Montgomery County Branch of the Metro DC Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (MoCo DSA).

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Take Action

Our Electoral team has raised thousands of dollars and reached at least 3,000 voters on behalf of our endorsed candidates, Gabe Acevero, Josie Caballero, and Izola Shaw. But we need more boots on the ground! We’re requesting volunteers to (1) knock on doors, (2) host candidates in their homes or apartment common areas for meet and greets, and (3) coordinate and launch a canvass. Join the Electoral team by filling out the interest form and selecting the Electoral team.

MoCo DSA and the wider MDC-DSA Labor Working Group are interested in doing more labor work at the branch level. Please fill out this survey to learn which unions and industries DSA members are part of, so we can determine which campaigns to prioritize and learn what kinds of labor work members want.

Join us in demanding that Maryland’s State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS) divest from Israeli bonds. As of December 2025, MSRPS holds $65.49 million in these bonds, which directly subsidize genocide and ethnic cleansing. Sign this letter to Treasurer Dereck Davis, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and MSPRS leadership so they know that Marylanders do not want to foot the bill for brutality and oppression. You can also virtually sign a postcard supporting the redirection of MSRPS funds away from oppression and towards Maryland communities.

Preserve Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. The Trump Administration is trying to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. Haiti is overwhelmed by multi-factional violence from the national government, local gangs, and other paramilitary forces. It would be unconscionable to prioritize deporting Haitians, considering the conditions they’d be returning to. Ask your representative to force a vote in the House to preserve TPS status for Haiti. 

The Montgomery County Council is considering a bill sponsored by Council Members Kristin Mink and Will Jawando to levy a tax on demolitions and housing expansions to fund social housing. This legislation applies when a property owner tears down an existing single-family house and replaces it with a larger house on the same lot. This bill is gaining momentum! Use this action alert to ask your county council members to support the bill.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, May 9th – MoCo DSA Monthly General Body Meeting. Join us in person at the Silver Spring Library or via Zoom for our monthly meeting to get plugged into the latest with MoCo DSA. If you’re brand new to DSA, this meeting is open to the public.

Thursday, May 21st – MoCo DSA May Social. Come craft, hang, and enjoy the sun on Thursday May 21st at 6:30pm in Downtown Rockville! We’ll be making pipe cleaner flowers and enjoying some spring weather. Whether you’re a crafter or not, come by to enjoy some snacks and chit chat. We’ll be learning on the fly, so no experience required!

MoCo Briefs

Electoral

Our Electoral team continues to pound the pavement and encourage registered voters to support our endorsed candidates, Gabe Acevero, Izola Shaw, and Josie Caballero. MoCo DSA also held a successful fundraiser to support Gabe at the Germantown Library at the end of April.

Palestine Solidarity

We supported JVP’s Break the Bonds campaign to get Maryland’s State Retirement and Pension System (MSRPS) divested from Israel’s genocide by coordinating testimony at the Maryland State House in support of HB1455. Stay tuned for more information about a teach-in planned for May.

ICE Watch

Three important DSA-supported bills passed the Montgomery County Council in April! The Unmask ICE bill prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from wearing masks or facial coverings, with limited exceptions, requires identification while on duty, and requires the creation of an online portal to report alleged violations. The Vehicle Recovery Act reduces barriers for families whose loved ones have been abducted by ICE to recover impounded vehicles. And the ICE Out Act prohibits all privately owned ICE detention centers in the county.

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A statement from our Creating Democracy in Columbus Campaign

Today Columbus City Council is hosting a “community conversation” on the current voting system for City Council Districts. Since last spring, Columbus DSA has led the actual community conversation in Columbus on the issue of City Council Districts. Residents are sick and tired of their elected officials ignoring their neighborhood concerns while turning around and giving billionaires anything they want without question. The recent McCoy Park debacle exposes just this: the interests of the billionaire class are served over those of the residents of this city. And we saw City Council respond in their usual way: deflecting blame and performative response while maintaining the status quo. Today is no different.

Columbus’ current City Council voting system is a farce, the so-called “Districts” in this model are an illusion having no actual impact. Because we maintain at-large voting, requiring a candidate to win votes across the entire city and not just their “District”, these “Districts” could simply not exist and the outcome of the elections would be the same, as we saw in November.

At-large voting favors the well-funded and those in power at the expense of real community representation. It is why most cities have abandoned at-large elections for city council seats. Columbus is one of the very few cities of its size in this country still using this archaic system.

Our proposal is simple: eliminate at-large voting and make the Districts real. In order to represent a District, you must win the election in just that District. This gives neighborhoods a real say in who represents them in city government and makes candidates answerable to their neighbors.

We are happy to see the issue has captured Council’s attention, but we should set the record straight as to what is actually going on today: an attempt to co-opt a citizen-led initiative to build our own power. Council is not holding this hearing for the working people of this city but for their own benefit.

If Council truly cares about the District issue, they should drop the pretenses and just let us get on with our good work. We don’t want to see Council attempt to redirect this energy into any proposal retaining at-large seats. We don’t want to see any competing proposals that would confuse voters. The Our City Our Say coalition is working towards a simple true-districts amendment for this November’s election. We look forward to winning real representation for the people of Columbus!