A zine covering how charter schools cook their books, choose their populations and profit.

A zine concerning pro-charter advocates, donors and connections

A zine on the culture of corruption and exploitation in the charter school industry.

Una revista independiente del CASA sobre sus derechos.

On April 1st, 2024, I received notification that a project for which I was a research assistant had been completely defunded. I was fired, and the future of the project remained uncertain. Our funding came from the Center for Connecticut Education Research Collaboration (CCERC) which was established from federal COVID relief funds to address pressing issues in Connecticut’s public schools and provide jobs to Connecticut researchers. Usually, I’d console myself and try to find hope for the future, but it was hard to feel that there was a future for researchers like me, who think people deserve better. Despite this hopelessness, I joined the DSA Education Justice working group: a coalition of educators, librarians, students, parents, and more that seeks to improve public education from a socialist lens. There is power and strength in the unity this working group provides. I found consolation with others who reassured me that they still see the value in research.

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My origin story feels like I am a contradiction in terms. Communist and Catholic—really? Looking back, my journey to communism is not one I ever imagined. Growing up in the comfortable white settler community of East Lansing, Michigan, I certainly was not exposed to oppression.

by Pearson From the failed poisoned piña colada plan to the action movie shootout no one asked for, the White […]

While we celebrated Zohran and Jorge‘s wins in the NYC Mayoral and Ithaca Common Council primaries, we waited for the results to finalize for Hannah Shvet’s race for Ithaca Common Council. And the wait was worth it, with Hannah winning her primary by a margin of just 11 votes! 

Hannah Shvets, running to represent Ithaca’s Ward 5, is a student organizer running on a bold, worker-first platform. Her platform focuses on affordable housing, climate action, public safety reform, and government transparency, aiming to build a more inclusive, affordable, equitable, and sustainable Ithaca that works for working people. 

Hannah is championing her community’s needs for rent stabilization, safer working conditions for TCAT drivers, and job programs like The Energy Warriors: Green Career Pathways. She’s also aiming to maintain Ithaca’s commitment to Sanctuary City status for immigrants, those seeking gender-affirming care, and reproductive care.

Although Hannah won the primary, one of her challengers will be running on a third-party line this November. The primary race was very close, so Hannah needs your continued support!

Hannah is part of a slate of candidates in the Socialist Cash Takes Out Capitalist Trash fundraising project!Donate to the slate here! Through this effort, we raised $3,400 for Jorge and Hannah in just 6 weeks.

That’s the power of mass socialist organization, and this wouldn’t have been possible without DSA members donating, making calls, running phonebanks, and preparing graphics and copy. 

Congratulations to all the organizers in Ithaca DSA on the Common Council sweep & good luck in the General Election this November!