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In the last year, the US and Israel have killed over possibly 200,000 Palestinians and devastated millions more lives in its genocidal assault to destroy Gaza and the West Bank. […]

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Yesterday, HDSA members showed up in solidarity with the @ilasagcd dockworkers on day one of their strike on USMX. 45,000 workers are on strike for the first time since 1977, […]

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Last month, several GRDSA folks traveled to the Straits of Mackinac for a gathering of Great Lakes Water Protectors. We joined a potluck, a kayak paddle-out, a water festival and a day of workshops on a gorgeous campsite.

The impetus for this annual gathering is the struggle to stop the construction of the pipeline tunnel across the Mackinac straits and ultimately shut down Line 5 completely.

In many ways, it’s fitting that this took place over Labor Day weekend. This holiday is disproportionately enjoyed by those who work weekday 9-5 jobs, while many working class people, often doing essential jobs, still have to work.

We know that the current and coming environmental crisis will disproportionately affect working class people who don’t have the resources to adapt to disasters caused by pipeline spills and continued reliance on fossil fuels. These challenges range from access to clean water to mitigating damage from floods and extreme weather events.

The struggle against Line 5 is also deeply related to indigenous land and water rights as it trespasses on tribal land and threatens access to traditional food sources. They would be disproportionately hurt if it were to ever break, despite having no say in its construction or maintenance. Every day Line 5 is allowed to operate risks disaster, if it were to fail it would cause incalculable damage to our environment and drinking water for generations. That’s why it’s so important we protest it every chance we get, only a mass movement of those most affected can finally remove this threat.

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DSA’s National Political Education Committee is beyond excited to invite you to read (or re-read!) Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I with fellow DSAers! This is a fantastic opportunity to bring us all together to discuss a fundamental text. Whether you consider yourself a Marxist or not, if you’re in DSA, your politics have been shaped by this big fat book. So, let’s talk about it!

This is planned as a national reading group that will host a kickoff event on October 1, with

• 5 more DSA-wide reading meetings between October and March,
• asynchronous chapter and at-large curriculum outlines for local study support between our large meetings,
• a moderated DSA forum category for debate and discussion as the reading group progresses,
• opportunities to volunteer,
• and more!

While the occasion for this reading group is the publication of the new translation of Capital coming out this month (and many comrades are very excited about that), any version that you prefer to follow along with the conversation is OK–whether it’s the free version on marxists.org, the classic Penguin edition, the brand-new Princeton translation, or another preferred version. Any level of familiarity with the text coming in is also OK–whether it’s your very first time or your umpteenth, we want you to participate. We intend to make it accessible, comradely, and a rich ground for us to listen and contribute.  

RSVP for the Capital Reading Group here, and we’ll see you soon, comrades!