To Care for the Sick: Thoughts of an ICU RN
We will all be sick, but we will not all receive care. Our mortality guarantees the former, but it is the system, chosen for us, that forces us to cope with the latter.
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Reflections on Austin DSA’s Field Trip to the Blanton Museum of Art
The first piece I saw on the recent Austin DSA “field trip” to the Blanton Museum of Art was Indian Myths and Legends: The Pleiades – The Creation – The Coming of the Chinigchinich – The Island of the Dead (1937-41) by Reuben Kadish. It wasn’t really fair to the rest of the works in the exhibit, to start off so strong.
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Troubling Economic Development Deal in the Works at City Council
In general, economic development deals do not benefit the public in ways politicians claim; instead, they tend to have negative impacts on local communities, especially for the working class. Research on economic development deals that use tax breaks allegedly to attract businesses and investment to cities has shown two important points
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Dispatches from Minneapolis: An Overview
By: Gumbo V Late February is a frigid time to visit Minneapolis, Minnesota, but the people of the Twin Cities are no strangers to fending […]
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Between Marx and Lincoln: German Communists in the American Civil War
by R.K. Upadhya The American Civil War is a key moment of US history. If you grew up in the US, you almost certainly spent […]
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An Inflection Point for Democratic Socialism
by Andrew H In 2025, the United States observed the first proper referendum on the second Trump Administration. Democrats performed well, winning gubernatorial contests in […]
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Book Review – Ten Days that Shook the World
by Yarrow “Ten Days that Shook the World” is an account of the Russian Revolution in October and November of 1917. It follows the complex […]
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Call To Action: Vote Yes On Prop Q
On November 4, 2025, Austinites will be voting to approve a property tax increase for the city, called Proposition Q. Our chapter is working in coalition with local labor and social justice organizations to win this tax rate election (or “TRE”). We believe the property tax increase will fund city workers and programs that are necessary to care for our neighbors during the worst of the second Trump administration.
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Poems From Our Martyrs
I have never much liked poetry. But somehow, it has been poems that have brought me the most emotional and spiritual clarity over the past two years. I think this has less to do with the poems themselves, than who they were written by: refugees, prisoners, martyrs. Despite being written in the most unimaginably harsh conditions, their words are still somehow infused with hope and love – and a source of strength for all of us.
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The Goth Rock Opera of Our Present
I watched Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) when it first released. Back then, I enjoyed the music, wacky characters, and gore. Today, the movie hits different. The movie takes place in the not-too-distant future. That future has arrived.
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Reinstate Dr. Tom Alter
On Wednesday, 10 September 2025, Dr. Tom Alter, a well-respected educator, published historian, and tenured faculty member at Texas State University, was unceremoniously terminated from his position at Texas State University. This unjust decision came just days after Dr. Alter spoke at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference in his legal and protected capacity as a private individual and not as a representative of the university.
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