After decades of stagnation and decline for the labor movement, workers are striking back. Workers in Austin—baristas, nurses, restaurant workers, and more—are joining this organizing […]
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City Manager, City HR Take a Stand Against Equality
Amidst a worsening cost of living crisis, Austin City Council voted last week to raise the minimum wage for city workers from $15 to $20 […]
Read moreReflections on Electoral Organizing
Civil rights lawyer and DSA member Andrew Hairston ran for Travis County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 earlier this year. Hairston’s campaign highlighted the […]
Read moreThe Civil Rights Struggle in Texas
Contending with a racist political elite, police violence, and disenfranchisement, Black and Brown Texans struggled for decades to gain basic civil rights. Exploring the oft-overlooked […]
Read moreCreating a Socialist Vision for Public Libraries: A Conversation with Emily Drabinski
Red Fault contributor and Austin DSA member Bennett B. conducted an interview with socialist, labor organizer, and President-elect of the American Library Association, Emily Drabinski. […]
Read moreWhy Socialists Pay Dues
The following article was first published in the Milwaukee Socialist Party Publication Political Action October 14, 1911. The party was at the height of its […]
Read moreNever Drink Alone: Creating a Working-Class Counterculture
In our increasingly atomized and hollowed out society, it can be hard to imagine a robust working-class culture. In fact, there is a long history […]
Read moreAgainst Objectivity
Conservatives and liberals alike view history as a matter of objective fact. Socialists reject such a simplistic narrative and understand that history, like everything else, […]
Read moreFree Leonard Peltier Now
By the Austin DSA Leadership Committee Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida. He is serving two […]
Read moreAnderson High School Students Organize Socialist Club
The last two years have been a difficult time for young people. A group of students at Anderson High School have decided to turn the […]
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