The following is a speech delivered at the rally for a Green New Deal hosted by Austin DSA, Education Austin, Sierra Club, and Sunrise Movement […]
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Austin DSA Leadership Committee Statement on Greg Casar and Palestinian Liberation
By the Austin DSA Leadership Committee In a letter dated 1/9/22 and first publicized in a Jewish Insider article, congressional candidate Greg Casar affirms his […]
Read moreOrganizers in Office: Austin DSA & Electoral Politics in 2022 & Beyond
Former congressional candidate Heidi Sloan reflects on the role of electoral campaigns in elevating working-class struggle, how socialists in office can use their position to […]
Read moreThis Month in Class Struggle: January Chair’s Report
As long as one person exploits another, class struggle will exist. Right now, teachers are fighting against unsafe schools, railroad workers are threatening a strike, […]
Read moreSocialist Cash Takes Out Capitalist Trash
Andrew Hairston is running a campaign for justice of the peace on a platform of protecting tenants and ending the school-to-prison pipeline. Recent fundraising numbers […]
Read moreWe Make the Dough, We Have the Power
Earlier this month, workers at local pizzeria Via 313 rallied at their north campus location to protest retaliatory suspensions against workers organizing for paid sick […]
Read moreHow Alice Embree Became an Activist
Long a fixture of Austin activist circles, Alice Embree reflects in her new memoir on decades of involvement in radical organizing. Her experiences in the […]
Read moreFirst Time Canvassing? Just Show Up!
Knocking doors can seem daunting at first, but it’s an extremely rewarding experience. It gives us a chance to broadcast socialist politics to a wider […]
Read moreDemocracy Demands Socialism
Building a world where we share the work and the rewards, where we minimize inequality, where we ensure the basic needs of all are met, […]
Read moreThe Triumph of the “No Way on Prop A” Coalition and Where We Go From Here
Prop A, the Republican-backed effort to mandate higher police funding at the expense of city services, was soundly defeated by Austin voters last week. We […]
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