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 […]
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Creating 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 […]
Read moreBarton Springs is a Public Treasure Created by the New Deal
The New Deal created public luxuries enjoyed by successive generations of Americans like Barton Springs here in Austin. Now, it’s incumbent on us to win […]
Read moreExiles in Austin
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 […]
Read moreAustin 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 […]
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