Lift the Ban Coalition Marches on Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton’s House
By Lucie Macias
https://youtu.be/M9uM8bAtEHQ On the morning of Saturday, August 18, more than 50 members of the Lift the Ban Coalition and the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) coalition marched to State Senate President John Cullerton's house in Ravenswood and camped out until afternoon. Cullerton has blocked legislation for statewide rent control and an
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (September 1 – September 8)
By Zach Shearer
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Normally, this is the part of the email where I say that I hope you had a good week and maybe say something inspiring and sweet about socialism before transitioning to the events. Well, guess what, folks - I'm not doing that this week. This week we're getting stuff done. We're getting caught up. We're taking care of
Read MoreCDSA Endorses Justice for Laquan McDonald Rally
By Zach Shearer
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (CDSA) endorses the September 5th Rally at the opening day of the Jason Van Dyke trial for the murder of Laquan McDonald, and stands in solidarity with the organizers of this rally. On October 20th, 2014, Officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times as he walked away, executing him. In the wake
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (August 26 – September 1)
By Zach Shearer
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I hope everybody had an excellent week last week. I know I personally had a great time on Wednesday at the North Side Steering Committee elections. Hopefully, if you're a member who lives on the North Side you were able to make it out. It was an hour and a half of rousing debate topped off with some good ol'
Read MoreAugust Executive Committee Meeting Recap
By Lucie Macias
Thanks to everyone that made it to our August Executive Committee (EC) Meeting! After our chapter bylaws vote at our last convention, we are still welcoming new EC members! The August EC saw new EC members from our South Side Branch, serving as EC Representatives for their branch. We voted to approve the August meeting agenda and approved the
Read MoreLearn about Harold Washington at the Upcoming Red Ed Working Group
By Zach Shearer
This Sunday Chicago DSA’s Red Ed Working Group is hosting a reading group discussion on Harold Washington. While not explicitly socialist, Washington was drafted from a grassroots effort to take on the Democratic machine in Chicago, and we can learn much from his campaign as CDSA approaches the 2019 Mayoral and Aldermanic elections, and as
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Socialist Feminism 101 Recap
By Lucie Macias
By Sean Duffy Last month CDSA’s Socialist Feminist Working Group hosted their first educational event, Socialist Feminism 101. A crowd of roughly fifty gathered at the Manning Branch Library, a midpoint between the North Side, South Side, and West Cook branches, and were led by members of the SocFem WG through a robust primer covering the
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (August 12 – August 19)
By Zach Shearer
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I want to start out by giving some major kudos to everybody who was out in the heat yesterday. Whether it was those who were out at train stops talking to people about Medicare for All and CPAC, or the folks who showed up to march in the Bud Biliken Parade, you all are amazing. I wasn't there myself, but I'm assuming
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (August 5 – August 12)
By Zach Shearer
Good Morning Chicago DSA, We had over 100 socialists at the New Member Orientation last week, which, if you're one of those new member's and you're getting this email for the first time: welcome! We've grown so much as an organization just in the last couple months and it's been amazing seeing so many new people stepping up and getting
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (July 29 – August 4)
By Zach Shearer
Good Morning Chicago DSA, We just finished up a very busy week of socialism. There were lots of working group meetings throughout the week and then we capped it off yesterday with SocFem 101 and a Lift the Ban canvass. Hopefully you were able to make it out to at least one thing. I know that's always my goal for the week, get to at least one
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