Remembering Bill Pelz
By Lucie Macias
by Patrick Quinn and Eric Shuster Bill Pelz, a well-known socialist activist and prolific scholar in the field of European and comparative Labor History died at the age of 66 in Chicago on Sunday, December 10, 2017, following a heart attack. Bill was born into a working class family on the South Side of Chicago. After
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Chicago DSA Hosts Largest General Meeting To Date
By Lucie Macias
On Sunday December 10, 2017, we held our best-attended general meeting yet! 142 members were physically present and 23 voted by proxy. At the meeting, membership had the chance to review and revise the decisions made by the Executive Committee since June of this year and to hear updates from the campaigns that are ongoing in our chapter and in
Read MoreA Tribute to Tom Broderick
By Lucie Macias
https://soundcloud.com/talkin-socialism/tribute-to-tom-broderick Chicago DSA's Talkin’ Socialism podcast officially re-launches with a tribute to Tom Broderick. Tom was the long-time host of the podcast until he passed away last month. We will miss Tom and we hope to carry on his spirit of activism & social justice. A full
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Necessary Disruptions (and the Illusion of Order)
By Charles Austin
By Sean Duffy | Photo by Richard Reilly ST. LOUIS — In September before the Stockley verdict had even been passed down, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was preparing for the fallout. Greitens readied the state’s National Guard the day before the trial concluded, stating that he was “committed to protecting everyone's constitutional right
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The People Share Election-Night Stories and DSA Thoughts
By Charles Austin
Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join, renew, or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA stories. Over the past few weeks Chicago DSA has been collecting stories from DSA members and non-members alike about their 2016 election-night experiences, why they
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Mi primer año en DSA
By Charles Austin
Para más información sobre DSA: http://www.dsausa.org/en_espanol By Lucie Macias En el año desde que me uní a los Socialistas Democráticos de América (DSA, en inglés), he perdido la cuenta de cuántas veces me han preguntado por qué soy socialista. Siempre trato de dar una buena respuesta, cambiando mi respuesta cada vez, pero nunca
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My First Year in DSA
By Charles Austin
Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join or renew here or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA stories. By Lucie Macias In the year since I joined the Democratic Socialists of America, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been asked why I’m a
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Why I’m Renewing My DSA Dues
By Charles Austin
Are you renewing your dues? Or thinking of joining? Join or renew here or switch to monthly dues here, sound off with #DSAdues on Twitter, or fill out this form to tell us your DSA and election-night stories. By Zach Shearer I remember feeling cold the morning after our country elected Donald Trump. It was 6 a.m. and I sat in my
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One Year After Trump’s Election, Is It Time to Renew Your DSA Dues?
By Charles Austin
Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. You know this by now, of course, but a year ago you may have thought it impossible. At the very least you had your doubts. On November 8, 2016, some of us disconnected or went to bed early, only to wake up to a reality we feared might materialize but never thought possible. While some of us
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Building Media to Build Power: A Mass Media Strategy for DSA
By Charles Austin
By Sean Duffy At the height of their power during the first decades of the 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World, commonly referred to as the IWW or the Wobblies, had upwards of 90 affiliated newspapers and other periodicals in print, 30 of which were published right here in Chicago. The papers spanned 19 different languages, an
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