Imagine the last five DSA meetings you have been to. Do you feel like you could, without providing excuses, invite a friend or coworker to each of those meetings and feel confident…
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Independence Requires Investment: The Time is Now for an Independent Run
Socialists have to mean what we say and say what we mean. The…
A New Kind of Organizing: Re-Thinking Electoralism
Image: bijanterani.com/photography INTRODUCTION Until today, electoral strategy debates within the Democratic Socialists of…
Illinois Deserves No Applause for Funding the CTA
On Halloween, the Illinois General Assembly voted on a $1.5 billion funding package…
In Chicago, The Legacy of Christopher Columbus Lives On in Italo Balbo
Christopher Columbus is widely considered one of the greatest villains ever to set…
We Successfully Defended Byron!
Chicago DSA was proud to join working people across Chicago in successfully mobilizing…
Madigan Down, But Not Out – City Quietly Renews ShotSpotter Contract – Chicago Bears Consider Move
Welcome to Issue #26 of the Red Star Bulletin! The aim of this…
The Big Tent and the Tensions within DSA
Over the course of the last year, there have been growing tensions within…
What Does An Elected School Board Mean For Chicago?
With the watershed news of the HB 2908 passing the Illinois House and…
Solving America’s Housing Crisis Requires More Democracy, Not Less
A recent article by Slate’s Henry Grabar claims Mayor Lightfoot “stripped aldermen of…
Starving and Policing Imperial Cities
To stay alive in perpetual late capitalist austerity, cities turned to a strategy…
Chicago’s Gerrymandered Wards Are a Political Mess
The Chicago Advisory Redistricting Commission has begun accepting applications to be part of…
Shovel According to Your Ability, Dibs According to Your Need
Chicago winters create certain routines: dealing with snow, dealing with dibs, debating dibs.…
Oh, How Little Mayor Lightfoot CARES
The trouble with living through history is that it all happens at once.…
The Treason of John Catanzara
Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)’s president John Catanzara hates…
When a Boss Gets Fired
It was an unceremonious exit. A few days before the election, former Illinois…
Seven Hundred and Sixty-Nine
2020 was a year of murder. Murder rates were up across America's major…