At the September general chapter meeting, members of Chicago DSA will vote on a proposal from the Electoral Working Group about whether we as a chapter should actively engage in the 2024…
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Solidarity With Ukraine: Resistance Movements, The Masses, and Socialism
On 04/12/22, Democratic Left published “How DSA’ers Can Help Ukraine” by Dan La…
Local School Council Representative Profile: Dave Pitak
Dave Pitak lives in the Edgewater neighborhood, has been a member of the…
The Limits of Policy
I went to grad school to study public policy because I wanted to…
LSC Representative Profile: Nick Ward
Nick Ward lives in the Edgewater neighborhood and has been a member of…
The LSC Debate and Theories of Change
During the November meeting of the Electoral Working Group (EWG), a proposal was…
LSC Representative Profile: Michael Cummings
Michael Cummings is a longtime DSA member who lives in Bridgeport and serves…
Student Walkout Organizer: “We don’t leave our humanity at the door of a school”
On Friday, January 14, 2022, approximately 300 students joined a walkout and marched…
CPD Out of CPS Panel: The Fight To End Police Brutality In Schools
On October 5th, activists held a "CPS, Safety, and Democracy" panel advocating the…
What Does An Elected School Board Mean For Chicago?
With the watershed news of the HB 2908 passing the Illinois House and…
What Karen Lewis Taught Us
On Monday, February 8, 2021, Chicago lost a titan of the labor movement.…
Chicago Teachers Union, Socialist Alderpeople Fight Mayor For Safe Schools
Despite below freezing temperatures and an icy edict by Chicago Public Schools (CPS)…
The Insidiousness of Networking
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know is perhaps the most…
In Chicago, It’s Your Civic Duty to Vote In Your Local School Council Election
This summer, Chicago saw some of its only tangible wins to date in…
Class Enemy of the Week: Miguel del Valle, Sendhil Revuluri, Dwayne Truss and Lucino Sotelo
The brutal murders of George Floyd, Breona Taylor, and countless other unarmed Black…
Ode to a Socialist Chicago: Ode to the Big Bargaining Team
Ode to the Big Bargaining team by David Stieber To the pushers of…
A word to Chicago from Bernie Sanders
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks to the the Chicago Teaches Union and SEIU Local…