The week before Memorial Day, I traveled to Washington, D.C. for the first time. As a lifelong socialist, I had some misgivings about visiting our nation’s capitol on the eve of Trump’s…
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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…
A Union Town: Walking Through Chicago’s Labor History
On Saturday, April 22nd, Chicago DSA’s Political Education & Policy committee will host…
‘Romance of American Communism,’ and What It Can Teach Socialists Today
“What I remember most deeply about the Communists is their passion. It was…
Mass Campaigns and Queer Liberation
Based on a recent membership demographic survey, about ⅓ of DSA members identify…
New All-Affordable Housing Development Named After Lucy Gonzalez Parsons
On Friday, May 20, 2022, over 250 Chicagoans gathered on the 2600 block…
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…
The Populist Pathway to Socialism
Many early 20th century American socialists like Eugene Debs and Henry Demarest Lloyd…
To Meet the Moment, the Left Must Study Reconstruction
A recent panel hosted by Bernie Sanders explored the lessons of Reconstruction. Dana…
Puerto Rico’s Obreros Ilustrados: An Interview With Author Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo
Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo's The Lettered Barriada: Workers, Archival Power, and the Politics of…
Starving and Policing Imperial Cities
To stay alive in perpetual late capitalist austerity, cities turned to a strategy…
Taibbi is Right: Wither Marcuse
Matt Taibbi has done a great service for the American Left. His recent…
Eight Books I Read in 2020 That You Should Read Too
Of all the negatives 2020 bestowed upon us, one opportunity it happened to…
The Legalization of Affordable Housing
The legalization of affordable housing. That is what the Chicago City Council did…
The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 3
This is part 3 is a 3 part series. Part 1 can be…
The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 2
This is part 2 in a 3-part series. You can find part 1…
The Heirs to the Sewer Socialists: Part 1
This is part 1 in a 3-part series. You can find part 2…