On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we recognize that St. Louis sits on the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw Nation, Illini Tribe, Ioway Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, & Quapaw Nation. The US must reckon with its colonial past & honor Indigenous leaders shaping a more just future.

In 2023, then-President Biden enshrined Indigenous Peoples Day. Now Trump is blaming left-wing "radicals” and “arsonists” for "canceling" Columbus.

We’re ready if Starbucks leaves us no choice 😏

This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza. Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military. They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.

Three years. That's how long it's been since the baristas at the Corbin's Corner Starbucks won their union. But they are all still fighting for a contract! Join them on Saturday for a practice picket and let them know we have their backs! ctaflcio.org/events/pract...

Join the DSA contingent at the Rise Up for Gaza rally on the New Haven Green. Details: link.ctdsa.org/oct4 This October marks two years of Israeli led U.S. manufactured genocide on Gaza and its people. Our tax dollars have funded this destruction. Our voices and presence can help stop it.

On Sunday 80+ CT DSA members convened for the General Assembly! Together, we learned about healthy organizing culture, voted to form the Transformative Justice Organizing Committee, endorse the national campaign to Boycott Avelo Airlines, & endorse Rose Reyes for Windham City Council 🌹

Want to support immigrant rights? Join the rapid response training on Saturday, 10/25 in Bridgeport! Learn how to protect and support immigrant families, get connected to our rapid response network, and be ready to take action by responding to ICE threats in our community. RSVP: bit.ly/46Vppn3

Both CT DSA candidates running in primaries today - Maurine Crouch in Hamden and incumbent councilor Jeff Hart in New London - won their elections and are heading to the general election! 🗳 🌹 🐋 CT DSA’s Building The Bench WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTIONS!

Socialists stand with the Cheshire CI hunger strikers ! Connecticut DOC must provide everyone held captive by our state with a humane standard of living--if we can't provide even that, the moral choice is to free these people and let them return to the communities who care about them.

CT DSA Building The Bench: Why Are You A Socialist? 🌹 At our Labor Day outing, we caught up with Nate Simpson and Abdul Osmanu, two of our endorsed democratic socialists running for reelection this year to their municipal councils!

Reclaim Labor Day Social happening today, 2pm at Wharton Brook State Park!

Statement on recent hunger strike updates:

Next wednesday CT DSA will join activists supporting the people who have been on hunger strike for over a month at the Cheshire Correctional Institue, following new reports of suicide inside the prison.

Western CT- if you can make it to Danbury tomorrow afternoon (4pm Danbury Courthouse) your presence at the ICE out of Connecticut Press Conference is needed! #FairfieldCounty #Danbury #CT #EmergencyAction #Protest

We're proud to endorse People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, Michigan. Join us and the broader movement for Palestinian liberation from August 29-31st!! Register to attend at peoplesconferenceforpalestine.org/register #PeoplesConferenceforPalestine2025

Rally Wednesday hosted by BLM860! Solidarity with the men who have been on hunger strike in the Cheshire Correctional Institution over the last month. Join us to call on the Department of Corrections to end the torture and meet their demands for health and dignity.

This election season, CT DSA is 🔨🌹BUILDING THE BENCH 🔨🌹 We are proud to endorse four socialist candidates for municipal office across Connecticut. Meet our slate: Nate Simpson (New Britain), Maurine Crouch & Abdul Osmanu (Hamden), and Jeff Hart (New London)!

CT DSA is coordinating locally & across the country to call on Avelo Airlines to end their dirty ICE contract. We are asking everyone in Connecticut to join us in the fight against Avelo and the deportation machine! Sign the form at bit.ly/NoAveloCT #StopAveloNow #BoycottAvelo #SayNoToAvelo

Metro DC DSA stands in solidarity with the people of DC & rejects the occupation of our city. It's time to organize and fight back! 🌹(1/2)

THURSDAY ❤️‍🔥 All Bass No Billionaires dance party fundraiser at Cafe Nine! Come dance to some rad DJs and bands, with all tickets and merch sales going to support our organizing for labor and migrant justice. Details & RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/all-b...

Francesca M, CT DSA Steering Member and Former Chapter Co-Chair, WINS ELECTION to DSA’s National Political Committee 🌹🎉🇵🇸 We are immensely proud of Francesca’s work in our chapter and throughout the national organization, and look forward to her leadership on the NPC!

CT DSA stands with the individuals facing inhumane treatment and retaliation from the Cheshire correctional institute. Call & email those in power to help get their demands met!

We need CT hospitals to stand up for their trans patients, not surrender to Trump's agenda! Join DSA and other groups on Hartford on Saturday to support trans healthcare.

Jeff Hart, CT DSA's endorsed candidate for New London City Council, needs our help getting on the ballot! To help Jeff get the signatures he needs in order to qualify for the Democratic primary, we'll be canvassing on July 26th at 11 AM. No experience needed! RSVP: link.ctdsa.org/jeffhart0726

Join the Transit Riders Union of CT for the first bus riders canvass leading up to our bench building project! Tuesday July 1 at Bridgeport hospital. Check out the rest of our plans for July on our TRUCT calendar: link.ctdsa.org/bptbenches

Celebrate Zohran and chat about the future of CT politics! link.ctdsa.org/zohranparty

"zohran didnt have to throw anyone under the bus to win" of course not. immigrants, trans people, all working class people are on the bus together because the zohran bus is fare free

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

One thing is clear: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @socialists.nyc have made history! Thousands of working-class people have stood up to the capitalist class to demand a more affordable and livable New York City. Win or lose, the fight is just beginning! Join DSA today: dsausa.org/join

Will Zohran Mamdani send Cuomo back to the suburbs? We'll be taking over the Cannon in New Haven for an informal watch party tomorrow night! Results won't be in for about a week so we'll mainly be sending good vibes and enjoying the company of our comrades. Roll thru if you're around!

🇵🇸PROTEST IN HARTFORD TODAY! CT DSA calls on our members to join the Palestine solidarity contingent at the Stop The Bombs Rally called on by 50/50/1 from 4-7pm. Bring your keffiyehs, Palestine flags and DSA shirts.

We refuse to watch quietly while Trump marches us into yet another war in the Middle East, this time following Israel on their genocidal mission. No war with Iran! Free Palestine!

Today at Pride in Bridgeport, constituents of Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) confronted him about his appearance beside warmonger Lindsey Graham. He refused to condemn Israeli attacks on civilians in Iran & Palestine, shortly before Trump ordered US strikes. No war with Iran!

CT DSA’s Chapter Co-Chairs Fiona and Bryan are in NYC today to GET OUT THE VOTE for Zohran Mamdani! 🫓🌹 Zohran is campaigning with a unifying vision for the left, and we are proud to join NYC-DSA and the multiracial working class movement fighting to elect him!

we're back! with another pride event, in bridgeport this time. saturday the 21, parade at 1 celebration at 3. RSVP: link.ctdsa.org/bptpride25

This Saturday, CT DSA members will be tabling in Norwalk at Pride in the Park, Fairfield County's biggest Pride event. Come join us to engage the local queer community in our work for trans rights, bodily autonomy, and a socialist feminist future 🌈 Details: link.ctdsa.org/norwalkpride

⚠️The fight is on! People in over 40 cities took the streets to protest Avelo Airlines over the weekend to demand that they drop their contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. On our launch call last week, we had representatives from over 24 DSA chapters.

CT ALL OUT FOR IMMIGRANT DEFENSE! Yesterday, as we mobilized in solidarity with SEIU-CA President David Huerta, four immigrant workers were abducted by ICE in Southington, CT — and we mobilized once more to call for their release, joined by CT DSA-endorsed councilor Abdul Osmanu.

CT DSA is hopping on the Zohran Train! Today, we brought a dozen CT DSA members to the Bronx to canvass for Zohran Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, NYC-DSA @socialists.nyc's endorsed candidate for Mayor! 🌹✊🗽

Join the picket at Gov. Lamont's mansion to demand that he side with working people, not corporate CEOs!

The Abolition & Reconstruction Reading Group will have their first session next Tuesday in New Britain! We are pleased to coordinate with the New Britain Racial Justice Coalition on this program. RSVP here: link.ctdsa.org/abolitionreconstruction

CT DSA is joining the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social train 🚂 take Metro North with us this weekend to help get a proud socialist into NYC's mayoral office! Please RSVP to coordinate trains and canvass materials: link.ctdsa.org/zohran

100 members of CT DSA attended our annual convention on Saturday: we elected new leadership and national convention delegates, voted on a strategy building to May Day 2028, and sang "Todo Cambia [Everything Is Changing]" with an immigrant organizer comrade. Solidarity Forever 🌹

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Connecticut NPR interviewed CT DSA members about the Democratic Party’s “resistance” to Trump’s far-right assault, and what socialists think is the task of the moment. “At the end of the day, what we need is building mass working class power.”

On Saturday, February 8th, CT DSA was made aware that an out-of-town fascist organization, believed to be the New Jersey-based “Atlantic Nationalist Club,” was present in New Haven and intended to threaten the collectively-owned book store/community center ctdsa.org/ct-dsa-state...

CT DSA welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza that began on Sunday, January 19, 2025, as a result of the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance against the United States-backed Israeli genocide. #Gaza #Palestine ctdsa.org/ct-iwg-dsa-c...

Pictured above: CT DSA Ceasefire Resolutions Reflection Panel This past September, Connecticut DSA convened to reflect on efforts in the past year to pass municipal ceasefire resolutions across the state. #Gaza #Palestine ctdsa.org/palestine-or...

Last month, Amazon Teamsters and Starbucks Workers United staged a holiday strike, backed by CT DSA members and thousands of workers nationwide. Read CTDSA's report on the effort. ctdsa.org/amazon-teams...

Remember: Baristas are calling on YOU to honor our picket lines! Do NOT buy from ANY Starbucks through the 24th!