Chicago! What are you doing this weekend? Why not come to the best beer bar in the city and meet me and my comrades for a lively discussion of the role of state power and the ‘democratic road’ to socialism, followed by drinks and fun? A great event for everyone, especially the socialist-curious:

Federation Supreme Court legal drama. Case of the week style. Lots of commercial litigation about how to interpret standard weights and times of delivery for goods given relativity and different solar systems. All just oral arguments

The smell in the DNC’s big tent is terrible. These right wing super pacs are stinking up the joint.

TOMORROW!

Well yes but the Supreme Court deciding that talk conversion therapy programs are viewpoints so strict scrutiny applies when banning them amounts to instruction to every circuit to carve out those programs from bans. What’s the survival rate under strict scrutiny, like 5-10% in speech cases?

NEW CLASS: David D and Ramsin @ramsincanon.bsky.social comradely discuss The Party and all (well, a lot) that it entails 🌹🎉 No way this debate is over, but we made a dent and hope to continue into coming weeks and months! Listen, like, subscribe ⤵️ www.buzzsprout.com/2021076/epis...

Today! DSA 102 at Haymarket House! Build your socialism skills! Come by:

I’d argue it’s even a little worse, which is that they often believe the US working class isn’t constitutionally able to end capitalism and that global south breaking imperialism is a precondition to change—which is a recipe for organizational tailing and immobility domestically

Let's remember what happened the last time Sara Nelson and the flight attendants decided to flex their muscles

Yeah, like in a vacuum the logic of citizens united isn’t really wrong (the type of organization you are shouldn’t so heavily factor into your speech rights) but we don’t live in a vacuum we live in a plutocracy. So long as that is true, every “rule of law” bends to benefit the rich.

Democratic consultants: To replicate Mamdani’s success with the young people we must appeal to their short attention spans with memes and TikTok Mamdani (actual quote): In the fifth century in what we now know as Ireland, a British warlord named Coroticus had laid waste to the countryside

Timeline cleanse: blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/17/a...

Join Chicago DSA’s Labor Branch on April 3rd for Jobapalooza!! RSVP tinyurl.com/jobapalooza Jobapalooza will include several workplaces organizing a union, or organizing to boost and support existing union organizing. You will talk with people who want to get a job at the workplace to help organize

The Solidarity Mural is an invaluable piece of our union’s history. When we sold the building in Chicago, we knew we had to rescue the mural. There were technical difficulties including some pieces that crumbled. Can we count on you to help us finish preserving this vital piece of UE’s history?

On Sunday, March 15th 2:15pm, join us at Uprising Theater & Cafe for our Chicago DSA Townhall on ICE. RSVP tinyurl.com/uprisingtownhall ICE will return, be ready! Join Chicago DSA & our allies to discuss community organizing in Chicago & other cities affected by ICE terror

That means their other polling is ominous. There is a reckoning barely outside the view of the public that the political class is aware of, and I think it is going to explode into view soon, and the question is, will socialists be ready to capitalize on it, or will we be caught navel gazing?

Deep cut but there was briefly a place called Fan Si Pan that made burrito sized spring rolls. It was replaced by Hoosier Mama. That or Zorba’s Diner

Lots to critique about Jesse Jackson but for at least a generation he was about the only loud progressive voice in visible politics, and his 1988 DNC speech can still move me to tears. youtu.be/6RCARIpVDLU

This is so horrible. The criminality and cruelty of this ruling class has to be answered with more ruthless cruelty if we’re ever going to end stories like this

get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship

I get it, we can't get rid of capitalism or we'd lose its great innovations like the CSAM chat room, the suicide robot, the plagiarism machine, the doorbell snitch, the fake money generator, the self-immolating auto-car, the thing that puts ads in your ads, and the sex creep sunglasses. But still

Yesterday, after explaining how he rations his pancreas medication due to cost, my 80 y.o. dad proudly showed me the hi-vis vest he has for neighborhood patrol, and I became acutely aware of the rage I hold for all the actions/inaction that have led us here. So today I joined the @twincitiesdsa.org

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This book rules and the movie based on it pretty good too

Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members! 🌹 dsausa.org/join

For real, QAnon dropping the ball on this when it was their whole purpose is like how Skype lost out to Zoom when the pandemic started

Yesterday, in a packed room of 200 supporters in Gage Park, 25th Ward Alderman & Chicago DSA member Byron Sigcho-Lopez announced his run for Congress in IL 4th Congressional District as an independent democratic socialist. Donate: tinyurl.com/donatebyron Volunteer: tinyurl.com/volunteerbyron

That podcaster saying he’s not a bootlicker because he voted for the boot is among the funniest cope I’ve ever seen, you know his fans were like cmon man don’t admit that in front of people, bc it admits the pathetic psychological projection they’re doing

The picture of the slob beta dork who tried to spray Rep Omar is too perfect he looks like a guy who people move seats on the bus to avoid sitting next to

Interested in learning more about DSA, democratic socialism, and our political vision? This event will provide a brief overview of DSA and a longer discussion of our political program, Workers Deserve More. Nonmembers interested in DSA are welcome! Info & RSVP: teamup.com/ksc3uaa38o41...

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Just woke up from an amazing but bittersweet dream that me and Raekwon had to console GZA because he was feeling guilty that his five percenter beliefs and cursing in songs caused his mom to die. Dream-me said, “GZA, guilt is just your grief looking for a place to go.” Good job, Dream-me.

Chicago Police Chief Snelling needs to be grilled by all elected officials and journalists about why the *Hell* this is happening. If he ordered it, if he allows it to go on, he must be replaced with someone who won't.

This was a good one imo midwestsocialist.com/2021/03/25/s...

Join Chicago DSA and Tanggol Migrante Chicago for a Press Conference at the Philippines Consulate Thursday, Dec 18th at 11am. We will demand that the Philippines Consulate take immediate action to advocate for Tita Rebecca’s safe return home for the holidays!

Vengeance

That was a disappointing thing about the Captain Marvel movie, the comic book version is likeable in part bc she’s a recovering alcoholic who was (in-universe) famously insecure, but nevertheless still traveled the universe doing cool shit and punching aliens

Huh imagine that

Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.

Sinatra to Soviets: “Knock Off That Commie Bunk or it’s Ring a Ding Ding For You Bozos!”

Chicago DSA members were out 6AM in 6 degrees this morning to support Starbucks workers at the Armitage/Hoyne store who walked out this morning and are now ON STRIKE! Workers will be picketing until noon today and tentatively 6AM-1PM tomorrow and Saturday if you’re able to stop by and join them.

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A union contract is the only way we can stop these systemic problems that have been making Starbucks worse year-after-year. It would only cost the company less than a day's worth of sales to put fair pay, fair scheduling, and strong protections in writing through a contract.

Ashwin of @rivervalleydsa.bsky.social and Michaela @north.dsanj.org discuss Mexico City's UTOPIAs, a MORENA-backed, working class experiment in municipal socialism, on the latest episode of Class, NPEC's podcast! Like, subscribe, and ofc join DSA 🌹💚 education.dsausa.org/class-the-np...

Our strike kitchen feeds striking baristas and lets them know the community supports them in the struggle. Please donate to the CDSA Strike Solidarity fund linked in our bio to help us to buy food and supplies to keep the kitchen going!

Trick Daddy’s inclusion of “the family of the victim” on his list of undesirables is unreasonable

Ironic given I’m not in either and I think my 1M1V articles last summer probably got my face put up on some dartboards. Also since “NGO-style politics” is also associated with the “right.” Speaks to the pervasiveness of the politics, imo!

It’s true, the article was basically finished, argument-wise, 3+ months before that fight blew up, the earliest draft was from 18 months earlier. The draft sent to the editors was the 8th (!) draft. It took a month+ from the pitch for the editors to run it, which made the timing unfortunate

Despite Ras Kass’s insistence that Thanksgiving is a conspiracy by the Spanish crown to convince people to eat turkeys as a sneak diss on the Moors who he says were from “Baghdad, Turkey” I love Thanksgiving