Join us on October 6 at 6 p.m. at Worker's United in Philly for our monthly meeting on the LIHTC campaign. We'll have free food, updates on the campaign, political education, and ways for you to get engaged. We all deserve the right to housing! #DSA #RentersJustice #Philly

Our Standing Rock book club is meeting again this Sunday, September 14, at 1pm, in person at Making Worlds and virtually. Everyone is welcome! To RSVP, go to http://phillydsa.org/events

Cash rental assistance success, a shakeup with the PA Dems, and the latest SEPTA funding nonsense. It's all in this week's issue of The Philly Thorn! Help us reach 1,000 readers and subscribe for free on Substack. thephillythorn.substack.com

Interested in our No Appetite for Apartheid campaign? Join us for two events this month—a pre-canvass meeting on the 17th and a canvass on the 27th at Clark Park in West Philly. See you there! All events online at phillydsa/org/events

Come hang out as Philly DSA's Education Justice Committee gathers in West Philly on Saturday, September 13th at 11am.

Our Ecosocialism, Internationalist, and Red Rabbits Working Groups are teaming up to read "Our History Is The Future" by Nick Estes—Every Sunday at 1pm at Making Worlds in Philly starting Sept 7!

I joined FOX business this week to talk about democratic socialism and policies that put working people first. Across the U.S., people are struggling to make ends meet, and they deserve to know the real reason why: billionaires, corporate greed, and capitalism.

Cut Ties with Genocide! Maersk directly ships military cargo that facilitates Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people. The mask is off. The people must demonstrate what the true cost is of supporting genocide. RSVP at https://www.phillydsa.org/maskofflaunch

Tired of your job? Feeling alienated and alone at work? Wish you had a union? Join our Labor Committee and DSA elected @pasenatorsaval.com office at the Philly DSA Socialist Job Fair—and get a job with comrades!

Join us this Sunday for the monthly meeting of Philly DSA's Labor Committee! RSVP at phillydsa.org/events

Accessibility note: Due to the respiratory health risk of singing indoors, this is not a Covid safe event. However, we request that you take a rapid test the day of the event, and we will have masks available at the door. Please stay home if you're not feeling well.

Dugan's humiliation kink, FOP airs their dirty laundry, and the latest on the SEPTA funding crisis. It's all in this week's issue of The Philly Thorn. Check it out and subscribe for free on Substack. thephillythorn.substack.com

Please join us at Tattooed Mom on Thursday, 8/21 from 6-10pm to raise funds for mutual aid and harm reduction groups doing heat outreach this summer.

TODAY at PhilaMOCA: United Musicians and Allied Workers' local chapter has put together a training and a concert combined into one! PLEASE WEAR A MASK! Air filtration supplied by UMAW!

Join the Ecosocialist Working Group for our August monthly meeting online on 8/5 at 6pm to learn about ongoing and new projects! Meeting link: https://loom.ly/6imYUV4

Some snaps from our Black Liberation Theology series. Thank you to @Richelletlee for leading this fantastic discussion.

Our member Katy told the school district not to seek community input to justify school closures. She taught at Huey before it was closed in 2013 and turned into a charter -- it was devestating. #PHLed https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-schools-facility-planning-process-building-plans/

Join Philadelphia DSA and comrades across the Mid-Atlantic region for a multi-regional meet-up call on Saturday, July 26 at 12pm ET! This is an opportunity to connect, share updates, and build relationships across chapters. All chapters are welcome!

Parker piles, Evans' retirement, and the end of Medicaid as we know it. It's all in this week's issue of the Philly Thorn. Check it out and subscribe for free on Substack. thephillythorn.substack.com

Zomentum, Trump's Big Beautiful Bullshit, and the latest round of Harrisburg Horrors. It's all in this week's issue of The Philly Thorn. Check it out and subscribe for free on Substack. thephillythorn.substack.com

🔥 Rally to Free Mumia! 🔥 📍 Malcolm X Park, 5100 Pine St, West Philly 🗓 Saturday, July 5th 🕐 1 PM Come out to demand freedom, show solidarity, and strengthen our movement for a future grounded in liberation.

This Sat. in Philly, a marker dedicated to radical unionist Ben Fletcher & badass interracial union he led, Local 8 IWW, will be unveiled. Please join us @lawcha.bsky.social @phillydsa.bsky.social @kimkelly.bsky.social @iwwfju.bsky.social @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social lawcha.org/2025/06/19/b...

Today, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in Skrmetti v. United States. This is a direct attack on our trans siblings and sets a chilling precedent for future assaults on LGBTQ+ rights. 📰 shorturl.at/nBdlo

Did you know DSA is home to the largest hub for grassroots trans rights organizing in the US? As attacks on trans rights and bodily autonomy continue across the country, we’re relaunching our local TRBA working group. Join our first meeting this Tuesday at 7PM! RSVP here: phillydsa.org/trbalaunch

ICE wants to come to Philly. They’ll be met with the brotherly shove.

No war with Iran. No more money for Israel’s crimes. No more deportations. See you soon! Stay safe.

The genocidal government of Israel is expanding their imperialist war, and the Trump administration is backing them. To stop them, DSA is helping to build a working class mass movement to end the genocide, end the occupation, and end military aid to Israel!

A statement in response to ongoing attacks on immigrant communities by ICE:

RIGHT NOW: Hundreds of Philadelphians are rallying with labor leaders to demand the release of SEIU-USWW President David Huerta, who was assaulted and detained while protesting for immigrant workers and remains in federal custody today.

DSA stands in solidarity with SEIU, and with all workers facing harassment by ICE. The illegal jailing of David Huerta is an attack on the rights of workers everywhere. End the Raids! Free David! Abolish ICE! bsky.app/profile/seiu...

The Mayor’s awful budget. City Council shenanigans. A call for Fetterman to resign. It’s all in this week’s issue of the Thorn, subscribe for free on Substack or at the link in our bio!

🚨 TODAY: From Philly to LA, with love, we’re demanding the release of CA SEIU-USWW union leader David Huerta, an end to brutal raids by ICE, and safety, stability, and dignity for asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants. Join us at 4pm at 6th and Market St.

1/ DSA stands in solidarity with working-class resistance to the escalating terror and repression at the hands of the Trump deportation machine.

Three months ago today, plain-clothes ICE agents abducted Mahmoud Khalil in his apartment building lobby after they'd followed him home. Free Mahmoud.

✈️ Philly DSA is heading to Chicago this August for DSA’s National Convention—but we need your help! We want to make sure every delegate’s financial needs are covered. No amount is too small, every dollar helps!

From Philly DSA: The Philly No Appetite For Apartheid Campaign would like to invite interested member of the Community to learn about our No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign and how they can help promote the divestment from Israel in their local community. Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!

Gender-affirming care for people of any age is not a controversial topic within the mainstream medical community. Gender-affirming care saves lives.

Want to learn from the past to fight smarter today? Join our labor and political education committees as we wrap up Prisoners of the American Dream by Mike Davis and dig into a core contradiction of the US labor movement—why are we always stuck with the “lesser of two evils”?

Thank you to all of the unions and organizations involved in the Philly May Day action. This coalition is just the beginning of a unified, worker-led movement against the billionaire agenda. We have a world to win, and we can only do it together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_8...

New in DemLeft: Missouri DSA chapters collaborate on the Midwest Socialist Fundinomenon campaign to fundraise to forgive medical debt. These campaigns provide both short term relief for debtors and build support for universal healthcare in the long term. democraticleft.dsausa.org/2025/05/07/t...

🚨On June 7th, we’re taking to the streets alongside a broad coalition to demand reproductive justice for all and to push back on the “March for Life.” While the far-right mobilizes to strip away our rights, we’re building a movement rooted in solidarity. See you there!

NOW: Our members and endorsed electeds are in Harrisburg to call on the Governor and General Assembly to pass a budget that includes full funding for mass transit. At a time when we face the twin crises of affordability and climate change, we should be investing more in SEPTA—not less.

🧵 Jeff Yass. Uber. PA Republicans. What do they have in common? They’re waging a war on public transit—and SEPTA is on the chopping block. Let’s talk about the death spiral that could gut our city.

Want to fight for public schools, elect socialists, organize tenants, or build international solidarity? Been a member but ready to recommit? Just moved here and don’t know where to start? Come to our NM101, our monthly orientation to learn how we’re building power in Philly!

Come connect with fellow socialist labor organizers, get plugged into worker organizing efforts, and help build power on the shop floor. We’ll talk about ramping up support for new organizing, reflecting on our campaign backing Aramark workers, and more.

The listing going up and then down shows how the administration is “cruel but incompetent.” — Peter Pedemonti, co-director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia.

We’re closing in on our goal of raising $50k for DSA candidates around the country! ✊🎯 But time’s running out–Tammy, Jorge, and Hannah’s primaries are just under one month away. Pitch in for the final stretch and help send them to office: dsausa.us/socialistcas... ⏳🌹💸

Such a good video on the Philly Whole Foods unionization win! by @phillydsa.bsky.social shout out to @organizeworkers.bsky.social !! youtu.be/v8OtGYiyC-I?...

The 52nd issue of The Philly Thorn hit inboxes this morning, marking one full year of our volunteer-led effort to bring you weekly news roundups from across the Commonwealth (with the lefty angle, of course). Not a subscriber yet? Head to Substack or hit the link in our bio to join us. 💌

This conversation between @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social is full of movement wisdom. Read Táíwò's excellent article on the kinds of actions that lead to lasting change and then listen to them unpack it on the podcast. time.com/collections/...