• The Chapter That Shows Up

    The Chapter That Shows Up

    Blair Goodman

    and

    Colin Gillis

    DSA has grown to over 100,000 members nationally. How do we stay organized and keep new members engaged?


  • Monthly Round-Up – April 2026

    Monthly Round-Up – April 2026

    A Comrade

    In April, MADSA worked towards a community breakfast and economic blackout for May Day, and continues work around ICE Out, supporting socialist candidates, and spreading political education.

  • The Importance of Membership Work

    The Importance of Membership Work

    Jaime Schneider

    The period we are living through is one of profound importance for the workers’ movement across the globe, and in particular for the American socialist movement. Over the last year, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), once near-moribund, have exploded back to life in response to the action of the American regime.

  • Monthly Round-Up – March 2026

    Monthly Round-Up – March 2026

    A Comrade

    Welcome to Vol. 8 of the monthly round-up! The content in this publication overlaps significantly with our DSA newsletter and monthly General Membership Meetings.


  • The Case for At-Large Executive Committee Elections

    The Case for At-Large Executive Committee Elections

    Alex P.

    and

    Adithya P.

    Building the resilience to productively work through conflict is one of our most important tasks in building DSA into a real party – one that many leftist organizations struggle with.

  • Abolish Borders: Why we can’t stop at ICE

    Abolish Borders: Why we can’t stop at ICE

    Aubrey S.

    The government and ICE are using the threat of deportation to strike fear into our hearts. They want to stop people and workers like us from working together — from trying to create genuine positive material change in our lives and workplaces.

  • Monthly Round-Up – January 2026

    Monthly Round-Up – January 2026

    A Comrade

    Cheers erupted in the January 28th General Membership Meeting when over 100 people voted in favor of endorsing Francesca Hong in the upcoming Wisconsin gubernatorial race.


  • Member of PSOL in Brazil Visits Madison DSA

    Member of PSOL in Brazil Visits Madison DSA

    Kristen B.

    In December 2025, MADSA was visited by Peter B., a Brazilian socialist member of PSOL (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade/Socialism and Liberty Party).

  • Monthly Round-Up – December 2025

    Monthly Round-Up – December 2025

    A Comrade

    The chapter reported at our December General Membership Meeting that MADSA has nearly doubled in size since October 2024 – from 368 members then, to 643 members now!