

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

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 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.

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 unfairness and absurdity of modern homelessness can be summed up in a single number: there are 28 vacant homes for every homeless person.

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.

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.

As we approach one of the biggest decisions in the history of Madison-Area DSA and UW-Madison YDSA, we want to share our thoughts on the question of endorsing Francesca Hong.
Since the April 2025 Chapter Convention, MADSA has slowly been reconfiguring its electoral strategy.

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!