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  • Monthly Round-Up – April 2026

    The image shows protesters marching in State Street. Three people at the front of the group hold a wide banner that says Madison Area Democratic Socialists of America.

    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

    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

    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 Capitalist Attitude Towards the Homelessness Crisis

    Patrick Russell

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

  • 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.

  • Monthly Round-Up – February 2026

    A Comrade

    Welcome to Vol. 7 of the monthly round-up! The content in this publication overlaps significantly with our DSA newsletter and monthly General Membership Meetings.

  • On Interest Rates and Central Banks

    Skye Winspur

    Democratic socialists should care about interest rates set by central banks. While I do not worship capitalism, or trust the stock market at all, I do see the value to our society in having central banks.

  • 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

    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.

  • Bobby Gronert: Why MADSA should endorse Francesca Hong for Governor

    Bobby Gronert

    and

    Wesley Hoy

    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.

  • MADSA’s Electoral Strategy & The Fran Hong Endorsement

    Aaron L.

    Since the April 2025 Chapter Convention, MADSA has slowly been reconfiguring its electoral strategy.

  • 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

    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!

  • Can MADSA Make Better Possible? Francesca Hong and Madison Area DSA’s Electoral Strategy

    Halsey H.

    The past decade of the Democratic Socialists of America has been defined by shockingly successful moonshot campaigns that catapulted socialism into national conversation, leaving organizers scrambling to meet the moment without sacrificing their principles.

  • Seasons of Retail

    OF

    If our corporate masters found a way, they’d rip our faces off and sell them right back. They’d make us thank them for it.

  • Democracy: On meetings and voting

    dsamadison

    by Dan F There have been some differences of opinion in MADSA about decision making, meetings, and in general how we organize over the past few years. And contention has often arisen around bylaw changes. Here are some of my migraine-addled opinions on why this is happening. Two examples of contention First, in the 2025…

  • Monthly Round-Up – November 2025

    dsamadison

    By a Comrade This article is written by a DSA member and does not formally represent the views of MADSA as a whole or its subgroups.  Welcome to Vol. 4 of the monthly round-up! The content in this publication overlaps significantly with our DSA newsletter and monthly General Membership Meetings. To sign up for the…

  • Why Socialists Should be Vegan

    dsamadison

    by Leo Neustadt Personally, I’ve been vegan for almost a decade. This is the longest I’ve ever stuck with anything in my entire life. I’ve picked up and put down so many hobbies, played around with my gender expression, and had just shy of a million jobs, but being vegan is by far the most…

  • The Peculiar and Continuing Importance of Anti-Black Racism in the U.S.

    dsamadison

    By Blair Goodman — Political Education Working Group, Madison DSA Madison, right now Across Dane County, our campaigns against jail expansion, corporate developers, and layoffs at TruStage all run into the same brick wall: a system that divides and disciplines labor along racial lines. Anti-Black racism isn’t an add-on to class struggle—it’s a core method…

  • Jail Communications Campaign Victory

    dsamadison

    By the Jail Communications Coalition We fought hard, we fought smart, and we won! The Abolitionist Working Group and our community coalition for free jail communications campaigned against a 3-5 year, exploitative contract between the Dane County Sheriff and Smart Communications, which the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to reject on September 18, 2025. …