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MADSA Abolitionist Working Group Opposes Additional Spending on Jail
Calls on Community to Demand Dane County Invest in Care Not Cages On Thursday, January 18, 2024 the Dane County Board of Supervisors will be voting on RES-286, which would increase the budget for the Jail Consolidation Project by $27.6 Million, bringing the total budget of the project to $197 Million. If this jail is…
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The Princess and the Pea
By Frank Emspak For those not familiar, the Princess and the Pea is a fable where a princess can’t sleep because of a pea under her mattress. Although it’s technically about someone finding true love because of their weird sleeping habits, it can also be interpreted as being about the fragile egos and impossible desires…
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Starbucks: The long haul from recognition to a national contract
Frank Emspak argues that Starbucks workers can win a union and a contract at Starbucks if the labor movement acts like a labor movement. Update from State Street Starbucks Our union sympathetic manager has quit because he “can no longer ethically work for this company”. Our new store manager has been selected and is a…
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Porchlight Tenants Crash Charity Event to Warn Donors About Dangerous Living Conditions
Madison Tenant Power Madison, WI – On Monday, Porchlight tenants and their housing allies crashed a charity event for Porchlight, Inc., the nonprofit that runs Porchlight Men’s Shelter, in order to warn potential donors about dangerous living conditions. One person wore a cockroach costume. Madison Wisconsin Homeless Union and Madison Tenant Power are calling attention to…
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UW-Madison YDSA Statement on the Ben Shapiro Protest
By the Young Democratic Socialists of America at UW-Madison We all know the conservative shtick by now. The right-wing organizations on campuses across the nation invite inflammatory, hateful, and reactionary talking heads to promote their bigotry and cry victim each time a student protest is mounted against them. According to Nick Baker of YAF, our…
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In Support of Palestinian Liberation
We stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, indigenous and colonized people everywhere, and all those here in Madison and around the world who are struggling for their liberation. Since October 7th, Israel’s military has intensified its 17 year blockade of Gaza into a full siege, blocking off water, electricity, and basic supplies. In…
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An Open Letter: Nationwide Developer Core Spaces Is Bad for Tenants and the Future of Affordable Housing in Madison
By Madison Tenant Power This spring, Core Spaces (a Chicago-based developer with two “luxury” student housing developments in Madison and controversial proposals for two more) made national news for mass evicting thousands of tenants in Santa Barbara. These “renovictions” happened with little notice, leaving residents scrambling to find housing in their communities. In response, tenants…
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Madison Area Democratic Socialists of America stands in solidarity with striking TruStage workers
Madison Area Democratic Socialists of America enthusiastically supports ongoing Unfair Labor Practices Strike of OPEIU Local 39, which represents 450 workers at TruStage (until recently known as CUNA Mutual Group), an insurance firm.
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Jail Consolidation Project Statement
MADSA Abolitionist Working Group On Monday night (April 10th) the county Personnel & Finance (P&F) and Public Protection & Judiciary (PP&J) committees held a joint meeting to decide on how to borrow more money, up to a new total of $179 million, for the towering new jail. AWG members and many other activists spoke against…
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Two Madison Companies Complicit in Constructing Georgia’s “Cop City”
By the People’s Green New Deal Working Group Sign our petition to tell TranSmart and Corporate Services Company to divest. TranSmart and Corporation Services Company (CSC), based in Madison, are a couple of the hundreds of subcontractors and institutions nationwide that are contributing to the construction of Atlanta’s Cop City project. We are asking TranSmart…
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Poverty as a Tool
Poverty is a form of control. This is something that’s deeply impactful, but is rarely, if ever, directly stated. There is a substantial body of work written about the ways people can become impoverished, what poverty does to the people living through it, or how those in poverty are exploited. These are the trees that…
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An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Nathan Johnson, a MADSA member, has written a short book on An Introduction to Marxist Economics. This work will hopefully be informative for members in our chapter and beyond.
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Wisconsin Isn’t a Democracy
Sam Spyra It is no secret that Wisconsin’s electoral maps are unfairly drawn. In fact, many have suggested that Wisconsin should be a much bluer state than it currently is; however, due to unfair map drawing and a state supreme court working with the legislature, our state remains controlled by republicans. At least when it…
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PGND Chase Bank Protest Speech
Transcript of a speech Marc Silberman gave at the October 1 action in front of the Chase Bank on the Capitol Square.
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Q&A: Transit Key to a Socialist Future
The bus stop was beautiful. An elaborate, colorful mosaic of shapes. Flowers in pots and a pinwheel surrounded a wrought metal bench. The problem is that the bus stop is not being used as buses are detoured during construction. Turn the page as the detour disappears, and the bus stop becomes functional. Bench and pretty…
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Voter Guide Partisan Primary 2022: August 9th
MADSA voter guide partisan primary August 9th 2022.
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Speeches from Stand up for Abortion
The following 3 speech’s were given at the steps on the Capitol building in Madison on May 7th at the Stand Up For Abortion rally. Around a thousand people gathered to protest the linked Supreme Court draft statement to overturn abortion access on a federal level.
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All abortions are healthcare
In response to the leaked news of the Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, over 3,000 people came out in Madison Tuesday night for an Emergency Protest to Defend Abortion Rights.
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Shepherd Janeway for Madison School Board
Madison Area DSA is proud to endorse Shepherd Janeway for seat 3 on the Madison School Board. Unlike their opponent Laura Simkin, Shepherd does not support returning School Resource Officers (SROs) to Madison’s schools.
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It’s Too Soon to Ditch Masks
We strongly disagree with Public Health Madison & Dane County’s decision to allow the mask mandate to expire on March 1. Dropping the mask mandate is dangerous and premature, and we call on PHMDC to reinstate the requirement for public spaces.
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