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Madison Fights for Palestinian Rights
The amount of Madison-based organizing around Israel’s illegal occupation has reached surprising and even outsized levels, in recent months.
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Speech from Bans Off Our Bodies march on October 2nd
Reproductive Justice is also Economic Justice, Speech Written by Ellen LaLuzerne I’m here today in my role as vice president elect of the South-Central Federation of Labor. But first, I wanted to share a little about myself. I have two excellent accidental children who were both conceived via birth control failure. Luckily, I was at…
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Speech from Mobilize Against Militarism
Speech by Ashley H Given at the Mobilize Against Militarism rally on 9/11/2021 I’m not going to talk about where I was or what I was doing on this day, 20 years ago, because, frankly, it’s irrelevant. Today I’m going to talk about some of the costs of U.S. imperialism, how U.S. imperialism and endless…
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Socialist Feminist Demands for Liberation
As socialist feminists, we are committed to reproductive justice as understood from an anti-capitalist, anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-ableist perspective. For us, that means not just fighting for crumbs from mainstream politicians and nonprofits, but demanding more.
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A Socialist Perspective on the Fight for Abortion Rights
One MADSA member’s perspective on what socialists must understand about the struggle to defend abortion access in the United States.
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Calling on Senator Baldwin to Stop Supporting Endless Defense Spending
It is time for U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin to take a stand against bottomless defense budgets. The American public was misled from the start about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a nation, we spent trillions of dollars on two decades of needless fighting that destabilized the Middle-East and killed, injured, and traumatized millions,…
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Labor Day 2021
By Frank Emspak Labor Day is here, and the usual suspects will write the usual pieces, either describing organized labor on its deathbed, or claiming organized labor is about to experience a rebirth because of new leadership and the possible passage of the PRO ACT. This year, we need to look at the situation from…
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Prison System Daily Violates Human Rights
As ideas such as prison abolition and restorative justice are brought into greater focus than ever before, it is important to thoroughly examine how unjust our “justice” system is.
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WATER IS LIFE, STOP LINE 3
Report back from Dayna L and Tessa E On Wednesday, August 25, Indigenous Water Protectors and supporters completed the final leg of their 256-mile Treaty People Walk for Water, which started at the Firelight Encampment in Northern Minnesota and ended at the Minnesota state capitol building in St. Paul. The walk opened a new chapter…
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Dear Commie
I struggle with the idea of the military and what that looks like in a socialist future. So I’m asking, What sort of military should Democratic Socialists have?
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Overview of the Draft National Political Platform
A report on the content, process, and context of DSA’s Draft National Political Platform which will be debated by delegates at the upcoming National Convention.
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On the Question of a Party
By Karla Locher Some conversations feel as though they have been going for such a long time, and with such persistence, that their participants forget why they started talking in the first place. Surely many people will empathize with the feeling of looking at the time, then looking back at the state of conversation, and…
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MADSA Socialist Feminists call for the boycott of Comedy on State!
Comedy on State is bringing known abuser Louis C.K. to their establishment July 25-27 for a total of five phone-free performances. While these performances are listed on the venue’s website, they were not posted on social media, further indicating that Comedy on State hopes to make money off a performer who alienates many local comedians…
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A Call to Head to the Frontlines of the Line 3 Struggle
By Brian Ward The epicenter of the Indigenous and environmental struggle right now has been the fight against Line 3 in northern Minnesota. This pipeline has violated Anishnaabe treaty rights and threatens clean water bringing tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. The struggle against Line 3 is a continuation of the struggle…
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Protecting Pedestrians, Cyclists in Madison
Better public transportation and safer infrastructure are the key to protecting cyclists and pedestrians and reducing carbon emissions. But we’ll have to fight for it.
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Dear Commie: Elections
Dear Commie, I knocked myself out volunteering for great candidates in the Spring elections (and knocked myself out again celebrating Nikki Conklin kicking Paul Skidmore’s ass out of office). But I’m not sure how to continue to push city politics to the left outside of election season. I voted. It’s over. Now what? Sincerely, Wanna…
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Forward, Comrades: Line 3, Pride and No F35’s
Forward Comrades! is the Podcast of Red Madison. Comes out bi-weekly on Wednesdays.
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Max Prestigiacomo’s tumultuous year on the Madison Common Council
Interview by K Locher The now-former District 8 Alder reflects on his time in office. This story was produced in partnership with Red Madison/Tone Madison Following a year of protests against police violence, the Spring 2021 elections were a mixed fortune for leftists on the Madison Common Council. Two of the most vocal members of…
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Forward, Comrades: Red Madison’s new Podcast.
Red Madison is starting a Podcast! This week Co-hosts Jen and Tessa introduce the new podcast of the Madison Area DSA, called Forward, Comrades. The episode highlights two speeches given at a Palestine Solidarity Rally by Ashley Hudson and Rowan. Speeches with resource links are posted on Red Madison, From the River to the Sea:…
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A Beginners Guide to Abolition
An introduction to the political vision of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and of creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment.