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Common Council and the Community for Responsible Government
Madison’s parade of billboards continues with a new dog-whistle display of support for alders facing challenges from the left.
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The end of the road for the Doyle Resolution is a new beginning for abolitionists
What will it take to stop the jail? Karl Locher argues that it’s time to examine past strategies and begin deep organizing. Confronting the jail is a community responsibility.
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Madison Area DSA’s Spring Election Voter Guide
Madison Area DSA’s guide to the Spring 2021 elections on April 6, from what’s out on the ballot to which candidates DSA has endorsed.
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The Key to Good Health is Public
By: Mary Croy One of the lasting lessons of the COVID 19 pandemic should be the importance of public health infrastructure. The disastrous response by the federal government and most state and local governments should result in a demand for robust public health programs on all levels. Lessons can be drawn from the past. Before…
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Body Cameras: The Big Picture
There are good reasons to be skeptical of body-worn cameras as a useful criminal justice reform. Will our city leaders take them into consideration?
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What is a liberal?
Dear Commie: What is liberalism and what’s the difference between liberals and socialists?
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Commemorating the Wisconsin Uprising
Ten years after the historic uprising against Scott Walker’s attack on Wisconsin unions, Frank Emspak reflects on the labor movement’s prospects and predicament.
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Madison Area DSA’s February 16 Primary Voter Guide
Madison Area DSA has endorsed two candidates for Madison Common Council who will be on the ballot for the February 16 primary. For more information on registering to vote and absentee voting, Madison residents can refer to the Madison City Clerk’s website. What is On the Ballot? The February 16th election is a non-partisan primary.…
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It’s Not the Time to Reopen Schools
Returning to in-person learning puts our entire community at a greater risk of getting COVID-19 just when the end might be in sight. The ghoulish push to open up Madison classrooms must be opposed.
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empire mean time, a poem
An interactive poem by Mary Croy
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“We Brought Our Fighting Spirit From the South” – An interview with Angaza Laughinghouse, UE 150
In advance of a Madison DSA event, Building the Union Without Permission, Monday February 1st at 6:30pm, Frank Emspak spoke with Angaza Laughinghouse, member of North Carolina Public Services Union and veteran of black liberation, anti-imperialist, and workers’ rights struggles. Angaza details his work building the union and explains its development through the Black Workers…
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POWERS wants Wisconsin to trust pregnant people
A new billboard campaign seeks to connect Wisconsinites to a full spectrum of pregnancy and birth resources.
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Understanding Unions
Andy Sernatinger delivers a primer on labor law and history for anyone interested in a revived and fighting labor movement.
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Madison Activists Speak Out Against Fascism, White Supremacy
Speeches and excerpts from the Car Caravan and Rally Against Fascism action and online panel held on January 9
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All Fascists Must Resign
Scot McCullough reports on the January 9 Car Caravan Against Fascism, organized in response to the far right attack at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
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Looking Back to Help Us Move Forward
The wins, losses, and struggles that shaped 2020 can tell us important information about our strengths and weaknesses going into the year ahead. Here’s a recap of the political moments that mattered.
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Read, Watch, Listen: Our Favorites This Year
Red Madison contributors share the books, articles, and podcasts that helped get us through 2020.
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A New Division of Labor
Further atomization of workers, dividing us by type of work or age, race, and all the ways to pit us against each other, is a tactic that the capitalist class has used since the founding of this country. We shouldn’t buy into it.
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Educators, Parents Speak Out for Safe Schools in Sun Prairie
Teachers for Sun Prairie Area School District face impossible choices as they are asked to risk their health and lives to return to in-person instruction.
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Crime Wave Hysteria vs. Reality
Is hysteria over a supposed crime wave in Madison grounded in reality? Let’s look at the facts.
