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Disarm the Police on the Way to Disbanding
By Trevin Geier The public execution of George Floyd, a black American, by police officers has sparked anger and outrage, not only across the United States but throughout the entire world. After the now-infamous video showing an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck, mass protesting has erupted with major cities in every US state taking part.…
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Racist Violence, Anti-Racist Struggle, and American History: A Reading List
These books are not adjacent or supplemental to standard narratives of American history—they are American history, and any narrative that ignores these events is a false one.
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MTI Statement Fails to Meet Demands of the Movement
MTI is absolutely right to call for and fight for full staffing of our schools. However, to say that they only support the anti-racist demands if… fails to actually support those anti-racist demands.
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Racism, Capitalism and Rebellion
by Haley Pessin This is a talk given to Madison Area Democratic Socialists by Haley Pessin (Queens DSA, Afrosocialists & Socialists of Color Caucus), “Racism, Capitalism and Rebellion” about the political moment around the George Floyd protests and uprising.
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McFarland High School’s Black Student Union Organizes Call for Justice for George
Normally, an event organized for Black Lives in an overwhelmingly white small town might only hope to draw double-digit numbers, but in this political moment the results were quite different.
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Draft Resolution for Unions to Demand Justice for George Floyd
This resolution was created by members of Madison Area DSA to help you take up the call for #Justice4George with your union.
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Black Youth Remade the World in Madison’s Capitol Square Last Night
It was the world as it could be, a rehearsal for the world we’re all fighting for.
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Social Anguish and Communal Healing
To heal people from the trauma and dispossession of capitalism, we need to reorganize power within medicine.
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Power to the People: The Case for Publicly-Owned Utilities
Publicly-owned utilities could save the planet. All power to the people.
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Madison Area DSA Stands in Solidarity with #Justice4George
Madison Area DSA stands in solidarity with #Justice4George and the fight for black liberation in Madison.
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No Justice, No Peace: Protesting the Police in Madison
The brutal killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25 sparked an initial rebellion in the Twin Cities that included protesting the police, and looting and setting fire to businesses (and Minneapolis’ 3rd Police Precinct). Cities across the country have followed in the Twin Cities’ footsteps to protest an oppressive social order upheld by…
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Forced to Move Forward
Does Forward Dane really represent the best science or leadership? Not everyone agrees that it’s time to reopen.
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Centering Workers in Economic Relief
Restaurant Workers Coalition Responds to Small Business Support Grant Program
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Learning from Viet Nam’s Response to COVID-19
One country’s impressive response to a daunting pandemic
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A Forever Losing Streak?
The things socialists have done to help build the movement and see past the confines of the present day have been beautiful, inspirational, and actually effective.
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Rejecting Eco-Fascist Ideas Arising from the Pandemic
Anyone who believes in shared human rights must reject the eco-fascists’ conclusions
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I’m Using My Stimulus Check to Pay For An Abortion
As Republican governors across the country question whether abortion is an essential service in these times, I know it absolutely is—all the more so because of these times.
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There Is A Public Health Crisis in Dane County
Freeing people from the jail is a life or death proposition.
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We Can’t Just “Bounce Back”
The only way to safely reopen the state is with a program of ubiquitous testing, intensive contact tracing, and quarantine. We’re not there yet.
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Organizing for Real Safety and Security during “Safer at Home”
We need to build a movement of unions, immigrant rights groups, NGOs, socialists, and other progressive organizations who can collectively exert the kind of power necessary to pressure the state into action.
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