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. Continue reading Looking Back to Help Us Move Forward
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. Continue reading A New Division of Labor
Is hysteria over a supposed crime wave in Madison grounded in reality? Let’s look at the facts. Continue reading Crime Wave Hysteria vs. Reality
By punching holes in the myth of social workers as superheroes, we can take a critical view of social work and begin advocating for alternative methods of caring for our community. Continue reading Social Workers are Not Superheroes
A critical look at the evidence suggests that new technology doesn’t resolve racial disparities in who gets arrested and charged. In fact, it might make it worse. Continue reading We Should Ban Facial Recognition Technology
The Defend Democracy Alliance was ready to fight for every vote to be counted. We must also be ready to fight the conditions that gave rise to Trump which won’t just disappear once he leaves the White House. Continue reading The Fight Against Trumpism Must Continue Even After Trump is Gone
This is a transcript of a speech that Benji Ramirez Gomez made on Wednesday, November 4 at a Count Every Vote demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol. I’m here to speak on behalf of the Madison DSA but before I … Continue reading Working for Something New
Joanna Love has been all over activism in Madison this year. In an interview with Benji Ramirez Gomez, she shares her outlook on this year’s uprising and the future of the fight in Madison. Continue reading Together With Joanna Love
A sustained protest outside the Governor’s Mansion calls out the state’s failure to protect incarcerated people during the pandemic Continue reading Demanding the bare minimum on COVID in Wisconsin’s prisons
Northern rural areas are not a playground, especially during a pandemic. They do not exist solely as a backdrop or a photo, or an escape from realities back home. Continue reading Rural America Isn’t Your Quaint Escape
