Amazon Teamsters and Starbucks Workers United Go on Holidays Strike
Last month, Amazon Teamsters and Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) launched a Holidays strike and were joined by dozens of CT DSA members across the state, with thousands of workers across the country walking off their jobs ahead of the busiest season in their respective industries.Amazon Teamsters, a project which unites…
Taking Charge of Our Fight: A Letter to our Comrades
Greetings from Francesca and Bryan, your newly elected CT DSA chapter co-chairs! We are honored and humbled by this responsibility, with the rest of our Steering Committee, to steward our chapter through our continued struggle for socialism in Connecticut.
The Communist Horizon of Social Housing
The term “social housing” has gained traction on the US Left today. Prominent political currents in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have become more comfortable using the term to gesture vaguely at some more just allocation of housing than what currently exists. For example, DSA’s “Building for Power” (B4P)…
Agitating for Liberation: CT DSA’s Palestine Political Education Series
Tens of millions across the globe have stood up in opposition to the Israeli genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and the broader settler-colonial occupation and apartheid regime managed by the Israeli state across the historic lands of Palestine. As we write today, Israel is intent on completing a…
CT DSA statement in solidarity with Beinecke Protest at Yale
Connecticut DSA (CTDSA) condemns the arrest on Monday morning, 4/22/2024, of over 40 protesters by the Yale Police Department (YPD) and New Haven Police Department (NHPD) at Yale University’s Gaza solidarity camp in Beinecke Plaza. We stand in solidarity with those who were arrested and all students calling for Yale…
Book Review: Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States Charisse Burden-Stelly
Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States unearths a material inventory of the American consciousness that is indispensable for understanding the contradictions of U.S. racial capitalism and “True Americanism” today.
Vote Uncommitted CT
Connecticut voters like you can demonstrate your unequivocal solidarity with Palestine by pledging to vote ‘Uncommitted’ so long as President Biden continues to fund the genocide in Palestine! On April 2nd, Connecticut voters have the opportunity to send a message to the Democratic Party and President Biden that we will not…
Connecticut DSA 2023 Mid-Year Review
A mid-year review of the projects and organizing of Connecticut DSA in the first six months of the 2023-2024 Steering Committee.
CT DSA Endorses Laurie Sweet and Abdul Osmanu in Democratic Primary for Hamden Legislative Council
CT DSA is proud to endorse Abdul Osmanu and Laurie Sweet for Hamden Legislative Council in the upcoming Democratic primary!
As incumbent legislative council members, Laurie and Abdul have worked tirelessly to represent tenants and working people. CT DSA endorsed Abdul’s candidacy in 2021 as part of the JAM slate for…
End of Session Statement on Housing Legislation from CT Tenants Union and CT DSA
Connecticut tenants face a housing emergency. Already high rents have skyrocketed since 2020. Buildings in both the cities and suburbs are deteriorating under the management of negligent landlords speculating on our homes, posing health risks to adults and children. Evictions and homelessness are on the rise. Our rental vacancy rate…