Volume 1
Issue 1
Speech at the New Haven Anti-War With Iran Protest, March 1st 2026
My name is Jason, I am a Teamster and a member of the CT Democratic Socialists of America. Iran is the latest victim of a capitalist class that knows time is running out: as the pressures of climate change and the mass migration it has caused bears down on them, they have decided to embrace…
On Film and Political Education
Film bridges gaps that emerge when working primarily with theoretical text. Reading helps us develop a shared language, shared frameworks, and analytical clarity. Film brings those ideas closer to actual life. For some time now in Hartford, we’ve been facilitating reading groups organized around the edited volume, Abolition & Reconstruction: An Emergent Guide for Collective…
The People’s Tribunal for Justice in Palestine and the Demilitarization of Mexico Reaches Its Verdict
Reprint from Mexico Solidarity Media We are republishing this piece from Mexico Solidarity Media [insert link to original article] written by a Connecticut DSA member, Seth Garben. In the piece, Seth highlights how struggles that may seem geographically distant are often connected through shared systems of militarization, repression, and resistance. For organizers in Connecticut, it’s…
The Nutmeg Socialist Volume 1 : Issue 1 Introduction
Welcome: Welcome to The Nutmeg Socialist. This is a forum for Connecticut socialists to share thoughts, document our organizing work, and build a collective understanding of how capitalism shapes our lives – and how we might move toward liberation together. Who We Are: We chose to name this project after Connecticut’s nickname of “the Nutmeg…
Abolish DHS: An Urgent, Winnable and Strategic Demand
From Intention to Impact
Post Archive – Pre 2026
Resisting the Seduction of Racial Liberalism: Abolitionist Lessons in Naomi Murakawa’s The First Civil Right
Photos from the Hartford January 23rd 2026 Abolish ICE Demonstration
Photo Credits: Kenta Osada
Biometrics: A Backdoor for Cops. Here’s How to Lock It
Telling Local People’s History: An Interview With Hartford Activist Steve Thornton
Andy PiascikAuthorBuy Books by Andy Piascik and Steve Thornton from here Shoeleather History Bookshop Bookshop Steve Thornton has been an activist in Hartford since moving there in the 1970’s after graduating from the University of Connecticut. He worked for many years for the Hartford-based health care workers union, New England District 1199, and has been…
Garnet Oak Poetry
Iron Currents Despite a lack of clouds in sight,A bolt of lightning cracks the sky.Collapsing buildings push the airThrough microphones and radio towers.I feel the wind from in my shop,Returning to familiar ground.On every bar of steel I craft,My perspiration leaves a glare.They moisten hands that forge the sheetsAnother rivets to a frame.Our sweat condenses…
Zohran Mamdani Didn’t Do It Alone: Comments On A Defining Victory
Bryan CAuthor This moment is a culmination of years and years of organizing by the democratic socialist movement—by DSA, Democratic Socialists of America, the organization that Zohran is a proud member of and proud organizer in, that first endorsed his State Assembly run, and brought him to where he is now. Zohran won not just…
Environmentalism versus Fascism
Emma S.Author There is a deep, although seldom discussed, connection between anti-environmentalism, the belief that there should be no effort made to preserve the environment or even that environmental destruction is acceptable, and various forms of fascism and authoritarianism throughout history. During the first Trump administration, we had already seen cuts to environmental regulations and…
On The Value of Research
Obscure Class Warfare
by Void Since the beginning of the current administration, we have witnessed an extraordinary restructuring of American governance in ways that are clearly unconstitutional. While the assumption may be that the actions are being taken for corrupt purposes, proving these assumptions becomes difficult due to the obscure nature of finance, government budgets, and tax policy….
Power Down Pratt: Mycelial Songs of Freedom
Jamie S Author Power Down Pratt: Mycelial Songs Freedom I cannot be the only person internally conflicted about protests, about what constitutes effective processes, about intentions and, especially, outcomes. In this space of uncertainty, I’m finding it necessary to hold my vision of “future” justice loosely. To understand that protests and activism are valuable beyond…