Madison Area DSA

We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. Our primary task as DSA is to organize the working class, to make more socialists, and to lay the foundation for an independent mass party capable of taking state power and transforming our society.

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May Day 2025: Workers of the World, Unite!April 30, 2025
This May Day, we gather in a moment of rising pressure. The bosses exploit us, the politicians sell us out, and the system demands our silence. In a city and country where labor action is far too rare and organizing faces constant resistance, it can be easy to feel isolated. May Day reminds us that we are not alone. We… Continue reading May Day 2025: Workers of the World, Unite!
Hands Off Our Community: Stop Detentions and Disappearances of Pro-Palestine StudentsApril 14, 2025
Statement from the Madison Area DSA Executive Committee on the Detention and Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Students, Faculty, and Staff As scholars, faculty, staff, students, and members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison community, we members of Madison Area DSA condemn the immoral and unlawful kidnappings of our colleagues and neighbors from universities across the U.S. Our colleagues and peers have been… Continue reading Hands Off Our Community: Stop Detentions and Disappearances of Pro-Palestine Students
2025 Annual Chapter ReportMarch 24, 2025
Note: This report was written by the 2024-25 Executive Committee and originally presented to Madison Area DSA membership ahead of the March 2025 Chapter Convention. This public-facing version has been edited or abridged in some places. Executive Committee Introduction The re-election of Donald Trump and the chaos of the first 100 days of his return to office have dominated the… Continue reading 2025 Annual Chapter Report

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		1 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting July 1, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 MADSA Executive Committee meetings are open to all members. Only members of the Committee may vote. ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US +19292056099,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US (New York) --- Dial by your location • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktW1MF3vF ────────── See more details •	2 Membership Committee Meeting Membership Committee Meeting July 2, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84570710472 See more details •	3 Political Education Meeting Political Education Meeting July 3, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/political-education-meeting-20 Description: Join us as we discuss Political Education events for the chapter and the general public. See more details •	4 DSA Solidarity BBQ DSA Solidarity BBQ July 4, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Brittingham Park, 829 W Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53715 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-solidarity-bbq Description: Hello Comrades, We want celebrate our growth and our push toward a freer, better Madison! Join us to grill out. We supply the grills, and you bring the food. Signups for our potluck are here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B_q6n7ew84MCwdoXDD4X054d3aHiKd8-Lp4bR7ByvbI/edit?usp=sharing See more details •	5
6	7 City-County Homeless Issues Committee City-County Homeless Issues Committee July 7, 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm https://www.cityofmadison.com/city-hall/committees/watch-meetings-online See more details •	8 MADSA Pre-Meeting Pizza MADSA Pre-Meeting Pizza July 8, 2025 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm See more details MADSA July General Meeting MADSA July General Meeting July 8, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89190035657 Hybrid \| RSVP The monthly General Meeting of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is a great place to learn about the chapter, join us in making collective decisions, and get plugged in to our active campaigns and working groups. Our General Membership Meetings occur on the second Tuesday of every month. Stay tuned for the agenda. This is a hybrid meeting. RSVP for Zoom Link. ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89190035657 Meeting ID: 891 9003 5657 --- One tap mobile +13052241968,,89190035657# US +13092053325,,89190035657# US --- Dial by your location • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 891 9003 5657 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kd7wCRmyDn ────────── See more details MADSA July General Meeting MADSA July General Meeting July 8, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hybrid \| RSVP The monthly General Meeting of the Madison chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is a great place to learn about the chapter, join us in making collective decisions, and get plugged in to our active campaigns and working groups. Our General Membership Meetings occur on the second Tuesday of every month. Stay tuned for the agenda. This is a hybrid meeting. RSVP for Zoom Link. See more details • • •	9 Comms Meeting Comms Meeting July 9, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83596031949 See more details •	10 Power Mapping Committee Meeting Power Mapping Committee Meeting July 10, 2025 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Central Public Library Study Room 209, 201 W Mifflin Street, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/power-mapping-committee-meeting-3 Description: Come help us in our efforts to understand how Power works in Madison. See more details Act 10 at the Movies Act 10 at the Movies July 10, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/act-10-at-the-movies Description: The Madison Area DSA Labor Working Group will host a documentary showing as part of our history of Act 10 series in the lead up to our Labor Day Panel. All DSA members are invited to join us for this collective learning event about Wisconsin's Labor History See more details • •	11	12 Queer Liberation March Next Steps: Public Organizing Meeting Queer Liberation March Next Steps: Public Organizing Meeting July 12, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/queer-liberation-march-next-steps-public-organizing-meeting Description: Whether you got fired up at the Queer Liberation March and are looking for some next steps, or you couldn't make it but still want to build the movement for queer liberation and international solidarity, you won't want to miss the Queer Liberation March Next Steps: Public Organizing Meeting, coming up at 10am on July 12th, 2025 at the Social Justice Center. Join the Queer Liberation March planning committee for a debrief of the 6/28 steps, start planning for next year, and get rolling on some short term steps we can take to make long term change around our demands. Make sure you sign the petition to stay in the loop! See more details DSA 101 and New Member Orientation (In Person) DSA 101 and New Member Orientation (In Person) July 12, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/dsa-101-and-new-member-orientation-in-person-11 Description: Join us for an intro to Madison DSA for new, prospective, or returning members! Drop on by to learn about socialism, our current organizing, and how you can become an organizer today! Note: This event is in-person only. See more details • •
13 Left-Wing Communism Reading Group Left-Wing Communism Reading Group July 13, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/left-wing-communism-reading-group Description: Chapter Reading Group for Vladimir Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder" (1920) -- all are welcome, even if you aren't actually doing the reading! Come to discuss and learn from your comrades. This event is HYBRID. We'll be meeting in person from 11am-12:30 PM at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St) on Sundays July 13, July 20, and July 27 . Feel free to attend in person or on Zoom! Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82425099043 For the first meeting on July 13, we will be reading chapters 1-5 (up through chapter titled "Left-Wing Communism in Germany..."). A free copy of the book is available here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ See more details Summer Membership Drive Summer Membership Drive July 13, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/summer-membership-drive Description: Join your comrades in MADSA to talk to your other comrades in MADSA! We'll be phone banking to further engage current members, reactivate recently "fallen off" members, and invite all those folks to an upcoming social! Zoom link will be provided upon RSVP. See more details • •	14 MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC MADSA Labor Working Group / EWOC July 14, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85654704781 Meeting ID: 856 5470 4781 See more details Homelessness Justice Initiative Discussion With City Alder Mayer and County Supervisor Chawla Homelessness Justice Initiative Discussion With City Alder Mayer and County Supervisor Chawla July 14, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/homelessness-justice-initiative-discussion-with-city-alder-mayer-and-county-supervisor-chawla Description: Come meet with alder person Davy Mayer and county Supervisor Yogesh Chawla to discuss the importance of investing in social housing and services to support our un- housed neighbors. See more details Abolitionist Working Group Abolitionist Working Group July 14, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| RSVP Here https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89224200940 / Meeting ID: 892 2420 0940 / Passcode: 1312 Madison Area DSA's regularly-scheduled labor working group meeting. Join us as we work towards making Dane County, Wisconsin, and the country as a whole more free for us all. Working Group Info: The Abolitionist Working Group (AWG) formed out of the work to Derail the Jail and the Doyle Resolution campaigns to stop the jail expansion and decarcerate Dane County. This group is the home in Madison Area DSA for all abolition-related work. We believe that abolition is a key tenet of socialism as prisons and policing are some of the most direct and personal means of state-driven oppression in our current society. See more details • • •	15 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting July 15, 2025 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 Please note that this week's Executive Committee meeting will take place at 6:30pm instead of the usual time of 7pm, and will be shortened to 30 minutes to accommodate a Convention Delegates meeting. We will be back to our usual meeting time and duration next week. MADSA Executive Committee meetings are open to all members. Only members of the Committee may vote. ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US +19292056099,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US (New York) --- Dial by your location • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktW1MF3vF ────────── See more details Delegate Meeting Delegate Meeting July 15, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm See more details • •	16 Membership Committee Meeting Membership Committee Meeting July 16, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84570710472https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84570710472 See more details •	17	18	19
20 Left-Wing Communism Reading Group Left-Wing Communism Reading Group July 20, 2025 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/left-wing-communism-reading-group-2 Description: Chapter Reading Group for Vladimir Lenin's "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder" (1920) -- all are welcome, even if you aren't actually doing the reading! Come to discuss and learn from your comrades. This event is HYBRID. We'll be meeting in person from 11am-12:30 PM at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson St) on Sundays July 13, July 20, and July 27 . Feel free to attend in person or on Zoom! Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83189392447 For the second meeting on July 20, we will be reading chapters 6-8 (up through chapter titled "No Compromises?"). A free copy of the book is available here: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ See more details Mini-golf with Comrades! Mini-golf with Comrades! July 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Vitense Golfland, 5501 Schroeder Rd, Madison, WI 53711 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mini-golf-with-comrades Description: Join us for 18 holes of mini-golf with your comrades at MADSA! Prices of entry: $12.50 per adult, $10.50 per junior (ages 5-12), and $5.00 for ages 4 and under. Vitense has a bar/grill, ice cream shop, and beer garden. There is indoor seating and indoor mini-golf in case of heat or weather. All comrades joining us for golf are expected to pay their own way. If you are interested in coming to this event, PLEASE RSVP BY JULY 16TH. The cut off date will be July 16th so we can efficiently plan for how many people we are expecting to join us. If you plan on bringing guests with you (friends, family who are not in DSA) please indicate how many people you plan to bring. If you are not in DSA at all and are just seeing this event on social media, you are still welcome to join us and meet your neighborhood comrades! See more details • •	21	22 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting July 22, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 MADSA Executive Committee meetings are open to all members. Only members of the Committee may vote. ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US +19292056099,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US (New York) --- Dial by your location • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktW1MF3vF ────────── See more details •	23 Comms Meeting Comms Meeting July 23, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83596031949 See more details •	24 PowerPoint to the People: A socialist education event for all PowerPoint to the People: A socialist education event for all July 24, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/powerpoint-to-the-people Description: Do you like PowerPoint? Leaning things? Socialism? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, please join Madison DSA for PowerPoint to the People! Several of your comrades will present on topics important to socialism including anti-fascism, healthcare activism, and more. We'll also have time for Q&A and group discussion after each presentation. So come hang out with your comrades, learn a bit, and have some good conversations. Open to members and non-members alike! P.S.: This event page will be updated once the titles of the presentations are finalized, so check back if you want a sneak peek at the topics! See more details •	25	26 Coffee with Comrades! Coffee with Comrades! July 26, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/coffee-with-comrades-17 Description: Come craft, chat, or co-work in community with cool comrades over some coffee (and vegan and non-vegan donuts)! Drop on by Saturday morning, July 26th, and socialize with other socialists - meet some new people and chat with old friends! Not a member yet? You can still come out! But I recommend you join DSA today! Note: This event is in-person only. See more details •
27	28 LWG event planning LWG event planning July 28, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84305084713 Madison DSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84305084713 Meeting ID: 843 0508 4713 See more details Abolitionist Working Group Abolitionist Working Group July 28, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom Virtual \| RSVP Here Madison Area DSA's regularly-scheduled labor working group meeting. Join us as we work towards making Dane County, Wisconsin, and the country as a whole more free for us all. Working Group Info: The Abolitionist Working Group (AWG) formed out of the work to Derail the Jail and the Doyle Resolution campaigns to stop the jail expansion and decarcerate Dane County. This group is the home in Madison Area DSA for all abolition-related work. We believe that abolition is a key tenet of socialism as prisons and policing are some of the most direct and personal means of state-driven oppression in our current society. See more details • •	29 Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Meeting July 29, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 MADSA Executive Committee meetings are open to all members. Only members of the Committee may vote. ────────── DSA Madison is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85963570844?pwd=Q2uV7aR0oSbUWzb9x2RnJQZbpNVSh7.1 Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US +19292056099,,85963570844#,,,,097427# US (New York) --- Dial by your location • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) • +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 3325 US • +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) • +1 360 209 5623 US • +1 386 347 5053 US • +1 507 473 4847 US • +1 564 217 2000 US • +1 669 444 9171 US • +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) • +1 689 278 1000 US • +1 719 359 4580 US • +1 253 205 0468 US • +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) • +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 859 6357 0844 Passcode: 097427 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktW1MF3vF ────────── See more details •	30 Fitchberg-Verona Branch Meeting Fitchberg-Verona Branch Meeting July 30, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St, Verona, WI 53593 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fitchberg-verona-branch-meeting-2 Description: Madison Democratic Socialists of America invite you to the Southern Dane County Branch meeting. We will meeting Study Room 3 at the Verona Public library and discuss ongoing local organizing as well as collectively read a shared article See more details •	31 Act 10 Reading Group Act 10 Reading Group July 31, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm Social Justice Center, 1202 Williamson St, Madison, WI 53703 More Info and RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/act-10-reading-group Description: The Madison Area DSA Labor Working Group invites all DSA members to our reading group about the politics and strategies behind the Act 10 Uprising. Come to learn and discuss key theories and decisions that were made collectively by different factions of the protest coalition See more details •

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