It’s time once again for our annual Madison Area DSA Chapter Convention, happening on Saturday, March 23 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Goodman Community Center. Please RSVP as soon as possible! This year, we’re excited to move back to an in-person convention (masks will be required and provided). At Convention, members in… Continue reading Madison Area DSA’s 2024 Chapter Convention
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Film: Divided We Fall
Madison DSA’s Labor Working Group will be hosting a viewing of the film, Divided We Fall, by Katherine Acosta. The first film to take a critical look at the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising, Divided We Fall traces the genesis of the historic capitol occupation and weeks-long protests from the perspective of graduate teaching assistants at the… Continue reading Film: Divided We Fall
Event: Organizing Without Permission: Panel with UE 150
Madison Area DSA’s Labor Working Group will be hosting an online panel with workers from North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, (UE) Local 150 on Feb 1st, 2021 at 6:30pm. UE Local 150 is a public sector union in North Carolina, where collective bargaining in the public sector is illegal. Even without formal rights, the… Continue reading Event: Organizing Without Permission: Panel with UE 150
Public Works and Public Protection committees to hear the Doyle Resolution
In July, Madison Area DSA voted to endorse the “Doyle Resolution” to call a halt to the Dane County Jail consolidation project. But we know that it will take more than an endorsement to make the resolution a reality and derail the jail once and for all. On August 18th, Members of Madison Area DSA… Continue reading Public Works and Public Protection committees to hear the Doyle Resolution
Madison Area DSA endorses the “Doyle Resolution”
Madison Area DSA endorses the “Doyle Resolution” in support of the renewed effort to halt the expansion of the Dane County Jail. Click here to sign up for Madison DSA’s efforts to stop the jail. In 2019 the Dane County Board of Supervisors flaunted the Derail the Jail coalition and approved a $220 million jail… Continue reading Madison Area DSA endorses the “Doyle Resolution”
Fall 2020 Primary Voter Guide
Pre-election To-dos Absentee Voting Dane County and the rest of the state may be “open for business”, but COVID is still out there and cases are on the rise. MADSA hopes that you had the chance to social distance and vote early, and strongly encourages doing the same next November by voting early with an… Continue reading Fall 2020 Primary Voter Guide
4/4/20: Coronavirus, Crisis and Class Struggle – 2pm (Zoom)
Link to FB event Seemingly overnight, the world as we know it has been fundamentally transformed into an unrecognizable, dystopian nightmare. The coronavirus has brought to the surface an underlying, insoluble and system-wide economic crisis, not in the form we expected, and even more terrifying than we could have imagined. Internationally, we can see what… Continue reading 4/4/20: Coronavirus, Crisis and Class Struggle – 2pm (Zoom)
4/4/20 BookMarx: Capital Vol 1, Chp 1 – 4:00pm (Zoom)
BookMarx is a reading group where we discuss the foundational texts of socialist thought to develop an analytical framework to understand, criticize, and deconstruct capitalism in our aims to build a better world. This event is open to the public. Topic: BookMarx: Capital Volume 1 Pt1Time: Apr 4, 2020 04:00 PM Central Time (US and… Continue reading 4/4/20 BookMarx: Capital Vol 1, Chp 1 – 4:00pm (Zoom)
4/4/20: Red Madison Working Meeting – 10:30 am (Zoom)
Red Madison, DSA’s publication, will be holding our working meeting over video chat via Zoom. We will be discussing status of articles, ideas for the next edition, and features for the COVID-19 crisis. This meeting is open to any DSA member. Topic: 4/4 Red Madison Working MeetingTime: Apr 4, 2020 10:30 PM Central Time (US… Continue reading 4/4/20: Red Madison Working Meeting – 10:30 am (Zoom)
4/4/20 – BookMarx: Capital Vol I – Chapter 1 and Companion (Zoom)
This is your invitation to join in our virtual meeting this upcoming Saturday, April 4, 2020, at 4pm (to 6pm) to discuss Chapter 1 of Capital Vol. I by a man that needs no introductions – Mr. Karl Marx. I know what you are gonna say. “That is simply bananas. You think I can read… Continue reading 4/4/20 – BookMarx: Capital Vol I – Chapter 1 and Companion (Zoom)