Madison Area DSA’s 2024 Chapter Convention

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

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

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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

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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”

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)

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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)

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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)

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