This Week in the CDSA (September 8 – September 15)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I hope everybody had an excellent week. I know many of us had a particularly excellent Tuesday when we found out that our terrible, no good, very garbage mayor Rahm Emanuel would not be running for a third term in office. There's still a lot of time between now and the elections but it's an exciting time to be a
Read MoreCDSA Communications Committee elections reflect chapter growth
By CDSA Secretary
At the August CDSA Comms meeting held on August 27, voting was held for both bylaws adjustments and Comms Team Member leadership positions. The group voted unanimously to amend the existing bylaw language concerning the group name from “Communications Working Group” to “Communications Committee.” A Second amendment was raised for Section
Read MoreNotes from August 11, 2018 CDSA Executive Committee Meeting
By CDSA Secretary
August 11, 2018 Chicago DSA Executive Committee Meeting Crossroads Conference Room Chairing: Leonard Pierce Minutes: Joseph Altura Agenda Committee Members in Attendance: Joseph Altura Pedro Bortoto Ramsin Canon Ed Corcoran Ryan Lange Robin Peterson Leonard Pierce Lillian Osborne Committee Members Absent with Notice John Aspray John
Read MoreLift the Ban Coalition Marches on Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton’s House
By Chicago DSA Communications
https://youtu.be/M9uM8bAtEHQ On the morning of Saturday, August 18, more than 50 members of the Lift the Ban Coalition and the Grassroots Education Movement (GEM) coalition marched to State Senate President John Cullerton's house in Ravenswood and camped out until afternoon. Cullerton has blocked legislation for statewide rent control and an
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (September 1 – September 8)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, Normally, this is the part of the email where I say that I hope you had a good week and maybe say something inspiring and sweet about socialism before transitioning to the events. Well, guess what, folks - I'm not doing that this week. This week we're getting stuff done. We're getting caught up. We're taking care of
Read MoreCDSA Endorses Justice for Laquan McDonald Rally
By CDSA Secretary
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America (CDSA) endorses the September 5th Rally at the opening day of the Jason Van Dyke trial for the murder of Laquan McDonald, and stands in solidarity with the organizers of this rally. On October 20th, 2014, Officer Jason Van Dyke shot Laquan McDonald 16 times as he walked away, executing him. In the wake of
Read MoreThis Week in the CDSA (August 26 – September 1)
By CDSA Secretary
Good Morning Chicago DSA, I hope everybody had an excellent week last week. I know I personally had a great time on Wednesday at the North Side Steering Committee elections. Hopefully, if you're a member who lives on the North Side you were able to make it out. It was an hour and a half of rousing debate topped off with some good ol' democracy.
Read MoreAugust Executive Committee Meeting Recap
By Chicago DSA Communications
Thanks to everyone that made it to our August Executive Committee (EC) Meeting! After our chapter bylaws vote at our last convention, we are still welcoming new EC members! The August EC saw new EC members from our South Side Branch, serving as EC Representatives for their branch. We voted to approve the August meeting agenda and approved the
Read MoreLearn about Harold Washington at the Upcoming Red Ed Working Group
By CDSA Secretary
This Sunday Chicago DSA’s Red Ed Working Group is hosting a reading group discussion on Harold Washington. While not explicitly socialist, Washington was drafted from a grassroots effort to take on the Democratic machine in Chicago, and we can learn much from his campaign as CDSA approaches the 2019 Mayoral and Aldermanic elections, and as we
Read MoreSocialist Feminism 101 Recap
By Chicago DSA Communications
By Sean Duffy Last month CDSA’s Socialist Feminist Working Group hosted their first educational event, Socialist Feminism 101. A crowd of roughly fifty gathered at the Manning Branch Library, a midpoint between the North Side, South Side, and West Cook branches, and were led by members of the SocFem WG through a robust primer covering the
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