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12Aug

Good Morning Chicago DSA, I want to start out by giving some major kudos to everybody who was out in the heat yesterday. Whether it was those who were out at train stops talking to people about Medicare for All and CPAC, or the folks who showed up to march in the Bud Biliken Parade, you all are amazing. I wasn't there myself, but I'm assuming

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05Aug

Good Morning Chicago DSA, We had over 100 socialists at the New Member Orientation last week, which, if you're one of those new member's and you're getting this email for the first time: welcome! We've grown so much as an organization just in the last couple months and it's been amazing seeing so many new people stepping up and getting

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29Jul

Good Morning Chicago DSA, We just finished up a very busy week of socialism. There were lots of working group meetings throughout the week and then we capped it off yesterday with SocFem 101 and a Lift the Ban canvass. Hopefully you were able to make it out to at least one thing. I know that's always my goal for the week, get to at least one DSA

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25Jul

We recently held our first CDSA Executive Committee (EC) Meeting with our newest officers and under our new chapter bylaws! The meeting started with a review of feminist process, before we voted to approve the July meeting agenda and approved the minutes from the previous EC meeting in June. You can find the approved minutes from June’s meeting

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22Jul

Good Morning Chicago DSA, If you're one of my many loyal (aka somewhat involuntary) readers, you may notice that the TWITCDSA email looks a little different than it normally does.  Not only does it now have some fancy images but the email address is different too. That's because it's being sent out with Action Network instead of the normal

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15Jul

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Wow, what a week. If you missed it, Cynthia Nixon, progressive candidate for governor in NY and star of Sex and the City, declared that she was a democratic socialist and reached out to NYDSA for endorsement. While this definitely seems a bit opportunistic surrounding the Ocasio-Cortez victory, it's really good that

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08Jul

Good Morning Chicago DSA, If you haven't noticed, the DSA and talk of democratic socialism in the US has been everywhere the last few weeks. Whether it's Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's rise to fame or DSA's Abolish Ice actions (huge props to all of our activists that shut down a deportation flight on Friday, btw), we're getting talked about! And

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01Jul

Good Morning Chicago DSA, I'm feeling particularly grand this morning, and I hope you are as well. I've got this sense of centered contentedness that usually only comes with things like: a newly organized closet, turning the last page on a good book, or looking out from a mountain vista after a good hard hike. In this particular case, however,

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24Jun

Good Morning Chicago DSA, It's been quite the week for the DSA as an organization, especially on immigration. If you haven't been keeping up, not only did Metro DC DSA protesters ruin Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen's dinner, but Portland DSA protesters actually shut down an ICE facility. If you're wondering what Chicago DSA has

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17Jun

Good Morning Chicago DSA, Folks, it's hot. Popsicle eatin' weather, some might say. Picnic and softball weather, others might add. Or democracy weather, a few others might declare. Nothing like heading out in the heat to cast a vote!  I know what you're thinking. But Zach, the next election for us to vote on isn't until November when we have

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