9/9 Welcome back to our home planet, Artemis II! We may not have a space program, but DSA does have a great program -- and a world to win.
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8/9 For socialists, our "people orientation" means fighting for emancipation from the fetters of capitalism that chain our spirit and potential to greed and violence.

Workers deserve more.

We deserve the whole world.

7/9 Artemis II reminds us that people are creative, curious, empathetic, and intelligent — and that the planet and its people are worth defending. Fiercely.

That is “a people orientation.”

6/9 ”You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’”

Well said, Edgar.

5/9 Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell said this about his mission: “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. …

4/9 Meanwhile, Trump feeds the war machine by axing crucial welfare programs and popular agencies like the Forest Service, and makes plans to auto-enroll men into the draft — a dark step toward forced military service.

So: what is it all for?

3/9 But as they soared above us, down below the US and Israel unleashed a racist, greed-driven war on Iran and Lebanon. Costs skyrocket for the working class. Cuba remains under siege. And ICE’s war at home continues apace.

2/9 Just like everyone else, we’ve been touched by the great wonder of the cosmos and the love and solidarity the NASA astronauts showed for each other and the people of Earth.

1/9 🧵(all photos NASA/Artemis II)

As Artemis II splashes down today and Earth welcomes the crew home, our shared “moon joy” of the last ten days might be mixed with a bit of sad irony.

Our Party - Class David (Socialist Majority, NYC-DSA) and Ramsin (Bread and Roses, Chicago DSA) discuss their perspectives on party-building, political independence, and the democratic road to socialism.  Read Dav...

NEW CLASS: David D and Ramsin @ramsincanon.bsky.social comradely discuss The Party and all (well, a lot) that it entails 🌹🎉
No way this debate is over, but we made a dent and hope to continue into coming weeks and months! Listen, like, subscribe ⤵️ www.buzzsprout.com/2021076/epis...

A really fantastic interview! Lisa and Scott are both real ones, their valuable insights have been hard-won by doing the work of transforming the labor movement for years.

Reform Radicals - Class In this episode, we talk with Lisa from Labor Notes and Scott from the IBEW reform caucus CREW about the new guide on building rank-and-file reform caucuses in existing unions. Reform caucus organizin...

This week on Class we talked with Lisa from @labornotes.bsky.social and Scott from IBEW-CREW, both DSA comrades, to discuss reform caucuses and working class political power.

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Garden Politics - Class NPEC member and former chair Evan (Mid-Hudson Valley) talks about his journey into socialism and garden knowledge, and how our hopeful politics of renewal, intention, collectivity, and cooperation are...

Catch up on Class!

Last week we had Evan from @mhvdsa.bsky.social to talk about gardening's relationship to socialist organizing and education...
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Poetic Force - Class We’re joined by Nick and Tyler from Louisville DSA to talk about being socialist poets and glimpsing beauty in a chaotic, capitalist world. Nick and Tyler’s occasional podcast, Poetry is a Destru...

NEW CLASS!
We talk with Nick and Tyler of @dsa-louisville.bsky.social about their journeys through politics and poetics and the compulsion to find beauty against all else.
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Stop the Siege on Cuba! - Class We are pleased to present “Stop the Siege on Cuba,” a mass call from February 22nd by DSA’s International Committee and Cuba Solidarity Working Group, along with an interview with Claire from Boston D...

NEW CLASS: we talk to Claire, cochair of DSA's Cuba Solidarity WG @dsacuba.bsky.social and air our 02/22 mass call. Listen and learn how to get involved in this crucial solidarity work and fight imperialism with @demsocialists.bsky.social

🇨🇺Cuba sí, bloqueo no!🇨🇺

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NO WAR WITH IRAN!

NO TO IMPERIALIST WAR, YES TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE! 🌹

Read DSA's statement on the US-Israeli attacks on Iran (1/5)

Comradeship in Conflict  - Class In this episode of Class, we talk to Sarah, chair of DSA’s National Grievance Panel, about the contradictions and openings of conflict within a socialist organization. We walk through some of the poli...

ICYMI: this week's Class talks with Sarah from DSA's National Grievance Panel about what the NGP does and the contradictions and openings available to socialists when we inevitably have conflict.

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02/19 NPEC Socialist Archiving 201: Digital Deep Dive (rescheduled from 02/05) Friends... Is your chapter google drive driving you up a wall? Wondering about the best options to archive (or de-archive) chapter comms? How do we keep ourselves and our comrades safe on the in...

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Digital Socialism - Class On this episode, we talk with Colin from DSA’s National Tech Committee about becoming a socialist and doing socialism on the internet. This episode will kick off what we expect will be a regular discu...

CLASS THIS WEEK: we talk to Colin from @tech.dsausa.org about becoming a socialist on the internet in the lead up to our training this Thursday, the Digital Deep Dive!

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This was such a fun podcast to record, I am so used to talking about DSA, it was weird to talk about myself, but anyway the drinking game word is of course "Harnecker."

What does it *feel like* to build worker power?

Season two of Haymarket Originals is bringing you inside one of the most dynamic and inspiring organizing drives in the labor movement today. Heat The Ground Up is an oral history of Starbucks Workers United, voiced by the baristas who built it.

From Mass Liberalism to Mass Protagonism  - Class On this episode, we talk to Megan, one of DSA’s national cochairs, about her political journey from early-00s girlboss feminism to Marta Harnecker’s mass-protagonist vision of a socialist future, and ...

The latest Class pod with @meganromer.bsky.social DSA's national cochair about her journey out of liberalism, and the political education that inspires her.
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Be a part of the next 100,000. We deserve a better world and we are organizing for it everyday

02/09 Training: Talking to Non-Socialists About ICE and Immigration In light of the political urgency we find ourselves in, we are holding a special edition of our Talking to Non-Socialists training, focusing on ICE and immigration. This training welcomes all DSA memb...

🧊📣MONDAY 02/09 5 PT/8 ET! 🧊📣
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The Socialist Party of America's Constitutional Critique - Class In this episode, Luke talks with Edward about the Socialist Party of America's (SPA) 1912 Program and its role in his political development. Luke concentrates on two aspects of the platform: its progr...

Luke @dsaeastbay.bsky.social and Edward @bostondsa.org dish about Luke's political formation around the SPA's 1912 program on this week's episode of Class! Take a listen:

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Monday Feb 9 5 PT/8 ET!
Special Edition Talking to Non-Socialists Training: ICE and Immigration
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02/19 NPEC Socialist Archiving 201: Digital Deep Dive (rescheduled from 02/05) Friends... Is your chapter google drive driving you up a wall? Wondering about the best options to archive (or de-archive) chapter comms? How do we keep ourselves and our comrades safe on the in...

Our training next week, Digital Deep Dive, has been RESCHEDULED for 02/19, same day and time!

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Growing into Socialism - Class In this episode, we talk to Ashik, one of DSA’s national cochairs, about how he grew into socialism over time through organizing and political education, from growing up Muslim in Bay Ridge during 9/1...

LISTEN: "Growing Into Socialism" with @demsocialists.bsky.social co-chair @ahsheek.bsky.social about his moves from 9/11 to GND to DSA! We'll have our chat with co-chair @meganromer.bsky.social up in two weeks.

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Application - DSA International Committee We welcome all DSA members interested in global solidarity to please fill out this application to apply to join DSA's International Committee (IC) via one or more of the subcommittees listed below. Pl...

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