by Robin Gallagher Background The following is a summary of a series of texts discussed during our “What is Socialism?” Socialist Sunday School session. The discussed texts were published in […]
read moreSome Reflections on the 2023 DSA National Convention
by Vincent Lima What follows is a personal reflection on the DSA National Convention, held August 4–6, 2023, in Chicago. Having a thousand socialists together in one space was a […]
read moreROC DSA Calls on Bello to Welcome Newcomers to Rochester
By calling out the National Guard, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is casting endangered asylum seekers as alien invaders. Local media predictably sensationalize this insinuation; Bello must take responsibility to counteract it with policies and messages of welcome and support.
read moreEmpty Rhetoric: Overcoming the Limited Vision of Monroe County’s Democratic Leadership
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins “To be radical is to grasp the root of the matter.” – Marx The Democratic leadership of Monroe County has proven incapable of governing for the intended […]
read moreWhy We Pay to go to Convention
Comrades, as you know our organization’s National Convention is coming up in August, and we have five elected delegates and an elected alternate delegate to send to Chicago! We are […]
read more‘You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks:’ More Training for Police Won’t Redeem an Unjust System
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins The problems with policing in the United States have become too glaring to hide. “Use of force incidents” are now regularly captured on body worn cameras and […]
read moreRochester DSA Affirms the Right to Self-Actualize
Condemns Homophobia and Transphobia Over the last year, conservatives have been engaging in escalating attacks on the right of queer people to exist publicly. Whether it is a queer teacher’s […]
read moreThe Utopianism of Capitalism: Its Vision and Contradictions
President Biden’s recent State of the Union Address outlines a vision in which capital remains ascendant but “the economy works for everyone.” This vision proposes that we can “build an economy where no one is left behind” within a capitalist framework.
read moreAddressing Genocide and Settler Colonialism after Generations:
A Summary and Discussion of “Don’t Go Back to the Reservation: A Bordertown Manifesto” by Vincent Lima ROC DSA hosts Socialist Sunday School every other week. We invite participants to […]
read moreWe Keep Us Safe When The City Fails
by Skye K On December 21, 2022, a major water main laid 123 years ago, in 1899, broke on Rochester’s west side, reducing pressure enough to allow the introduction of […]
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