ROC DSA’s 2025 Steering Committee is excited about this year’s priority campaigns: electing a socialist majority to city council, fighting against the criminalization of homelessness, and helping workers to organize their work-places. While we witness the dismantling of our remaining social safety net with concern, we are determined to meet the moment. There is a growing demand for change, and an increasingly organized working class. Together, we will develop a world where the means for a dignified life are available to all.
Month: January 2025
Getting Grounded – Eating from Local Farms through the Winter
By Liz Henderson Eating locally can continue through the winter! If you stock up now, you can save supplies of onions, garlic and root vegetables in a cool closet or section of…
Press Release: STAMP Developer GCEDC to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Data Centers without Disclosing Financial Incentives: Concerned Local Residents Encourage Neighbors to Attend
Concerned residents are highlighting the Genesee Economic Development Center (GCEDC)’s plan to hold daytime public hearings on proposals from three investor groups vying to site a data center at the WNY Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) mega industrial site, currently being constructed in the town of Alabama.
Report on the activities of Genesee County DSA in 2024
By Logan W. Cole, Secretary of Genesee County DSA Over the last year, Genesee County DSA held several trainings and gatherings, organized rallies advocating for bodily autonomy and against the genocide in…
No Good Reason Not to Pass Good Cause
by Matthew James Seidel On December 17, 2024, Good Cause Eviction protections passed Rochester City Council by a vote of 7-2. This victory will not only offer immediate benefits to the renters…
I don’t want to see the world burn more than it already has
by Olivia Bailey (IG: @olivegracebean) As devastation plagues communities in California, we must remember that this is part of a bigger problem. And while the wildfires burn, Palestine is also burning. Corporations…
Marx’s Mole and the English Working Class
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins Every seasoned socialist has experienced defeat in confrontation with the concentrated power of capital. Yet the socialist movement burrows, still, beneath the surface of industrial society, waiting to raise…