Welcome to the March issue of Rochester Red Star. In this issue, read remarks on the 10 year anniversary of ROC DSA, statements on Trump’s war on Iran, and essays on police overtime, agrarian justice, and fascist trolling. You’ll also find details on upcoming events, and coverage of chapter activities over the past month.
Month: February 2026
Chapter Statement – Stop the Bombs: End War With Iran
The working class has no desire for this conflict. ROC DSA is organizing opposition into a force capable of seizing the gears of war. Capitalists rely on our labor to manufacture their bombs and to fight their wars. We refuse to be complicit in their violence.
Practicing Scientific Socialism: Remarks on ROC DSA’s 2025 Chapter Convention
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins
DSA’s capacity to organize the working class arises from its democratic structure, empowering all members to participate in shaping our movement. ROC DSA’s annual convention “is the highest assembly of the chapter,” providing members a space to elect chapter leadership and identify priorities for the following year. The 2025 Convention occurred December 13 – 14, and wrapped up at the January General Meeting.
On Legitimate Resistance and Acceptable Tactics
by Paul Allen
When someone asks, “is Hamas a terrorist organization”, the only way that an answer of “yes” is incorrect is that it doesn’t tell the whole story.
Citizen Spectators
by Jean Allen
We have the tactics, we know the goal: organize the working class and the oppressed together to win a society where we can rule. But we do not have a plan at the scale we need to prevent the world from being brought down alongside the death throes of our declining empire.
Getting Grounded: Report back from the Urgenci 9th International Symposium: Sowing Solidarity, Cultivating Community
by Elizabeth Henderson
For three days in December, I had the opportunity to attend “The flagship global event for Local and Solidarity-based Partnerships in Agroecology (LSPA) of which Community Supported Agriculture is the best-known iteration…” in La Bergerie de Villarceaux, Chaussy, France.