Ultimately, as activists and organizers, we must not focus our energy on mere police reform. We cannot reform a system premised on the violent protection of private property and maintenance of class hierarchy.
Finding Comradeship and Building Trans Solidarity with ROC DSA
As a transgender person, being politically involved is important to me – especially at a time when trans rights are being heavily legislated. Belonging to political organizations helps give me a sense of meaning as well as community. So naturally, when I moved to a new city where I knew nobody, I sought out the local DSA chapter.
Not Another Nickel, Not Another Dime: Why We March for Palestine
On Saturday, Rochester DSA and allies continued to mobilize against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians and their unjust occupation. Over 200 people gathered to march through the streets to #ShutItDown4Palestine. As the extent of Israel’s horrific destruction of Gaza becomes increasingly clear, our rallies have only grown, and the momentum continues.
Community Members Call on Monroe County Legislature President Sabrina Lamar and County Executive Adam Bello to Call for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Our decision to address the County Legislature is directly connected to County Executive Adam Bello’s complete silence on the slaughter of nearly 20,000 Palestinian people, and his decision to fly an Israeli flag outside of the County building, while the Israeli government commits a genocide against the Palestinian people. Our demonstration was successful, raising the voices of our local Palestinian community, and joining the international call for ceasefire to protect all human life.
We Are the Revolution: The National March on Washington to Free Palestine
On Saturday November 4, 2023, tens of thousands of people (estimates are as high as 300,000) converged on the nation’s capital in the largest pro-Palestine march in U.S. history. The National March on Washington to Free Palestine was organized by a coalition of anti-war and pro-Palestinian groups and endorsed by hundreds of organizations, including DSA.
Study, Don’t Speculate: Responding to Kent Gardner’s “Explorations” on a Community Utility
Rochester for Energy Democracy demands the funding of a study to determine the feasibility of a public utility as the path out of the RG&E crisis. We cannot brush this option away on the basis of speculation.
#NoMoneyforMassacres: Organizing to End the Siege
The capitalist war machine has worked overtime manufacturing consent for ethnic cleansing. But the truth is, more Americans stand with Palestine than ever. Let’s continue to make that truth undeniable.
Two million lives are on the line. We say: Not on our dime! No money for massacres! Ceasefire now!
Telling Her Story: DSA Visits the Harriet Tubman Home
As Du Bois recounts in Black Reconstruction, enslaved peoples did not submit passively to their condition but found ways to overcome it. Tubman escaped her enslavers in 1849, but famously returned to the South on numerous occasions with the aim of freeing members of her family. Overall, she rescued approximately seventy people, while advising many more on means of escape.
Let’s Organize the Working Class, Not Alienate Them
Gregory Lebens-Higgins September 15 marked the start of the United Auto Workers’ historic “Stand Up Strike.” Across the nation, rallies and practice pickets were quickly assembled in support of the union. A…
ROC DSA Goes to School
by Xavier Olson Recently, members of Rochester DSA joined workers and labor organizers from around the country for Inside Organizer School, held at the Workers United Rochester Regional Joint Board on East…