Month: January 2019
De Blasio’s NYC Care Plan: Neoliberal “access to care” vs. a socialist single-payer system
SpotlightBy NYC-DSA Healthcare Working Group On January 8th, 2019 Mayor DeBlasio announced a new proposed program for changes to NYC’s healthcare system that his administration […]
Withdrawing our money from Wall Street: Why NYC needs public banking now
SpotlightBy James O After the private banking system tanked the world’s economy in 2008, there has been a lot of outrage directed at banks. Countless […]
Public Education is a Lie: The campaign to end school suspensions
SpotlightBy the Racial Justice Working Group When members of the NYC-DSA Racial Justice Working Group (RJWG) wanted to get a better understanding of the school-to-prison […]
Rank and File: Inside the Amazon warehouse with Harry H
Rank and FileThis month’s Rank and File union member profile is a little different since our profilee works at Amazon, the White Whale of labor unionization efforts. Can tri-state area union power overcome Bezos’s behemoth?
Hiring staff could jeopardize what makes NYC-DSA radically democratic
Point/CounterpointBy Jennifer L I sincerely appreciate this ambitious and thoughtful proposal for catalyzing and laying the foundation for an important and necessary conversation about how […]
The Strange Election for Public Advocate
SpotlightBy Miriam B It’s hard not to laugh. Fifteen candidates will be on the ballot in the nonpartisan special election for New York City Public […]
Citywide Leadership Committee – update and explainer
CLC Updateby Jack C The NYC-DSA CLC is preparing for its first meeting of 2019 which will be held on February 10th. But what exactly is […]
NYC-DSA has seen massive growth. It’s time to hire staff.
Point/CounterpointBy Zelig S When I joined DSA, during the first Sanders presidential campaign, the entire national organization’s membership was less than the current membership of […]