Why NYC-DSA is Organizing Tenants
SpotlightBy Jennifer L. and Cea W. New York City is overwhelmingly made up of tenants. It’s no surprise, then, that New York has been the […]
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#WhyDSA – Interview With a Columbia Striker
#whyDSABy Marian J Last month, graduate students workers at Columbia University went on a one week strike after two years of fighting for union recognition. […]
#WhyDSA: Avi Garelick
#whyDSABorn in New Jersey and raised in New York City, Avi Garelick spent time in California and Illinois before returning to New York City in 2010. He currently lives in Washington Heights, is an active member of the Uptown Manhattan/Bronx (BUM) chapter, the NYC-DSA housing working group, and the community organization Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale. He is the director of a Hebrew School in Manhattan.
May Day
SpotlightOn May 1st, NYC-DSA will continue the tradition of celebrating International Worker’s Day with a rally and march in solidarity with NYC’s immigrant community. May Day is a chance to stand against racist ICE harassment and economic exploitation while demonstrating the power of all working people. Although the city depends on immigrant labor, our economic system pushes immigrant workers into the shadows, keeping their wages low and their families afraid.
Poor People’s Campaign
Spotlight“I am not afraid. I am not afraid. I would die for liberation, ‘cause I know why I was made.”
From this song that opened the first NYC meeting of the Poor People’s campaign, you could tell that the Poor People’s Campaign means business.
DSA at International Women’s Strike
SpotlightRed banners fluttering on high, members of NYC-DSA massed in Washington Square at the International Women’s Strike rally on March 8. They came to demand equity, justice, and human rights for women and all gender-oppressed people.