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Groundwork: Socialists Must Lead!

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Biden's enabling of genocide, climate catastrophe & more is alienating his base, and a Trump presidency looking increasingly likely. Join Groundwork to discuss how Democratic Socialists should respond to the collapse of Biden's presidential campaign. ✊➡️

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Groundwork: Socialists Must Lead!

@GroundworkDSA

4 months

We want to give huge shoutout to @detroitdsa and @Listen2michigan on their MI primary victory, and huge thanks to Groundwork members @Mikalforpontiac , Ali Hallal, and Phil Bianco for their incredible leadership locally on the campaign! 🫡🌹

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@DemSocialists

4 months

We wanted 10k vote to send a #CeasefireNOW in Michigan: we got over 101,000! Stay tuned for more on how we can do the same in MN, WA, and beyond. Want to help us do it? Join DSA:

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@GroundworkDSA

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FOUR members of our slate were elected to the NPC! Ashik, Cara, Frances, and Rose are committed to the strategic mass politics necessary for 21st century socialism, and we look forward to building it with the rest of the new NPC, our membership, and our staff!

DSA

@DemSocialists

11 months

Congrats to the Democratic Socialists of America 2023-2025 National Political Committee

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@GroundworkDSA

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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@Sussy1917

2 months

We beat the Warnock endorsement We beat the McBath endorsement We beat the AFL CIO endorsement We beat the Georgia Democratic House Caucus leadership endorsement We beat the endorsement of 28 Georgia State Legislators SOCIALISM WINS IN SMYRNA GEORGIA

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@GroundworkDSA

11 months

Our NPC candidates worked hard to get income-based dues passed with overwhelming support, and we're excited to see comrades across DSA already joining in to make it a reality! Together we'll make DSA the durable, member-funded mass organization we need. 🌹

The Call

@socialistcall

11 months

The 2023 DSA National Convention endorsed an ambitious agenda. DSA members need to step up to make it possible by giving more in dues to DSA. B&R members will do our part.

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@GroundworkDSA

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We're deeply disappointed in the NPC's decision to not poll members on our orientation to the 2024 election. We believe DSA should have a thorough, democratic discussion and decision-making process that reflects the will of our members.

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@GroundworkDSA

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┏┓ ┃┃╱╲ In this ┃╱╱╲╲ caucus ╱╱╭╮╲╲ we Unite for ▔▏┗┛▕▔ Palestine on ╱▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔╲ MAY DAY ╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲ ▔▏┗┻┛┃┃┗┻┛▕▔

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@GroundworkDSA

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We’re excited to launch the Groundwork Tasks and Perspectives, our caucus’s analysis of the current political and economic landscape in the United States, which offers a strategic framework for socialist organizing and action.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Congratulations to @DetroitDSA and @Listen2Michigan on their stunning achievement in today's primary. 🌹 Tens of thousands of Michiganders have told Biden loud and clear: Stop the Genocide! Ceasefire Now! 📣

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

May Day honors the workers who came before us and fought tirelessly for a better future. We are excited to continue the working class struggle of building socialism by announcing Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future – a slate for DSA’s 2023 National Political Committee.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Despite not being present to answer any finance questions about his work, NPC treasure John L manages to vote yes to lay off 40% of NPC staff.

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@GroundworkDSA

11 months

Congratulations to our Ohio chapters for an important and resounding victory against the authoritarian reactionary agenda

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@DemSocialists

11 months

Issue 1 in Ohio is DEFEATED. We congratulate DSA chapters for their work knocking down this undemocratic measure. Get ready for November’s ballot, when a measure protecting abortion can END the heartbeat ban! @akronDSA @Columbus_DSA @DSA_Cleveland @DSACincy @DSA_Dayton @nwohiodsa

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@GroundworkDSA

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Together, DSA members and leaders stepped up to the challenge to bring us the near-term financial health we so desperately needed. Now, we must come together to organize, consolidate our gains, and move from stability to growth. Believe in DSA! 🌹💚✊

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

We are live from tonights NPC budget meeting! Currently, the NPC has shut off the chat at at what appears to be a very highly attended meeting. The goal of this meeting is to deal with the budget, including a proposal we strongly disagree with to lay off 40% of our workers.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

With 420 RSVPs, the @nycDSA Palestine Solidarity X Electoral Strategy Summit has smashed the DSA strategy summit attendance record! Shoutout to Groundwork comrades @wes_nyc & @ctekay who led on organizing this. It's time to become AIPAC's worst nightmare. 🫡

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@nycDSA

4 months

The anti-Palestinian status quo is held up by the Israel lobby, which makes sure politicians never stand up to occupation and apartheid—and now genocide. Join us & @_waleedshahid from @Listen2michigan on Wednesday to talk about how to fight back! /

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Last Sunday’s solidarity dues phonebank dipped to 6 people. Through our first #MarchOfSolidarity push, today’s has hit *59* Socialists Must Lead. And we are.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Our passive fundraising makes us helpless passengers, who can only throw each other overboard to stay afloat afloat. When we organize for a party-level economic foundation at the same level we organize for everything else, we'll rise to the next level.

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

We’re proud to announce 2 Groundwork candidates for the NLC Steering Committee! Vote Groundwork to support experienced union organizers committed to building rank-and-file power, growing the Labor Corps, and expanding industry networks in DSA. Let’s organize to win! ✊🪴⚙️

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@GroundworkDSA

5 months

Is Groundwork a caucus? How do we build the most welcoming and democratic DSA yet? What's next for the budget? Is Nithya Raman an SIO? We've spent the last month putting together these answers and more in a MEGA EDITON of our Building Up newsletter! 🛠️🆙

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@GroundworkDSA

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DSA Convention, our highest decision-making body, overwhelmingly voted for DSA to oppose the Republican presidential nominee while maintaining political independence as socialists separate from the Democratic Party. That resolution mandated a process for polling the membership.

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@GroundworkDSA

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If DSA is going to remain a member-driven organization, the NPC must listen to members' record outcry: No Unnecessary Mass Layoffs. Not when we found $420,000 in new income 2 days after the vote! We're proud to join all those making our voices heard:

DSA Members Against Unnecessary Mass Layoffs

***Join the 1,123 members from 102 chapters who have signed on in support!*** On Monday, March 11th, DSA’s National Political Committee voted 10.5 to 6 to pass a resolution that begins the process of...

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@GroundworkDSA

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Seeds have been planted but it’s going to take a lot of groundwork to get to the socialist future we’re fighting for—so we're excited to share that the Groundwork Slate is growing! Join us in welcoming Ashik, @unitingtowin & incumbent NPC member!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

We still have a chance to protect our organizing and economic health. 10 NPC members have just voted to start a process that will end in a devastating mass layoff process that threatens to hamstring our Uncomitted, Palestine, and other work. But it doesn't have to happen.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

The moment the NPC voted to initiate the process to lay off 40% of DSA workers. 10.5 in favor. But it's not over. Solidarity forever.

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

Today we are announcing our slate for Democracy Commission. Vote for these 6 candidates to pass the structural reforms our organization so desperately needs!

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@GroundworkDSA

3 months

In a transformative political moment, DSA members have the right to determine our political direction as democratically as possible. As we approach the question of re-endorsing AOC & Rashida, we are introducing a resolution to enable us to decide together.

For Member-Driven Endorsements, and Beyond — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

The secret behind DSA’s organizing muscle is twofold: our socialist vision, and our member-driven democracy. Together, our membership has built the largest socialist organization in generations, won...

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

📧Delegates, ballots are out! Check your inbox for an email titled “2023 DSA Post-Convention Elections." 🪴We're proud to endorse @ahSHEEK and this incredible slate of organizers, who will do whatever it takes to make DSA's greatest peaks into just the floor of our next era.

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

We're proud to propose 3 amendments to the Convention consensus resolutions, which we believe will provide clarity and solutions towards a socialist future! ✊ We Are Workers 🌹 For a DSA Ready to Move in the Labor Movement 🤝 1% for the 99% Read more and sign on below!

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@GroundworkDSA

6 months

🪴The year isn't over until we've dropped the December issue of our monthly newsletter, Building Up! 🗞️Our latest election updates, organizing wins, calls to action, recipes for not one but *two* @caratobe winter drink sensations, and more!

Building Up: December 2023 - Groundwork DSA — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Welcome to the third issue of Groundwork’s Monthly Newsletter, Building Up. Here we’ll share our perspective about National DSA internal politics and the NPC, as well as highlight efforts Groundwork...

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Our passive fundraising makes us helpless passengers, who can only throw each other overboard to stay afloat afloat. When we organize for a party-level economic foundation at the same level we organize for everything else, we'll rise to the next level.

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@GroundworkDSA

9 months

Wow! Interest for this was higher than we could have possibly imagined! Our Zoom account only allows 100 people, so we are very sorry if you are unable to participate. We will get a better Zoom account and do more events like this going forward.

Groundwork: Socialists Must Lead!

@GroundworkDSA

9 months

Thursday night: Democratic Socialism & Palestine Solidarity! 🌹 🇵🇸 Join Groundwork and friends for an open discussion about strategy and tactics for the current political moment. RSVP:

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@GroundworkDSA

5 months

We are additionally disappointed by the NPC’s refusal to commit to or even discuss an organizing plan in 2024 to prepare for a potential Trump presidency, an essential task to make sure DSA and the socialist movement can survive a second Trump term.

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@GroundworkDSA

9 months

Thursday night: Democratic Socialism & Palestine Solidarity! 🌹 🇵🇸 Join Groundwork and friends for an open discussion about strategy and tactics for the current political moment. RSVP:

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

What does DSA organizing on a shoestring budget mean? In the last month it meant #ListenToMichigan , winning the highest minimum wage in the US and more. But what about with a real budget? What about a DSA with the kind of Class War Chest workers deserve?

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

The NPC didn't just elect @ahSHEEK as interim chair because it's his second term. It's because he's as respected behind the scenes as in spotlight. From enabling Solidarity Dues, to defending our anti-imperialism in the NY Times, Ashik lives what #SocialistsMustLead means daily.

Ashik 🌊🌹⛈

@ahSHEEK

8 months

Socialists love to debate everything. But on one thing, we can all agree: it's our duty to unite the working class, fight for liberation, & win it. I'm running for Co-Chair to do whatever it takes to build a DSA that leads collectively everywhere, every day. #SocialistsMustLead

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@GroundworkDSA

3 months

Solidarity with every @YDSA_ member, @DemSocialists member, and every single person standing up to mass repression in the fight for a Ceasefire, Divestment, and a free Palestine. They are calling in the riot police because they are afraid that this growing movement will win!

Frances

@francesloretta

3 months

This is what the students were doing when the riot cops came to USC to arrest more than 90 people, I took these pics maybe an hour before that. Students were singing, chanting, doing homework on the grass. That’s how afraid they are of students standing up for a free Palestine.

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@GroundworkDSA

5 months

While we do not support endorsing any candidates in the presidential election, we believe that members should have a voice on this question. We believe it is a grave mistake to not utilize this process to develop a consensus position.

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@GroundworkDSA

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This document is the result of a collective, democratic process in our caucus, based on the many years of organizing work of our members. It will guide our work as a caucus going forward.

Tasks & Perspectives — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Learn more about what Groundwork DSA stands for in an uncertain future where organizing helps us win!

www.groundworkdsa.com

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

We are back! To recap: Two days after the Monday mass layoffs vote, the Budget & Finance committee found that DSA's fundraising was so strong, we now have $420,000 😎 more income than thought. The deficit 10 NPCers said justifes mass layoffs is now $420,000 lower than thought.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

The moment the NPC voted to initiate the process to lay off 40% of DSA workers. 10.5 in favor. But it's not over. Solidarity forever.

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

Electoral work isn't just about getting socialists into office or passing laws that help working people, it's about building the infrastructure we need and cohering the working class around the socialist project. Read our full electoral plank here: 🪴🌹

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@GroundworkDSA

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The moment the NPC voted to initiate the process to lay off 40% of DSA workers. 10.5 in favor. But it's not over. Solidarity forever.

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@GroundworkDSA

11 months

Today’s resurgent labor movement is opening more windows of possibility for socialist labor organizing than in generations. DSA deserves a comprehensive strategy to match, based on the variety of labor organizing success chapters are already leading.

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@GroundworkDSA

11 months

Marc and Tefa will continue to be campaign leaders in DSA because it is THE tool we need to win socialism in the US, fight imperialism across the world, and liberate our class from climate annihilation. We are in it for the long haul, and we are so proud of our entire slate!

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

While we appreciate the intent behind the Leadership Pledge, our slate did not believe we could sign while sticking to our principles. We believe it is premature to pledge to follow through on policies before convention votes on them. Read our reasoning:

Groundwork - Pledge and Response

The six members of the Groundwork Slate declined to sign the "Leadership Pledge" created by the Red Star Caucus. We appreciate the intent behind the pledge, which includes a number of points in our...

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

There is no strong socialist movement without a strong labor movement. Our goal must be the merger of these movements into a mass working class party capable of overturning capitalism. We're proud to announce our full Labor Organizing platform plank: 🪴

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

As part of #ListenToMichigan , @detroitdsa helped lead the charge to reach over 100,000 voters--over *ten* times the target, and 13% of the Democratic Primary vote statewide. Showing true organizing muscle, the campaign made over 1 million voter contacts in just three weeks. 💪

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@GroundworkDSA

5 months

Groundwork is committed to upholding and following through on the 2024 electoral strategy approved by delegates at last year's Convention. We unequivocally stand against fascism and will continue to organize to build the left and fight the right.

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

As the ruling class marshals mass media to defame and discredit anyone against genocide, the left, and DSA in particular, correcting the record isn't enough. We must seize the narrative, and use it to make the material truth undeniable. Here, @ahSHEEK sets the bar on how ⇣

Ashik 🌊🌹⛈

@ahSHEEK

8 months

While the attention economy boosts a handful of outliers, most of @DemSocialists 80,000 members judge ourselves by what matters: our organizing to stop genocide in Palestine. In @newrepublic , I wrote about why we must look at the streets, not the tweets:

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

Save the date, meet the slate! Join the Groundwork Slate on Sunday, July 30th at 2pm PT / 5pm ET to meet the candidates, learn about our platform and vision for DSA, and ask us some questions. RSVP: 🌹🪴✊

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@GroundworkDSA

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Love to see so many beautiful Groundworker faces in these photos! Congratulations, comrades!

Metro DC DSA

@mdc_dsa

1 month

It’s no coincidence that Janeese received nearly every single endorsement from community organizations and labor unions across DC. Since day 1, she has been a fierce advocate for tenants, working families, immigrants, and the most vulnerable members of our community.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

On Sunday, we had a record 59 Solidarity Dues Phonebankers! On this Tuesday night, we had... 5️⃣9️⃣ AGAIN! Since the #MarchOfSolidarity began, we've seen 1️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ phonebankers over just *two* phonebanks. Let's keep smashing it and building the DSA we deserve. Build, don't bail!

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@GroundworkDSA

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Last Sunday’s solidarity dues phonebank dipped to 6 people. Through our first #MarchOfSolidarity push, today’s has hit *59* Socialists Must Lead. And we are.

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

🛠🆙 Our second official Building Up! Newsletter hit inboxes today, and is now available online as well. We're delaying some of our usual updates to focus on the fight for Palestine: with words from @ahSHEEK , organizing highlights, and and more.

Building Up: November 2023 - Groundwork DSA — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Welcome to the second issue of Groundwork’s Monthly Newsletter, Building Up. Here we’ll share our perspective about National DSA internal politics and the NPC, as well as highlight efforts Groundwork...

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Meeting starts with a motion by @HanginOutOnline to consider the layoffs proposal before the consensus budget cuts - we believe we should make the cuts we need and know how much we have before considering layoffs. If layoffs are a last resort, they should be last.

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@GroundworkDSA

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@HanginOutOnline "Some believe we can do fundraising to solve this problem. I don't believe that's the case." -NPC Fundraising Committee Chair Sam H-L on why he supports the mass layoff proposal. He also argues that starting the layoff process as soon as possible will lead to the best outcome.

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@GroundworkDSA

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Our Organizing & Economic Health are Inseparable. Here’s How We Protect Both. A proposal for a new, holistic budget process that uses every tool on the table to prioritize our economic foundation, which we plan to propose at tonight's meeting. 📚➡️

Our Organizing & Economic Health are Inseparable. Here’s How We Protect Both. — Groundwork: Towards...

Groundwork has authored a budget resolution we intend to introduce at the next NPC meeting. The resolution has 3 goals: Restore DSA’s economic foundation through a *combination* of increased income...

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@GroundworkDSA

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Our passive fundraising makes us helpless passengers, who can only throw each other overboard to stay afloat afloat. When we organize for a party-level economic foundation at the same level we organize for everything else, we'll rise to the next level.

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@GroundworkDSA

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Understanding that the U.S. working class’s greatest weakness is a lack of working class organization, our guiding principle is class formation. If you agree with our analysis, apply to join Groundwork here:

Join Groundwork — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Discover what an organized socialist future looks like with Groundwork DSA.

www.groundworkdsa.com

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@GroundworkDSA

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We are happy to see so many other great candidates elected from all across DSA's big tent, and we are looking forward to the next two years of organizing together. Congratulations to all on a positive and unifying Convention. Solidarity forever!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

This is the end of the passive fundraising era. Our budget isn’t some side concern, and it isn’t a factional football either. It’s the very economic foundation of our party. And it’s long past time we all organized like it. Starting now ➡️

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@GroundworkDSA

6 months

💯 More and more people are saying it: subscribe to Building Up today! 📬 📬 (And check out our vaaast archives at )

Building Up — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Welcome to Groundwork’s Monthly newsletter, Building Up. Here we’ll share our perspective about National DSA internal politics and the NPC, as well as highlight efforts Groundwork members are doing...

www.groundworkdsa.com

Megan Romer

@meganromer

6 months

1) I love that lots of caucuses/formations are starting to do these updates, it provides a really good-vibes clarity to all of our approaches 2) love the format with chapter hype-pieces especially, inspiring work all over! 2) do whatever @caratobe tells you re: mixology 💯

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@GroundworkDSA

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*Forgot to tag Ali at @alihallalmi ! Fun fact: he is the very "canvasser from the Detroit chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America" mentioned here 📰

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

#ListenToMichigan began with a modest ambition: get 3-5% of the Dem primary vote from key areas to show @POTUS that every day without a Ceasefire is a massive electoral liability in MI The goal was 10,000 uncommitted votes statewide. 📈

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@GroundworkDSA

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📈 The #MarchOfSolidarity is revving up--with 32 Groundwork RSVPs across the 3/10 and 3/12 Solidarity Dues Phonebanks already. We said 100 shifts this month. But how close can we get in just this week? 👀 Sat 3/10 ➡️ Tue 3/12 ➡️

Solidarity Dues Call-a-thon

Let's socialize Solidarity Dues! We're asking members to contribute 1% of your income to DSA as Solidarity Dues. This is common in working class organizations like unions, and it helps ensure we have...

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

So Groundwork is making this month of March a #MarchOfSolidarity 🪴🪴🪴 That means in march Groundwork members are committing to: 💯at least 100 Solidarity Dues Phonebank shifts 💪training enough new phonebank leads to make these phonebanks even more frequent!

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@GroundworkDSA

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The working class faces critical challenges: the climate crisis, the far right, imperialism, declining standards of living, and attacks on women's rights and LGBTQ+ rights. The solution: a mass democratic party of the working class.

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@GroundworkDSA

6 months

“Where can we as an organization have an impact on stopping fascists?” - @Bread_and_Rosie

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

🧵 In less than a day, 550+ DSA members and counting have signed a letter against unnecessary mass layoffs. We hope that members' drive to heal DSA will guide today's NPC meeting, and to see you very soon at 1 ET:

Groundwork: Socialists Must Lead!

@GroundworkDSA

4 months

If DSA is going to remain a member-driven organization, the NPC must listen to members' record outcry: No Unnecessary Mass Layoffs. Not when we found $420,000 in new income 2 days after the vote! We're proud to join all those making our voices heard:

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4 months

So Groundwork is making this month of March a #MarchOfSolidarity 🪴🪴🪴 That means in march Groundwork members are committing to: 💯at least 100 Solidarity Dues Phonebank shifts 💪training enough new phonebank leads to make these phonebanks even more frequent!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

In one hour you--just you--could fund bilingual lit campaign for a campaign, veteran organizers to train 5 chapter field leads, or vital phonebanking infrastructure. In 1000 hours? You could give the words "budget" and "crisis" the kind of clean break every DSA member agrees on.

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@GroundworkDSA

11 months

We are excited to help implement the important items our convention passed, including those that our slate members coauthored to prioritize our GND Building for Power campaign, build our organization with solidarity-based income dues, and run DSA candidates for school boards!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Colleen: While voting for layoffs, people who are getting paid have voted to continue paying themselves. Our YDSA reps, Megan, John, all voted to continue paying themselves. It's unethical. If cuts are urgent as others argued earlier on this call, this is one we should make now

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@francesloretta @clenchner ░M░Y░ ░P░H░O░N░E ░B░A░N░K░ ░I░N░ ░B░I░O░

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

(and maybe we'll even get some answers to the *619* unanswered questions from members to the NPC in the Zoom)

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Motion to end NPC stipends passes 8.5-7.5

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

Voting closes in 2 days for the NLC Steering Committee! Be sure to rank Kelsea and Joshua at the top of your ballots! 🪴🌹

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

We’re proud to announce 2 Groundwork candidates for the NLC Steering Committee! Vote Groundwork to support experienced union organizers committed to building rank-and-file power, growing the Labor Corps, and expanding industry networks in DSA. Let’s organize to win! ✊🪴⚙️

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@GroundworkDSA

2 months

We are heartened by the response to our proposal! We wanted to quickly offer some answers on a few questions we've seen about it: “This timeline is too short!” It does seem like it's too short. We can amend the process to extend the timeline! 🧵⤵️

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@GroundworkDSA

3 months

In a transformative political moment, DSA members have the right to determine our political direction as democratically as possible. As we approach the question of re-endorsing AOC & Rashida, we are introducing a resolution to enable us to decide together.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Groundwork members also lead the charge to pass a Ceasefire Resolution on the Detroit City Council, and in organizing the chapter into the L2M campaign so quickly and effectively. We couldn't be prouder of our Detroit comrades, who are showing what #SocialistsMustLead means. 🔥

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@HanginOutOnline The meeting length is officially extended to 2 hours, by unanimous consent. Even at what may be our most heated moment in history, socialists will always agree on this: more meetings!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Update on income increase, heavily led by Solidarity Dues! "Its logical to make an adjustment in terms of what we expect in monthly income based on what we're seeing in January. We projected around 3.5 million in monthly dues income, 293k a month. We are closer to 328k a month."

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@francesloretta Renee: "I don’t think we should come into this negotiation like a corporate boss. Our workers are also members… they take shit pay because they believe in this org. Our members have overwhelmingly emailed us 300 to 10 begging us to delay this resolution."

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Passing this only starts a 45 day period of bargaining with the union. During this time we can both minimize damage and work towards a far better framework and plan for dealing with our budget than we have seen so far.

Our Organizing & Economic Health are Inseparable. Here’s How We Protect Both. — Groundwork: Towards...

Groundwork has authored a budget resolution we intend to introduce at the next NPC meeting. The resolution has 3 goals: Restore DSA’s economic foundation through a *combination* of increased income...

www.groundworkdsa.com

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

When people decide this, you're going to get a response. When people are worried about members getting upset and making morale happen, you're making that happen. We have a responsibility to be really thoughtful and figure out what we are going to do and how to do it.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

The meeting is still going. Some discussion on how best to vote on consensus budget cuts. Laura says NPC members need more time to consider during the meeting (as far as we know, the NPC had more time to consider these than they did the mass layoff proposal).

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@GroundworkDSA

8 months

@ahSHEEK is running for Co-Chair to do whatever it takes to build a DSA that leads collectively everywhere, every day. Ashik has been a leader in DSA for years, on the forefront of representing our org to the world, pushing us forward, and championing our accomplishments.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

But this must be only the start. From historic MI votes to historic WA wages, the last month has shown how when we combine our uncompromising vision and unstoppable organizing to the masses, we make history. So join us all tomorrow to keep it going! ⤵️

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

🌈Imagine if you could raise over 1000 dollars for the largest US socialist movement in generations, in just one hour! ✋Now stop imagining, and do it! On: 🗓️Saturday, March 10 or 🗓️Tuesday, March 12 📞 #MarchOfSolidarity 🪴🪴🪴

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

Resuming with the conensus cuts process. Reminder that DSA would only need to cut about 111,000 in spending to reach the mass layoffs proposal's target 2024 deficit of ~630,000 ~today~. Yes, we can reach the mass layoffs proposals target deficit for the year with ~no~ layoffs!

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@francesloretta Rose: "Does this mean any number besides 12 is off the table?" Megan: "Yes."

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

There are currently 297 unanswered questions, almost entirely about the mass layoff proposal.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@HanginOutOnline We are being told with over 300 members attending, this is the most attended NPC meeting in history! Let's work so that the next time we beat this record, it's because it's about something we're all *proud* to be a part of.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

For so long we’ve "punched above our weight." But why is our weight a shoestring budget in the first place? With the right rising and center flailing, it’s time to take it to the next level. So this month, we're calling for a March of Solidarity.

2024 Solidarity Income Based Dues Drive National Phonebanks

Let's socialize Solidarity Dues! We're asking members to contribute 1% of your income to DSA as Solidarity Dues. This is common in working class organizations like unions, and it helps ensure we have...

actionnetwork.org

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@francesloretta Motion to appeal, Megan attempts to overrule. Point of order that it must be heard. Amy confirms it must Frances: "I think it's extraordinarily bad faith to say the only number that can leave this body is 12, esp with many questions about the underlying assumption leading to it"

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

The Groundwork slate includes member-leaders from across the country, in chapters both large & small, who are dedicated to winning socialism in the US, fighting imperialism across the world, & liberating our class from the threat of climate annihilation.

The Slate — Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future

Groundwork: Towards a Socialist Future Slate for NPC 2023 includes: Rose DuBois - Tefa Galvis - Frances Gill - Marc Krause - Cara Tobe

www.groundworkdsa.com

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

You think Dues just fell out of a coconut tree? Dues exist in the context of all in which you live and came before you 🤣 🤣

Solidarity Dues Call-a-thon

Let's socialize Solidarity Dues! We're asking members to contribute 1% of your income to DSA as Solidarity Dues. This is common in working class organizations like unions, and it helps ensure we have...

actionnetwork.org

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@francesloretta Ashik as Co-Chair on why he is voting against: "We have heard from many people that this information is not accurate, we know Banking & Finance has not reviewed it, we should refer this to whatever body so we can decide what the basis for this number is."

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@ahSHEEK . @ahSHEEK : I did not run for co-chair with the aim of making someone lose their job. I'm willing to take the cut. And all the cuts on the table can and should be re-evaluated when we succeed with our fundraising goals, which I am very serious about, and we all should be.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

***in a terrible error we also forgot to tag @detroitdsa Electoral Chair and Groundwork member @_cg_h , whose leadership in building the chapter's electoral program and the Vote Uncommitted campaign was equally essential! Mega shout out to Chris!🫡

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@sandra_jon57304 @DemSocialists ░P░H░O░N░E ░B░A░N░K░ ░I░N░ ░B░I░O░

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

Defeating Question A is critical to protect the rights that Maine DSA & Portland tenants spent years fighting for & winning. Its passage would cause rents to skyrocket, making the city even more unaffordable than it already is. From Slate member Rose D:

Commentary: Ballot question on rent in Portland is by landlords and for landlords

Allowing landlords to introduce a new rent after a tenant voluntarily leaves a unit has been proven time and again to harm renters.

www.pressherald.com

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@GroundworkDSA

1 year

3. Give Our 1% For the 99 Percent. Amending the GDC's Consensus Resolution to prioritize membership moving to income-based dues, a new dues method which can provide financial stability and grow our organizing capacity nationally and locally.

Give Your 1% for the 99%

GIVE OUR 1% FOR THE 99 PERCENT AMENDMENT TO GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: GDC 2023 CONVENTION RESOLUTION Authors: Rose D. (Maine), Frances G. (Los Angeles), Tefa G. (New York City), Marc Krause...

docs.google.com

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

@ahSHEEK stacks for: I've appreciated getting a salary to do this full time. This is more money than I've ever made in salary. I think we should show some skin in the game if we're moving ahead with cuts & layoffs of current staff, we should be willing to make personal sacrifice.

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

But in another way, we are barely scratching the surface. The tools only build what we need if we organize to use them. Our last Solidarity Dues phonebank had about a dozen attendees. We commend them! But a dozen's not enough to build a Class War Chest that can handle AIPAC.

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@GroundworkDSA

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1. We Are Workers: DSA in a Resurgent Labor Movement. Amending the NLC's Consensus Resolution to ensure our labor strategy applies to the entirety of DSA's membership - unionized or otherwise.

We are Workers, DSA in a Resurgent Labor Movement - Amendment to NLC Resolution

WE ARE WORKERS: DSA IN A RESURGENT LABOR MOVEMENT AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL LABOR COMMISSION: OUR ROLE IN A RESURGENT LABOR MOVEMENT Authors: Frances G. (Los Angeles), Marc Krause (Los Angeles) >> SIGN...

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@GroundworkDSA

4 months

We will organize to build support to pass this plan at the NPC Meeting on 3/17 or ASAP, and work to win a majority of NPC members to it. We can still work for DSA that spends the next months working together to hit a economic goal instead of fighting each other over layoffs.

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