We are democratic socialists organizing in mid-MO for a society based on human need instead of corporate greed. Join using the link below! ๐ต๐ธ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโ
Hawk Tuah just went viral for explaining why a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick days benefit everyone.
"Actually, increasing the minimum wage strengthens local economies and helps close the income inequality gap, while paid sick days reduce public health risks."
Tonight nearly 70 socialists met to inaugurate our new organizing committee, soon to be chapter. We had a tremendous meeting, full of enthusiastic collaborations and ideas for how to take action.
A better world is possible, and it's going to start in the middle of Missouri.
Unfortunately, Amendment 3 will not guarantee taxpayer funded abortion or gender transition surgery. Thatโs why you should vote for Amendment 3 AND join DSA so we can keep fighting for those things and more!
๐งต Another reason to Vote
#NoOn3
โthe Socialist Party supports Amendment 3.
Socialists want more government control of the economyโand increased burdens on taxpayers.
Amendment 3 = Socialism = Taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries (even on children) and abortion-on-demand.
The votes are in and the people of Missouri have spoken! We knew Proposition A was wrong for Missouri and you, along with thousands of other working Missourians, helped drive that point home by voting to reject Prop A!
The fact that
#TransDayOfVisibility
and
#CesarChavezDay
fall on the same day serves as a reminder that the struggles of all oppressed people are inextricably linked. Being a socialist and a comrade means standing for all those struggling for freedom, equality, and justice.
Mid-Missouri DSA will have its first meeting on Thursday, July 26th, at 7 PM at Daniel Boone Regional Library (
@dbrl
) in Columbia. If you're ready to see a full-fledged
@DemSocialists
chapter in our region, or just curious about democratic socialism, please join us!
This incredible victory would not have been possible without the tireless work of our DSA comrades in Columbus and across Ohio. Missouri is next, and DSA will be on the front lines of that fight too. We will fight, we will win. Join us.
The people fought. The world won. We're under no illusion that the struggle for reproductive justice ends here. But tonight, we celebrate. And if you canvassed, phonebanked, or in any other way volunteered for Issue 1, know we are celebrating *you*.
Hi comrades! Our chapter is based in Columbia, which has a little over 100,000 residents, and is near Jefferson City, which has about 45,000. What are some success stories from chapters in similarly-sized communities? We want to hear about goals to which we can aspire!
Columbia, Missouri โผ๏ธToday we demonstrate our opposition to war criminal Netanyahuโs address to Congress. Join us at the Keyhole from 12-4pm and at Broadway and Providence from 4-6pm.
On this week, July, 1877 - St. Louis workers staged the nation's first general strike, in support of striking railroad workers. A coalition of Black and white workers briefly took over the city, creating the first workers soviet in the history of the US.
Congratulations to
@SeattleDSA
members and
@RTWRenton
for a hard fought victory tonight to Raise the Wage in Renton WA. Organizing gets the goods!
Stay tuned for more on how this victory was won.
This is Lauri Carleton.
She was killed at her shop in Lake Arrowhead, CA for displaying the pride flag.
This is the danger of the onslaught of homophobia & transphobia weโre seeing across the country.
We wonโt forget Lauri or her commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights.
100%. Weโre so proud of the way our comrades in
@stlouisdsa
fought every step of the way. And, while this loss truly hurts, we canโt wait to keep working with them to build a better state, country, and world!
there is a lot to discuss and think about over the coming weeks, but i want one thing to be immensely clear: the electoral leaders in
@stlouisdsa
put on an inspiring effort, basically from the ground up and were one of the only orgs that were involved from day 1
MidMo DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
members are lining up to speak on behalf of the Columbia LGBTQ+ Sanctuary City Ordinance, written by YDSA members. Let's do this!
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Weโre at MidMO PrideFest on St. James St. again today! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Come by from noon to six to learn about Amendment 3 & Prop A and show your support for reproductive and workersโ rights. ๐ช๐น
@organizeworkers
@DemSocialists
This weekend, MidMo DSA delivered hundreds of dollars of toiletries and other supplies to striking UAW workers in Wentzville. We were proud to then join those workers,
@MizzouYDSA
,
@stlouisdsa
, and
@SBWUStLouis
on the picket line. Solidarity forever!
Another two hour shift of MidMo DSA volunteers, another 100+ signatures toward putting a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick leave on the ballot. We are building direct democracy and a Missouri that works for all! Join us!
Let's talk a little bit about how the sausage gets made. ๐งต
MidMO DSAers are, simply put, the best canvassers in the state. We are gathering 90+ signatures every week of this campaign, with a validity rate of 75%, 15% higher than average signature campaigns. (1/5)
Another two hour shift of MidMo DSA volunteers, another 100+ signatures toward putting a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick leave on the ballot. We are building direct democracy and a Missouri that works for all! Join us!
We will be driving in to St. Louis on Sunday to canvass for
@CoriBush
as she fends off her AIPAC-funded primary challenger. If you would like to come with us on Sunday or phone bank some other time before August 6, please sign up here:
Proud to see that Missouri will be sending three uncommitted delegates to the Democratic convention โ and that one in five Boone County voters voted "uncommitted" to tell Joe Biden the war in Gaza must end.
As your timeline fills with photos from the DNC, remember the power of the Not Another Bomb Weekend of Action.
While Democratic officials gather in Chicago, we say
#NotAnotherBomb
!
The rough count is in. Between MidMO DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
, we gathered more than 500 signatures today for paid sick leave and a living wage! DSA is here to fight for working people, and we are here to goddamn win.
"Big, Gay Smiles Everyone!"
Awesome turnout of MidMo DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
at Columbia Pride. We are going to win a livable wage and paid sick leave, but more importantly: We are going to win! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐น
@MizzouYDSA
members are here giving incredible testimony on behalf of the LGBTQ+ Sanctuary City Ordinance. We will not let hatred and ignorance win the day. Columbia is our home, and we are here to fight for it. ๐น๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
MidMO DSA,
@MizzouYDSA
, and community supporters waited *four hours* for the first read of the LGBTQ+ Sanctuary City Ordinance that we helped develop for Columbia. We are committed to building a community for all!
we spent the weekend knocking doors for abortion rights and raising the wage in Missouri!
can we count on you to join us on doors in September?
@Missourians4CF
@mohealthyfam
We are so back! Just one volunteer today for our shift at the farmers market gathered 70 signatures in just two hours toward a $15 minimum wage and paid sick leave for all workers. Let's do this! ๐ช
MidMo DSA members are here today at the SOS office to join our partners in turning over 210K signatures to put a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick leave on the ballot this November. We gathered *thousands* of signatures for this, and we are here to see it to the end!
Midmo DSA members are back at it at the farmers market, gathering signatures to put a $15 min wage and paid sick leave for all workers on the ballot. More than 150 signatures in just two hours, Columbia you are amazing!
Had our first speaker attack DSA specifically for crafting this ordinance, thank you for highlighting our support for a "militant labor movement" and our book club study of Robert Paxton's Anatomy of Fascism. Die mad, loser
In 2015, MU Health Care ended referral privileges to Planned Parenthood, ending legal abortion in Mid-Missouri even when it was legal. Today the MU admin once again willingly capitulates to far-right extremists. They are pathetic cowards
Youth already receiving gender-affirming care at MU Health Care will no longer be able to receive puberty blockers or hormones, despite the new law that allows them to continue the care.
Today, Mid-Missouri DSA wants to recognize everybody who helped pass Columbia's trans sanctuary city legislation. Together, we can prove that our solidarity is stronger than the bigotry and intolerance of politicians in Jefferson City.
#TransDayofAction
We are out here gathering signatures to bring reproductive rights back to the state of Missouri! A dozen signatures from each of us in just the first hour, LFG! ๐น๐ช
Well, we made the paper. But the question this headline asks is the wrong one. Will Mid-Missouri DSA energize Democrats or Republicans? Who cares? We're here to energize - and organize! - socialists!
Today, some of our members joined folks from
@stlouisdsa
and
@kansascitydsa
to knock doors for
@CoriBush
. Thank you to everyone who came out with us! DSA will continue to work across this state and across this country to build a democracy and economy that works for ALL of us!
For folks curious about this campaign, we are doing this statewide in collaboration with
@MOJwJ
,
@stlouisdsa
, and
@kansascitydsa
. MidMo DSA set ourselves a goal to gather 3,000 signatures. We are just below half that goal, with half the campaign time left! But we need your help!
Midmo DSA members are back at it at the farmers market, gathering signatures to put a $15 min wage and paid sick leave for all workers on the ballot. More than 150 signatures in just two hours, Columbia you are amazing!
MidMO DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
members have joined with dozens of fellow community activists to voice our support for this ordinance. We have been here now for three hours, and we'll be here as long as we need to be. We will win.
TONIGHT weโre celebrating Sami, co-chair of Mizzou YDSA. She is being honored at the City Council meeting for her work in advocacy and disability rights. Sheโs up for the Graham Memorial Award for her tireless work on the Healthy Families Fair Wages ballot initiative. ๐งต
How it started โก๏ธ How itโs going โ
The initiative petition we helped gather signatures for is going to be on the ballot this November! Vote YES on Amendment 3. Vote YES to enshrine the right to abortion, Missouri!
"Big, Gay Smiles Everyone!"
Awesome turnout of MidMo DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
at Columbia Pride. We are going to win a livable wage and paid sick leave, but more importantly: We are going to win! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐น
Massive turnout! Supporters of
@dbrlworkers
have filled the board meeting room and are stretching out into the hall and the second floor lobby. Columbia, you are an amazing union town!
Democrats, please, please donโt lose your minds and rush to the socialist left. This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. Americaโs great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.
We won't dignify them with photos but the naked bigotry on display from the people here to speak against this ordinance is shocking. To the LGBTQ+ folks hearing the hateful words from these freaks, know that you are loved, that we have your back, and that we will win ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐น
MidMO DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
are proud to stand alongside the Mizzou workers of
@LiUNALocal955
in their fight for better pay, better working conditions, and stability in the workplace. Union Strong!!
๐จSolidarity Needed! ๐จ
Please join us tomorrow, Thurs Aug. 10 at 6pm at the Columbia Public Library Virginia Young room to show support for
@dbrlworkers
, the first library workers union in Missouri history. Please see their statement in the attached ๐งต!
DBRL Workers United is disappointed in the Library Managementโs refusal to make movement on proposals that will best support DBRL staff and patrons. (1/6)
Today, we stood in solidarity with MU workers demanding an end to outsourcing, unfair parking fees, and cuts to paid time off. โ Mizzou runs on its workers, and they deserve better!
@LiUNALocal955
Washington University cited MU Health's decision to end gender affirming care as an influence. Just like during the abortion fight, cowardly capitulation to the far-right by MU Health is destroying access to healthcare across the state
Washington University joined University of Missouri Health as the latest provider of care to transgender minors to announce it is canceling pre-existing prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormone-replacement therapy.
#moleg
#mogov
via
@AnneliseHanshaw
Massive turnout! Supporters of
@dbrlworkers
have filled the board meeting room and are stretching out into the hall and the second floor lobby. Columbia, you are an amazing union town!
Coming to the end of Day 2 of the Shangri-La Dispensary strike. Empty parking lot as car after car turns away in support. COLUMBIA IS A UNION TOWN!
#solidarity
Tomorrow is your opportunity to vote "Uncommitted" in Missouri's Democratic presidential primary to send a message that the US-funded slaughter in Gaza must end.
Voting runs from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is open non-Republican registered voters.
Across the country, people are voting Uncommitted in the Democratic primary to show their support for a ceasefire in Gaza. St. Louis DSA urges our Missouri members to vote Uncommitted this Saturday! You can find a voting site here
Very striking that Erica Pefferman (running for 4th ward) and Randy Minchew (running for mayor) weren't willing to repeat their past statements about public waste privatization when face to face with solid waste workers at the
@MOJwJ
town hall.
Shout-out to the remarkable courage of the people who are speaking out against the hateful anti-trans legislation being discussed today, including multiple members of
@MizzouYDSA
Celebrating 25 years of
@MOJwJ
with
@MizzouYDSA
๐ Weโve worked with Mid Mo JWJ on the Neighborhood Pledge and continue to fight for Healthy Families, Fair Wages, and Restoring Abortion Rights in Missouri. Hereโs to many more years of solidarity! ๐นโ
We still have a few sheets floating in so this isn't a final count, but we wanted to go ahead and announce: MidMO DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
have officially collected over *1,000* signatures this weekend to put a livable wage and paid sick leave on the ballot!!
The rough count is in. Between MidMO DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
, we gathered more than 500 signatures today for paid sick leave and a living wage! DSA is here to fight for working people, and we are here to goddamn win.
The right seeks to destroy our public services like libraries and to push LGBT+ people out of public life entirely. They are pursuing these goals openly here in Missouri. We must unite as working people to fight back against these fascist creeps.
Thank you
@ChicagoDSA
and
@MWSocialist
! This would never have been possible without our comrades and coalition partners in
@MizzouYDSA
and
@MOJwJ
. Our victories are victories for the working people of Columbia, and we're just getting started ๐๐น๐ช
This campaign, led by
@MizzouYDSA
in partnership with MidMo DSA and The Center Project, will ensure that Columbia holds true to its progressive values and remains a place of safety and support for our LGBTQ+ Community. We will win! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐น
MU's branch of Young Democratic Socialists of America has prepared a proposal that would declare Columbia as a sanctuary city for the LGBTQ+ community. Find out details of the proposal on KOMU 8 News at 6.
Our chapter has been honored to stand with the incredible librarians and library workers of
@dbrlworkers
. Congratulations to them on this incredible victory. Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong! ๐๐น๐
#UnionStrong
#libraries
MidMo DSA is out on the picket line with the striking workers of Shangri-La Dispensary, where 9 employees have been fired or suspended for trying to unionize. JOIN US!
#Solidarity
MidMo DSA and
@MizzouYDSA
members were proud to once again show our solidarity with the amazing library workers of
@dbrlworkers
. Next week, they will create the first unionized library system in the history of our state. Solidarity Forever! ๐๐น๐
#UnionStrong
In the same time period that Mun Choi's salary was increased to $1 Million, the university cut time off for all staff and faculty by 10 days, laid off 200 employees, and closed the university print shop, all in the name of "cost-cutting."
MU chancellor and UM System president Mun Choi's pay package has quietly approach $1 million through decisions made in a series of closed-door curator meetings.
Read the investigative report from our news partners at the
@CoMissourian
: