Ari Zeren
@arizeren.bsky.social
@twincitiesdsa.org 🌹 @groundworkdsa.com 🪴. Abolish ICE (he/him).
"the moment you compromise the rights of a trans person in America, you compromise the rights of every citizen in America" - AOC quite healing to hear a single politician actually articulate this basic basic point
More Perfect University@mpuniversity.bsky.social · 2d agoTrans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that? AOC:
This is a non-starter if you want to do anything at all. Housing, education, healthcare just not happening without more revenue
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 5d agoAmy Klobuchar said she will not raise taxes to try to balance the state’s budget if elected governor, a position that is at odds with more progressive legislators at the Minnesota Capitol.
My colleagues and I are bringing forward a resolution calling on Minneapolis Public Schools to delay the vote on their plan that will close 16 schools across the city, including Field Elementary. This plan will be really destabilizing for our communities. MPS do the right thing!
This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant?
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w agoBREAKING: Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
Link to full reflection!: www.groundworkdsa.com/building-up/...
Groundwork NPC Reflections on One Year: KAreem e. — Groundwork
In the next few days, Groundwork’s NPC members will be publishing reflections of their term thus far on DSA's highest leadership body. Next up is Kareem, who discusses the differences between his two ...
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Groundwork’s NPC members are continuing their reflections on their term thus far. Next up is Kareem, who discusses the differences between his two terms, why cross tendency political communication can often feel strained and alienated, and the state of his sports fandoms. Link below!
@twincitiesdsa.org will be discussing the 2028 Presidential election at our October 3rd General Meeting: twincitiesdsa.org/october-2026... I put together some thoughts on Palestine organizing, what it will take to end the genocide, and why DSA should endorse AOC. drive.google.com/file/d/1xQWW...
October 2026 General Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 Check-in Time: 11:30 am Meeting Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: Minneapolis Central Library – Pohlad Hall S-280, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401 …
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Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Canada succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics giant labornotes.org/2026/09/cana...
Canadian Walmart Workers Make History: A Union Contract
Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics g...
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Earlier this week, Jacobin released a report detailing how we can win the working class. But their definition of working class is flawed and leads them to justify reactionary views on social issues. @danielgoulden.bsky.social reviews for Power Map. powermapmag.substack.com/p/why-does-j...
Why Does Jacobin Sound Like Third Way?
We can do better than this.
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Last Sunday, GW's NPC members voted for the NPC to decide on a potential presidential endorsement by March 2027— following the precedent by which DSA endorsed Bernie Sanders in 2020. Our statement on the vote is below:
RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley. Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
Centrist Democrats are building a SuperPAC-funded flood of racist attacks, and making it their main tool against left candidates like Zohran Mamdani, Melat Kiros, and Abdul El-Sayed. @blimpjuice.bsky.social tracks this strategy's rise, and how to fight back. powermapmag.substack.com/p/the-democr...
The Democratic Establishment Is Getting Really Racist
For Democratic leadership, spending millions in racist ads is fine if it’s against the left
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moulton is a good example of someone who fucked up his career because he misread 2024. many such cases.
John Cluverius@johncluverius.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn 2024, Moulton said he didn't want his daughters, then 3 and 6, to be "run over on the playing by a formerly male athlete." the in-town soccer league they would have been eligible to play in WAS COED AT THE TIME. Oh, and he gave an absolute loser non-apology about it.
Are you a DSA member? Do you have normal politics? If so sign the DSA for AOC petition. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition: DSA for AOC!
2028 is an unprecedented opportunity for Democratic Socialism. Together we can win an Arms Embargo, push for Medicare For All and a Green New Deal, and start a Third Reconstruction. Let's keep buildin...
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A Minnesota defendant warns that authoritarian governments can criminalize effective, lawful organizing, as prosecutors cite meeting moderation, fundraising, social-media posts, and Signal chats as conspiracy evidence.
Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns
Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
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“I am heading into my first budget session with a clear goal: invest in our communities like they have invested in our city.
Soren Stevenson: As Frey considers painful cuts, Minneapolis is overspending on police
Residents are bracing for cuts to critical services and yet another property tax hike in the mayor’s 2027 city budget, the Ward 8 council member writes.
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The same policy passed in Duluth last year, and has been working fine so far. Thanks to CMs Kim and Yang for standing up for renters.
Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press)@frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3mo agoBLOCKED!: “Right to Repair” — (you as a tenant would be able to reimburse yourself up to half your rent if you handle your own home repairs) — got enough signatures to make it to St. Paul’s November ballot. City Council blocked it anyway yesterday. Here's why. www.twincities.com/2026/08/06/s...
Waterfront property in Minnesota’s most valuable neighborhood.
elliot hughes@elliotshughes.bsky.social · 3mo agoA Star Tribune spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the company reached a deal with Legacy Investing, the firm that transformed part of downtown’s Sleep Number Building into a data center for artificial intelligence and cloud computing:
North Loop, welcome to the war on data centers
elliot hughes@elliotshughes.bsky.social · 3mo agoA Star Tribune spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the company reached a deal with Legacy Investing, the firm that transformed part of downtown’s Sleep Number Building into a data center for artificial intelligence and cloud computing:
It would be a disaster if this became a data center, Minneapolis its time to start organizing our neighbors against the big tech tech takeover.
elliot hughes@elliotshughes.bsky.social · 3mo agoA Star Tribune spokesman on Wednesday confirmed the company reached a deal with Legacy Investing, the firm that transformed part of downtown’s Sleep Number Building into a data center for artificial intelligence and cloud computing:
bruh, you cannot, must not look away when they trying to sell you $31 million in police overtime (to an already bloated $230 million budget), sell you a "mysterious" $30 mil budget deficit and need for you to pony up more cash. You should be outraged. You should demand better.
5 Eyewitness News@kstptv.bsky.social · 3mo agoMinneapolis leaders are weighing budget cuts and a possible property tax increase as the city faces a $30 million shortfall.
I am extremely troubled by the amount of standby pay issued to MPD officers during Operation Metro Surge. MPD data shows some officers were paid nearly 24 hours per day for 32 days straight, while dozens were paid 8-12 extra hours each day while we stood out in the cold protecting our neighbors. 1/
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 6mo agoThe Minneapolis Police Department is on pace to blow its budget by over $23 million this year — well beyond the extra overtime racked up during the federal immigration crackdown.
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
NPC members Eleanor B. and Frances G. visited GWers on the ground in Milwaukee to canvass for @francescahongwi.bsky.social for Governor! Fran and DSA have the opportunity to prove the appetite for socialist politics is building not just in blue cities but in battleground states in the Midwest!
In Frey’s Minneapolis, police defund you
Getting Gophery@gettinggophery.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe entire gap is excessive police overtime
I am proud to be a @twincitiesdsa.org member, and one of two Democratic Socialists serving in the Minnesota Senate. I have the joy of representing District 62 – the heart of South Minneapolis, and I'm honored to have earned our DSA chapter’s endorsement in my re-election campaign.
James I., GW member and NYC-DSA Steering rep from the Bronx/Upper Manhattan, has been with Team Darializa since the beginning. He joined her kitchen cabinet in December when Darializa was seeking DSA endorsement, and was a strong advocate for demonstrating how her campaign fit GW's theory of change.
