Verso End of Year Sale – Book Recs!

Author: Mack B. Hey all! Verso is having an end of the year sale – if you buy five books they are all 50% off. They have a lot of great reads so I wanted to recommend five for those who are interested in the discount. The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on … Read more

Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Calendar: 12/6-12/16

Author: Mike B A multigenerational, intersectional hub for Palestine organizing in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. VisionA free Palestine as part of a liberated world. MissionMobilize and organize the greater Cleveland community to elevate the visibility of Palestine and put material and political pressure on the occupation. Save The Dates OFF DEC 23 & DEC 30First … Read more

Theory and Individual Politics in a Collective Movement

Author: Andrew O. “Theory” may be the most misused and misunderstood term on the left today. The popular understanding of theory, as simply things written in books, is deeply harmful to our movement. This understanding leaves the impression that theory is an object locked behind the elitist walls of academia, to be known of and … Read more

Immigrant Solidarity Priority Project

Author: Barbie A Day in and day out, more and more people are disappearing off of the streets of our communities. From migrants going in for routine immigration check ins and being detained, being targeted in traffic stops, being sought out on their way to work, or out right having their paperwork revoked from them … Read more

Revolutionary Optimism and Why You Should Kill the Doomer Inside You

Author: Mike ZThings aren’t the best right now. I think we can probably all agree on that. The Trump administration is seemingly speed running the dismantling of our civil liberties while nakedly attacking any opposition of any kind. He’s declared war on anyone even remotely to the left of his positions with with broad and … Read more

DSA’s Success: Lakewood Passes First-of-its-Kind “Gender Freedom Policy”

From the beginning, the Trans Liberation Priority Project has put on its agenda passing trans sanctuary city legislation in the cities of Lakewood and Cleveland.Lakewood is our first success. The Cleveland DSA Chapter first submitted draft legislation to the City of Lakewood in April 2025 and showed up in support of this at a city … Read more

DSA is an Anti-Zionist Organization!

Author: Megan R One of the most contentious and confusing debate blocks at the 2025 Convention was the international section, specifically deliberation on the resolution titled For a Fighting Anti-Zionist DSA (R22) and the agendized amendment titled Align With the BDS Movement (R22-A01). For context to anyone who is not plugged into DSA’s founding story: … Read more

A Positive Vision for DSA Cleveland

Author: Andrew O It is impossible to organize without a positive vision of the future. Placing a point on the horizon allows us to steer our ship towards that guiding star. I do not speak for the chapter here, but for myself and in hopes of spurring comrades to think about and voice their own … Read more

Trans Liberation Priority Project: Protecting Lives and Rights of a Community Under Threat

Even before Donald Trump became president for a second time and began enacting a systematic attack on LGBTQ+ people—trans and nonbinary people especially—their lives and rights were at risk. Across the U.S., state after state under GOP leadership has begun doing everything they can to strip away hard-earned rights to privacy, personhood, and life-saving, gender-affirming … Read more