Speaking Out Against the Anti-Trans Ohio DOH Rules

Trans Activists Post with Signs and a DSA Cleveland Flag at the Ohio Department of Health Meeting Where Public Comment Was Made Against the Anti-Trans Administrative Rules

Yesterday the Ohio Department of Health hosted its last round of public comment on the proposed administrative rules that restrict trans healthcare. We rallied outside of the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and spoke with the workers and bureaucrats who will be asked to implement these rules if/when they come to pass as soon as … Read more

Opening Remarks from our Chapter Convention

Last weekend, on February 24, 2024, Cleveland DSA held its second Chapter Convention. Below are the opening remarks from Chapter Secretary Damion A. The Cleveland Democratic Socialists of America seeks to facilitate the transition to a truly democratic and socialist society, one in which the means and resources of production are democratically and socially controlled. … Read more

Against Genocide in Gaza

A statement from Cleveland DSA’s Steering Committee The Steering Committee of Cleveland DSA joins Jewish Voice For Peace in calling on all people of conscience to oppose genocide in Gaza. We grieve the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives this past week. At the same time we know that the war on Gaza did not … Read more

DSA Convention Reflection #3 – Koby P

This past August, Cleveland DSA sent our 7 delegates to the National Convention. Our Education Committee asked these delegates to write up reflections on their experience, which will appear here over the next month. This round we have longstanding Cle DSA’er and defacto Roberts-Ruler Koby P: It cannot be overstated how the scope and content … Read more

DSA Convention Reflection #2 – Kevin N

This past August, Cleveland DSA sent our 7 delegates to the National Convention. Our Education Committee asked these delegates to write up reflections on their experience, which will appear here over the next month. Our next reportback is from Kevin N, who also serves on Chapter Steering! I’m not sure if I really knew what … Read more

DSA National Convention Reflection #1 – Julie C

This past August, Cleveland DSA sent our 7 delegates to the National Convention. Our Education Committee asked these delegates to write up reflections on their experience, which will appear here over the next month. What follows is the first of these, from our comrade Julie C: I have been a member of my local mid-sized … Read more

Our Pride: a Starbucks Workers Strike and the LGBT Movement

“I recognize at the outset that there’s some irony to a non-coffee drinking Mormon, conservative, defending a Democrat candidate for president, and perhaps one of the most liberal companies in America.” — Senator Mitt Romney to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, as the latter testified before the Senate in March 2023 “No that’s the bottom … Read more

Change is Hard Work

This essay was inspired by a meeting with several organizers after I had been fairly MIA from my DSA chapter for a while. It is extremely refreshing to be doing tough work with people who understand the need for every person to step back from time to time, and to have others ready and willing … Read more

Students for Justice in Palestine Win Big at Case Western

Earlier this month, the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) made history by successfully passing an expansive disinvestment bill through the student government. The bill, which passed 35-17-7, calls for CWRU to “fully divest its assets in Israeli apartheid, the international military-industrial complex, and the international prison-industrial complex”. … Read more

CHOP: A Big Deal

Cleveland DSA’s priority campaign “Cleveland Housing Organizing Project” (CHOP) may come to a close by a vote at Cleveland DSA’s November General Meeting. If members choose to continue the campaign, it will likely continue in a reduced scope – a canvassing-only project. CHOP has certainly been the biggest and longest-term project in our chapter’s history … Read more