NYC DSAers are joining a rally of public employees and trade unionists at City Hall to demand a stop to service cuts, layoffs and privatization.  Then we’ll head to a local bar for some comradely drinks.  Can you come?

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By Steve Max There is no immigration problem. There is a labor problem, a worker problem, a jobs and wages problem. There is nothing that is being said about immigrant workers today that wasn’t being said about native-born American workers until only a few decades ago. “Black people coming up from the South will take [...]

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Today, a group of 55 New York-based immigrants’ rights, civil rights and social justice organizations–including NYC DSA–urged NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly to break his silence and publicly condemn, SB1070, Arizona’s anti-immigrant law.  Here’s the letter:

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By Maria Svart Domestic workers (nannies and others) in New York State could finally be on their way to winning basic labor protections.  These workers, as well as agricultural workers, are largely people of color, and have  always been excluded from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  The NLRA was created under the Franklin Roosevelt [...]

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Calling all comrades…

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