Oct 26, 2024 | Labor, Quad-City Worker
The Management of Power by Leaders of Both Movement and Business Unions by See Double Union membership has statistically been shown to raise wages, increase benefits and make lives better for the people that vote “Union Yes.” However, the inner workings of a union are...
Oct 26, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
Hear from our members on why they joined DSA! “I joined the Democratic Socialists of America because I believe it is morally correct to expand democracy into all aspects of life, including the economic sphere. Today, unless you’re a capitalist, you have no...
Oct 26, 2024 | Political Education, Quad-City Worker
by Meagan R It is a truth universally acknowledged that a reader delving into a fantasy novel must be in want of a few things: rich worldbuilding (by which I mean a map at the start of the book), sexual tension you could cut with a knife (bonus points if it’s queer),...
Oct 26, 2024 | Mutual Aid, Quad-City Worker
by Josh L. Hello! My name is Josh L. and I’m currently one of the co-chairs of the Quad Cities DSA’s Mutual Aid Working Group. I wanted to take a bit of time to discuss our canvassing efforts concerning the profusion of little, free pantries throughout the Quad...
Jul 27, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
by Jenna I. it’s not you, it’s CAPITALI$M: why it’s time to break up and how to move on by Malaika Jabali delivers a clear and easy to understand message, capitalism is failing us in the USA and it is time for something different. That something different is...
Jul 27, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
By Sarah E. WORKING FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND FINDING OUT MOST THE ORG DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE PART THAT IS SAVING LIVES is like funhouse mirrors of ideology, confusingly straight forward platitudes. On paper it makes sense. We do the work, we...
Jul 27, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
By Andrew D The word capitalism is familiar, but poorly described, in our society. You can’t talk about socialism without first talking about capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production. The means of...
Jul 27, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
From Karl Marx submitting his first article to The Rheinische Zeitung, to Russian workers printing Pravda in defiance of the Tzar, and to the first issue of The Black Panther introducing a new generation to revolutionary thought, socialists have had a long and storied...
Jul 27, 2024 | Quad-City Worker
The Quad-City Worker is a new quarterly publication by Quad Cities DSA! A continuation of the The Tri-City Workers’ Magazine published by the Socialist Party of America a century ago, The Quad-City Worker seeks to popularize socialist politics and inform the...
Jun 7, 2023 | Housing Justice
Quad Cities DSA hearts go out to the families of Brandon Colvin, Ryan Hitchcock, and Daniel Prien. The lives of these three were taken by the negligence of Andrew Wold, after testimony from tenants and contractors expressed the dangerous conditions of the 324 Main...
