BY ED FELIEN The DFL will hold an endorsing convention for mayor, Board of Estimate and Taxation and nine Park Board seats on Saturday, July 8, at the downtown Minneapolis Convention Center. There are four leading candidates for mayor: Betsy Hodges is the incumbent. She hasn’t raised a lot of…
BY ED FELIEN There is a hunger in all of us for community. The impulse is older than human understanding. We long to be part of the tribe, to feel the comfort, to know the security, to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We were family, then clan, then tribe, then…
BY ED FELIEN Our Revolution (OR), the young radicals from the Bernie Sanders campaign, has dug in and is determined to sweep conservative Democrats and the Northside Machine out of City Hall. Ward 1: OR-endorsed Jill Pessenda led on all ballots and ended up with 51% before the Convention adjourned…
BY IAN RINGGENBERG As a rapidly growing organization, the Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has brought in many young members who are new to activism and labor organizing. Whereas once it would be assumed that a group of socialists concerned with labor issues would be dominated by union…
BY ADAM MICHAEL SCHENCK Admit it. Donald J. Trump is a remarkable person. Now read this: For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the…
BY LILY KEIRE, ORMN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution MN (ORMN) DFL endorsed candidates at the March 4th DFL State Central Committee meeting. By working to get progressive candidates in office at all levels of government, ORMN seeks to create a progressive Minnesota that works for ALL people. These candidates are progressives…
BY ED FELIEN We won a tremendous victory at Standing Rock. Probably because of tremendous popular pressure, Obama ordered the Corps of Engineers not to approve the permit to allow the pipeline to cross the Missouri River at the location they intended. The pipeline company is confident that Trump will…
BY CHRISTINE, OUR REV MN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution Minnesota (ORMN) will definitely be involved in the Minneapolis city elections next year. We will be endorsing and volunteering for candidates, including mayor, park board, City Council and more. We’re still growing rapidly with new members at every meeting, and new chapters…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE “Don’t mourn, organize!” –Joe Hill, before being shot by a Utah firing squad Approximately 700 activists and former Bernie Sanders for President supporters gathered at St. Peter’s AME Church in South Minneapolis on Sunday, Nov. 13. The three-hour-long meeting, starting at 1 p.m., was called “Trump,…
