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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012



Add me for IL (Peoria).

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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Ace of Baes posted:

The DSA is getting really overwhelmed from massive amounts of people joining, I talked to someone at a DSA social event who order buttons shortly after christmas and still hasn't gotten them. If you talk to your chapter chair or whoever they can call the national office and have them expedite or w.e., especially if its for a new chapter.

Is there a good way to see if there's enough membership in one's area to justify a local chapter? I imagine Chicago is really feeling the stress since the HoI is a DSA desert right now.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Dues paying IL DSA guy here, please notice me, OP.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I appreciate the add.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Just got a big fat envelope from the DSA. I hope it's my badge and gun.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I'm just joking.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


HorseRenoir posted:

DSA member Khalid Kamau just won his race for South Fulton City Council

https://twitter.com/OurPoliticalRev/status/854511300201861122

Ah that makes me happy.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Grand Prize Winner posted:

am i watching the dsa have its first split

Naw.

I loving hope not.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012



Noice.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


News sites are definitely shying away from her IWW and socialist ties.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Zoracle Zed posted:

Serious question, what ties? There's been a ton of unsubstantiated claims she was an IWW member, but nothing definitive. AFAIK all we have to go on is a Bernie Sanders picture from her facebook page or something like that.

My mistake, I was going off an early report that does not appear to be accurate.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I love DSA Anchorage.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


holy lol

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


I'm still catching up on all the news, but this is very good and cool.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


On January 20th DSA members will be meeting to discuss forming a chapter. I'm very excited.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


big black turnout posted:

I'm sure they have a lot on their plates and lives and whatnot but I'm very sad that I still haven't heard anything back about organizing committee status paperwork I submitted last month

Well that's not good.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Rhukatah posted:

The Bloomington-Normal DSA is now an official organizing committee! Peoria DSA's first open meeting is tomorrow. I-74 is going to be the Orion's Belt of Illinois socialism.

Hell yeah.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Just got out of the meeting in Peoria. It was a mixed bag. Lots of great discussion about goals and direct action, and lots of grinding to a halt to talk about one dude's desire to court Trump supporters and ending abortion through medical advances.

Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Rhukatah posted:

Yeah, that was super annoying and I would hope that confessing to being a millionaire with opinions that are half far right and had far left who wants to end identity politics would move him to the bottom of any progressive stack from here on.

On the plus side, the group was much larger and more age and experience-diverse than the B-N group. There also seems to be more electoral experience. I'm optimistic overall for both groups but there's a lot of work to do.

Yup. I feel like there's a lot of potential and me and my girlfriend are going to be at the next one.

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Jonas Albrecht
Jun 7, 2012


Free Love!

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