Sandwiches to Socialism: How a DSA Chapter in Austin Is Building Political Power
The chapter says nationwide membership more than doubled to 126,000 as Austin members canvass, organize boycotts and train volunteers on immigration enforcement.
- The Austin chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America expanded significantly, with roughly 700 new members joining in the last year and establishing Texas as a hub for the national movement.
- Nationwide DSA membership more than doubled to 126,000 in two years, while about two-thirds of Democrats reported positive views of socialism in recent polling, fueling local chapter expansion.
- Members organized a Starbucks boycott to support baristas' contract negotiations while knocking on roughly 7,000 doors for candidate Misael Ramos's Austin City Council campaign.
- Ramos works to translate platform goals into local policy while facing skepticism from both major parties; the platform includes steps toward abolishing police and prisons.
- An AP-NORC poll conducted in September found that about one-quarter of U.S. adults support democratic socialism, comparable to support for President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.
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Texas socialists are building a movement, one sandwich at a time
The Democratic Socialists of America has seen its membership more than double to 126,000 over the past two years. This surge has thrust the group into the spotlight during midterm elections, making them a target for Republicans and part of…
Sandwiches to socialism: How a DSA chapter in Austin is building political power – WTOP News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When the socialists filed into the pews of a church sanctuary in Texas, there were far more than would have attended just two years ago. But that was before members of the Democratic Socialists of America were winning congressional primaries, and the acronym “DSA” became a fixture on television news chyrons....
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Sandwiches to socialism: How a DSA chapter in Austin is building political power
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When the socialists filed into the pews of a church sanctuary in Texas, there were far more than would have attended just two years ago.
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