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Comrade Friend --

Happy New Year! 

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Metro Detroit DSA still had a great 2021 and we're looking forward to continuing to build and fight for a better Detroit and beyond; for everyone, not just Duggan's billionaire buddies. 

In 2021, we were one of 85 chapters across the country to rally on May Day for the PRO Act, marched for Palestine, showed up in solidarity in the fight against Line 5, stood with our comrades on strike at Kelloggs and knocked on nearly 13,000 doors through our Detroit For All campaign. 

So far in 2022, we're planning on attending the first-ever Socialism in Michigan Summit with other chapters from across the state and we're bringing back our Douglass Debs Dinner.

This weekend, we're having our General Meeting on Zoom. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Read on for other ways to plug in. 

Solidarity forever, 

Detroit DSA

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🌹 UPCOMING EVENTS 🌹

January General Meeting
Saturday, January 8, 11 AM
Zoom

Our first General Meeting of 2022 is this Saturday, January 8 at 11 AM. We'll be debriefing our participation in the Kelloggs strike, hearing from our Electoral Committee about their 2022 strategy, and launching our 2022 Spring Dues Drive. See you there! 

REGISTER

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Socialist Movie Night: Matewan
Sunday, January 9, 7 PM

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, Matewan celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. Come for the live-chat, stay for the discussion afterwards. Open to the public - invite your friends!

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🌹 WHAT WE'RE READING 🌹

• Check out this article giving an in-depth analysis of the recent Lecturers' Employee Organization campaign at the University of Michigan from an organizer's perspective!
  
  "Believe it or not, much of this work was actually fun! It turns out that building collective power at your workplace can be a very invigorating experience."
  
  
• Member book review: In his new book, No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better World, Michael Albert lays out a concrete vision for a new economy called participatory economics (parecon). This vision deserves to be widely recognized as an equitable, liberatory, and practical alternative to capitalism, and in No Bosses, Albert cogently and captivatingly explains why.

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In solidarity,

🌹 Detroit DSA