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In this QUARTER's issue...

The Cloud is Material: The Threats and Costs of Data Centers

A socialist analysis of data centers and the fight for ecosocialism in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

One Battle After Another: A Socialist Case for Militant Tenant Organizing

Mayor Bowser's RENTAL Act has washed away decades of rights enjoyed by tenants in DC. It's time for us to fight back.

“We refuse to comply:” Metro DC DSA Fights Against ICE Occupation

ICE and other federal agents are still terrorizing Washingtonians. Socialists are working DC's streets to protect the people.

A Report from the Front (Picket) Lines of DC's Restaurant Wars

Christopher Aefre

DC's restaurant wars wage on! Locals have joined the workers' fight for union recognition, aligned against the skeevy Stephen Starr.

Notes from the Field: On Frankie Fritz's Greenbelt Victory

How to build a socialist field operation — some assembly required.

A Socialist Repaired My Brake Light and All I Got was a New View on Policing

Leah T and Zach B

"Whose streets? Our streets!" takes on new meaning when socialists help protect DC drivers from cops.

For the People, By the People: How Civic Assemblies Bolster Socialist Governance

As DC's left plans for a populist takeover of the Mayor's Office, how might the public be awakened to initiate an ambitious agenda?

Socialist Self-Determination, or How Can We Act?

How can socialists organize themselves into a muscular, mass and unified force? No easy answers - but here are a few suggestions...

A Fossil in Office: The Enduring Failure of Steny Hoyer

A PG County Resident

Steny Hoyer is out. One resident of PG County is grateful for the fossil's excavation.

Original Sinners: Vampires, Colonialism, and the Story of America

What do vampires reveal about the nature of American colonialism and imperialism?

The New Colonialism: A Review of Karen Hao's Empire of AI

Shaheen Khurana

AI tech companies have nakedly imperial ambitions. A 2025 book offers a foundation for resistance.

Metro DC DSA Annual Report: 2026

MDC DSA Steering Committee

The 2025 Metro DC DSA Steering Committees report to the chapter's 3k+ plus membership.

Popular articles

The Socialist Case for TOPA

Kurtis H and Ray Valentine

Preservation of TOPA is more than just a foundational right for the DC's tenants, it is also a vital point of agitation between the rentier capitalist class and workers.

The Capitalist War On Telework: Why Managers Suppress Pro-Worker Innovation

A new vision for technology can radically challenge the myth that capitalism is the fastest route to innovation and progress for working people.

The 2022 DC Primaries and the Future of the District

An analysis of the District 2022 primary elections suggest DC is depolarizing around race and repolaring around class.

China and the Left: A Report from the People’s Forum

A recent forum out of NYC sought to challenge the American left on its approach to understanding US-China relations.

Learning to Love the Machine: Some Assembly Required

Socialists of all stripes should reckon that we may need to rebuild at the local level the very thing we’ve been fighting for years.

The Liberal-to-Ultraleft Pipeline: Breaking the Cycle

Recent critiques levied at DSA peddle in an aesthetic-radicalism that risks distracting the working-class from organizing itself into a disciplined political force.