Virginia

A discussion with DSA member and Stomp Out Slumlords tenant organizer Katlyn Cotton on the socialist vision of housing.

YIMBYs of NOVA promises to "make housing affordable to all" through more development. However, its leaders' ideological commitments call to question just how much their proposals will result in real gain for NOVA's working-class.

How Arlington rebranded Reaganomics as “diversity.”

What opponents of CRT are really afraid of is white students embracing solidarity with students of color in favor of social change.

On election night 2021, nationally endorsed DSA candidates won over 25 local victories at the hyperlocal level.

The residual racism embedded in many place names around the country could well include the name Arlington

The Governor's race in Virginia is too close to call — socialists should consider voting strategically

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.

...and what his victory means for the socialists of Portsmouth.

In 2021, Virginia is a much-changed state absorbed by a blue wave that foretells an opening for progressive politics from Virginia to Florida.

In a housing market based on private pursuit of profit, the denial of the basic right to housing is a rule of business.

The special impact of the COVID-19 health/economic crisis on working-class tenants around the DMV has generated mass protests, notably in Alexandria, to defy rent collection.

An eye-witness recounting of the energy surrounding Bernie Sanders' rally in Northern Virginia.

The Check Your Complicity campaign calls out Virginia elected officials who continue to benefit from violence against migrants, largely thanks to generous contributions from ICE contractors, while making a show of being on our side.

After Arlington County's vote, “For Us, Not Amazon” coalition will refocus around the issues we learned were the foremost concerns in the community.

With only two weeks to go before the Arlington County Board is set to vote on its $23 million incentive package for Amazon, the fight is more important than ever, and there are plenty of opportunities for comrades to get involved.

Virginia's DSA Statewide convention, recounted here.

Where do Northern VA socialists go in 2019?

A community forum held in Crystal City/Arlington showed that many NoVA residents are worried about the impact that Amazon will have on their home towns.

We in the DSA recognize that no one is free or safe while this system of detention, deportation, fear, and intimidation, continues.

As a corporation, Amazon’s interests begin and end with their own wealth and influence. Any promises of corporate responsibility or community benefit not nailed down in ironclad legal contracts should be considered empty.

A dedicated-tax source for the funds is still necessary, despite the artful dodging of tax-shy local governments.

Our local leaders have shown time and again that they are unable and unwilling to fight for what's best for the marginalized in our region

The idea of establishing a dedicated source of funds for WMATA dates back at least three-and-a-half decades — and one of its early proponents was the local chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.

Historian Nancy MacLean brings to the AFL-CIO book talk her account of the way the Koch Bros. anti-democratic project got its intellectual underpinning.

For the past three years, the grassroots group Rebrand Washington Football (RWF) has been circulating petitions calling on the team to adopt a new name.

A roundup of headlines and news clips commenting on election night, 2017.

Emboldened hate groups followed Trump's example in a march on Charlottesville. Thousands, including dozens of members of Democratic Socialists of America, marched in a counter-demonstration to show with their presence that hatred and intolerance cannot go unanswered.

Sam Knight, one of the Metro DC DSA members to go to Charlottesville for the antifascist protest last weekend, provides an on-the-ground account of the events.

Dan Adkins updates the development of micro-grids, independent energy sources that can deal big corporate power companies out of their dominion over power and prices.

Lucy Duff explores the devastation to the environment, communities and workers of mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia.

The 100th birthday celebration of a founding member of DSOC/DSA in our local and a Northern Virginia activist for over 70 years.

A report on DSA's activism in the Virginia primary election, from a Charlottesville DSA comrade.

The local branches, while still under the umbrella of the Metro DC chapter, give current members opportunities bring the socialist vision to bear on a wider range of issues.

The fate of RFK Stadium and the land on which it sits were put in play earlier this year when DC and Maryland political leaders, wary of a giveaway, went on the offensive.

How gentrifying municipalities like Arlington lose their affordable housing -- and how to stop it.