The Activist

Young people across the country, Texans included, are increasingly despairing with their political options. YDSA is working to change that by showing people what can be possible.

Socialist organizing has become a very different task in Florida as Ron DeSantis has pursued reactionary culture war policy positions. But YDSA chapters have been fighting back.

How NYC-DSA mobilized a chapter during a smog crisis when the city did not take care of its people, and stayed true to socialist priorities and messaging throughout.

The University of Missouri YDSA faces difficult organizing circumstances in a Republican-controlled state. They were still able to improve material conditions for students on campus by drastically reducing the cost of Plan B. 

As the student-worker organizing movement grows, the University of Oregon (UO) YDSA helped organize a wall-to-wall campus union. It could prove to be a monumental win for student workers across the country.

At Wesleyan University in Connecticut, a YDSA chapter led a campaign that prompted the school to start covering the costs of abortions and other reproductive care. YDSA can and should organize around issues of reproductive justice is critical even where abortion is legal because access is restricted economically.

California has become a hot spot for labor action, helping to lead the way in a nationwide resurgence of the labor movement. YDSA members have been closely involved in this development.

Chairs of each YDSA national committee were asked to write a report back on the work their committee did this year.

A letter from the YDSA Co-Chairs, Jake Colosa and Leena Yumeen, written before the 2023 YDSA Convention in Chicago.

The decision of the Student Worker Alliance (SWA) to require members to commit to its political principles has been hotly debated within YDSA. Supporters of Amendment R12-2 argue that it’s those political principles that make SWA an effective organization.