The Rose Thorn, Issues 1 and 2

April 12, 2021 by Grand Valley State University YDSA

The Rose Thorn is Grand Valley State University YDSA’s monthly leftist magazine.

The Rose Thorn

Issue 1, March 2021 — ‘I Am Woman Hear Me… Complain?’ ‘Lansing’s Fascist Rally and Its Connection to the Capitol Hill Riot,’ ‘A word from Students for Food Sovereignty at GVSU,’ ‘Techno feudalism / Neo feudalism,’ and ‘Review: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer’

Issue 2, April 2021 — ‘TikTok and Online Leftism,’ ‘Biden: Sexual Predator and Poster President for Performative Allyship,’ ‘White Supremacy in Our Backyard,’ ‘Built on a Broken Base,’ and ‘Social Ecology and the Politics of Direct Democracy’

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The Activist is a publication by and for members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, edited by members of YDSA’s National Political Education Committee and featuring the chapter reports and political commentary from YDSA activists from chapters across the country

The Activist is a multi-tendency democratic socialist publication open to submissions from all YDSA members. Articles do not necessarily reflect the position of the organization.

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Winter 2021 Issue (.pdf)

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