From The Ground Up: Lessons Learned At The Local Level
We have collected the following vignettes and anecdotes from R&R comrades and friends, highlighting lessons learned in organizing at the local level.
Category: YDSA
How Socialists Fought Fascism at Colorado Mesa University
Comrade Nikoli reflects on student organizing against a far-right speaker on campus.
Lessons From The University of Oregon Undergrad Strike
The recent ratification of the University of Oregon Student Workers union’s first official contract signified a profound shift in power relations on campus. For the first time, student workers are represented by a concrete voice for our own interests, following …
Contributions to the 2024 YDSA Convention
Spotlighting spoken contributions by R&R members and recruits at the 2024 YDSA Convention If you’re interested in joining or learning more about Reform & Revolution, apply here! The 2024 YDSA Convention period was an exciting time to be a member. Issues …
The R&R Voting Guide for the 2024 YDSA Convention
If you’re interested in joining or learning more about Reform & Revolution, apply here! The 2024 YDSA Convention is being held online from July 19-21. Important political debates around internationalism, electoral strategy, structural reform, budgetary issues, ecosocialist strategy and the …
The Five Pillars of Party-Building: Our YDSA Platform
A platform for Daniel Salup-Cid’s National Coordinating Committee campaign Reform & Revolution is committed to turning DSA into a socialist party. This is our primary goal as a caucus. To that end, we are committed to 5 goals in YDSA: …
TRBACC Report #3: Every Part of DSA Has a Role to Play!
Sarah’s Report One Day Before the Next Steering Committee Meeting of DSA’s Campaign for Trans and Reproductive Rights on November 20 By Sarah Milner and Judith Chavarria See also report #1: DSA’s Campaign for Trans and Reproductive Rights, and report …
Florida Is Worth Fighting For: A Report on YDSA Organizing at Florida International University
By Judith Chavarria The experience of organizing against DeSantis at Florida International University shows that Marxist ideas and tactics have an integral role to play in the fight against the far right and transphobia. On April 13th, 2023 the YDSA …
R&R YDSA Convention 2023 Voting Guide
If you’re interested in learning more about Reform and Revolution YDSA or joining our caucus, make sure to fill out our interest form! What are R&R’s priorities at the YDSA Convention? YDSA’s highest decision making body, the YDSA National Convention, …
Envisioning the Future of YDSA
By Sarah Milner For a Campaigning Youth Organization Working Toward a Politically Independent Mass Working-Class Party “At our 2020 Convention, YDSA had just 765 members in chapters across the country. Today, less than three years later, YDSA has more than …