A statement from our Creating Democracy in Columbus Campaign Today Columbus City Council is hosting a “community conversation” on the current voting system for City Council Districts. Since last spring, Columbus DSA has led the actual community conversation in Columbus on the issue of City Council Districts. Residents are sick and tired of their elected […]
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Columbus DSA 2026 Primary Election Voting Guide
Recommend Joe Gerard for Congress OH-03 In Ohio’s heavily gerrymandered congressional map OH-03 should be a seat that represents the district’s strong leftward tilt but it is instead represented by Joyce Beatty, a donor captured Democrat, funder of Israel, and champion of deregulation. She is being challenged by Joe Gerard. In meeting with Joe our […]
Columbus DSA Statement on the Murder of Renee Nicole Good by ICE
The Columbus chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is appalled at the news of ICE agents murdering a legal observer in Minneapolis on January 7. This escalation is just the next in a long string of escalating violence and oppression from ICE specifically and law enforcement in general. ICE has repeatedly demonstrated that they […]
Columbus DSA 2025 General Election Voting Guide
COLUMBUS — The Columbus chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) issues the following recommendations to residents of Columbus. A detailed rationale for each recommendation follows. Disclaimer: No recommendations made here are endorsements. These recommendations are tactical considerations meant to minimize the harm likely to occur to the working class here and abroad as a […]
Statement on ICE and Deportations
Columbus DSA condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the actions of President Trump and his administration, the United States armed forces, ICE, and the LAPD in their relentless brutality against peaceful protestors fighting to protect their communities from the thugs abducting their friends, family, and neighbors. We condemn the violence of ICE and their campaign […]
Columbus DSA Statement on Police Unions
The last eight days witnessed the single greatest national explosion of popular unrest since the summer of 1968. Hundreds of thousands of protesters of all races and generations gathered around the world to demand justice for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May and to demand an end to police brutality and […]
Let’s Make a Columbus for the Working Class—Electing Liliana Rivera Baiman is Step One
When I mark the box by Lili’s name on the ballot this November, I’ll be thinking about all the ways she’s going to help those in the city who actually need it.
Labor 101: Building and Organizing Worker Power
Most of us in the United States’ capitalist society work for someone else — our “employer.” Employers run on two main principles: profit maximization and cost minimization. These principles have a direct and immediate impact on workers’ lives. Under capitalism, we as workers surrender our autonomy to our bosses by providing our labor and adhering to workplace […]
“It’s just not right”: Seniors Stand Up to Luxury Developer at ComFest
Courtyard Estates is a seniors-only mobile home park by Graceland Shopping Center in Clintonville. These seniors did not plan on coming to ComFest this year, and with the unbelievable heat and humidity that’s gripped Columbus all month, there’s no doubt they would have preferred to stay home in the comfort of their AC. In fact, […]
Tenants’ Rights Working Group Work in Whitehall
Tenants’ Rights Working Group-View from the Ground in Whitehall Columbus DSA’s Tenants’ Rights Working Group has been working with the residents of a property in the City of Whitehall, where there have been consistent issues between landlord and tenants. Our knowledge of these issues has come directly from tenants. The following is a select accumulation […]