By David Duhalde
Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. Elders teach this saying to generations of children. My father taught me a story from his political activism to ingrain this concept into my mind. During Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity (UP) government in Chile, my dad told a fellow UP supporter […]
The Man Who Should Have Been Commissioner: A Political & Baseball View On W.
By David Duhalde
Channel surfing during punditry on a very late Monday night, I found myself watching Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig live on ESPN. He was addressing reporters about the historic, but ultimately inconsequential, decision to suspend 2008 World Series Game […]
By David Duhalde
In between job hunting and settling into my new apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, I watch copious amounts of mainstream news cycles about the presidential election. While far away from my radical political circles in New York City, I still hear about socialism via attacks launched by the sinking GOP presidential ticket and […]
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For the past four years, the Campus Progress National Conference has brought together a multitude of progressive college students from around the country. The 2008 conference was no exception. Held in early July in Washington, D.C., the day long event consisted of nearly 1,000 students eager for a day of tackling issues and pushing for […]
YDS Chapter Fall Reports
The dawn of a new academic semester is upon the Young Democratic Socialists. While many of our twenty plus chapters and organizing committees have just begun their activities, The Red Letter was able to catch a few stories of the great work already happening on campus. Please enjoy the mini-reports […]
Media Statement
17 September 2008
IUSY supports Evo Morales’ Government
In view of the seriousness of the situation and all the negative events that have been developing these days in Bolivia, the International Union of Socialist Youth supports the government of Evo Morales in Bolivia as well as its defence of the democracy, the liberty and the sovereignty […]
Picture Gallery from the Retreat
The 2008 Socialist Summer Retreat held between August 8th and 10th in Wurtsboro, New York exemplified the resounding success of the work YDS and its activists have done over the past two years. Forty-five youth and students participated from places as far away as Colorado, Nevada, and Texas, including delegations of […]
To the Young Democratic Socialists and the Democratic Socialists of America,
I am pleased and excited to begin my tenure as Youth Organizer of the Young Democratic Socialists. Thanks to all of you for giving me this opportunity. As Youth Organizer, I hope to strengthen and expand YDS as an organization, a community, and a movement.
My […]
Activist Agenda Proposal: Election/Voting
While we understand that electoral politics are not and should not be the final stage of political action, it is still critical to protect the right to vote without coercion, ignominious errors, and trivial impediments. It is our hope that YDSers will involve themselves in voting rights campaigns in communities of […]
Please follow the links below to review the 2008-2009 YDS Activist Agenda Proposals. These will be voted on during the August Conference. Please feel free to post comments, questions, criticisms, etc. It is better to begin the debate now so that we can accomplish more during the conference. Enjoy!
Access to and Quality of Education
Coalition of […]
