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CT chapter of Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social 🌹

Building a multiracial working class movement for democratic socialism in our lifetimes✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿 🇵🇸

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Connecticut DSA @ctdsa.org · Dec 5
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NO War, NO ICE, NO Fascist USA! Rallies have been organized in four cities in Connecticut this Saturday: New Haven, Hartford, Stamford and Bridgeport.

Light rain expected, dress accordingly.
Hands off Venezuela and fuck ICE too! Connecticut actions 11:30am new haven green. 12pm Hartford Capitol front lawn, Bridgeport train station, Stamford government center. Protest against Trump's illegal war Saturday January 10!
January 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Via @dsainternational.bsky.social:

BREAKING NEWS: Exactly 9 months after the New Haven Immigrant Coalition announced a boycott of Avelo Airlines, the company has announced it will close its Mesa, AZ base and stop flying ICE deportation flights on January 27.🧵
VICTORY: AVELO AIRLINES IS ENDING ITS DEPORTATION FLIGHTS We made the Avelo brand synonymous with deportation, and passengers voted with their wallets Avelo Airlines to stop deportation flights after months of backlash The Houston-based budget airline will focus on building its commercial business after a controversial stint operating ICE charters. January 7, 2026 at 7:12 p.m. EST avelo avelo avelo JOIN US DSAIC.org/MigrantRights Key airline used by Trump for deportations cuts ties with ICE A Jason Laljoo OUR FIGHT DOES NOT END HERE. Our government continues to terrorize our communities with the threat ofmass deportations, and they will only become more sophisticated and secretive in finding partners to carry out this policy. We will continue to challenge these injustices and demand accountability from corporations and government officials alike. @dsainternationalcommittee dsausa.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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While we mourn Renee Good, let us also acknowledge the progress our movement is making against ICE terror. Today in New Haven, a press conference with huge updates about our Avelo Airlines boycott
Don't fly Avelo: when we fight, we win! From new Haven to Minneapolis stop ice terror. Avelo boycott press conference & rally against ICE violence. Thursday 1/8 4pm 121 elm st. Many cosponsor organizations.
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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We are gathering in New London as well
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Today in Hartford: JUSTICE FOR RENEE GOOD! actionnetwork.org/events/justi...
Justice for Renee Good: Rally in Hartford
Join allies across the state to remember Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE in Minneapolis.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Mobilize this Saturday, January 10th to fight Trump's war against Venezuela!

Keep an eye on this page in the coming days to find an event near you: dsausa.us/vz-day-of-action
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) -
Working towards a better future for all.
https://dsausa.us/vz-day-of-action"
January 7, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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DSA Condemns Trump’s Illegal War Against Venezuela/DSA condena la guerra ilegal de Trump contra Venezuela - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
The Trump Administration has started an illegal war against Venezuela. This is a nakedly imperialist war to install a US puppet government that will give Venezuela’s oil resources over to US corporati...
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January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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This week - on the heels of Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in NYC’s mayoral election -I’m talking to Maya Meredith, a Brooklyn-based leader in the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus.

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December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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🌹 🕯 The final CT DSA general assembly of 2025 is coming up on Sunday! Join us to celebrate our growth & accomplishments this year in the company of comrades. RSVP: link.ctdsa.org/ga2025
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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3⃣0⃣ days on strike - this is officially the longest national ULP strike in Starbucks' history.

Listen to our striking baristas in Austin, TX: Don't cross our picket line! Stop buying Starbucks. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas on ULP strike in Austin, TX holding picket signs that say "Don't cross our picket line. ULP strike"
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Just Say No! To highway expansion. link.ctdsa.org/truct95
Say no to i95 expansion. CT d.o.t. wants to expands i95 through stamford; increasing traffic and pollution while seizing homes and property. Tell the state to invest in public transit, the only solution that actually reduces congestion. More info at i95stamford.com Make your voice heard In person december 10 5-8 pm at Ferguson library Virtually december 11 11am-12:30pm Email jonathan.dean@ct.gov Together we can stop this! link.ctdsa.org/truct95 Questions? Ecosocialism@ctdsa.org Di no a la expansion de la i95. CT d.o.t. quiere ampliar la autopista i95 en la Zona de stamford. Creando más tráfico, polución, y apoderándose de Los hogares en esta Zona. Pide que El estado invierta en el transporte público ya que ¡la única solución Para reducir el tráfico! Más en i95stamford.com Haz que se oiga tu voz En persona: 10 de dice diciembre, 5 a 8pm, en la biblioteca pública Ferguson Presencia virtual: 11 de diciembre, 11am a 12:30 pm Correo electrónico: jonathan.dean@ct.gov Unidos podemos parar esto link.ctdsa.org/truct95 ¿Preguntas? Ecosocialism@ctdsa.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Let's finish the year strong with a GA Celebration! RSVP here: link.ctdsa.org/ga2025 #DemSocialists
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The majority in the US oppose a war on Venezuela. We’re joining the call to mobilize against the Trump administration's push toward a catastrophic war against Venezuela this Saturday, December 6. (1/2)
No War on Venezuela - Sat Dec 6 - Stop the war before it starts
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Boycott Avelo!

Avelo is a weak cog in the deportation machine and they are feeling the pressure from a growing national movement. Their ICE flights have recently been described as “a disorganized mess”. Is this an airline you would trust to keep you safe?

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Hey Connecticut, did you know that avelo uses their unmarked ice deportation planes to fly commercial passengers at Tweed New Haven Airport? Photo of unmarked avelo plane at Tweed on 11/29/25. First reported in July 2025, avelo has been flying customers at Tweed Airport on the same planes they use to fly their dangerous and sloppy ice flights Avelos customers fly in the same seats where ice shackles our neighbors and transports them to concentration camps. If avelos customers looked carefully, are they able to see the blood and tear stains leftover from the ice flights? Illustration of bloody plane seat. But wait there's more... facing pressure from investors and ice itself, avelo appears to be cutting corners wherever they can, leading to all sorts of issues. In November one of avelos deportation planes had a mid flight emergency. There was a loss of cabin pressure that left six people injured.
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Join us for a conversation on the role of mutual aid as both a survival tactic and an organizing strategy. We'll hold a panel led by local mutual aid organizers, and a discussion about how we can strengthen and expand our mutual aid networks across Hartford.

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December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Winter is cold, socialism is hot! 🍵 🍪

Join Hartford area comrades on Thursday to enjoy tea, snacks, and local organizing conversation! RSVP for address: link.ctdsa.org/socsnack
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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It’s undeniable, more and more working class people are waking up to the extreme inequalities and injustices around us.

More and more are realizing that we aren’t powerless. When we strategize, decide, and work together, we can make serious positive change.

Join us. dsausa.org/join 🚩
demsocialists.bsky.social Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Nov 25
DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)!

Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
Image of various DSA campaigns and projects, text reads the same as tweet text plus “It takes all of us to build a better world.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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including maximum donations from Avangrid, Bank of America, Charter, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Prudential, Regions Financial, and Synchrony Financial. (credit: stockingthecapitol.com)
This Republican-sponsored resolution is a distraction from the very real horrors of capitalism in America, where hundreds of millions of lives are destroyed by those taking advantage of working-class people.  Rep. Himes continues to fight for the billionaire class and an economic system that is keeping working-class folks from receiving Medicare for all, environmental protections, a living wage, affordable housing, affordable childcare, and good union jobs for all. We denounce this red-baiting propaganda that continues to prevent working-class people from gaining collective power to spread wealth and decrease inequality across the country. CT DSA will continue to fight for what we have been working towards for years: affordability, workers’ rights, and protections for working-class families.
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Rep. Himes has an estimated net worth of $14 million and holds $175,000 of individual stocks. Rep. Himes is a member of the Financial Services Committee. Yet, his 2024 campaign received $340,000 from 63 Corporate PACs...(1/2)
Connecticut dsas response to the house resolution condemning socialism. CT dsa logo of a red whate with a rose for a tail The Connecticut Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America denounces the US Congress's frivolous, fear-mongering resolution condemning Socialism. The resolution is yet another attempt to divide us, the workers, who keep our country alive and moving. While Connecticut's working families struggle to put food on the table, members of Congress do nothing but engage in political grandstanding meant to divide us and distract us from our deteriorating conditions. We particularly condemn our own Representative Jim Himes, a former Goldman Sachs executive, for supporting the resolution. Socialism is about building an economy that works for all and ensuring that everyday people have a say in their livelihoods. Under capitalism, corrupt elected officials can take ownership stakes in, and profit from, the very corporations they are elected to regulate. This resolution is a distraction from the very real horrors of capitalism, from the growing housing crisis to food insecurity to skyrocketing grocery prices. Rep. Himes is not fighting for working people, but instead, fighting for deregulations that hand corporations even more power to exploit us. By conflating Socialism with Donald Trump’s accelerating fascism and dissolution of democracy, Rep. Himes is helping Trump achieve his goal. He continues to support the MAGA agenda by siding with Republicans and Donald Trump with this vote. He would rather side with fascism to protect the system he used to amass his wealth, rather than side with the working class and their struggle for liberation under capitalism.
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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SOCIALISM WINS IN CT!

🌹Last night, CT DSA's endorsed candidates won elections across the state.

❤️‍🔥Our time is now to fight the oligarchy and win the better world we deserve! RSVP to new member orientation: link.ctdsa.org/nmo1111
Graphic with Zohran and our four candidates. Democratic Socialists win across Connecticut & join Zohran Mamdani as socialists in office. Nate Simpson New Britain, Abdul Osmanu Hamden, Maurine Crouch Hamden, Jeff Hart New London. Join our movement dsausa.org/join Photo of Zohran and crowd holding banner that says Our Time Is Now. Democratic Socialists are fighting back against the oligarchy. Join DSA. Fight for the world you deserve. CTDSA new member orientation Tuesday November 11 6:30-8:00 pm on zoom. link.ctdsa.org/nmo1111
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Happy Zohran Day! Join us TONIGHT for two Election Night Watch Parties as we watch Zohran Mamdani and our own CT DSA-endorsed candidates cross the finish line! 🌹🗳️

RSVP for Hamden or Bridgeport: link.ctdsa.org/zohranhamden
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November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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TRUCT will canvass in Stamford next week to speak to bus riders about transit improvements and a proposed expansion of I-95 in the city! Join us to help get the word out ahead of public meetings being planned. RSVP & details here: link.ctdsa.org/truct1106
Graphic says Stamfor transit riders canvass. Thursday November 6 at 5pm. Stamford transit center bus bays 30 north state street Stamford ct. Questions? ecosocialism@ctdsa.org rsvp: link.ctdsa.org/truct1106. Truct logo with bus icon and shape of CT state.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM