DSA - DSA Metro Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

What Is the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment?

The Basics In 2018, the Cincinnati government created a trust fund to address the worsening shortage of affordable, livable homes in our city. Money placed in the trust can only be spent on housing. The problem? There’s no money there! The Affordable Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment addresses this

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Time to End the Economic Apartheid in Cincinnati

Utterly disgusting but not surprising. Jeff Pastor was arrested for selling his votes to developers. The second time in a year Cincinnati residents have seen their democratically elected leaders involved in Federal investigations because of their choice to put enrichment of themselves and their donors before the needs of the

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You Can't Jail the Revolution

DSA Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky stand in unconditional solidarity with our comrades in the Spokane and Portland DSA chapters against police repression.

Statement on PLCH Furloughs

The Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky chapter of DSA strongly condemns the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s (PLCH) indefinite furloughing of 58 library workers. This action, which eliminated the staff of entire departments—Youth Services, Information and Reference, Genealogy and Local History, and Floating Staff—will result in

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Trans Power! Black Power! All Power to the People!

Today is June 12th, 2020. Today is the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Today the Trump administration finalized changes to the legal definition of sex discrimination that will make it once again legal for doctors to refuse to treat trans people based on gender identity. Today news broke of

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Queer Liberation Means Working Class Power

‌‌As DSA prepares to host a series of remote Pride events to celebrate queer liberation, we want highlight our understanding that queer liberation can only be achieved through working class power and that any socialism that fails to fight for queer liberation is unworthy of the name.

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Fight Racism, Fight Capitalism!

“You Can’t Have Capitalism Without Racism”The United States is a fundamentally racist society with white supremacy at its very core. Police, courts, and the entire government systematically exclude non-white people from political and economic power. Police officers shoot unarmed black people on the streets with impunity. This violence

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DSA Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Demands a Working Class Response to COVID-19

We are calling on state and local leaders in Ohio and Kentucky to take action to protect working people in the face of the present crisis.

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Statement of Solidarity with KC DSA

An injury to one is an injury to all! In the aftermath of a violent and unprovoked attack, DSA Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky stands in solidarity with our comrades in Kansas City DSA. We absolutely condemn the use of violence against DSA and consider that anyone who would adopt such

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Statement on the Closure of Planned Parenthood Centers

DSA regrets the closings of the Springdale and Western Hills locations of Planned Parenthood medical centers. There are now 3 medical centers and 1 surgical center left in the Southwest Ohio Region. While it is true that Trump and Republicans are to blame for loss of state funding to health

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Cincinnati & NKY Organizations Stand in Solidarity with August 21st-September 9th National Prison Strike!

On April 15th, 2018, a riot at Lee Correctional Facility in South Carolina resulted in the deaths of seven inmates. In response to these deadly conditions, prisoners across the country have declared a nation-wide prison strike from August 21st to September 9th.

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Solidarity with Kentucky Teachers!

Democratic Socialists of Metro Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky stands in solidarity with all teachers & other public employees in Kentucky threatened by the pension cuts in Senate Bill 1.