The Activist sat down with Hau-Yu Tam, a councilor from London, to discuss the landscape of the British left and the importance of community work. I ran into Hau-Yu, a then-Independent councilor from London, in January at the Chinese Staff and Workers Association — a workers’ centre in downtown Manhattan — and asked for an…
University of Oregon YDSA organizers learned three key lessons from the first year of the Palestine solidarity movement: democracy is power, mass action gets the goods, and socialists make the difference. Last spring, YDSA chapters around the country did their part to support the Palestine solidarity encampment movement. At the University of Oregon, our YDSA…
YDSA National Co-Chair Carlos Callejo III outlines successful leadership tactics necessary to creating and maintaining healthy, inclusive YDSA chapters. Introduction Creating and maintaining a thriving YDSA chapter is an art. It is not an easy tightrope to walk, but there are good practices to ensure you succeed as an organizer and maintain the health of…
To carry out student strikes, we’ll need militant and democratic student unions. But we can’t stop at one campus—it’s time to start thinking about a nationwide student organization. Today, the landscape of left student politics is defined by three forces—young socialists, the student labor movement, and the movement in solidarity with Palestine. Student workers have…
NCC member David Lefevre urges YDSA to start organizing towards the May 2028 general strike led by some of the largest unions in the country. This work begins with measured goals and the expansion of YDSA alongside mass organizations. As the rich race to become trillionaires, working people are deprived of healthcare, affordable housing, and…
Last year, Brown YDSA launched a rank-and-file organizing workshop for current and future teachers. By focusing YDSA organizing on educators, the chapter puts the Rank-and-File Strategy into concrete practice. Brown University YDSA’s workshop series, Rank-and-File Organizing for Teachers, is a new model of education and empowerment for teacher training that puts the rank-and-file strategy into…
After a 16-day encampment last spring, San Francisco State University students won full divestment from weapon manufacturers. Ali N. argues that their power was rooted in the union’s democracy and transparency. In Fall 2024, San Francisco State University became the first university in the United States to entirely divest from weapons manufacturing companies. The university…
YDSA National Co-Chairs Carlos and Aron discuss the first half of their term and where we go from here. We are extremely proud that YDSA has a publication that is by and for members of our incredible organization. As co-chairs we are incredibly proud of the work our chapters have engaged in over the past…
This article sums up the third and final day of the 2024 YDSA national convention. Deliberation Block 4 Deliberation began with Resolution 16 – “Ecosocialism Beyond the Green New Deal.” R16 seeks to recognize the legislative gridlock that the Green New Deal has fallen into and politicize our ecosocialist vision beyond reform efforts. The amended…
