Western Montana DSA Working Groups
Chapter members are invited to join working groups - where focused action happens. Working groups welcome your participation whether your knowledge of a subject is little or deep.The groups report back to the chapter and participate in or create community events/actions. For information about specific working groups, contact the facilitators listed below.
We are always open to new working groups. If there’s something you’re passionate about then no doubt others are interested too. Feel free to propose a new group and get at it. And members can connect with and participate in national working groups. Check the national DSA website for more info. www.dsausa.org.
Current national working groups include:
We are always open to new working groups. If there’s something you’re passionate about then no doubt others are interested too. Feel free to propose a new group and get at it. And members can connect with and participate in national working groups. Check the national DSA website for more info. www.dsausa.org.
Current national working groups include:
- Medicare for All
- Green New Deal
- Democratic Socialist Labor Commission
- National Electoral Committee
OUTREACH WORKING GROUP – Works to build a broad-based regional coalition in order to bring public power to Missoula city and/or county. We believe it is necessary to pry ownership away from the monopoly, investor-owned utility so that citizens may control their own energy future. Eco-socialists realize there must be limits to growth. Rather than development demand dictating supply, ecological impacts must limit future development. Anyone concerned with protecting fragile habitats, threatened species and wild spaces is welcome. Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
LABOR WORKING GROUP – Building working class power includes organizing on the job. We work to encourage, train and support workers in Western Montana to organize and take action to improve their conditions at work. We also work to encourage, train and support a broader rank and file democratic labor movement.
ELECTORAL WORKING GROUP – Building working class power includes organizing within the political system. We work to elect and hold accountable people who express Democratic Socialist politics, and who build support for transformative reforms that deliver real benefits to everyday people. We also work to build a durable political organization and organize the collective strength needed for our membership and elected officials to effectively wield political power. Recently two Western MT DSA endorsed candidates and members won seats on the Missoula City Council.
EDITORIAL WORKING GROUP – We believe that there is an important place for a socialist perspective on current events, locally, statewide and nationally. The Editorial Working Group brings that perspective to the Missoulian’s readers. We regularly write guest editorials and letters to the editor to help readers understand our perspective and goals. There are often concerns or criticisms about socialism voiced in the Missoulian’s guest editorials and letters to the editor. We will address those as well. Our intention is to make the letters and editorials informative, engaging and entertaining without being preachy or moralistic. Ideally, we’ll craft them so that readers look forward to the next installment.