Welcome to the third edition of Reading Roundup, a forum for ATX DSA members to share what they’ve been reading and how it’s informing their political education. City in a Garden: Environmental Transformations and Racial Justice in Twentieth-century Austin, Texas by Andrew M. Busch

“There’s just no excuse to still be squeezing us as hard as they’re squeezing us. They’re making more money than they’ve ever made,” says Austin camera assistant and IATSE local 600 member Paul O. Austin DSA member Travis W. …

As rents continue to rise and pandemic protections against evictions whither away, Austin renters desperately need organization and representation to fight the unmitigated power of the landlord class. Austin DSA Electoral Committee member Mike N. …

As entertainment workers begin their vote to authorize a nationwide strike, we sat down with a rank-and-file IATSE member to talk about working conditions and the state of contract negotiations between the union and the industry bosses. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Interview with Don…

On Saturday, we rallied alongside AISD teachers, students, building trades unionists, and climate activists in support of a Green New Deal for Public Schools. We know that the only way to overcome the climate crisis and create a better world in the process is through organizing working-class people into a…

While the worker cooperative movement is not a silver bullet in challenging capital, cooperatives can be valuable institutional partners to labor and political organizing. Cooperative workers can be politicized by the very nature of their democratic work structure, which may remove a barrier in the path to unionization. By Don…

Interview by Cerena E. While International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) members prepare for a national strike authorization vote, we talked to a local stagehand and member of IATSE Local 484 about workplace issues for entertainment workers in Austin and why they are considering striking. …

Welcome to the second edition of Reading Roundup, a forum for ATX DSA members to share what they’ve been reading and how it’s informing their political education. The Bee Book by Fergus Chadwick, Steve Alton, Emma Sarah Tennant, Bill Fitzmaurice, and Judy Earl

By the Austin DSA Leadership Committee Workers are fighting back all over the country. Washington carpenters, Kentucky distillery workers, Alabama coal miners, and Massachusetts nurses are all on strike right now. Just last week Nabisco bakery workers in Atlanta, Chicago, Portland, and Richmond won a new contract after a month-long…