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On Aesthetics
As your General Editor, one of my goals has been to elevate The Red Thread to a high visual standard. In publishing there are certain rules that must be followed to ensure readability, clarity, and a consistent, recognizable visual style. For us, however, this does not simply mean emulating the cleanliness of bourgeois magazines and…
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“So Why Did You Join DSA?”: A New Member Perspective on No Kings & May Day
SO WHY DID YOU JOIN DSA? What brought you to this meeting today? Why do you want to be here? I was often asked these questions in my early weeks, heard in waves of breakout groups in various library meeting rooms across the city, across table tops full of cups of coffee and tea, and…
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KCMO City Council Vote to Repeal Ban on Conversion Therapy
On May 21, in a 7-5 vote, the City Council of KCMO voted to repeal its ban on conversiontherapy for children, a practice of using cruel, manipulative methods intended to force queerchildren to comply with the narrow views of gender and sexuality held by Christian nationalists.This practice has been widely condemned as tantamount to torture.…
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KCDSA Endorses Hartzell Gray for Congress
Kansas City DSA, the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, is making its first ever electoral endorsement for federal office. Across the country democratic socialists have proven that they can win, from Zohran Mamdani in NYC to Kelsea Bond in Atlanta and Denzel Campbell in Detroit. Working people have built a movement capable…
