Those of us organizing in Alabama understand that our state government is intentionally structured to concentrate power while eliminating local democratic control. Through the state's constitutional power of stripping any autonomy from the cities without their legal authority, communities are too often prevented from making decisions that directly affect their own lives. Outside of organized labor and grassroots community organizations, few institutions currently possess the militant or organizational power necessary to challenge that system...

We are witnessing the most egregious rollback of voting rights since the premature end of Reconstruction. Republican state legislatures throughout the former Confederacy are systematically disenfranchising Black voters with discriminatory congressional maps, adding to an autocratic arsenal that already includes restrictive voter ID laws and an outright refusal to accept election results they don't like.

Much has been made about the effectiveness of protests in general, and that of No Kings in particular. Socialists have a variety of opinions on this matter, and I do not intend to litigate the issue in extreme detail; many others have done so effectively. To summarize...

My name is Cate Blevins-Harris, a relatively new member of the DSA. I began my protesting journey in 2025 with the Hands Off and No Kings protests. No Kings 3 was the first protest where I had the privilege of witnessing the organizing that local activists do behind the scenes to pull off...

Before my first couple of NADSA socials, I was quite nervous about how they would go, and I was a bit nervous about this one given that it was different in how it materialized compared to past socials, coming out of a No Kings event with invitees being EVERYONE who was there (~6000 people)...

North Alabama DSA joins the call for clemency for Charles “Sonny” Burton, who is scheduled to be executed by the state of Alabama.