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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Jun 25

WE’RE SO BACK bout to be off the charts!!!

So proud to know @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, & even more proud of @socialists.nyc members who organized step by step for 8 years to make this possible.

DSA is about to level up in a huge way—join us to be part of what’s next!!
👉🏾dsausa.org/join🌹

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 25

Mamdani's campaign manager takes the stage to thank earlier supporters, crowd chants DSA.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 23

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.

New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Jun 23

Impeccable DSA vibes today—NYC DSA all out to elect Zohran mayor, & we hit 80,000 members all over the country!

Against the ghouls unleashing daily horrors from our political system, we’re organizing to win what all of us deserve.

It’s a great time to join!
🌹👉🏾dsausa.org/join

Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Jun 23

“I’m tired of feeling powerless. Joining DSA is the most effective way to get organized. DSA chapters across the country build strong communities and campaign for candidates who stand for working people against oligarchs. I want to be a part of it!” — North Carolina dsausa.org/join

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Groundwork DSA @groundworkdsa.com · Jun 16

We're excited to announce our slate of candidates for DSA national leadership!

It’s time to change DSA from a top-down patchwork into a democratic mass party: a DSA for All.

Meet our candidates Thursday, June 19th at 8:30 ET/5:30 PT on zoom!

RSVP: groundworkdsa.com/npc

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.

And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

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DSA for a Green New Deal🌱🌹⚡️ @ecosocialists.dsausa.org · Jun 11

Check out our latest Campaign Q&A about the Build Public Renewables Act—what it is, how it happened, why it's important, and what's been going on since it passed! @socialists.nyc ecosocialists.dsausa.org/campaign-qa-...

Campaign Q&A: Building Public Renewables in New York

Michael P. is an organizer with NYC-DSA. This interview has been edited for content and clarity. GNDCC: What is the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA)? How did it happen? Michael P: New York State has...

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Jun 10

The fight for immigrant justice is a fight for the very survival of the working class – for our families, our communities, our neighbors, our union siblings, and for those people who haven’t yet won the protection of a union. Read our full statement: dsausa.us/6-10-25ICE-Statement

Statement, DSA National Political Committee. End the Raids, Lift the Ban, Drop the Charges! DSA Stands with Immigrants. On 6/4/25, the Trump administration re-enacted a travel ban preventing nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States. Two days later, ICE began violent, military-style raids in Los Angeles, detaining over 100 Angelenos, including labor leader David Huerta, president of the SEIU California State Council. The fight for immigrant justice is a fight for the very survival of the working class—for our families, our communities, our neighbors, our union siblings, & for those people who haven’t yet won the protection of a union. The ICE raids in Los Angeles are meant as a show of brute fascist strength—but solidarity is a force more powerful than gravity. We call on DSA members to pour into the streets, organize & fight to defend our immigrant communities. We welcome you to join us, as the largest socialist organization in the US, in our struggle for a more dignified & just world for all.

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Apr 10

This convention, we can start changing Democratic Socialists of America from a patchwork to a true mass party — the kind anyone who wants to build working class power can easily understand, join, & learn to organize in.

Please join me in supporting these resolutions to build a DSA For All!
🌹👇🏽🌹

Groundwork DSA @groundworkdsa.com · Apr 10

🧵DSA must change into something strong enough to meaningfully influence politics on the scale of the next presidential election, potential general strike, and whatever other national ruptures may come.

So this convention, we must become a DSA For All.

dsaforall.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Apr 7

Last week on instagram, I asked why New Yorkers should NOT vote for Andrew Cuomo in the June Democratic Primary. More than 500 people replied.

What it really comes down to? New York City deserves better.

We asked New Yorkers why they weren’t voting for Andrew Cuomo this election and got 500+ responses.

1. He loves Trump, featuring five responses that discuss Cuomo’s refusal to stand up to Trump.

3. He resigned in disgrace after accusations of sexual harassment

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Apr 7

Last night I took Hasan Piker on a walk around Astoria. We ate, we drank mufawar coffee and adeni chai, we talked. For more than three hours. He streamed the whole thing.

Our stops:

🌸 Little Flower Cafe
🇧🇩 Boishakhi Restaurant
☕️ Moka & Co
🇾🇪 MOKAFÉ

Hasan and Zohran sitting at a table, both smiling, in Little Flower Cafe, with a camera pointed at them in the foreground.

Three photos stacked on top of each other at Boishakhi Restaurant Astoria, featuring delicious Bangladeshi food and lots of smiles.

Two photos. Top is Hasan and the crew walking into MOKAFE. the bottom is Zohran and Zohran at a table digging into some pastries.

A photo taken from outside Moka & Co. looking in at Zohran and Hasan seated at a table chatting.

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · Apr 7

Over the last two weeks, we’ve seen testimonies from a huge diversity of chapter members about why they joined DSA. Here are just a few reasons you should too. (1/2)

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Omar Fateh @omarfatehmn.com · Apr 9

The message from Minneapolis is clear: residents want a new Mayor. Our city is ready for a leader who works as hard as we do, and a city that works for everyone. Thank you for an amazing caucus night, Minneapolis! See you at the city convention!

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Apr 8

New in DemLeft: A photo essay highlighting DSA’s actions in Washington, D.C. over the 2025 inauguration weekend.

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DSA at Inauguration Weekend - Democratic Left

A photo essay highlighting DSA's actions in Washington, D.C. over the 2025 inauguration weekend.

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Apr 9

I believe that we will win. 🧿

We can build the organization to make it happen. 🌹

A DSA For All. 🪬

Groundwork DSA @groundworkdsa.com · Apr 9

A message from @ahsheek.bsky.social

➡️ dsaforall.com

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Apr 8

DSA's National Political Committee Cochair @ahsheek.bsky.social speaks at the National March on Washington: Let Gaza Live!

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Sarahana @sarahana.bsky.social · Apr 6

We don’t want to go back to how things were—we want to go forward and rebuild our democracy. If your work is not unionized, learn how to unionize! If you haven’t talked to your neighbors, talk to them! If you haven’t joined an organization, join @demsocialists.bsky.social! #HandsOff

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great to meet Hasan Piker after we spoke at the March for Palestine in DC!

Thanked him for featuring some of DSA’s most exciting campaigns lately on the stream, with @dsacuba.bsky.social organizers last week, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in Queens tonight 🫡

@hasanabirepeater.bsky.social

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Apr 6

We’re live in Astoria with Hasan Piker.

Stream: twitch.tv/hasanabi

Hasan Piker and Zohran Mamdani sitting in a cafe.

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Apr 7

The US sent $18 billion on military aid to Israel to wage genocide on Palestinians.

For ICE, Immigration & Border Enforcement, our government pays $26 billion.

That’s more than enough money to end homelessness in this country & house everyone.

That’s the world we fight for.

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Ashik Siddique @ahsheek.bsky.social · Apr 7

Proud to join so many powerful speakers at the March for Palestine, & thousands who turned up in the streets of DC to show we won’t back down.

We all have basic rights—but our rights become a meaningless legality unless we fight for them. Our power comes from standing together.

@mdcdsa.bsky.social

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NYC-DSA 🌹 @socialists.nyc · Apr 6

Tonight at 6PM ET, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is going LIVE with Hasan Piker at twitch.tv/hasanabi!

You! Don’t! Wanna! Miss! It!

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Don’t Risk Evil Andrew for Mayor @dreamfornyc.bsky.social · Apr 3

New name, same DREAM

The biggest threat to NYC is now officially Andrew Cuomo: a rich, out of touch, out-of-towner who spent 7 years teaming up with Republicans to defund our subways, hospitals, and schools.

Help fund the campaign that can beat him: actblue.com/donate/dreamfornyc/

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Apr 6

The fascists will not win when our power comes from standing together arm-in-arm in solidarity. Join us: dsausa.org/join

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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · Apr 6

"Their goal is to demoralize you. Their goal is to scare you out of action. Their goal is to bully you out of standing up for what is right for the working class of the world. But we are not defeated."

National Co-Chair @ahsheek.bsky.social at yesterday's March for Palestine in DC.

National DSA Co-Chair, Ashik Siddique, speaks at the March for Palestine in Washington DC. April 5th, 2025. Photo by Wyatt Souers

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