Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. We’re working towards this future by building a working class movement of the majority and confronting the capitalist class through collective action. Capitalism can’t function without workers, so we can be very powerful together! 

DSA is a national organization whose roots are in the former Socialist Party of America. In 2015, DSA only had 6,000 members. By 2017, DSA had over 50,000 members. We now have roughly 120,000 members, over 200 chapters, spanning across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico.

Colorado Springs DSA is our local DSA chapter. We started as an Organizing Committee in the summer of 2019 with 5 founding members. In February 2021, we were formally recognized as a DSA chapter. Today, we have nearly 400 members in the Pikes Peak Region, Pueblo and Teller counties. We also often collaborate with other DSA chapters in Colorado (Denver DSA, Northern Colorado DSA, Mesa County DSA, and Boulder DSA). 

DSA is 100% member led, funded, and organized. The success of our movement depends on all of us banding together to accomplish our democratically decided goals. There are no infusions of outside money or influence; every dollar that we spend comes from our member dues. We’re all coming from different financial circumstances, and DSA’s flexible dues model allows you to pay what you can, depending on your situation. We’d like to list a few things that we do with our dues to show you that they’re worth it!

• Having access to a physical space in the Chinook Center for meetings, art builds, classes/trainings, and other events to bring us all together as comrades and allow us a space to accomplish our work. 

• The ability to buy supplies like paint and canvas for strike and protest banners, meals for political education events and trainings, and various mutual aid projects.

• Hosting this website, printing flyers and informational pamphlets, and having access to organizational tools that facilitate text campaigns and phone banking are critical components of spreading our messages and growing our movement!

• Hosting and participating in community events like Pride and Juneteenth.

• Focused campaigns like our efforts towards stopping data centers like Project Taurus, No Appetite for Apartheid (NA4A), and building towards May Day Strike in 2028.

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