Midnight Mass: Sewer Socialist Review
By Tom Hansberger Midnight Mass – 5 stars Midnight Mass scared me more than almost any other horror film or series I have seen. If horror should be judged on how scary it is, then Midnight Mass is a horror…
Special offer for DSA members: A free 12-issue magazine subscription to In These Times
From In These Times magazine Each year, In These Times magazine makes a limited number of subscriptions available to valued readers—for free. This year, we’ve invited Milwaukee DSA to take part. You can claim your free magazine subscription here. In…
The Milwaukee Common Council missed an opportunity to expand democracy
By Alex Brower Last Tuesday, November 23, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted the new maps for aldermanic districts for the City of Milwaukee. These maps need to be approved as a result of population changes identified from the 2020 US…
Socialist Song of the Month – Auf Auf Zum Kampf
Auf Auf Zum Kampf (traditional march, adapted by Bertolt Brecht) On the eve of the outbreak of the First World War, the Second Socialist International gave permission to member organizations to support the war effort if their country was threatened…
Socialist Song of the Month – War Pigs, Black Sabbath
“War Pigs” – Black Sabbath Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs,” from their Paranoid album, was released in the early 70s, toward the end of the Vietnam war, a costly and bloody quagmire not unlike the Afghanistan War. The song portrays generals…
Socialist Song of the Month – The Triumph of General Ludd, Chumbawumba
The Triumph of General Ludd (Traditional, performed by Chumbawamba) Referring to the revolutionary impact of capitalism in the early 19th century, Karl Marx wrote “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned…” Capitalism, in other…
What Really Energizes Democratic Socialists
A specter is haunting the United States –– the specter of democratic socialism. Yet as Joel McNally rightly notes in his July 12 Shepherd Express column, socialism ought to be seen as a friendly and familiar ghost, especially in Milwaukee,…