Twin Ports Democratic Socialists of America

06/23/2026

AFSCME members will be holding an informational picket today 4-7pm on Boundary Avenue to draw attention to concerns about the potential of privatizing Spirit Mountain. I encourage folks to join them and learn more about their concerns.

06/20/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to Duluth’s Juneteenth celebration yesterday despite the rain and made some buttons with us! It’s important to remember that Juneteenth is this country’s only national holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people and it only became a national holiday FIVE YEARS AGO. Not only has our government refused to acknowledge how important emancipation is to communities across the nation, but it also refuses to actually abolish slavery. The 13th amendment includes an exception, where slavery is STILL federally legal “as a punishment for a crime.” This exception has been used to continually enslave incarcerated Black Americans through criminalization of unemployment, over policing of Black neighborhoods, and the war on drugs. The fight against slavery didn’t end with the Civil War, it’s a fight that’s still going on today. Get organized in your community to help build a truly just world for all.

06/19/2026

What rain??

Come see us at the Duluth Branch NAACP Juneteenth event!

06/19/2026

We will be at Juneteenth again this year from 1pm-6pm. Food, Music, Fun. 4th St by the Central Hillside Community Center. Join us!

While some enslaved people did not know about Lincoln's order, many learned of it while the fighting was still ongoing through informal networks, rumors and sometimes from slaveholders themselves.

06/17/2026

15 comrades have been persecuted by the federal government for defending their communities against ICE. They need our support, please donate to their legal fund if you can!

https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund

06/17/2026

"It is the latest sign of the influential Democratic Socialists of America expanding its reach in the wake of last year's election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City. Across the country, there are signs that more candidates are identifying as democratic socialists or aligning themselves with the DSA's platform, as the far-left organization's membership grows."

The outcome in Washington, D.C. reinforces a breakout year for democratic socialists, but could put the city in Trump's crosshairs

06/17/2026

A one-year moratorium on data centers is now in effect in Superior, while the city's planning commission studies the matter.

06/17/2026

"These indictments should concern everyone. The charging documents do not focus solely on specific actions by specific individuals. They repeatedly reference “coordination,” “communication,” and “collective efforts” to interfere with ICE operations and prevent the enforcement of federal immigration policy. Taken at face value, the logic of these indictments could potentially implicate thousands of people across the Twin Cities who participated in rapid response networks, immigrant defense efforts, school patrols, demonstrations, and other forms of collective action.

For that reason, these prosecutions must be viewed not simply as cases against fifteen individuals, but as an attack on the broader movement that emerged to defend immigrant communities and resist authoritarian policies. If the government succeeds in establishing that organizing, coordinating, and mobilizing communities in defense of their neighbors can be treated as criminal conduct, the implications will extend far beyond these defendants."

The recent federal indictments of fifteen Minnesota activists must be understood for what they are: a serious escalation in the government’s effort to criminalize resistance to ICE operation, intimidate those who have stood up in defense of their communities, and to attack our basic right to organ...

06/16/2026

Sheila St. Clair, 48, was last seen at the Cascade Apartments on August 20th, 2015 in Duluth , Minnesota. Surveillance footage from the apartment complex shows her wearing a knee length black sleeveless dress and light-colored shoes. She approached an apartment and spoke to someone. Sheila was never seen again.

It's believed she was on her way to the White Earth Reservation. She didn't have a vehicle and may have asked someone for a ride. Sheila has unspecified health issues and walks with a limp due to a disabled foot. She was 5'4 and 115 lbs with black hair and brown eyes at the time. She may use the last name Jackson. There is a $1,000 reward for information that leads detectives to her. Sheila is listed as # MP30408 in Namus and there are currently no exclusions for her DNA.

Please call the Duluth Police Department at 218-730-5400, referencing case #153202975, with any information on the whereabouts of Sheila St. Clair. Let's bring her home.