Anti-War
The Anti-War Working Group (AWWG) is dedicated to countering US imperialism and resisting US regime-change operations and interventions in foreign wars and conflicts.
Working Groups
In addition to our geographically-based branches, NYC-DSA has campaign and working groups that focus on specific issues.
Working Groups
Budget
The Budget Working Group is the home of our recurring Tax the Rich campaigns and members interested in budget campaigns and finance policy more generally.
Democracy
Democratize New York! organizes for reforms that bring more democracy to everyday New Yorkers, including electoral reforms and direct democratic control.
Ecosocialist
The Ecosocialist Working Group stopped a multi-billion-dollar corporation from building a new fossil fuel plant in Astoria. We passed what Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the “most ambitious pieces of climate legislation in [New York’s] history,” the Build Public Renewables Act. We’re not done yet.
Electoral
The Electoral Working Group is Focused on recruiting and socialist candidates for local office, and building a field program to support them. They also develop resources that explain how local and state government work.
Healthcare
The Healthcare Working Group is organizing to pass the New York Health Act (NYHA) and win a universal, publicly funded healthcare system for all.
House the Future
Fighting for tenant power, rent stabilization, and social housing for all New Yorkers through House the Future and Tenant Organizing streams.
Immigrant Justice
The Immigrant Justice Working Group is organizing to protect the rights of immigrants being targeted by ICE and other agencies. We believe all people deserve a dignified existence, no matter their citizenship status.
Labor
The Labor Working Group works with labor unions and rank and file union workers to make existing unions more democratic, help create new unions, and support striking workers to build worker power.
Racial Justice
The Racial Justice Working Group focuses on deepening our understanding of the history of racism and advancing work such as police abolitionism.
Socialist Feminist
The Socialist Feminist Working Group seeks to fight the oppression of cis women, trans people, and gender nonconforming people through economic and social means.
Tech Action
The Tech Action Working Group develops a socialist perspective on the use of technology and strategies to resist Big Tech’s hegemony in politics, economics, and culture.
Tenant Organizing
The Tenant Organizing Working Group (TOWG) builds DSA’s tenant organizing infrastructure while supporting a broader tenant movement across the city.
Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy
The Trans Rights and Bodily Autonomy (TRBA) Working Group organizes to defend and expand trans rights, abortion access, and reproductive freedom across New York.
Transit
The Transit Working Group organizes around transit issues, to make transit more affordable, extensive, and equitable for working-class New Yorkers.
Universal Childcare
The Universal Childcare Working Group seeks to build a more affordable city for NYC families by fighting for free full-day year-round childcare for all children ages 0-5 and pay parity for childcare workers.
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