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The Maine chapter of Democratic Socialists of America. Posts ≠ endorsements.

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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 28/09/2026
Thank you to all the organizers and attendees at the Common Ground Fair! Every year the crowds are so kind and open to learning about what our chapter is up to, and how they can get involved. See you next year! 😊🌹
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 25/09/2026
“Power sets the conditions; you do the shrinking. There may never be an order to disobey or a charge to contest. Just a smaller radius in which to be yourself” Elijah Miller, Director of Policy at Boston’s Office of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion, writes on the expansion of everyday surveillance.
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What The Flock: Prison Populists and Palantyranny - Pine & Roses
Flock Safety’s roadside cameras collect license plates, vehicle characteristics, locations, and timestamps. Pass one and your car can become a searchable
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Modern Money Lab U.S. @mmlusa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're showing 'Finding the Money' w/ @mainedsa.org next week on Oct. 1 in Portland, ME! Come watch and chat with us about how to end the scarcity myth surrounding public money so that we can build a better & more just world. actionnetwork.org/events/movie...
Move night. Finding the Money. 1 October 2026. Maine DSA Office, Portland, Maine
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Back by popular demand! We’re partnering with @opinorg.bsky.social again to host another virtual neighborhood defense training! Learn about your rights and how to invoke them & protect your community! All are welcome! RSVP here: workers.fyi/DSA-NDT
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 26/08/2026
"Maine is not simply a passive supporter by merely being a part of the US, but is in fact an active participant in the horrors wrought abroad." Contributor Beckham O'Leary-Cyr writes on Maine's industrial ties to the US military, and how it needs to change.
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How Maine Funds War - Pine & Roses
Maine is a part of the United States though few people consider our state’s involvement in foreign policy. However, Maine is deeply connected to the lives of
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 19/07/2026
We were honored to cosponsor yesterday’s anti-ICE rally in Portland, where hundreds gathered to listen to speakers who shared many stories and messages with one demand: ICE OUT NOW! #abolishICE
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 15/07/2026
Our statement on the murder of Johan Sebastian Guerrero by ICE agents on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine. #abolishICE
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 15/05/2026
Too many Mainers have to decide each month which they can afford, their rent/mortgage or their healthcare. It’s a cruel choice forced upon us by a system that puts profits before people. Troy Jackson’s platform offers a good first step in seriously addressing these issues.
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Maine Beacon @mainebeacon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
An audit from the Portland Tenants Union found that more than half of Portland rental listings reviewed this year appeared to violate or conflict with the city’s rent control rules, including listings advertised above the maximum allowable rent and units missing from the city’s registration system.
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Quarter of rental units in Portland are listed over the legal rent limit, audit finds - Maine Beacon
A newly released audit from the Portland Tenants Union found that more than half of Portland rental listings reviewed this year appeared to violate or conflict with the city’s rent control rules, find...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🚨 NEW TV AD: My name is Troy Jackson. I'm a logger from Allagash, and I'm the only candidate endorsed by Bernie Sanders. My only special interest is you. ➡️ Chip in today to help us keep this on the air! secure.actblue.com/donate/tdj_n... #mepolitics
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 09/05/2026
We’re proud to endorse Troy Jackson for Governor, an active union member who represents the working class. It’s time to turn the Blaine house into the people’s house. ✊🌹 This June 9th, rank Troy first!
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 01/05/2026
TOMORROW, MAY 2nd, join local orgs & residents for a day of workshops, resources, food, & more! Want to create change with your community? Start here! Meet local organizations, get trained up on community defense, and learn about noncompliance and striking! We'll see you there! #MayDay2026
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May Day 2026
Find your political home and build power this May Day! Join us for day of workshops, resources, food, connections, & more!
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 10/04/2026
Landlords want to crush the growing tide of tenants rights in Portland before it spreads across all of Maine. Unfortunately for them, it's too late. ☺️🏘️🌹
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 15/03/2026
Thank you to all members and allies who marched under the Larkin-Connolly Committee for Labour banner in today’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Portland. ✊🚩 “Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.” - James Connolly
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 13/03/2026
Contributor Todd Chretien presents the second part in an on-going miniseries, "MAGA Before the Elections." In this piece, Todd takes a closer look at Clintonism 2.0, MAGAism 3.0, what they mean and what they're capable of. #MAGA #2026elections
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Aiming for Trump’s Achilles’ Heel: MAGA Before the Elections, Part II - Pine & Roses
Several months into the second year of his second term, Trump’s might-makes-right strategy, at home and abroad, has spurred more mass disgust among his
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 03/03/2026
Salar Mohandesi writes on Iran, leftist debates around internationalist approaches, and the need to organize in the heart of empire against imperialist violence. This piece originally appeared on @versobooks.bsky.social, reprinted here with permission.
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Organizing in the Heart of Empire: On the Left's debate around Iran - Pine & Roses
The situation in Iran poses a political challenge for anyone who cares about emancipation. Everyone knows that the single greatest threat to that goal on a
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 01/03/2026
Landlords cried that new tenant protections would hurt housing development in Portland, ME. @strim.bsky.social shows that hasn't been true. In fact, over the last five years development has increased since their implementation. [Piece originally appeared in @mainebeacon.bsky.social ]
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Portland's Housing Development Booming After Maine DSA Sponsored Tenant Protections - Pine & Roses
My personal favorite bug-a-boo, of course, is around housing. If you dare to regulate the housing market to prevent landlords from gouging tenants and to stop
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Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Today we mourn the loss of a great community organizer and an icon of the civil rights movement. Jackson's Rainbow Coalition was one of the few bright spots for left-wing politics in the 1980's and showed that there was an appetite for socialist politics and organizing in the Unites States.
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 11/02/2026
We are proud to endorse No ICE for Maine and the amazing work they've done bringing together Mainers in order to observe and record the actions of ICE across the state. 👏
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 08/02/2026
DSA has officially reached 100,000 members!! 🌹❤️ The ideas of socialism are spreading, while its viability and necessity is more apparent than ever. As we grow, let us give what we can and get involved as our capacities allow. No one will save us but us! ✊🚩 dsausa.org/join
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 04/01/2026
🚩📢 For folks in and around Bangor Maine! 📢🚩 TODAY @ NOON CHAMBERLAIN BRIDGE Dress warm, bring signs!!
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 03/01/2026
📣🚩EMERGENCY PROTEST📣🚩 TODAY AT 2 PM LONGFELLOW SQUARE PORTLAND, MAINE Bring your signs and your voices! Demand an end to the illegal US intervention in Venezuela!
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 03/01/2026
Penned just a couple days ago, before the US invasion of Venezuela and the extralegal abduction of its President, contributor Beckham O. offers this opinion piece on why Americans need to demand that the US keep its hands off Venezuela.
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Hands Off Venezuela: No Blood for Oil - Pine & Roses
Note: the following piece was penned just days before the United States' recent military attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 25/11/2025
It’s undeniable, more and more working class people are waking up to the extreme inequalities and injustices around us. More and more are realizing that we aren’t powerless. When we strategize, decide, and work together, we can make serious positive change. Join us. dsausa.org/join 🚩
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 24/11/2025
Saturday, November 15th, roughly 125 people attended the first ever Maine Solidarity Conference in Lewiston, hosted by Maine DSA. The purpose was to bring together folks from union leadership, mutual aid groups, and activist organizations to share and learn from each other.
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Maine DSA Holds Solidarity Conference in Lewiston - Pine & Roses
On Saturday, November 15, people began to slowly trickle into Lewiston’s Franco Center as soon as the doors opened at 9:00 AM. Coming from all over the state,
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 10/11/2025
Today, with the author’s permission, we offer you a re-printing of a piece @breadnrosie.bsky.social wrote for @powermap.bsky.social. Rose lays out why Janet Mills represents a centrism that does not meet the moment, and is a bad choice to represent Mainers in the Senate.
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Maine Voters Don’t Want Janet Mills for Senate. There’s a Reason for that. - Pine & Roses
Earlier this year Maine Governor Janet Mills made national headlines when she quipped “see you in court” to Trump at the National Governors Association summit
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 22/09/2025
Thank you Common Ground Fair! It’s always fun to talk with Mainers who have questions and believe in the work we do! We learned that many people hold socialist positions and beliefs who don’t even know it, and the support our volunteers received was overwhelming. 🌹🚩
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 02/09/2025
On Sept 2, 1945, the Vietnamese declared their independence. Hồ Chí Minh referenced the US Declaration. “All men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..” The US then went on to wage a senseless war. Let us acknowledge the right of self determination.
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 11/07/2025
Happy Birthday Maine DSA! We have: - 1 State House member - 2 Portland City Council members - established rent control in Portland - built tenant unions - increased min. wage - carried out many mutual aid projects ..AND MUCH MORE! We are just getting started, join us! act.dsausa.org/donate/membe...
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 19/06/2025
Happy Juneteenth! Why do we celebrate this important holiday, and why do some conservatives hate that we do? On June 19, 1865, the Union Army finally took control of Texas, the last bastion of Confederate holdouts. They enforced the liberation of all slaves, over 250,000 left in the state.
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 14/06/2025
👀 NEW THIS MORNING 👀 We share this public statement from the newly organized “No ICE for ME” campaign in Maine.
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Stop Deportation Machine: End ICE Cooperation in Cumberland County - Pine & Roses
Eyidi Ambila, a man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, served a short sentence in Cumberland County Jail and has since been caged for over eight months by
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 28/05/2025
Come get to know Brunswick Renters’ Org and neighbors at a casual cookout in the park! Some seating and a variety of grilled items (including vegan and gluten-free options) will be provided, but we encourage everyone to bring picnic blankets and a dish to share! ☀️🏠
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Brunswick Renters Organization Community Cookout
Come get to know your BROs and neighbors at a casual cookout in the park! Some seating and a variety of grilled items (including vegan and gluten-free options) will be provided, but we encourage every...
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 09/05/2025
📰NEW📰 As the Trump admin threatens student deportations and pressures schools, Bowdoin College has found itself caught up in it. T. Sinclair gives an update on the battle over academic freedom at the esteemed institution.
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Bowdoin, Trump, and the Battle for Academic Freedom - Pine & Roses
Here in Maine, we feel like we’re kept safely away from much of what happens nationally, but that is a myth we feed ourselves. At Bowdoin College in
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 02/05/2025
Over 1,500 people gathered in Portland on May Day to express their support for labor and oppressed peoples everywhere. We are proud to be part of this coalition. We smell a united front forming. ✊🚩
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 30/04/2025
🇻🇳 Happy Liberation Day 🇻🇳 50 years ago today, Vietnamese forces triumphantly marched into Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), reunifying the nation after TWO independence wars against foreign imperialist forces, France and the US. Vietnam is a success story for anti-imperialists everywhere.
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 29/04/2025
⭐️ NEW ⭐️ May Day will be a test of strength. But to beat back Trump's attack, we can't underestimate his strength, nor overestimate ours.
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What will May Day 2025 teach us?  - Pine & Roses
May Day will be a test of strength. But to beat back Trump's attack, we can't underestimate his strength, nor overestimate ours.
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 25/04/2025
On Thursday, May 1st, there will be a large contingent marching through Portland to celebrate #MayDay and support working class issues. There will be member participants from dozens of organizations marching together, uniting in common cause. Will you join us?
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 22/04/2025
Sick of mobilizing? Ready to organize? Join us on May Day! 🌹 It’s one thing to talk, and it’s another to build true community with our neighbors. Let’s reclaim our holiday. ✊
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 28/03/2025
🚨 NEW: Responses to ICE Detentions 🚨 Today we share a statement by New England DSA chapters, including @mainedsa.org, against ICE's illegal detention of legal residents; and a copy of Portland City Councilor Wes Pelletier's speech against ICE's actions, encouraging communities to rally together.
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New England DSA protests ICE detentions - Pine & Roses
Free Khalil, Ozturk and all ICE political prisoners
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women’s Day! ✊🚩 From its roots in 1908 when women in NYC struck for better working conditions and the right to vote, to socialist women making it a global holiday, and this holiday’s role in sparking the Russian Revolution, we forever stand together demanding liberation for all!
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 03/03/2025
🚨 A STATEMENT FROM OUR BODILY AUTONOMY WORKING GROUP 🚨 “Donald Trump’s latest threats to illegally strip federal funding from Maine schools, if we don’t “comply with executive orders,” is nothing less than an authoritarian attack on our communities, our values, and our rights.”
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Maine DSA’s Statement in Response to Trump’s Threats - Pine & Roses
Maine will not be bullied into submission by a power-hungry fascist billionaire who is targeting transgender children.
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 27/02/2025
When we come together, decide together, and organize together: we win. 🚩
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 13/02/2025
📢 NEW LOCAL STORY 📢 Remedios M. recaps the five day student encampment at Bowdoin College led by SJP. Activists called for the administration to abide by a recent student referendum opposing scholasticide in Gaza and to divest from weapons manufacturers supplying the apartheid regime in Israel.
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Bowdoin College encampment stands up for Gaza - Pine & Roses
Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine turned a rally in the student union into the first Gaza encampment of the new year.
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 07/02/2025
BOWDOIN ENCAMPMENT🧵
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 31/01/2025
📰 NEW from Pine & Roses 📰 A brief recap of Maine DSA's recent Winter Semi-Annual Convention as the socialist organization prepares for another four years of a far-right agenda under Trump.
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Maine Socialists Say No to Trump - Pine & Roses
Maine Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Sophie G. welcomed more than one hundred members and friends from across the state who met in Portland over
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 20/01/2025
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 20/01/2025
Live in Maine and curious about DSA? Our Winter Convention is this Saturday! There’ll be workshops & opportunities to learn how you can get involved. Members can show up at 10:30am, doors open to the public at 12:30pm! RSVP🔻 actionnetwork.org/events/maine...
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Maine DSA @mainedsa.org · 17/01/2025
Live near Portland? Are you angry, scared, unsure about the incoming Trump 2.0 era? Feel like it’s time to take a stand and get involved? Join us & others on Mon, Jan 20th to join in solidarity and connect with orgs putting in the work. Every struggle begins with a first step. ✊🚩
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Pine & Roses @pineandroses.org · 06/01/2025
"Getting away from the stigma of 'this is just poor, white trailer trash [...] and we're not.'" In the newest Maine Mural episode, we conclude our interview with folks from Brunswick who turned their mobile home park into a collectively owned cooperative.
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Blueberry Fields Cooperative, Pt. 2 - Pine & Roses
This is our second and final episode focused on how residents of the formerly named Linnhaven Mobile Home Park in Brunswick were able to organize,
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