University of Texas at Dallas Democratic Socialists

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University of Texas at Dallas Democratic Socialists is affiliated to Young Democratic Socialists.

People’s Pride at University of North Texas

According to Chandran Ramasamy on Saturday, June 29 2024, at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), the student organizations Rainbow Guard and Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) held a People’s Pride, a pride event hosted by queer people for queer people without corporations and cops. Spokespersons for these two student orgs condemned Dallas Pride for accepting corporate sponsors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

“The message of the event was the power of community and queer solidarity,” Poorvi Joshi of YDSA remarked. “It was to show how successful an event with queer people in mind by queer people can be without corporate sponsorships and lax messaging about acceptance, and with themes of anti-racism, anti-imperialism, and anti-genocide instead.”

“Before the invention of the rainbow pride flag, members of the Gay Liberation Front flew the Vietnamese flag in solidarity with the Vietcong at a time when that was considered treason, because they recognized their liberation is tied up with colonized people all over the world,” said Jo Hargis of DFW Anti-War Committee. “That’s the queer history I’m interested in upholding, and one we see today in many queer people’s solidarity with Palestine.”

In another speech, Jose Campos of UTD YDSA stated, “Organizations like Rainbow Guard at UTD build on these revolutionary legacies to fight against right-wing onslaughts against our community and corporate co-option. In Texas, several anti-LGBTQ policies have been passed within the last year which compel us to respond.”

“I thought all the speeches were really impactful,” attendee Tanmayi Akasapu affirmed, and commended “the message of the queer performances.” Another attendee, T. Reyes, stressed that “we fostered confidence that only a community can inspire, and within that unity, we made financial gains for a [Gazan] family in need.”

C. Rajini, an organizer of the event, stated. “Rainbow Guard and other queer organizations that prioritize agitation against the powers that be are turning the tide away from liberalism and complacency, because they acknowledge that queer people in Sudan, Congo, and Palestine can’t celebrate Pride with bombs over their heads. Instead, they march towards overthrowing this reality, for a liberated one.”[1]

Leaders

Nicholas St. John, was in 2016, contact for University of Texas at Dallas Democratic Socialists.[2] He founded the club.

In 2016, his brother, biology sophomore Joel St. John was Treasurer, and Chelsea Ellison, a cognitive sciences senior was VP.[3]

William Viloudaki, was in 2017, contact for University of Texas at Dallas Democratic Socialists.[4]

UTD DSA Members

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UTD Democratic Socialists closed Facebook group, as of November 3, 2017.

The purpose of UTD Democratic Socialists will be to educate students and faculty about the fundamental tenets of Democratic Socialism, in order to illustrate the benefits of Democratic Socialism for the people of the United States and to remove the stigma that is attached to the word. Given the widespread misunderstanding of socialism in general and Democratic Socialism in particular, we feel that it is important to combat misinformation regarding this.[5]

Admins

Members

References

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  3. ↑ [The Mercury March 2016 , 2016, Sanders supporters start club]
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