The Defiance is a blog by Tacoma DSA rooted in solidarity, struggle, and working-class power. We share stories from the front lines of local organizing, offer unapologetically socialist takes on Tacoma and national politics, and build a space for reflection, debate, and collective vision. In a world that demands our obedience, The Defiance is our refusal—and our invitation to fight together.
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War (&) Bodies: The Labor of Race and Gender in Fighting and Resistant Subjectivities
Author’s note: This paper, which was presented in April at Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026 at Bilgi University, was written in the context of both a series of seminars on liberatory psychoanalysis and ongoing study with the TDSA Trans Rights & Bodily Autonomy (TRBA) reading group. I am deeply grateful for the dedicated participation of the…
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Why We Should Require Candidates to Commit to Abide by the Results of the Endorsement Process
As DSA gets stronger, and as we get better at winning elections, more candidates will seek our endorsement. In some chapters, this has reached the point that multiple DSA members are interested in running for the same seat, and they all seek the chapter’s endorsement. This has not happened yet in our chapter, but it…
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Strategy and Tactics for the Anti-Imperialism Movement
Eric Blanc and Chris Winston have both written articles recently investigating why there is currently no mass anti-war movement in the US and proposing actions for us to take to address that problem. I’m glad that they each put forward their analysis, because both are grappling seriously with this issue, and we do need to…