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The Montana DSA Podcast

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) believe that both the economy and society should be democratically run to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few. Montana has hundred of members in several DSA chapters: Billings, Bozeman, Helena, and Western MT (Missoula). As the largest socialist organization in America since Eugene Debs ran for president, DSA members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in

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The Long Fight for Affordable Housing in Gallatin County

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/03/05

This episode features a conversation with Elizabeth Marum of Belgrade, MT. Elizabeth has been at the forefront of the affordable housing fight in Gallatin County, one of the fastest-growing areas of the state, for decades. She talks about current legislative approaches—all of which favor landlords because so many legislators are in fact landlords—as well as options that could be pursued to establish housing trusts. With a combination of higher taxes on second (and third, etc.) homes, as well as

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00:48:28

What the Funk? A View of Contemporary Politics from...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/03/02

What the Funk is a blog started last summer by several long-time residents of Great Falls in reaction to the news desert in which they found themselves. They cover a broad range of topics but recently have focussed on the legislature, especially the extremism of the representatives that Great Falls voters have sent to Helena. They do this with a refined and often outraged sense of humor. (Please excuse the poor audio/video quality in parts of this episode, starting at about 10:30 and lasting just a

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00:52:58

Local Control and Other Legislative Actions Affecting...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/02/28

Billings City Council member Denise Joy joins podcast host Frank Kromkowski to discuss how the Montana Legislature is impacting how our communities are governed. First among them is that the current legislature continues to take away powers that her constituents think the city council should have. Denise, who is also Co-Chair of Billings DSA, also discusses how democratic socialism can be a relevant politics to address issues that working-class Montanans face every day.

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00:43:15

Organized Labor, the Working Class, and DSA in Montana

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/02/24

In the seventh episode of The Montana DSA Podcast, host Frank Kromkowski talks with Chance Standish of Butte, America. Chance worked in Albertsons for several years, and eventually became a statewide union organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), representing grocery store workers and meat cutters. A couple of years ago, he was introduced (by a customer at work) to DSA and immediately became a member. Because there is no DSA chapter (yet) in Butte, Chance is working with the

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00:48:11

Montana NOW at the Montana Legislature

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/02/17

The Montana DSA Podcast host Frank Kromkowski has a conversation with Jan Strout, President of Montana NOW (National Organization for Women), about the broad range of issues and bills that Montana NOW members, leaders, and coalition partners are working on at the Montana legislature.

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00:48:00

350 Montana Actions You Can Take Now To Address...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/01/31

Episode 5 of the Montana DSA Podcast features actions Montanans can take (especially in the county of Missoula the City of Missoula, Helena, and Bozeman, who together make up 55% of the Northwestern Energy ratepayers in Montana) to support their local government plans to be energy efficient by 2030. This demand, among others, is being pushed by 350 Montana, the state-wide affiliate of 350.org, one of the world's leading organizations addressing the climate crisis. Jeff Smith, Co-Chair, and Winona

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00:42:32

NPRC is Organizing a Rally at the Capitol to Protect...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/01/28

For the fourth episode of The Montana DSA Podcast, host Frank Kromkowski has a conversation with Joanie Kresich, Board Chair of the Northern Plains Resource Council. Founded in 1972 originally to fight expanded coal mining on ranch land, NPRC is one of Montana's oldest and largest citizen action groups. It's also quite active at the Montana Legislature, fighting for priorities that its members identify (you should check out their impressive citizen lobbying tools at northernplains.org). Joanie also

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00:47:16

Tenants as Brothers and Sisters: There's Solidarity...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/01/24

Episode 3 of the Montana DSA Podcast focuses on the acute housing affordability crisis in Montana, and how a tenants union is a solution supported by democratic socialists in Montana. Our guest is Ken Grinde, a renter since age 12 and currently the Press Officer for the Missoula Tenants Union, the first tenant union in Montana. As Ken says, tenants are working to pay the mortgages of landlords (especially out-of-state and corporate landlords). And that's not right in a society as rich as America

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00:41:37

State Senator Mary Ann Dunwell on Your Right To Know...

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/01/17

In the second episode of The Montana DSA Podcast, State Senator Mary Ann Dunwell (SD 42, Helena and East Helena) explains how the majority (as Republicans call themselves in the legislature) often thwart the will of Democratic Representatives and Senators simply because they have the power. Despite wielding that power anti-democratically, Senator Dunwell and others are moving legislation. Frank Kromkowski of Helena DSA is your Montana DSA Podcast host. For more information, please get in touch with

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00:34:34

Abortion Rights and the Montana Legislature

The Montana DSA Podcast ·

2023/01/02

In the inaugural episode of The Montana DSA Podcast, Sandy Burch, Co-Chair of Western Montana DSA, tells us how Montana DSA's coordinated campaign to help defeat LR-131 on the November ballot evolved into a legislative campaign to protect abortion rights as well as address housing and labor issues in the legislative session which convened in Helena today. Frank Kromkowski of Helena DSA is your Montana DSA Podcast host. For more information, please get in touch with us at helenamtdsa@gmail.com. (And

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