Buffalo DSA’s work groups, or committees, give our members opportunities to participate in, learn about, and advance socialist initiatives using the member-directed strategy crafted at our Annual Convention. Please contact us to be connected to a work group!
Healthcare
- Organizes campaigns to pressure local politicians to co-sponsor legislation such as Medicare for All, the Emergency Healthcare Guarantee Act, and the New York Health Act, alongside political education on the material benefits of healthcare reform.
Infrastructure
- This work group is guided by the belief that the challenges and crises of urban life in Buffalo are fundamentally symptoms of capitalism, a mode of production that exploits working people and destroys the planet. The only solution is to work towards true democracy — democratic socialism — in the city. We will advance a vision of the city as a collective project for the satisfaction of human needs: the need for housing, mobility, food security, membership in a community, and a liveable environment.
- To achieve this, we will seek to improve residents’ material conditions by allying ourselves with struggles to protect and expand the rights of tenants, advocating for social housing, expanding and improving public transportation, and investing in our neighborhoods. Everyone deserves to live a secure and prosperous life.
- In 2023 we authored a study on the benefits and implementation of a municipal sidewalk snow removal program in the city of Buffalo.