WELCOME TO WEBSITE OF THE BOWDOIN DEMOCRATIC LEFT!

"Turning the Tide Towards Freedom": YDS Outreach Conference
Join the Bowdoin Democratic Socialists' delegation to the "Turning the Tide Towards Freedom" conference hosted by Young Democratic Socialists, USA. This wll be a great venue to learn about democratic socialism, how to build a democratic left movement, and meet other great young activists. Tons of great workshops, speakers, and trainings. The conference will be held in between February 17-19 in New York City. Contact David for information about costs and transporation. For more information about the conference and registration look at www.ydsusa.org.

Climate Change in Maine
Bowdoin Democratic Socialists are a sponsoring group for "The Climate Campaign Conference Maine" at Bowdoin (2/11/2006). The Climate Change Network describes this as a "summit to energize students around climate issues and actions to take to address the issues on a campaus and state level, and to connect students with organizations they can use as resources and outlets to take such actions as promoting sustainability and climate neutrality on campuses and in the state legislature". For more information contact Katherine or www.climatechange.org.

"Marx in Soho"
Bowdoin Democratic Socialists and Sociology Department are proud to present Howard Zinn's (author of People's History of the United States) "Marx in Soho" as preformed by Bob Weick of the Iron Age Theatre. The preformace will be held Friday February 17th at 4:30. Look for further information and check out www.ironagetheatre.org for the history of the play.

Support Local Stores
Support local business instead of Wal*Mart and Cook's Corner. Show your student ID at many different Maine Street stores this weekend (December 9th to the 11th) and receive a discount of 5 to 15 percent. Look in your mailbox Thursday (the 8th) for a list of participating stores with a map downtown Brunswick. For more information please click here.

Bowdoin Democratic Socialists meeting with pro-labor Democratic US Representative Michael Michaud of Maine