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    William Silversmith

    William Silversmith (he/him) is a member of the Northeast PA (NEPA) Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and is on the executive board of the DSA Disability Working Group. He is a secular jew that has been working on pandemic justice issues for the past several years and is on the steering committee of COVID-19 Organizing, Resistance, and Education. He has previous bylines at Cosmonaut Magazine. He was a co-author of the DSA Organizing for Pandemic Justice resolution presented to the 2023 DSA National Convention and attended as the Delegate Chair for NEPA DSA. The opinions submitted are not necessarily reflective of the official positions of these groups. He can be found on Twitter/X at @matrixmarxist and on Medium as @willsilversmith.

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