| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: Time for something new |
| Date | November 6, 2020 12:34 AM |
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In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people.
-- Eugene Debs
Comrades,
With ballots still being counted, and the President and his supporters trying to delegitimize the results any way they can, we’re still in an uncertain moment today. A swift, decisive victory for Joe Biden wouldn’t have been the end of white supremacy, kleptocracy, or fascism in America. But it would have been a relief for many.
So if we’ve been holding our breath for a night and a day, let’s stop for a moment and think about what we know is true, regardless of the remaining states’ returns:
Capitalism is destroying our society and our planet. Our national politics and media are sluggish at best, and at worst, disinterested in responding, while the stakes remain extremely high: healthcare, housing, human dignity. Safety from state violence and economic exploitation.
Establishment Democrats won’t take up these causes, even to save their campaigns. Meanwhile, DSA-backed candidates continue to win big by addressing the needs of working people ([link removed]) . Jovanka Beckles ([link removed]) ! Carroll Fife ([link removed]) ! It is time for something new. It is time to organize or perish.
Onward!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** OAKLAND’S IMMIGRANTS FACE COVID WITHOUT A SAFETY NET / LOS INMIGRANTES INDOCUMENTADOS SE ENFRENTAN A COVID SIN UNA RED DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Excluded from federal relief bills and abandoned by Gov. Newsom, immigrants in Oakland are facing Covid without protections.
Read more ([link removed])
Leer más ([link removed])
** AC TRANSIT WORKERS AND RIDERS WON FREE PPE FOR EVERY RIDER. BUT BIGGER FIGHTS ARE ON THE WAY.
------------------------------------------------------------
Workers and riders pressured AC Transit into providing free masks and hand sanitizer for all riders. We’ll need more popular pressure like that to save our public transit system.
Read more ([link removed])
** WITH PROP 15, A COVID SCHOOLS RECOVERY FOR ALL STUDENTS
------------------------------------------------------------
Distance learning is exacerbating learning gaps between students. But funding from Prop 15 could provide the wraparound services we need for an equitable recovery for all students.
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: TOWARDS A GREEN NEW DEAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! November 5 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In 2018 the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report, stating that the world needed to steeply cut its carbon emissions and make radical changes in order to limit the planet’s temperature from rising to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. If that goal wasn’t met, the report predicted a horrifying increase in suffering for almost all life and ecological collapses.
In America, this report was met on the political Left by sustained calls for the abolition of capitalist exploitation of people and the planet. The rationale was that capitalism’s imperative for endless economic growth required massive amounts of energy, the vast majority of which is still produced through fossil fuels. Some of the specific responses were reinvigorated support for anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist struggles by Indigenous peoples, surges in attendance at climate strikes, and great support for proposals like the Green New Deal by elected officials.
We’ve been exploring this theme in a Socialist Night School mini-series, co-organized with our Green New Deal Committee. The first two events explored what it means to be an ecosocialist and the Red Deal and Indigenous struggle. In this final Night School in our mini-series, we’ll attempt to answer a perennial question in our prior sessions: “How do we actually win a Green New Deal, especially after Bernie’s loss?” We’ve dedicated this time to making a space for us to attempt an answer.
Learn about our readings and our guest speaker, Thea Riofrancos, at the RSVP link below.
RSVP ([link removed])
** PHONEBANK FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! November 5 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
With smoke in the air and uncontained fires raging across the state, it’s easy to feel scared and defeated. But there are ways to fight back against the austerity capitalists who’ve gotten us here and to protect each other from the worst effects of the fires. Join us to check in on our neighbors and recruit them to work on Green New Deal Committee projects like:
* Let's Own PG&E campaign
* Mutual aid, including making and distributing masks
* Green New Deal Electoral Organizing
* Environmental Justice/Racial Solidarity
* A Green New Deal for Transit Campaign
No experience is required. We'll show you what you need to have great conversations with some of the loveliest people in the world: the ones who've signed up through the letsownpge.org website!
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** COUNT EVERY VOTE - DEFEND DEMOCRACY
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 7 | noon
Harry Bridges Plaza, The Embarcadero, San Francisco
Come defend democracy and demand that every vote be counted with Bay Area labor councils and East Bay DSA this Saturday. Wear masks and wear red.
RSVP ([link removed])
** LESSONS OF THE 1930s FOR THE 2020s
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, November 8 | noon–2 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for a 7-part study series on labor organizing in the 1930s, open to all and designed for anyone engaged or interested in workplace or non-workplace based movement work.
The Left has always played an essential role in building movements for social justice. The current pandemic and the deepening economic crisis presents us with urgent challenges. Especially since ours is a new socialist movement without tons of experience in labor and other working-class movements, we need to learn as much as we can about how socialists conducted themselves in the past. The 1930s was the last great period of labor organizing in the US. Like today, the 1930s began with widespread economic desperation, racist repression, and a weak labor movement. Yet, by the end of the ‘30s, millions of workers had created and joined unions after tumultuous struggles, with Left parties playing key roles.
What were the key lessons of the ‘30s that can inform our work today? How did workers organize themselves and their communities? To what extent was the fight against racism integrated into those struggles? What was the role of the union officials and the state? And in all of this, what were the strengths and weaknesses that Left organizations brought to the movement?
Groups will start the week of November 8, consist of 10–12 people, and will meet every other week for a total of 7 sessions, factoring in a break for the holidays. Readings will be shared digitally at no cost, will average 50 pages every two weeks, and will include primary and secondary sources, fiction, and poetry.
For a list of the readings, click here. For questions, comments, etc, please email [email protected].
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTRO TO DSA
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, November 8 | 1–3 p.m.
Grove Park, 1730 Oregon St, Berkeley ♿️
Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Millions of working-class Americans are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more.
But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? How do socialists look at the crises of police brutality, economic recession, and COVID-19? And what will we do after the election is over? Let's talk about it.
Join us to discuss what our political moment calls for, meet new people, and get plugged into our fight for democratic control of the things that we need for all of us to live a dignified life.
This socially-distanced event will be held at Grove Park in Berkeley at 1 p.m. Sanitizer and gloves will be provided, please wear your mask!
Grove Park is wheelchair accessible, but there are no public bathrooms.
RSVP ([link removed])
** THE ORGANIZER’S TOOLBOX: HOW TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 9 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In this training, we will discuss and practice the art of the one-on-one meeting. This is a powerful and foundational skill for any organizer—it helps us form a political relationship with somebody, understand more about who they are and what motivates them, and gives us an opportunity to make a concrete ask of them.
One-on-one meetings can help us develop political relationships with other working-class people, build leadership in your committee, and move people to action. Come to this training to learn the components of a one-on-one and get some real-life practice.
Note: While everybody is welcome, this training event is geared towards people who are already active in the Democratic Socialists of America or aligned organizations.
Recommended readings ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR TRANSIT CAMPAIGN MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 9 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to win power for:
* Free Public Transit
* Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule
* Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs
* Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination
* Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles
RSVP below for Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? ELECTION RECAP AND ANALYSIS
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, November 10 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA Political Education Committee for an analysis of what's happened since election day. Watch the event page at the RSVP link below for details!
RSVP ([link removed])
** FRIEND BANK TO 100K!
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, November 10 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join your comrades in a low-key, friendly social hour where we’ll explore our networks to help grow DSA to 100,000 members. Friend-to-friend organizing is one of the most effective tools we have to build our movement, and we need our friends, coworkers, family, and neighbors to build DSA into the mass movement it’ll take to create a better world.
Signed the 100k pledge but haven’t recruited 3 new members yet? We’re here to help! Haven’t signed the pledge yet? Start here: [link removed]
No experience necessary! Bring a fun beverage (optional).
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)
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Wednesday, November 11 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP to receive the URL to the meeting or email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEDICARE FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, November 12 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us for a special reconvening of the Medicare for All Committee! With the pandemic and its multiple, intersecting crises, and the polling popularity of Medicare for All, our commitment to the movement is more important than ever. This will relaunch our work as a chapter committee. Come learn about our committee's efforts, as well as local, state, and national initiatives around Medicare for All and single-payer healthcare. All are welcome!
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL READING GROUP – CORONA, CLIMATE, CHRONIC EMERGENCY
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, November 12 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Part II of this book by Andreas Malm exploring the question: "What does COVID-19 tell us about the climate breakdown, and what should we do about it?" The second half of the book (Chapter 3) is standalone, so please join us even if you missed the first discussion.
The event will occur via zoom meeting. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Sunday, November 15 | 2–5 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
See how your elected leadership works as we deliberate on current chapter issues. This meeting is open to all DSA members to observe the proceedings. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. The agenda is TBA.
RSVP ([link removed])
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 16 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿️
Join the Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting! The Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for the rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around the world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic socialist organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area working class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open borders to workers' rights and access to fully-funded public education. In our general meetings, we hold political discussions and report on upcoming RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part of the fight for Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
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Tuesday, November 17 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations
RSVP ([link removed])
**
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100K RECRUITMENT PHONEBANK
Tuesday, November 17 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
The only way to win a better society is through a mass movement. To that end, we’re asking you to join us for a recruitment phonebank at 6 PM as we continue to build the largest mass socialist organization in the United States!
No experience required. We’ll walk you through what you need to know, and we’ll be on the call to support you. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with any questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** LET’S OWN PG&E CAMPAIGN
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Wednesday, November 18 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Learn about why a for-profit PG&E will never work for the people or the planet and be a part of winning a Community-owned, Community-controlled PG&E.
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday, November 18 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Our Social Housing Committee meets on the third Wednesday each month. The first half of the meeting is dedicated to learning together about social housing and about the broader housing justice movement. In the second part of the meeting, we discuss campaigns and working group updates. All are welcome!
RSVP ([link removed])
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
Watch past Night School videos ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 75,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
Join DSA ([link removed])
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
HELP US REACH 100K!
In October, DSA is doing a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. How can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us contacting our own friends, family, and colleagues. Click the link below to sign the pledge and help us get to 100,000 DSA members nationwide!
Sign the pledge and get recruiting! ([link removed])
In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.
-- Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto
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-- Eugene Debs
Comrades,
With ballots still being counted, and the President and his supporters trying to delegitimize the results any way they can, we’re still in an uncertain moment today. A swift, decisive victory for Joe Biden wouldn’t have been the end of white supremacy, kleptocracy, or fascism in America. But it would have been a relief for many.
So if we’ve been holding our breath for a night and a day, let’s stop for a moment and think about what we know is true, regardless of the remaining states’ returns:
Capitalism is destroying our society and our planet. Our national politics and media are sluggish at best, and at worst, disinterested in responding, while the stakes remain extremely high: healthcare, housing, human dignity. Safety from state violence and economic exploitation.
Establishment Democrats won’t take up these causes, even to save their campaigns. Meanwhile, DSA-backed candidates continue to win big by addressing the needs of working people ([link removed]) . Jovanka Beckles ([link removed]) ! Carroll Fife ([link removed]) ! It is time for something new. It is time to organize or perish.
Onward!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** OAKLAND’S IMMIGRANTS FACE COVID WITHOUT A SAFETY NET / LOS INMIGRANTES INDOCUMENTADOS SE ENFRENTAN A COVID SIN UNA RED DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Excluded from federal relief bills and abandoned by Gov. Newsom, immigrants in Oakland are facing Covid without protections.
Read more ([link removed])
Leer más ([link removed])
** AC TRANSIT WORKERS AND RIDERS WON FREE PPE FOR EVERY RIDER. BUT BIGGER FIGHTS ARE ON THE WAY.
------------------------------------------------------------
Workers and riders pressured AC Transit into providing free masks and hand sanitizer for all riders. We’ll need more popular pressure like that to save our public transit system.
Read more ([link removed])
** WITH PROP 15, A COVID SCHOOLS RECOVERY FOR ALL STUDENTS
------------------------------------------------------------
Distance learning is exacerbating learning gaps between students. But funding from Prop 15 could provide the wraparound services we need for an equitable recovery for all students.
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: TOWARDS A GREEN NEW DEAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! November 5 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In 2018 the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report, stating that the world needed to steeply cut its carbon emissions and make radical changes in order to limit the planet’s temperature from rising to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. If that goal wasn’t met, the report predicted a horrifying increase in suffering for almost all life and ecological collapses.
In America, this report was met on the political Left by sustained calls for the abolition of capitalist exploitation of people and the planet. The rationale was that capitalism’s imperative for endless economic growth required massive amounts of energy, the vast majority of which is still produced through fossil fuels. Some of the specific responses were reinvigorated support for anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist struggles by Indigenous peoples, surges in attendance at climate strikes, and great support for proposals like the Green New Deal by elected officials.
We’ve been exploring this theme in a Socialist Night School mini-series, co-organized with our Green New Deal Committee. The first two events explored what it means to be an ecosocialist and the Red Deal and Indigenous struggle. In this final Night School in our mini-series, we’ll attempt to answer a perennial question in our prior sessions: “How do we actually win a Green New Deal, especially after Bernie’s loss?” We’ve dedicated this time to making a space for us to attempt an answer.
Learn about our readings and our guest speaker, Thea Riofrancos, at the RSVP link below.
RSVP ([link removed])
** PHONEBANK FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! November 5 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
With smoke in the air and uncontained fires raging across the state, it’s easy to feel scared and defeated. But there are ways to fight back against the austerity capitalists who’ve gotten us here and to protect each other from the worst effects of the fires. Join us to check in on our neighbors and recruit them to work on Green New Deal Committee projects like:
* Let's Own PG&E campaign
* Mutual aid, including making and distributing masks
* Green New Deal Electoral Organizing
* Environmental Justice/Racial Solidarity
* A Green New Deal for Transit Campaign
No experience is required. We'll show you what you need to have great conversations with some of the loveliest people in the world: the ones who've signed up through the letsownpge.org website!
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** COUNT EVERY VOTE - DEFEND DEMOCRACY
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 7 | noon
Harry Bridges Plaza, The Embarcadero, San Francisco
Come defend democracy and demand that every vote be counted with Bay Area labor councils and East Bay DSA this Saturday. Wear masks and wear red.
RSVP ([link removed])
** LESSONS OF THE 1930s FOR THE 2020s
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, November 8 | noon–2 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for a 7-part study series on labor organizing in the 1930s, open to all and designed for anyone engaged or interested in workplace or non-workplace based movement work.
The Left has always played an essential role in building movements for social justice. The current pandemic and the deepening economic crisis presents us with urgent challenges. Especially since ours is a new socialist movement without tons of experience in labor and other working-class movements, we need to learn as much as we can about how socialists conducted themselves in the past. The 1930s was the last great period of labor organizing in the US. Like today, the 1930s began with widespread economic desperation, racist repression, and a weak labor movement. Yet, by the end of the ‘30s, millions of workers had created and joined unions after tumultuous struggles, with Left parties playing key roles.
What were the key lessons of the ‘30s that can inform our work today? How did workers organize themselves and their communities? To what extent was the fight against racism integrated into those struggles? What was the role of the union officials and the state? And in all of this, what were the strengths and weaknesses that Left organizations brought to the movement?
Groups will start the week of November 8, consist of 10–12 people, and will meet every other week for a total of 7 sessions, factoring in a break for the holidays. Readings will be shared digitally at no cost, will average 50 pages every two weeks, and will include primary and secondary sources, fiction, and poetry.
For a list of the readings, click here. For questions, comments, etc, please email [email protected].
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTRO TO DSA
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, November 8 | 1–3 p.m.
Grove Park, 1730 Oregon St, Berkeley ♿️
Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Millions of working-class Americans are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more.
But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? How do socialists look at the crises of police brutality, economic recession, and COVID-19? And what will we do after the election is over? Let's talk about it.
Join us to discuss what our political moment calls for, meet new people, and get plugged into our fight for democratic control of the things that we need for all of us to live a dignified life.
This socially-distanced event will be held at Grove Park in Berkeley at 1 p.m. Sanitizer and gloves will be provided, please wear your mask!
Grove Park is wheelchair accessible, but there are no public bathrooms.
RSVP ([link removed])
** THE ORGANIZER’S TOOLBOX: HOW TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 9 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In this training, we will discuss and practice the art of the one-on-one meeting. This is a powerful and foundational skill for any organizer—it helps us form a political relationship with somebody, understand more about who they are and what motivates them, and gives us an opportunity to make a concrete ask of them.
One-on-one meetings can help us develop political relationships with other working-class people, build leadership in your committee, and move people to action. Come to this training to learn the components of a one-on-one and get some real-life practice.
Note: While everybody is welcome, this training event is geared towards people who are already active in the Democratic Socialists of America or aligned organizations.
Recommended readings ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR TRANSIT CAMPAIGN MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 9 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to win power for:
* Free Public Transit
* Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule
* Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs
* Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination
* Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles
RSVP below for Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: WHAT JUST HAPPENED? ELECTION RECAP AND ANALYSIS
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, November 10 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA Political Education Committee for an analysis of what's happened since election day. Watch the event page at the RSVP link below for details!
RSVP ([link removed])
** FRIEND BANK TO 100K!
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, November 10 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join your comrades in a low-key, friendly social hour where we’ll explore our networks to help grow DSA to 100,000 members. Friend-to-friend organizing is one of the most effective tools we have to build our movement, and we need our friends, coworkers, family, and neighbors to build DSA into the mass movement it’ll take to create a better world.
Signed the 100k pledge but haven’t recruited 3 new members yet? We’re here to help! Haven’t signed the pledge yet? Start here: [link removed]
No experience necessary! Bring a fun beverage (optional).
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, November 11 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP to receive the URL to the meeting or email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEDICARE FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, November 12 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us for a special reconvening of the Medicare for All Committee! With the pandemic and its multiple, intersecting crises, and the polling popularity of Medicare for All, our commitment to the movement is more important than ever. This will relaunch our work as a chapter committee. Come learn about our committee's efforts, as well as local, state, and national initiatives around Medicare for All and single-payer healthcare. All are welcome!
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL READING GROUP – CORONA, CLIMATE, CHRONIC EMERGENCY
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, November 12 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Part II of this book by Andreas Malm exploring the question: "What does COVID-19 tell us about the climate breakdown, and what should we do about it?" The second half of the book (Chapter 3) is standalone, so please join us even if you missed the first discussion.
The event will occur via zoom meeting. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
Sunday, November 15 | 2–5 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
See how your elected leadership works as we deliberate on current chapter issues. This meeting is open to all DSA members to observe the proceedings. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. The agenda is TBA.
RSVP ([link removed])
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, November 16 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿️
Join the Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting! The Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for the rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around the world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic socialist organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area working class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open borders to workers' rights and access to fully-funded public education. In our general meetings, we hold political discussions and report on upcoming RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part of the fight for Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
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** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
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Tuesday, November 17 | 6–8 p.m.
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The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations
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100K RECRUITMENT PHONEBANK
Tuesday, November 17 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
The only way to win a better society is through a mass movement. To that end, we’re asking you to join us for a recruitment phonebank at 6 PM as we continue to build the largest mass socialist organization in the United States!
No experience required. We’ll walk you through what you need to know, and we’ll be on the call to support you. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with any questions or concerns.
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** LET’S OWN PG&E CAMPAIGN
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Wednesday, November 18 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Learn about why a for-profit PG&E will never work for the people or the planet and be a part of winning a Community-owned, Community-controlled PG&E.
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** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday, November 18 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Our Social Housing Committee meets on the third Wednesday each month. The first half of the meeting is dedicated to learning together about social housing and about the broader housing justice movement. In the second part of the meeting, we discuss campaigns and working group updates. All are welcome!
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CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
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Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 75,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
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Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
HELP US REACH 100K!
In October, DSA is doing a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. How can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us contacting our own friends, family, and colleagues. Click the link below to sign the pledge and help us get to 100,000 DSA members nationwide!
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In place of the old bourgeois society, with its classes and class antagonisms, we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.
-- Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto
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