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East Bay DSA Newsletter July 29, 2021
Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone's different needs.
Terry Eagleton
Comrades!

While many of us hoped that the COVID-19 vaccine would bring an end to our year's long crisis, the Delta variant, coupled with our lack of international public health authority, has seen an explosion in cases and deaths. Hardest hit have been those nations where the vaccine has been withheld by corporate interests. We see more and more that the paradigm of competition cannot overcome the collective crises our world faces. The virus knows no national border.

But we know of another force that knows no national border: working class solidarity! It is in knowing that our fates as working people are intertwined that socialists can offer an alternative to the ravages of the world we’re living in. 

Solidarity isn't just a feeling. It's a reaction to the reality that from DC to Beijing, our societies are ruled by the capitalist class. They won the 20th century, expanding their tentacles into every nation on earth without exception. We are, everywhere, answerable to the rule of the market. 

Unfortunately the left has not yet risen to the challenge that this poses. We know of course, that the situation is dire, never have the capitalists controlled so much wealth, meanwhile working class organization here in the US continues to be decimated. Looming over all of this is the impending crisis of climate change grows ever more apocalyptic. 

But it's exactly in this fire of crisis that solidarity can be forged in the struggle for a better world. Not out of sentimentality, but out of a dire need. We need each other to win, and we need to win to survive. Only when millions rise up in collective struggle, can we hope to challenge the might of the capitalist class.
Last Thursday, UC YDSA chapters, UAW 2865, Brown Issues, and other campus orgs stood united against the “forever hike,” plan to increase tuition indefinitely. “One mobilization was never going to stop the UC, especially with so much $ on the line,” Cal YDSA said on Twitter, “Today’s action put us in a better position for the next fight.”
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority, East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.

TRANSIT CORRIDOR BULLETIN #3: FARES, WHY BOTHER?

On May 11, riders pressured the AC Transit Board of Directors to delay a proposed fare increase to 2022. But we should be talking about getting rid of fares entirely.

Read more
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.

Learn about CA Politics with the Electoral Committee!

TONIGHT! July 29 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Join on Zoom ♿️
How can democratic socialists build, win, and wield power in the state of California?

Please join the East Bay DSA Electoral Committee as we host a political education event about California politics! Come hear kick-off lectures from members and participate in a discussion about how DSA can build electoral power in CA.

All are welcome, please join us on Zoom!

Join Zoom meeting RSVP

PTA Social

Saturday, July 31 | 1–4 p.m.
Snow Park 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
The People’s Transit Alliance will be hosting our first in person social on August 31st from 1-4 PM at Snow Park, right next to Lake Merritt. Come spend the afternoon with us as we chop it up about socialism, transit, and enjoy a sunny summer afternoon. And yes… there will be snacks! We hope to see you there!

Snow Park (the corner of Harrison Street and 19th Street next to Lake Merritt)

RSVP

East Bay DSA All-Comms Meeting

Monday, August 9 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Join your fellow East Bay Comms Committee for our monthly meeting of all who work on communications in our chapter. We'll do some Comms-specific political education, hear what our fellow comrades are up to and work together on a new chapter-wide campaign.

RSVP

Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

Wednesday, August 11 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Zoom — please RSVP for the URL & instructions ♿️
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].

RSVP

General Meeting

Sunday, August 15 | 1–3 p.m.

Online via Zoom — stay tuned for details ♿️

Save the date for Sunday, August 15, 1–3 p.m. for our next East Bay DSA General Meeting!

At this month's meeting, we'll be discussing a proposal from our Electoral Committee on our chapter's electoral endorsements process.

The full agenda is still being finalized, but stay tuned for more information soon!
 
Upcoming Events

RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, August 16 | 7–9 p.m.
Contact [email protected] for location information
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

LET'S OWN PG&E CAMPAIGN

Wednesday, August 18 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.

Join on Zoom ♿️

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

SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday, August 18 | 7–8:30 p.m.

Join on Zoom ♿️

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
Catch up on Socialist Night School
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
Even with social distancing guidelines lifted, now's still 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

Catch up on Night School readings
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has more than 90,000 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
The 2021 National DSA convention begins Sunday with the theme “From the Ashes of the Old.” Delegates to the convention will debate proposals for DSA’s work for the next two years as well as decide on a national platform.
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
SIGN UP TO TALK TO A MOBILIZER!
Are you a new DSA member? Or are you looking to get more involved with East Bay DSA's projects and campaigns? Sign up to talk to a mobilizer!

Here are three reasons to sign up to talk to a mobilizer:

  1. Meet a fellow socialist organizer
    We want to build a movement of millions of working class people and change the exploitative and oppressive system in which we live, but we do that first and foremost by building one-to-one connections with each other.
     
  2. Answer your questions
    Learn more about DSA, the local East Bay chapter, and our different committees and projects.
     
  3. Get more involved
    The main thing a mobilizer will help you with is getting more involved in DSA. Maybe there’s a campaign or project you’re particularly interested in, or maybe you’re a blank slate and you don’t really know what to do. Either way, a mobilizer will help you figure it out.
Sign up to talk to a mobilizer!
Sometimes — history needs a push.
Lenin

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Genuine equality means not treating everyone the same, but attending equally to everyone's different needs.

- Terry Eagleton

Comrades!

While many of us hoped that the COVID-19 vaccine would bring an end to our year's long crisis, the Delta variant, coupled with our lack of international public health authority, has seen an explosion in cases and deaths. Hardest hit have been those nations where the vaccine has been withheld by corporate interests. We see more and more that the paradigm of competition cannot overcome the collective crises our world faces. The virus knows no national border.

But we know of another force that knows no national border: working class solidarity! It is in knowing that our fates as working people are intertwined that socialists can offer an alternative to the ravages of the world we’re living in.

Solidarity isn't just a feeling. It's a reaction to the reality that from DC to Beijing, our societies are ruled by the capitalist class. They won the 20th century, expanding their tentacles into every nation on earth without exception. We are, everywhere, answerable to the rule of the market.

Unfortunately the left has not yet risen to the challenge that this poses. We know of course, that the situation is dire, never have the capitalists controlled so much wealth, meanwhile working class organization here in the US continues to be decimated. Looming over all of this is the impending crisis of climate change grows ever more apocalyptic.

But it's exactly in this fire of crisis that solidarity can be forged in the struggle for a better world. Not out of sentimentality, but out of a dire need. We need each other to win, and we need to win to survive. Only when millions rise up in collective struggle, can we hope to challenge the might of the capitalist class.


News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority (https://eastbaymajority.com/) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.


** TRANSIT CORRIDOR BULLETIN #3: FARES, WHY BOTHER?
------------------------------------------------------------
On May 11, riders pressured the AC Transit Board of Directors to delay a proposed fare increase to 2022. But we should be talking about getting rid of fares entirely.

Read more (https://eastbaymajority.com/buses-public-transportation-ac-transit-fare-free/)
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 (http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .


** Learn about CA Politics with the Electoral Committee!
------------------------------------------------------------
TONIGHT! July 29 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Join on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82844073645?pwd=R0djblY1TXA0Q0NMMm1NNStkT2N0QT09) ♿️
How can democratic socialists build, win, and wield power in the state of California?

Please join the East Bay DSA Electoral Committee as we host a political education event about California politics! Come hear kick-off lectures from members and participate in a discussion about how DSA can build electoral power in CA.

All are welcome, please join us on Zoom!

Join Zoom meeting (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82844073645?pwd=R0djblY1TXA0Q0NMMm1NNStkT2N0QT09) RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1949/2021-07-29-learn-about-ca-politics-with-the-electoral-committee/)


** PTA Social
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, July 31 | 1–4 p.m.
Snow Park 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
The People’s Transit Alliance will be hosting our first in person social on August 31st from 1-4 PM at Snow Park, right next to Lake Merritt. Come spend the afternoon with us as we chop it up about socialism, transit, and enjoy a sunny summer afternoon. And yes… there will be snacks! We hope to see you there!

Snow Park (the corner of Harrison Street and 19th Street next to Lake Merritt)

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1957/2021-07-31-pta-social/)


** East Bay DSA All-Comms Meeting
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, August 9 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Join your fellow East Bay Comms Committee for our monthly meeting of all who work on communications in our chapter. We'll do some Comms-specific political education, hear what our fellow comrades are up to and work together on a new chapter-wide campaign.

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1958/2021-08-09-east-bay-dsa-all-comms-meeting/)


** Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting (Virtual)

------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, August 11 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Zoom — please RSVP for the URL & instructions ♿️
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].

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1703/2021-08-11-green-new-deal-committee-monthly-meeting-virtual/)


**
------------------------------------------------------------

General Meeting
Sunday, August 15 | 1–3 p.m.

Online via Zoom — stay tuned for details ♿️
Save the date for Sunday, August 15, 1–3 p.m. for our next East Bay DSA General Meeting!

At this month's meeting, we'll be discussing a proposal from our Electoral Committee on our chapter's electoral endorsements process.

The full agenda is still being finalized, but stay tuned for more information soon!

Upcoming Events


** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING

------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, August 16 | 7–9 p.m.
Contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for location information
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 (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1683/2021-08-16-racial-solidarity-committee-monthly-meeting/)


** LET'S OWN PG&E CAMPAIGN

------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, August 18 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.

Join on Zoom (https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/93277685636) ♿️
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 (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1602/2021-08-18-let-s-own-pg-e-campaign/)


** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING

------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, August 18 | 7–8:30 p.m.

Join on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023852802?pwd=V0VaZEgvZTJxQXZ5c1I2K1FLQlQxdz09) ♿️
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 (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1733/2021-08-18-social-housing-committee-meeting/)



CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
Even with social distancing guidelines lifted, now's still 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 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeMYhhCCTFq1jGdOt6lcF8l7HQJwnJndD)

Catch up on Night School readings (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/night-school/)


Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has more than 90,000 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 (http://dsausa.org/join?source=East%20Bay)


Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/about/caucuses/) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.


Announcements


SIGN UP TO TALK TO A MOBILIZER!
Are you a new DSA member? Or are you looking to get more involved with East Bay DSA's projects and campaigns? Sign up to talk to a mobilizer!

Here are three reasons to sign up to talk to a mobilizer:
1. Meet a fellow socialist organizer
We want to build a movement of millions of working class people and change the exploitative and oppressive system in which we live, but we do that first and foremost by building one-to-one connections with each other.

2. Answer your questions
Learn more about DSA, the local East Bay chapter, and our different committees and projects.

3. Get more involved
The main thing a mobilizer will help you with is getting more involved in DSA. Maybe there’s a campaign or project you’re particularly interested in, or maybe you’re a blank slate and you don’t really know what to do. Either way, a mobilizer will help you figure it out.

Sign up to talk to a mobilizer! (https://forms.gle/np21b7Jt225z4xmq5)


Sometimes — history needs a push.

-Lenin

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