| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: Keep your eyes on the real killer |
| Date | September 23, 2021 5:17 PM |
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Godzilla, pure motherfucking filler; to get your eyes off the real killer.
-- Rage Against the Machine
Comrades,
There’s a class war going on and the frontline is everywhere ([link removed]) . Capitalists have used the fragmentation and upheaval of the global pandemic to tighten the screws on workers, but we're standing together and taking the fight to them.
Look at HelloFresh: the company used the opportunity of COVID-19 to make enormous profits off meal delivery, while their warehouse workers in Richmond endured dangerous conditions, including a major outbreak of COVID at work. Well, now those workers are forming a union, and they're holding a community town hall today at 6 p.m. ([link removed]) where you can hear their stories and learn how to support them.
Or take Instacart, who knew their workforce had limited job options during the pandemic, and used that leverage to successively decrease pay and improve their own (already bloated) bottom line; those workers are organizing a boycott ([link removed]) of the platform, demanding occupational benefits and an end to Instacart's opaque and exploitative system of wages.
It's also true for AMPTP, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Using COVID-era disruptions as pretenses, these huge companies are pushing a classic anti-worker agenda and stalling negotiations. So IATSE, the union for film and TV crews, is getting ready to vote on a strike ([link removed]) for fair wages and working conditions.
When workers stick together and fight, we win - so join us! We have two major labor events this weekend (the Beer & Roses Social on Saturday ([link removed]) and our monthly Labor Committee Meeting on Sunday ([link removed]) ) and a canvass on Friday for the AC Transit budget workers and riders deserve ([link removed]) !
And if you do stay in one of these days or nights, do something for your fellow workers. Delete Instacart, get ready to support the HelloFresh union ([link removed]) , and don't get so caught up in any on-screen drama that you forget about the villains off-screen, running the studios.
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.
** DEMANDING HAZARD PAY, TRANSIT WORKERS FORCE AC TRANSIT TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
------------------------------------------------------------
All across California, frontline workers have demanded and won hazard pay during the pandemic, especially in grocery, retail and healthcare workplaces. Transit workers in the Bay Area, though, have not received one penny of extra compensation for continuing to work in life-threatening conditions. On July 28, over 40 AC Transit workers and riders spoke up at the AC Transit board meeting to demand transit workers be paid retroactive hazard pay.
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still mostly 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]) .
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZING MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! September 23 | 6–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to organize our campaign for the Green New Deal for Public Schools. Everyone is welcome--all skills, imagination, dogged determination needed.
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
** RIDERSHIP CANVASS WITH THE PEOPLE’S TRANSIT ALLIANCE
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, September 24 | 9:30–11:30 a.m.
14th and Broadway, Downtown Oakland – RSVP here ([link removed]) ♿️
Come join the People's Transit Alliance to build ridership power for a public transportation system that works for the working class of the East Bay! We are canvassing riders in Downtown Oakland to petition for a Riders' Budget. As riders and workers, we demand that:
* AC Transit must spend the first $66 million of federal rescue funds now to hire and train transit workers, restore service (including paratransit), reduce fares, and provide hazard pay to the frontline transit workers who kept AC Transit moving throughout the pandemic.
* AC Transit must make a plan for the next $44 million now, in public meetings that give transit workers and riders a democratic say in how and when those tens of millions of dollars are spent.
If you've never canvassed before, that's ok! We will have an optional prep Zoom call on Thursday, 9/23 at 5 p.m. (for those who can't make it, we'll also do a mini-training on Friday morning). The canvass itself is 9:30–11:30 am on September 24 in Downtown Oakland at 14th and Broadway. Please fill out the RSVP form linked in the button below attend.
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE STRIKE
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Friday, September 24 | 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco Market & Embarcadero, San Francisco
EBDSA joins DSA SF to rally and march with Youth Vs Apocalypse for this International Climate Strike. We're showing up to support all the Climate Strike demands and to escalate our national DSA campaign for a Green New Deal for Public Schools. Join us; wear red!
Find out more:
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 10–11:30 a.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us for our International Solidarity Committee meeting! We will discuss the state of international struggles, ongoing solidarity work with other organizations, and planning the future work of the committee.
RSVP ([link removed])
** Phone Bank for the Green New Deal for Public Schools
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Online via Zoom — RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join our incredible New York comrade and author of "Red State Revolt" Eric Blanc for a special California-led phone bank on Saturday, 9/25, 11 AM PT to pressure Speaker Pelosi to include crucial funds for the Green New Deal for Public Schools in the reconciliation bill being considered this month!
Sign up here ([link removed])
** BEER & ROSES LABOR SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 1–3 p.m.
Snow Park, Harrison St. & 19th St., Oakland ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for our first Beer & Roses social in over a year and a half!
Meet, talk, and hang out with DSA members and fellow travelers who are interested in building worker power in the workplace and transforming the labor movement into a strong, militant, and democratic working-class force for change. Hear about what's happening in the EBDSA Labor Committee and learn how you can get involved.
Some food and beverage will be provided, but feel free to bring something to drink and share with your friends. Also feel free to bring yard games and wear your union shirt (or if you aren’t in a union, a shirt that says something about what you do for work).
Close to BART and bus stops. Accessible restrooms.
***In an effort to be safe and responsible with Covid, we ask that all attendees bring a mask AND their vaccination card. We will be keeping a record of all in attendance in case we need to communicate with you afterward about anything Covid-related.***
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, September 26 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Please join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for our regular monthly meeting. It's open to all DSA members who are interested in getting involved in labor work with their comrades! Learn more about how to get involved in the committee, our ongoing projects, and upcoming solidarity actions!
If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected].
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZING MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, September 30 | 6–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to organize our campaign for the Green New Deal for Public Schools. Everyone is welcome--all skills, imagination, dogged determination needed.
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** CLASSROOM JUSTICE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, September 30 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Join the Classroom Justice Campaign! Classroom Justice is a locally-run campaign that seeks to fight against the injustices happening in our public school system by a cabal of privatizers, whose sole purpose is the dismantling of every public service in this country. If you want to join in the fight against these gentrifiers or merely have questions, sign up or send your inquiries to [email protected].
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, October 6 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
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 ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
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 ([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
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! ([link removed])
Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.
-- Eugene Debs
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-- Rage Against the Machine
Comrades,
There’s a class war going on and the frontline is everywhere ([link removed]) . Capitalists have used the fragmentation and upheaval of the global pandemic to tighten the screws on workers, but we're standing together and taking the fight to them.
Look at HelloFresh: the company used the opportunity of COVID-19 to make enormous profits off meal delivery, while their warehouse workers in Richmond endured dangerous conditions, including a major outbreak of COVID at work. Well, now those workers are forming a union, and they're holding a community town hall today at 6 p.m. ([link removed]) where you can hear their stories and learn how to support them.
Or take Instacart, who knew their workforce had limited job options during the pandemic, and used that leverage to successively decrease pay and improve their own (already bloated) bottom line; those workers are organizing a boycott ([link removed]) of the platform, demanding occupational benefits and an end to Instacart's opaque and exploitative system of wages.
It's also true for AMPTP, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Using COVID-era disruptions as pretenses, these huge companies are pushing a classic anti-worker agenda and stalling negotiations. So IATSE, the union for film and TV crews, is getting ready to vote on a strike ([link removed]) for fair wages and working conditions.
When workers stick together and fight, we win - so join us! We have two major labor events this weekend (the Beer & Roses Social on Saturday ([link removed]) and our monthly Labor Committee Meeting on Sunday ([link removed]) ) and a canvass on Friday for the AC Transit budget workers and riders deserve ([link removed]) !
And if you do stay in one of these days or nights, do something for your fellow workers. Delete Instacart, get ready to support the HelloFresh union ([link removed]) , and don't get so caught up in any on-screen drama that you forget about the villains off-screen, running the studios.
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.
** DEMANDING HAZARD PAY, TRANSIT WORKERS FORCE AC TRANSIT TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
------------------------------------------------------------
All across California, frontline workers have demanded and won hazard pay during the pandemic, especially in grocery, retail and healthcare workplaces. Transit workers in the Bay Area, though, have not received one penny of extra compensation for continuing to work in life-threatening conditions. On July 28, over 40 AC Transit workers and riders spoke up at the AC Transit board meeting to demand transit workers be paid retroactive hazard pay.
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still mostly 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]) .
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZING MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight! September 23 | 6–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to organize our campaign for the Green New Deal for Public Schools. Everyone is welcome--all skills, imagination, dogged determination needed.
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
** RIDERSHIP CANVASS WITH THE PEOPLE’S TRANSIT ALLIANCE
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, September 24 | 9:30–11:30 a.m.
14th and Broadway, Downtown Oakland – RSVP here ([link removed]) ♿️
Come join the People's Transit Alliance to build ridership power for a public transportation system that works for the working class of the East Bay! We are canvassing riders in Downtown Oakland to petition for a Riders' Budget. As riders and workers, we demand that:
* AC Transit must spend the first $66 million of federal rescue funds now to hire and train transit workers, restore service (including paratransit), reduce fares, and provide hazard pay to the frontline transit workers who kept AC Transit moving throughout the pandemic.
* AC Transit must make a plan for the next $44 million now, in public meetings that give transit workers and riders a democratic say in how and when those tens of millions of dollars are spent.
If you've never canvassed before, that's ok! We will have an optional prep Zoom call on Thursday, 9/23 at 5 p.m. (for those who can't make it, we'll also do a mini-training on Friday morning). The canvass itself is 9:30–11:30 am on September 24 in Downtown Oakland at 14th and Broadway. Please fill out the RSVP form linked in the button below attend.
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE STRIKE
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, September 24 | 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco Market & Embarcadero, San Francisco
EBDSA joins DSA SF to rally and march with Youth Vs Apocalypse for this International Climate Strike. We're showing up to support all the Climate Strike demands and to escalate our national DSA campaign for a Green New Deal for Public Schools. Join us; wear red!
Find out more:
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 10–11:30 a.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us for our International Solidarity Committee meeting! We will discuss the state of international struggles, ongoing solidarity work with other organizations, and planning the future work of the committee.
RSVP ([link removed])
** Phone Bank for the Green New Deal for Public Schools
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Online via Zoom — RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join our incredible New York comrade and author of "Red State Revolt" Eric Blanc for a special California-led phone bank on Saturday, 9/25, 11 AM PT to pressure Speaker Pelosi to include crucial funds for the Green New Deal for Public Schools in the reconciliation bill being considered this month!
Sign up here ([link removed])
** BEER & ROSES LABOR SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 25 | 1–3 p.m.
Snow Park, Harrison St. & 19th St., Oakland ♿️
Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for our first Beer & Roses social in over a year and a half!
Meet, talk, and hang out with DSA members and fellow travelers who are interested in building worker power in the workplace and transforming the labor movement into a strong, militant, and democratic working-class force for change. Hear about what's happening in the EBDSA Labor Committee and learn how you can get involved.
Some food and beverage will be provided, but feel free to bring something to drink and share with your friends. Also feel free to bring yard games and wear your union shirt (or if you aren’t in a union, a shirt that says something about what you do for work).
Close to BART and bus stops. Accessible restrooms.
***In an effort to be safe and responsible with Covid, we ask that all attendees bring a mask AND their vaccination card. We will be keeping a record of all in attendance in case we need to communicate with you afterward about anything Covid-related.***
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, September 26 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Please join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for our regular monthly meeting. It's open to all DSA members who are interested in getting involved in labor work with their comrades! Learn more about how to get involved in the committee, our ongoing projects, and upcoming solidarity actions!
If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected].
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZING MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, September 30 | 6–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us to organize our campaign for the Green New Deal for Public Schools. Everyone is welcome--all skills, imagination, dogged determination needed.
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** CLASSROOM JUSTICE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, September 30 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Join the Classroom Justice Campaign! Classroom Justice is a locally-run campaign that seeks to fight against the injustices happening in our public school system by a cabal of privatizers, whose sole purpose is the dismantling of every public service in this country. If you want to join in the fight against these gentrifiers or merely have questions, sign up or send your inquiries to [email protected].
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, October 6 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Join on Zoom ([link removed]) RSVP ([link removed])
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 ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
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 ([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
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! ([link removed])
Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.
-- Eugene Debs
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