| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: "We called it a work holiday" |
| Date | December 2, 2021 6:01 PM |
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To me, the labor movement was never just a way of getting higher wages. What appealed to me was the spiritual side of a great cause that created fellowship. You wanted the girl or the man who worked beside you to be treated just as well as you were, and an injury to one was the concern of all.
-- Rose Schneiderman
Comrades,
Even with holiday breaks, other end-of-year events, work, coursework, and finals, your comrades are doing so much to build class consciousness and power in the East Bay. Just look at the next two weeks of awesome and invaluable chapter events (conveniently printed below) that we're juggling with department white elephants and way too much vegan baking:
We have thought-provoking political education events, like the 75th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike ([link removed]) and Socialist Night School on the capitalist state ([link removed]) ; events that are great for new members, like the "How to Win the Holidays" training and social ([link removed]) (or any other event you see with a 🌹rose emoji); and campaign and committee meetings, including the kickoff of our 2022 electoral field program ([link removed]) .
We also really want to highlight the solidarity rally with ATU 192 this Saturday ([link removed]) , bringing the months-long campaign for transit worker hazard pay to Oakland City Hall. And finally, the "How to Build a Tenant Union" workshop ([link removed]) , rescheduled from Dec. 1 to Dec. 14: now is exactly the right time to think about organizing your building, and this workshop is the perfect place to learn how.
Solidarity!
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 starting to be able to meet face-to-face, and events are still going on, whether in person or on Zoom, that you can be a part of. Events with a 🌹 are great for new members. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** 🌹"WE CALLED IT A WORK HOLIDAY": THE 1946 OAKLAND GENERAL STRIKE
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, December 3 | 7–10 p.m.
East Bay Community Space 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the most recent city-wide general strike in American history! Nearly the entire working class of Oakland withheld their labor December 3 - 5, 1946, in support of striking women in downtown department stores, and in protest of police brutality on picket lines. The Oakland General Strike was the sixth and last city-wide general strike in the year after the end of World War II. What were its root causes? How was it organized? How did it turn out? Could something like it happen again?
EBDSA member Fred Glass teaches labor history at City College of San Francisco. He has written about the Oakland General Strike, made a film about it, and helped design the exhibit for the fiftieth anniversary at the Oakland Museum of California in 1996. In other words, he has been obsessed with it ever since he found out it happened and would like to share his obsession with you.
You must show a vaccination card at the door!
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹DECEMBER 4TH RALLY TO DEMAND HAZARD PAY FOR FRONTLINE TRANSIT WORKERS
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, December 4 | noon–2 p.m.
Frank Ogawa Plaza at Oakland City Hall ♿️
Throughout the pandemic, even as Covid-19 deaths soared, bus operators, mechanics, and other frontline transit workers reported to work every day, putting their lives on the line, keeping transit running so other Bay Area essential workers could get to their jobs at hospitals, grocery stores, and other critical destinations. Despite this -- no transit agency has recognized their sacrifices to keep the Bay Area moving. That’s why we are supporting union members at ATU 192 in their campaigns for hazard pay. It’s time for AC Transit to come to the table and meet their demands for hazard pay, justly compensating frontline transit workers for their risk and sacrifices. Join us at 12:00pm on December 4th, 2021 at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall to stand in solidarity with frontline transit workers and make their voices heard loud and clear.
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹HOW TO WIN THE HOLIDAYS TRAINING AND SOCIAL
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Sunday, December 5 | 1–3 p.m.
East Bay Community Space – Telegraph Room, 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
Join the Member Engagement Committee for a training on how to more comfortably and effectively talk politics with family and friends over the holidays, or any time of year! This event will be part-training and part-social, and a great opportunity for new, existing, and potential members to meet, mingle and connect with other members of the EBDSA community. We will meet indoors, so please make sure to bring a mask and proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹2022 ELECTORAL FIELD TEAM LAUNCH
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 7 | 6–7:30 p.m.
UAW 2865 Office, 2730 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley ♿️
Join East Bay DSA's Electoral Committee for a launch of our field program for the 2022 election cycle!
While our chapter hasn't endorsed any candidates or campaigns yet, rest assured that there are exciting class-struggle campaigns in the works. Regardless of who we endorse, we are going to need a strong field operation in 2022, to not only collect signatures and knock on doors but to have deep conversations with thousands of voters about working class power.
At this meeting, we will develop some preliminary plans regarding our field team, with the intention of building it into an over-hundred-person canvassing machine, and launch a pilot canvassing program to start testing out raps and building our skills as canvassers.
After the meeting, we'll gather at a bar for a drink and get to know our comrades!
Masks required. Proof of vaccination will be checked at the door.
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: THE CAPITALIST STATE
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 7 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
East Bay Community Space, 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
The political education committee presents a 3 part series on Jacobin's the ABCs of Capitalism! The three parts are Understanding Capitalism, Capitalism, and the State, and finally Capitalism and Class Struggle.
For this event, we'll be talking about “Capitalism and the State.” What is the relationship between capitalism and the state? Is the state a neutral body or is it inherently biased towards capital? (Hint: It's the latter.) And if it is biased towards capital, what can we as socialists do to counteract that bias? Join us to discuss these fundamental questions, and get to know your comrades in person!
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 8 | 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])
** 🌹HOW TO BUILD A TENANT UNION
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 8 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join EBDSA, the Socialist Housing Organizer Project (SHOP), and members of Alice Tenant Union for the “How to Build a Tenant Union” workshop. Learn the fundamental skills for tenant organizing and how you can get started organizing your own building.
RSVP ([link removed])
** EBDSA BRANCHES WORKING GROUP MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, December 9 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The East Bay DSA Branches Working Group has been tasked by the chapter Steering Committee to determine how to institute a branch structure. From Fremont to Vallejo and Oakland to Antioch, East Bay DSA covers a wide range not just in territory but in conditions and issues. In order to make sure all neighborhoods of our chapter are represented and engaged, we are considering a branch structure similar to what has been done in other DSA chapters including DSA LA, DSA Atlanta, and Metro DC DSA. Branches can be formed in many ways and we want to get your input on how it should be done!
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹December General Meeting
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 12 | 1–3 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Please join us for our December General Meeting! Stay tuned for more information. We'll post the agenda when it's released at the RSVP link below.
RSVP ([link removed]) Join on Zoom ([link removed])
** 🌹EAST BAY DSA ALL-COMMS MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 13 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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 ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 15 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Monthly meeting for the EBDSA Social Housing committee. Come to hear updates about our upcoming projects, and have a political discussion about the decommodification of housing in the Bay Area!
RSVP ([link removed]) Join on Zoom ([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])
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society — we are on the eve of universal change.
-- Eugene Debs
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Comrades,
Even with holiday breaks, other end-of-year events, work, coursework, and finals, your comrades are doing so much to build class consciousness and power in the East Bay. Just look at the next two weeks of awesome and invaluable chapter events (conveniently printed below) that we're juggling with department white elephants and way too much vegan baking:
We have thought-provoking political education events, like the 75th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike ([link removed]) and Socialist Night School on the capitalist state ([link removed]) ; events that are great for new members, like the "How to Win the Holidays" training and social ([link removed]) (or any other event you see with a 🌹rose emoji); and campaign and committee meetings, including the kickoff of our 2022 electoral field program ([link removed]) .
We also really want to highlight the solidarity rally with ATU 192 this Saturday ([link removed]) , bringing the months-long campaign for transit worker hazard pay to Oakland City Hall. And finally, the "How to Build a Tenant Union" workshop ([link removed]) , rescheduled from Dec. 1 to Dec. 14: now is exactly the right time to think about organizing your building, and this workshop is the perfect place to learn how.
Solidarity!
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 starting to be able to meet face-to-face, and events are still going on, whether in person or on Zoom, that you can be a part of. Events with a 🌹 are great for new members. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** 🌹"WE CALLED IT A WORK HOLIDAY": THE 1946 OAKLAND GENERAL STRIKE
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, December 3 | 7–10 p.m.
East Bay Community Space 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the most recent city-wide general strike in American history! Nearly the entire working class of Oakland withheld their labor December 3 - 5, 1946, in support of striking women in downtown department stores, and in protest of police brutality on picket lines. The Oakland General Strike was the sixth and last city-wide general strike in the year after the end of World War II. What were its root causes? How was it organized? How did it turn out? Could something like it happen again?
EBDSA member Fred Glass teaches labor history at City College of San Francisco. He has written about the Oakland General Strike, made a film about it, and helped design the exhibit for the fiftieth anniversary at the Oakland Museum of California in 1996. In other words, he has been obsessed with it ever since he found out it happened and would like to share his obsession with you.
You must show a vaccination card at the door!
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹DECEMBER 4TH RALLY TO DEMAND HAZARD PAY FOR FRONTLINE TRANSIT WORKERS
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, December 4 | noon–2 p.m.
Frank Ogawa Plaza at Oakland City Hall ♿️
Throughout the pandemic, even as Covid-19 deaths soared, bus operators, mechanics, and other frontline transit workers reported to work every day, putting their lives on the line, keeping transit running so other Bay Area essential workers could get to their jobs at hospitals, grocery stores, and other critical destinations. Despite this -- no transit agency has recognized their sacrifices to keep the Bay Area moving. That’s why we are supporting union members at ATU 192 in their campaigns for hazard pay. It’s time for AC Transit to come to the table and meet their demands for hazard pay, justly compensating frontline transit workers for their risk and sacrifices. Join us at 12:00pm on December 4th, 2021 at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall to stand in solidarity with frontline transit workers and make their voices heard loud and clear.
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹HOW TO WIN THE HOLIDAYS TRAINING AND SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 5 | 1–3 p.m.
East Bay Community Space – Telegraph Room, 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
Join the Member Engagement Committee for a training on how to more comfortably and effectively talk politics with family and friends over the holidays, or any time of year! This event will be part-training and part-social, and a great opportunity for new, existing, and potential members to meet, mingle and connect with other members of the EBDSA community. We will meet indoors, so please make sure to bring a mask and proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹2022 ELECTORAL FIELD TEAM LAUNCH
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 7 | 6–7:30 p.m.
UAW 2865 Office, 2730 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley ♿️
Join East Bay DSA's Electoral Committee for a launch of our field program for the 2022 election cycle!
While our chapter hasn't endorsed any candidates or campaigns yet, rest assured that there are exciting class-struggle campaigns in the works. Regardless of who we endorse, we are going to need a strong field operation in 2022, to not only collect signatures and knock on doors but to have deep conversations with thousands of voters about working class power.
At this meeting, we will develop some preliminary plans regarding our field team, with the intention of building it into an over-hundred-person canvassing machine, and launch a pilot canvassing program to start testing out raps and building our skills as canvassers.
After the meeting, we'll gather at a bar for a drink and get to know our comrades!
Masks required. Proof of vaccination will be checked at the door.
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: THE CAPITALIST STATE
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 7 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
East Bay Community Space, 507 55th St, Oakland ♿️
The political education committee presents a 3 part series on Jacobin's the ABCs of Capitalism! The three parts are Understanding Capitalism, Capitalism, and the State, and finally Capitalism and Class Struggle.
For this event, we'll be talking about “Capitalism and the State.” What is the relationship between capitalism and the state? Is the state a neutral body or is it inherently biased towards capital? (Hint: It's the latter.) And if it is biased towards capital, what can we as socialists do to counteract that bias? Join us to discuss these fundamental questions, and get to know your comrades in person!
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 8 | 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])
** 🌹HOW TO BUILD A TENANT UNION
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 8 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join EBDSA, the Socialist Housing Organizer Project (SHOP), and members of Alice Tenant Union for the “How to Build a Tenant Union” workshop. Learn the fundamental skills for tenant organizing and how you can get started organizing your own building.
RSVP ([link removed])
** EBDSA BRANCHES WORKING GROUP MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, December 9 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The East Bay DSA Branches Working Group has been tasked by the chapter Steering Committee to determine how to institute a branch structure. From Fremont to Vallejo and Oakland to Antioch, East Bay DSA covers a wide range not just in territory but in conditions and issues. In order to make sure all neighborhoods of our chapter are represented and engaged, we are considering a branch structure similar to what has been done in other DSA chapters including DSA LA, DSA Atlanta, and Metro DC DSA. Branches can be formed in many ways and we want to get your input on how it should be done!
RSVP ([link removed])
** 🌹December General Meeting
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 12 | 1–3 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Please join us for our December General Meeting! Stay tuned for more information. We'll post the agenda when it's released at the RSVP link below.
RSVP ([link removed]) Join on Zoom ([link removed])
** 🌹EAST BAY DSA ALL-COMMS MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 13 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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 ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 15 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Monthly meeting for the EBDSA Social Housing committee. Come to hear updates about our upcoming projects, and have a political discussion about the decommodification of housing in the Bay Area!
RSVP ([link removed]) Join on Zoom ([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])
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society — we are on the eve of universal change.
-- Eugene Debs
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