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Join Seattle DSA for our JuneChapter Membership MeetingTuesday, June 27, 7:00PM Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds Ave (In-person attendance is encouraged but Zoom is available for those who need it.)
Join us for the DSA Chapter Membership Meeting this Tuesday, June 27th. We will hear updates from Raise the Wage Renton and the UW workers’ strike victory! A Teamster speaker will help us get ready for a potentially historic strike at UPS! We will also vote on 3 items: endorsing Michael Westgaard for Renton City Council, our annual budget, and the name of our chapter.
Voting items at the meeting will include:
*Resolution to Adopt a “General-Support” Endorsement for Ry Armstrong for Seattle City Council District 3 has been withdrawn by the authors |
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This Friday, June 23, 6pm Volunteer Park Amphitheater
In a furious assault on bodily autonomy, 2023 has seen the Right introduce over 500 anti-trans bills in legislatures across the country, with overturning Roe vs Wade last year leading the offensive. It’s clear this bigotry will only intensify as the Presidential election season kicks off with a crowded field of Republican candidates and the war between Trump and DeSantis encouraging ever more anti-LGTBQ rhetoric.
Meanwhile, polls show the majority of working people - 67%! - think Trans people should be protected from discrimination in employment, housing, services, etc. Unfortunately we can’t rely on the Democratic Party to mount a defense of Trans rights, the only way we can ultimately defend and advance Trans rights and bodily autonomy is through a mass movement of everyday working people with escalatory tactics. Socialist and Left wing elected officials, Bernie Sanders, unions, and others should use their enormous reach and authority to call for a National Day of Action to kick off organized mass struggle to stop the brutal attacks on Trans people.
Started in 2013, Trans Pride Seattle is an annual event organized by Gender Justice League in collaboration with hundreds of local organizers, volunteers, and groups who support local the Seattle-area trans & gender diverse community. |
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🌹 Hey friends!
🎉✍️Right now, working class folks in Renton have to work 72 hours a week to afford an average 1 bedroom apartment! Working people need a raise and they need to see socialists earning it for them together! Help us qualify our minimum wage initiative for the ballot in Renton so we can transfer an estimated $45 MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR to the lowest paid workers who are disproportionately people of color, women, and LGBTQIA+!
We’re turning in our FIRST batch of signatures very soon, in only 8 days, by the END OF JUNE. Sign up for tabling or canvassing this weekend so we can turn in as many signatures as possible before the end of the month!🎉✍️
📅 What’s happening this weekend? 📅
We’ve got three signature gathering events this weekend - join any of them for whatever period of time works for you and RSVP at the links below!
Friday Canvass (4 PM - 7 PM): https://tinyurl.com/rtwfridaycanvass
Saturday tabling (10 AM - 2 PM): https://tinyurl.com/rtwsaturdaylanding
Sunday tabling (10:30 AM - 5 PM): https://tinyurl.com/rtwsundaytabling
Sunday canvassing: (4 PM - 7 PM): https://tinyurl.com/rtwsundaycanvass
AND a special event this Sunday to help us clean up signatures before we turn them in, with coffee, tea, and pastries: Sunday (11 AM - 3 PM): https://seattledsa.org/event/raise-the-wage-renton-signature-validation-party/ (highly recommend as it will be in Seattle in case you have trouble getting down to Renton)
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Working to create socialism is sometimes … well, a lot of work! If it’s all rallies and meetings and spreadsheets, it can turn into a drag real quick. We think it’s important to have some time to just simply get to know each other, connect over food and drinks, and have fun together — that’s what this social is for! No big speeches, no business, just time to connect with other leftists.
What to expect:
Also, feel free to bring a friend. See you there!
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