Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the
revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world
declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Comrades,
This is it. This is the moment we've been not waiting for, but
working for.
For months our chapter has operated a phenomenal DSA for Bernie
campaign. The campaign has given Bernie supporters opportunities to
become organizers, and organizers opportunities to become committed
and hopefully lifelong socialists.
As campaign participants we've broken out of our isolation to talk
to our neighbors about our shared struggles and the solutions we can
realize if we stand together in solidarity. We've transformed
ourselves from political consumers to political actors, who intervene
strategically to have a real impact on our society instead of
helplessly witnessing its deterioration.
No matter what happens on Tuesday, none of those achievements can
be taken away from us. That said, we’re here to win. So let’s get out
there and kick some ass for Bernie Sanders.
If you haven't yet gotten involved in our DSA for Bernie campaign,
the time is now. We have multiple Bernie canvasses every day, in
neighborhoods all around the East Bay, from now until Tuesday, and our
office will be staffed and wide open.
People over profit isn't just a slogan. It's a movement, and it's
happening right now. Come in. Get organized. Choose a side. Choose the
side of the working class. Fight the bosses, the bankers, the
insurance executives, the polluters, the warmakers, and the jailers.
Fight for yourself, and fight for someone you don’t know.
It's time for socialists to make history.
Featured Events
If you're ready to build this movement up to
March 3 and beyond, here's a list of upcoming events. RSVP to keep
updated. You can also keep track on our Events page
(http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .
** CANVASSES FOR
BERNIE
------------------------------------------------------------
Let's
spread the word about Bernie Sanders and Democratic Socialism in the
East Bay. All are welcome and no experience is necessary. Click the
links below for more details; most events require you to RSVP for the
exact address of our meeting place.
Come to any of these canvasses taking place from now until March 3
or come to our office at 3832 Market Street in Oakland to make calls,
enter data, or get dispatched across the East Bay to knock doors or
crowd canvass!
This Saturday's big canvass
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1210/2020-02-29-big-bernie-canvass-last-big-canvass-for-bernie/)
, beginning at East Bay Community Space in Oakland, will be the
culmination of all of our canvassing efforts before Super Tuesday.
This is the week. California is crucial in this primary, and we want
to win it.
** LAST BIG
CANVASS
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday,
February 29 | Noon–4:30 p.m.
This is it—the Last Big Canvass for
Bernie prior to election day! Now is the most important time of our
campaign, and we need you to knock doors with us to make sure that
California goes to Bernie on Super Tuesday.
Our canvass will start at noon with several speeches and a training
on how to canvass. If you are new, we will pair you up with an
experienced canvasser. Bring your friends and family!
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1210/2020-02-29-big-bernie-canvass-last-big-canvass-for-bernie/)
** ⭐️GET OUT THE VOTE FOR BERNIE
SANDERS
------------------------------------------------------------
Daily
through Super Tuesday, March 3 | 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
East Bay DSA Office 3832 Market Street, Oakland
East Bay DSA's office will be open DAILY from February 24
through March 3 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. running GOTV operations. For
nine days straight, our office will be the place to be for Bernie
supporters. Drop by 3832 Market Street in Oakland any time to join the
political revolution!
We'll need all hands on deck to knock doors, phone bank voters,
canvass BART stations, and help organize the office. Whatever your
interests or experience, we can find a role for you. Just drop in and
together we can help propel Bernie to a YUGE victory in California on
March 3!
No experience necessary — we'll provide training and support for
all volunteer roles. Feel free to bring family, friends, and
coworkers!
If you would like to phone bank, please bring a laptop or other
device! If you'd like to canvass, please bring a fully-charged phone
with miniVAN Touch downloaded and account created, links below:
Apple Store
(https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minivan-touch/id352087547)
Google
Play
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voteractivationnetwork.minivan&hl=en_US)
** TODAY! FEBRUARY 27
CANVASSES
------------------------------------------------------------
Choose
a canvass today:
8–10 a.m. BART Canvass at 12th St. Station
1245
Broadway, Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1226/2020-02-27-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-12th-st-station/)
4:30–7:30 p.m. BART Canvass at Fruitvale Station
3401 E 12th St,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1225/2020-02-27-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-fruitvale-station/)
5–7 p.m. Neighborhood Canvass in Laurel District, Oakland
RSVP
for address info
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1143/2020-02-27-neighborhood-canvass-for-bernie-in-laurel-district-oakland/)
** FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
CANVASSES
------------------------------------------------------------
Canvass
in Berkeley and Oakland
8–11 a.m. BART Canvass at Ashby
Station
3100 Adeline St, Berkeley
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1214/2020-02-28-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-ashby-station/)
4:30–7:30 p.m. BART Canvass at 19th St. Station
1900 Broadway,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1216/2020-02-28-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-19th-st-station/)
4:30–7:30 p.m. BART Canvass at West Oakland Station
1451 7th St,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1215/2020-02-28-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-west-oakland-station/)
** SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29
CANVASSES
------------------------------------------------------------
Canvass
in Oakland, Alameda, or Fremont
11 a.m.–1 p.m. Neighborhood Canvass
in Fruitvale
Carmen Flores Rec Center, 1637 Fruitvale Ave,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1163/2020-02-29-neighborhood-canvass-for-bernie-in-fruitvale/)
11 a.m.–2 p.m. Neighborhood Canvass in Alameda
The Local, 1333
Park St, Alameda
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1147/2020-02-29-neighborhood-canvass-for-bernie-in-alameda/)
Noon–2 p.m. Neighborhood Canvass in Fremont
Near Kelly St and
Spady St, Fremont
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1164/2020-02-29-neighborhood-canvass-for-bernie-in-fremont/)
** SUNDAY MARCH 1
CANVASSES
------------------------------------------------------------
Canvass
at Fruitvale Station:
9–11 a.m. Spanish Crowd Canvass at Swap Meet
Market
5401 Coliseum Way, Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1165/2020-03-01-spanish-crowd-canvass-for-bernie-at-swap-meet-market/)
11 a.m.–2 p.m. BART Canvass at Downtown Berkeley Station
2160
Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1220/2020-03-01-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-downtown-berkeley-station/)
11 a.m.–2 p.m. BART Canvass at Hayward Station
28601 Dixon St,
Hayward
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1218/2020-03-01-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-hayward-station/)
11 a.m.–2 p.m. BART Canvass at 19th St. Station
1900 Broadway,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1217/2020-03-01-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-19th-street-station/)
** MONDAY, MARCH 2
CANVASSES
------------------------------------------------------------
Canvass
in Oakland
8–10 a.m. BART Canvass at MacArthur Station
555 40th
St, Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1227/2020-03-02-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-macarthur-station/)
4:30–7:30 p.m. BART Canvass at Fruitvale Station
3401 E 12th St,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1229/2020-03-02-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-fruitvale-station/)
4:30–7:30 p.m. BART Canvass at 12th St. Station
1245 Broadway,
Oakland
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1228/2020-03-02-bart-canvass-for-bernie-at-12th-street-station/)
** MARCH 3 — DAY OF THE
PRIMARY
------------------------------------------------------------
Stay
tuned for more information on how you can get involved in our Primary
Day push to get Bernie Sanders elected! And check the East Bay DSA
events calendar for updates.
See the Events calendar (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/)
** TEAM BERNIE: CA PRIMARY RESULTS WATCH
PARTY
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday,
March 3 | 7 p.m.–midnight
7th West, 1255 7th St, Oakland ♿
March
3 is a big night. Fourteen states vote in this year’s Super Tuesday,
making up more than a third of all awarded delegates in the
primary.
California is a big state. We’ve got the most people, which means
the most people power (and also the most delegates).
The 2020 election is a big deal. We vote between socialism and
barbarism, between transformative change and a race to the bottom.
So let’s have a big party!
Join us as we watch the results of Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia roll in. Whatever
happens, we’re going to need each other to win the world we deserve.
So let’s be together for this one big moment in the big beautiful
struggle!
7th West is ADA accessible, has VERY tasty Filipino food, and is
all ages until 9 p.m.
Accessibility Information: Venue is on ground floor and there is a
ramp that leads into the patio. Venue has an ADA bathroom.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1187/2020-03-03-team-bernie-ca-primary-results-watch-party/)
** WEEKLY BERNIE PHONEBANK & DATA ENTRY WRAP UP
PARTY
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
March 4 | 6–8 p.m.
East Bay DSA Office, 3832 Market St,
Oakland
This will be the last phonebank for EBDSA's California
Bernie campaign—help us wrap up all of the great work we did by making
phone calls to the people we met over the last week of the
campaign!
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1114/2020-03-04-weekly-bernie-phonebank-data-entry-wrap-up-party/)
** General Meeting: Continuing Bernie’s Political
Revolution
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday,
March 7 | 1–3:30 p.m.
Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Avenue,
Oakland
After the California Primary, the Bernie movement will move
on to the next states, but the struggle continues. So what comes next?
How do we keep working to get Bernie elected? And how do we keep
fighting for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, good union jobs for
all, housing for all, and ending deportations and mass
incarceration?
Millions of working people across the country are energized by
Bernie’s platform for transformative and bottom-up change and his
message of "Not me. Us." The Democratic Socialists of America will
keep up the fight here in the East Bay and across the United
States.
Join us at our March 7 meeting to discuss what comes next!
Tentative Agenda:
* Strategy recap of the East Bay DSA for
Bernie campaign
* Panel discussion of international mass movements,
electoral victories, and labor strikes
* Discussion about how we
move forward as a movement
* Getting involved with East Bay DSA’s
other campaigns
RSVP (https://www.facebook.com/events/2859579107602066/)
** RED STATE REVOLT READING
GROUP
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
March 9 | 7–9 p.m.
East Bay Community Space, 507 55th St, Oakland
♿️
The largest strike wave in the US in decades has been occurring
for the last two years, and it is not over! Teachers and other public
education workers have responded to austerity politics, poor working
conditions, low pay, and the erosion of opportunity for their students
with a newfound militancy. From West Virginia to Oakland and Los
Angeles, this is a national phenomenon. What are its roots? Who are
its leaders? What does it mean for the future of public education? For
organized labor?
These are the topics explored by Eric Blanc’s Red State Revolt: The
Teachers’ Strikes and Working Class Politics (Verso Press, 2019).
Come to the reading group launch on March 9 where we will:
*
Hear Oakland teachers reflect on their experiences in the OEA strike
of last spring
* See a presentation on the history of California
education unionism from Fred Glass
* Organize ourselves into groups
with a discussion leader for the next ten weeks
Who should join? Educators, labor activists, parents, Easy Bay DSA
members, and anyone else interested in learning more about the power
of working class solidarity. We will meet every other week for ten
weeks (five sessions).
Red State Revolt is the second book chosen in a series of Labor
Reading Groups sponsored by the East Bay DSA Labor Committee. Copies
of the book will be available for a suggested donation at the March 9
event (NOTAFLOF).
To RSVP in advance, go here
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerLCPpwURLvgqQl-_LcrLErMBO_teDc3jcC8WKc5ExC4vaSg/viewform)
. For more information, contact [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) .
Accessibility: Entrance and bathroom are wheelchair-accessible.
RSVP
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSerLCPpwURLvgqQl-_LcrLErMBO_teDc3jcC8WKc5ExC4vaSg/viewform)
** BEER & ROSES LABOR
SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday,
March 12 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Telegraph Beer Garden, 2138 Telegraph
Ave, Oakland ♿
Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for their
regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are
interested in the labor movement, hear about what's happening in EBDSA
Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.
Telegraph Beer Garden has a narrow doorway at entrance and moderate
noise level.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/907/2020-03-12-beer-roses-labor-social/)
Upcoming
Events
** STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
March 15 | 2–5 p.m
RSVP for address
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 address.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1090/2020-03-15-steering-committee-meeting/)
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
March 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.
Location and accessibility details may vary.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1097/2020-03-16-racial-solidarity-committee-monthly-meeting/)
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
March 18 | 7–9 p.m
ACCE Action 2501 2501 International Blvd,
Oakland ♿
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. The second part of the meeting we discuss campaigns and
working group updates. All are welcome!
This venue is ADA-accessible.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/926/2020-03-18-social-housing-committee-monthly-meeting/)
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nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time
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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
CODE FOR SOCIALISM: JOIN THE EBDSA TECH WORKING
GROUP!
We're creating a socialist tech working group to support our
organizing, and develop tools to challenge the capitalist class! Help
us build and maintain our chapter technical projects, including
eastbaydsa.org (https://www.eastbaydsa.org) , eastbaymajority.com
(https://www.eastbaymajority.com) , and more!
Join our ranks!
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The key for us is to draw more and more people into pathways of
thinking and pathways of action that go in the direction of
questioning established authority and giving people a meaningful say
about the realities and decisions affecting their lives.
-Paul Le Blanc
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