Howdy comrades, 

Communications Committee checking in and bringing you edition #193 of the Houston DSA newsletter! Hope to see you at one of our upcoming events! Solidarity!

Join us, tomorrow November 16 at 7 PM at Bohemeos for our working group meeting. Zoom option also available. Please RSVP below. 

Over 11,000 Palestinians, including 4,600 children, have been killed by Israel in less than 40 days. We have seen mass mobilization in Houston, around the country, and all over the world, led by the Palestinian youth. Please continue showing up for Palestine by attending local, state, or even national events and actions organized by orgs like PYM, SJP, and JVP. Socialists and those with a moral compass, should stand firm against the settler-colonial, genocidal, and racist Zionist project of Israel. 

You may use the link below to write to your respective representatives in Congress to support a ceasefire. Israel's genocide must end. Ceasefire, now. 

Email: [email protected]

The Labor Working Group has a wonderful opportunity to act in solidarity this week by supporting the SBWU in its Red Cup Rebellion, TOMORROW, THIS Thursday, November 16th from 7 - 10AM. We will be showing up to the Starbucks store at 6400 Fanin for a short picket (7 - 830AM) before heading out in teams to non-unionized stores to give out flyers and talk to customers until 10AM. 

Our Labor WG’s monthly meeting is TODAY, Wednesday the 15th starting at 7PM. The meeting is hybrid, at Bohemeos and on Zoom. Please RSVP below for Zoom link. We will be going over the Red Cup Rebellion and other plans and opportunities to strengthen and support labor in its phoenix rise from the ashes. We would love to see you!

Solidarity Forever!

Shaw D - Labor WG Chair

Come visit our table at ZineFest Houston, Texas' oldest self-publishing festival, and check out work by local artists, organizations and zinesters at The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art this Saturday, November 18th from 12 - 6 PM!

Event is FREE and open to all ages.

The Political Education Working Group will host the next session of the revamped Socialist Night School on November 27th from 7pm to 9pm at the Montrose Center. Join us as we continue the first module on understanding Capitalism. We will have an in-person class as well as a virtual option via Zoom. There will be one more class before the end of the year on December 11th. 

We will be wrapping up the first module which takes a look at foundational principles, helping define what is capitalism, and getting ready for the next module, "What is Socialism?"

The Night School is open to the public and if you would like to be part of it, reach out to [email protected]. Night School events will be posted on the Houston DSA Calendar. Don't forget to RSVP!

In Solidarity,
Your Houston DSA Political Education Working Group

The chapter had its monthly general meeting last Thursday on November 9. During this meeting the membership deliberated on the resolution For An Anti-Zionist Houston DSA in both Principle and Practice, and a bylaws amendment proposal concerning Article XV. Endorsements, 15.2 Endorsement Process. 

Membership passed the resolution un-amended, while the bylaws amendment proposal passed with an amendment. 

(all events posted in houstondsa.org/calendar)

Labor Working Group

Wednesday, November 15, 7 - 8:30 PM (Hybrid)

Palestinian Liberation Working Group

Thursday, November 16, 7 - 9 PM (Hybrid)

ZineFest Houston 2023

Saturday, November 18, 12 - 6 PM (The Orange Show)

Abolition Working Group

Thursday, November 30, 7 - 8 PM (Hybrid)

If you're a DSA member in good standing and do not have access to Mattermost, our discourse space, please email [email protected] and you'll receive a join link once verified.

To update your name, phone, and/or mailing address tied to your DSA membership, fill out this FORM. Please use the email currently tied to your DSA membership. For membership questions please check out the DSA FAQ. 

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Signing off, take care comrades and solidarity forever!

Houston DSA Communications Committee