Let’s Tax Big Business to Build Affordable Housing in Seattle!

Today, Friday, 4 - 6pm
I-137 Tabling at the Mt Baker QFC

2707 Rainier Ave S
RSVP

We’ll be gathering signatures for a ballot this Fall to Tax Big Business to build affordable housing!

No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

What is I-137?

Shaun Scott Kickoff Mega Canvass!

This Saturday, May 4

11am

Gas Works Park
RSVP

It’s time to bring socialism to Olympia! Canvas with us to support SDSA-endorsed candidate Shaun Scott as he runs to represent the 43rd legislative district in the WA state assembly.

Shaun is currently running unopposed, and we want to keep it that way! Show up to show any corporate Democrat thinking about running that Shaun’s volunteer base is unmatched! We’ll also be gathering signatures for the I-137 ballot initiative which would put taxing big business to fund Seattle’s social housing program on the ballot!

We’ll meet spread out in teams around Fremont and meet back for a social in Gas Works Park (or nearby). No experience required, training will be provided on site and you will be paired with experienced volunteers!

Schedule:

11am: Meet and greet with the candidate at Gas Works Park! Get training and supplies and group into teams.

11:30am: Head out to our respective locations for signature gathering!

2pm: We’ll meet back up at Gas Works to debrief over some food!

SDSA Social! (Fremont)

This Saturday, May 4

2pm

The Dock

1102 N 34th St
RSVP

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.

Women’s Revolution, Direct Democracy & Social Ecology in North-East Syria

This Sunday, May 12

4pm

Southside Commons (3518 S Edmunds)
RSVP

Seattle DSA is proud to be co-sponsoring Report from Rojava: Women’s Revolution, Direct Democracy & Social Ecology in North-East Syria, a panel discussion which will take place Sunday, May 12th (4pm - 6pm at Southside Commons). The event is part of a West Coast speaking tour led by Debbie Bookchin and Arthur Pye of the Emergency Committee for Rojava.

After nearly twelve years, despite a relentless war of aggression waged by Turkey and ISIS, the Kurdish freedom movement, alongside the other diverse peoples of North-East Syria, continue to build and defend a sweeping social revolution rooted in the principles of direct-democracy, women’s liberation, cooperative economics, cultural pluralism and social ecology.

Though seldom discussed in the media, the struggle in Rojava is at the forefront of global struggles against colonialism, capitalism, patriarchy and state domination, offering critical lessons for socialists everywhere.

CLICK HERE FOR EVENT DETAILS

How is society being organized in Rojava? What are the revolution’s achievements and challenges? And what lessons could we apply to organizing in our own local communities?

Join us for a discussion about what is happening in Rojava, why it matters, and how we can stand in solidarity.

We hope to see you there!

In solidarity,

- Seattle DSA

Debbie Bookchin is an author and longtime journalist, writer and speaker on municipalism, who also served as press secretary to Bernie Sanders for three years when he was first elected to the US Congress. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, and many other outlets. She is a founding member of the Emergency Committee for Rojava.

Arthur Pye is a writer and community organizer based in Seattle, who recently returned from North-East Syria where he lived for one year studying the Rojava revolution. He is a member of the Emergency Committee for Rojava, as well as Seattle DSA, and his recent writings can be found in Strange Matters magazine.