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Week of April 20, 2020This is obviously a very difficult time for the world, and for political organizing. Just as all of us have been quickly adjusting to the new normal of daily life under social distancing given the current COVID-19 virus public health emergency, we will now be holding meetings online. |
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CALL YOUR REPS: PASS THE RENT CANCELLATION ACT & THE HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY GUARANTEE ACT NOW!xt. |
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This past Friday, April 17, 2020, Representative Ilhan Omar introduced H.R. 6515: the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, which would enact a national rent and mortgage suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. You can read our breakdown of the bill and why we support it here.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Pramila Jayapal also introduced the emergency legislation Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act on Friday that would empower Medicare to cover all healthcare costs for the uninsured and all out-of-pocket expenses for those with insurance for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
Congress needs to hear from us immediately. Calling only takes a few minutes – grab your phone and get started.
Call script for HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY GUARANTEE ACT: HERE
Call script for RENT & MORTGAGE FORGIVENESS: HERE
For more info & how to spread the word, check out bit.ly/healthcarenorentnow
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HATE HAS NO PLACE We just wanted to acknowledge and let people who weren’t there know that two of our Branch meetings (San Fernando Valley & Westside) were zoom-bombed by several hostile actors posting visual and verbal racial and bigoted slurs. We’re sorry that our members were exposed to these disturbing actions, and we’re committed to doing what we can to keep them from happening in the future. Steering Committee was already in the process of building this, but we’re working quickly to finalize and distribute a guide for our organizers on how to best prevent this from happening in the future, and we’ll be changing the process by which members get access to the zoom links for our branch and local meetings. |
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California has neglected its catastrophic housing and homelessness crisis for years. Meanwhile, our civic leaders prioritize large scale hotel developments, offering billions in incentives to developers. With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus grounding the entire world, hundreds of thousands of hotel rooms sit empty while Californians continue to die at alarming rates on our streets.
The No Vacancy campaign demands that elected officials across the state of California make hotel rooms available to all unhoused Californians now in the interest of public health. State and local officials have already acted with extreme measures to combat COVID-19 and yet, they have failed to act with the same urgency when it comes to Californians who are experiencing homelessness.
Follow Street Watch LA on Twitter & Insta for updates.
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NEIGHBORHOOD SOLIDARITY NETWORKWe are ONCE AGAIN ASKING YOU to join the Neighborhood Solidarity Network! Do you want to help build DSA-LA into a healthy socialist organization? Do you want to get to know other socialists in your neighborhood? Then you should join the Neighborhood Solidarity Network (NSN)! Since we began this project 3 weeks ago, we have had 143 people volunteer to be NSN organizers. They’ve made over 1000 calls and logged nearly 300 in-depth conversations with DSA members, asking about their well-being, getting to know them, and offering calls to action to support our COVID-19-related organizing work. Most importantly they’ve been engaging in deep, comradely conversations and building up strong organizing bonds. |
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CALENDAR Check our calendar for all weekly Committee Meetings |
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POLED BOOK CLUB - CALIBAN & THE WITCH PT. 5Thursday, April 23, 2020 at at 7pm to 9pm // Zoom Join the Political Education Committee every week as we read and discuss Silvia Federici's classic text, "Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation". Meetings will be held via Zoom and open to all. RSVP to each meeting to receive the Zoom link to join!
Book PDF link: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
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DSA 101 Saturday, April 25, 2020 at at 11am to 1pm // Zoom Are you new or newly returning to DSA? To Los Angeles? To the Left? Then join us for DSA 101! At this orientation, we'll talk about what capitalism is, how it functions, and why socialism is ideologically opposed to it. Participants will also learn about the history of our organization and our chapter in particular, the current projects we're working on, and how you can get involved.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the information on how to join this meeting. |
STAY SAFE AND SEE YOU NEXT WEEK |
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