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Week of May 11th, 2020 |
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TOMORROW |
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Join the Alliance to Defend Im/migrants Rights tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12th @ 5pm PST on Facebook Watch for a discussion on how we build the left within the Immigrant Rights Movement in the wake of Bernie's historic campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 3pm to 5pm
During this global crisis we are experiencing the largest unemployment rate our country has seen since the Great Depression, members are organizing their buildings and striking on rent out of necessity and solidarity, and unionized workers are organizing wildcat strikes for better wages and safety protections.
Join your fellow comrades to talk about how we can continue to organize together at our May Branch Meetings on Saturday, May 16th from 3-5pm! Also get updates from the good work committees are doing like with the Stimulus Solidarity Campaign and #NoVacancyCA
YOU MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO GET THE ZOOM LINK |
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CALLS TO ACTION |
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HEALTHY LA For two months now, The Healthy LA Coalition has been mobilizing thousands of people across LA City and LA County to take action via calls, emails, public comments, and social media which have resulted in the adoption of vital measures to protect tenants, workers, and unhoused people during this COVID-19 crisis. This week LA County Board of Supervisors is meeting TUESDAY, May 12 at 10am, to discuss and vote on more COVID19 relief measures to protect tenants, the unhoused, workers, and small businesses. This is the first week they will be having live public comment! The Board of Supervisors needs to hear from you! TAKE ACTION! TAKE ACTION TOOLKIT that has everything you need to take action, including: call script, public comment template (for live comment and for email), and sample social media posts and graphics. Many important items will be heard and you can read the AGENDA HERE and SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA HERE. |
SUPPORT #NOVACANCYCA#NoVacancyCA is a statewide coalition of organizers demanding the Governor Gavin Newsom, Major Eric Garcetti, and other elected officials use their powers to commandeer vacant hotel rooms for unhoused residents. |
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On May Day, Street Watch supported Davon Brown, an unhoused Echo Park resident, as he took over a vacant hotel room in the DTLA Ritz-Carlton. Davon demanded that Mayor Garcetti commandeer thousands of vacant hotel rooms for himself and other unhoused residents to keep them safe during this pandemic. When asked about the action, Mayor Garcetti insisted that the city had a hotel room for Davon. In reality, Davon and countless other houseless residents are ineligible for Project Roomkey. The only "room" Garcetti and LAPD provided Davon and two other Street Watch organizers that night was a jail cell. Check out the Daily Beast article to learn more about the action.
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We've raised over $7k since last week -- consider committing to redistributing your stimulus check if you're financially able. Help the population most attacked by this administration and excluded from the current stimulus!
DSA-LA immigrant members in need of support should get in touch right away |
CALL CONGRESSOn April 17, 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 should support it here, then check out #HealthyLA’s scripts and action tools. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST LABOR COMMISSION — SAVE THE POSTAL SERVICE The Democratic Socialist Labor Commission (DSLC) is gearing up to help #SaveUSPS! We are working on a campaign to pressure Congress to support the postal service. Sign up for a call Wednesday 5/13 at 8:30pm ET/7:30pm CT/6:30 pm MT/5:30pm PT to hear from postal workers and DSA members about what’s at stake Check out more National Calls here. |
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CALL FOR SUBMISSION |
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As we learn to live with coronavirus and quarantine, we’ve had to get creative about how we can continue to organize, spread our message, and build our movement. As we continue to organize from our homes, creating a new magazine publication for DSA-LA may be one of the best ways to come together and share our message.
We’re looking for writers, graphic designers, photographers, and anyone else with skills useful for a magazine. We’re also open to suggestions: if you have any ideas for stories we should cover, or know of any other great creatives we should get in touch with, please let us know. In these times it's more important than ever for us to come together and fight for change. If you are interested in joining the team, please fill out this form where you can share your ideas and contact info with us! |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 7pm to 8:30pm
We will be discussing The Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman. This will be a pretty casual book club. Folks at all levels of involvement are encouraged to join! You can read the text here. |
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May 16, 2020 at 11am to 1:30pm
Join the Climate Justice and Political Education committees of DSA-LA for a 2 part special event on the dire choice our planet must make: Ecosocialism or Greed & Barbarism. These classes, along with the suggested readings and videos that accompany them, take us from the current state of the climate crisis to the potential not-so-distant futures we face.
Part 1 on Greed & Barbarism is a look at what led to our climate catastrophe and the ecofacisist response that has already begin if we continue with capitalism's "business as usual". Part 2 offers a solution to this impending apocalypse in the form of Ecosocialism, connecting the future we need to build to the current COVID-19 crisis. Each class will include short presentations on the main topics, followed by longer, facilitated group discussions.
RSVP HERE FOR PART 1: GREED & BARBARISMSuggested readings for Part 1
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Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 3pm to 5pm
Join your fellow comrades to talk about how we can continue to organize together at our May Branch Meetings on Saturday, May 16th from 3-5pm! Also get updates from the good work committees are doing like with the Stimulus Solidarity Campaign and #NoVacancyCA
YOU MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO GET THE ZOOM LINK |
IN SOLIDARITY🌹 |
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