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SAVE THE DATE! DSA-LA Convention is Saturday April 12th. |
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CALLING ALL MEMBERS! Join us for a DSA-LA’s biggest meeting of the year: annual Convention. It’s set for Saturday, April 12 in Burbank at IATSE Local 80.
Convention is the most important DSA-LA meeting of the year. We vote on our priorities for the next 12 months, hear speeches from keynote speakers, and finish strong with an all-chapter social. Voting business will end by 3:30pm.
Convention is a deliberative, democratic, all-member meeting! Members in Good Standing of all experience levels are encouraged to engage in critical discussion together as we set our priorities for the coming year.
**Deadline approaching soon! Submissions for priority resolutions, bylaws amendments, and mission statement amendments are due Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm**
Guidelines for convention submissions are located here: 2025 DSA-LA Convention Proposals Timeline and Guidelines – DSA Los Angeles
Convention is for DSA members in good standing. You can check your membership status here. If you’re not yet a DSA member, today’s a great day to join! |
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Planning to attend and want to help out? Sign up to volunteer here! |
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March Chapter Meeting |
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Saturday, March 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Join for our March 2025 chapter meeting. We will be debating amendments to our Democratic Socialist Program for Los Angeles. This work is done by dues-paying DSA-LA members, who voted to approve major chapter priorities in April of 2024 at our annual convention. DSA-LA is as strong as its members!
We will be voting on several items this meeting. If you are a Member in Good Standing and would like to request a proxy for this meeting, please fill out this form by March 14, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Please find the list of DSP amendments that qualified for chapter debate here!
Agenda: 2:00pm to 2:15pm - Check-ins 2:15pm to 2:20pm - Community Agreements and Agenda Overview 2:20pm to 2:25pm - Chapter Convention Overview 2:25pm to 3:40pm - DSP Debate Block 1 (Immigration, Housing, Education, Healthcare, Program Wide and Preamble Amendments) 3:40pm to 3:50pm - Break Time 3:50pm to 4:50pm - DSP Debate Block 2 (Public Safety, Labor, Climate and Infrastructure, and Preamble Amendments) 4:50pm to 4:55pm - Close out meeting
*** DSP Debate Blocks are tentative and can shift depending on the outcomes of members discussing, modifying, and accepting amendments as friendly in the days leading to the Chapter Meeting.
If you’re not yet a DSA member, today’s a great day to join. Get involved with building socialism in our city. Agenda and location details will be shared ahead of the meeting. |
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This Week in DSA-LA... |
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March 2025 Climate Justice Committee Meeting |
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Tuesday, March 11 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Join the Climate Justice Committee for our March 2025 Meeting! Join us as we continue to strategize and work towards our Committee’s goals for 2025! We hope to see you there! |
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Night School: The Billionaire War on Public Schools |
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Tuesday, March 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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Why are billionaires trying to destroy public schools? How do they wring a profit from education? How do the rich pit working-class students, parents and teachers against each other?
Join us for the first session of our Class War in the Classroom Night School series to get a socialist view of our public education system. This political discussion is open to everyone who wants to learn and organize, regardless of experience. Come hear from and talk strategy with education workers and activists as we fight for schools that work for the many, not the few. We’ll be basing our discussion on the short articles below. Even if you haven’t read them, you’re still welcome! Snacks will be provided. Ample street parking behind venue.
Main Articles: Why Billionaires Love Charter Schools by Robbie Nelson; Private Equity in Education: How Wall Street Profits from a Public Good from Private Equity Stakeholder Project Extra Credit: Public Schools Have Been Made to Answer for Capitalism’s Crimes by Nora De La Cour; Public schools, public trust: The profound effect of Prop 13 on California’s public schools by Vanessa Rancaño |
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Fire Recovery Working Group Meeting |
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Thursday, March 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
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Join us for our first meeting of the newly-created Fire Recovery Working Group! We will hear report backs from comrades who went to the Altadena Town Council and those in contact with organizations leading the charge in Altadena. We will also discuss how we can push back against Rick Caruso and other billionaires’ rebuilding agenda to move towards a socialist LA. We’ve got a lot of work to do and need you to be a part of it! All DSA-LA members in good standing are welcome to join. |
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Power to the Tenants / Housing & Homelessness Committee Meeting |
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Thursday, March 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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This is our bi-weekly meeting for DSA-LA’s priority campaign on housing. We’ll plan our current campaigns for Local Rent Control and discuss current housing issues. |
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Train the Trainer: Know Your Rights & First Responder Training |
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Sunday, March 16 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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Want to take action and help protect your community? Join our Train the Trainer event to get the tools you need to teach others and build collective power:
This event is for DSA-LA members who want to step up, share knowledge, and help defend our communities. Space is limited, and the location will be shared once membership is verified. |
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Hollywood Labor Meeting |
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Sunday, March 16 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
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Come join DSA-LA’s Hollywood Labor on Zoom for our March Hollywood Labor General Meeting! We’ll review the latest updates in labor news in Hollywood, discuss the state of the industry, and strategize together how we’re going to keep building worker power in Hollywood.If you’re a new or non-member, come learn more about us!
Hollywood Labor is a group within DSA-LA and DSA-LA’s Labor Committee that focuses on issues pertaining to the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. We fight for a Hollywood that works for all workers to fight for a more fair and equitable industry. |
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👀 Next Week Sneak Peek 👀 |
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New study series: Open Shop or Union Town? Power, Organization and Struggle in the Wicked City |
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Starting Saturday, March 22nd @ 11am in-person in Koreatown |
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The DSA-LA Political Education Committee is proud to present a new original study series exploring the transformation of Los Angeles from an openly pro-business, "open shop" town to a “union town” in which organized labor is an influential force in local politics. How did that shift occur? Who drove this political change? And how should socialists navigate our current political landscape to build a base for our politics among the Los Angeles working class?
Through historical record and primary sources, we will analyze this history and how it laid the groundwork for what our chapter identifies as the "Status Quo Coalition." You can RSVP for the classes below. While each class builds on themes from the previous class, they are also designed so that attendees can also join later classes.
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Donate to DSA-LA |
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Want to support our chapter in direct actions, door knocking, political education, and more as we fight fascism with socialism in 2025? Chip in some socialist cash to take out the capitalist trash! |
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Your Membership Status |
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According to DSA-LA's member records: Your membership status is currently: membership not found – please contact admin@dsa-la.org if you see this!. Your membership will expire on membership not found – please contact admin@dsa-la.org if you see this!. Your membership is associated with the address your address Washington xxxxxx, putting you in the not found! branch.
You can renew your membership here, or update an existing membership by emailing [email protected]. Your membership expiration date will be automatically extended if you have recurring dues payments set up. This date will be automatically extended if you have set up recurring dues. If your member address is out of is out of date, you can update with this form. |
