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Week of June 22, 2020 |
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This 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.
The risk of exposure to COVID-19 is still very real -- especially out in the streets! Consider getting tested for piece of mind, collect data on this virus, and keep our communities as safe and healthy as we can right now. Be sure to wait at least 5 days after attending a protest to get tested for a more accurate result (false negative rates average 20%, so if you feel even the slightest bit sick please STAY HOME). |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Mike Davis and Jon Wiener, authors of Set The Night On Fire: Los Angeles In The Sixties, are kicking off the DSA-LA Political Education Committee's Night School Series: Lost Angles with a discussion about the working-class radicals who fought the Los Angeles Police Department and the city economic and political elite in the 1960s.
By the early 1960s Los Angeles was a powderkeg, and the LAPD was a lit fuse. Under the direction of the powerful reactionary Chief William Parker, the department brutally enforced racial segregation in the black ghettos and white suburbs. But not content with policing the city’s racial hierarchy, they also swarmed gay bars in Silver Lake, busted hippie skulls on Venice Beach, handcuffed teen rock-and-rollers on the Sunset Strip, hounded socialists, and mass-arrested working-class black and Latino students who protested for free political expression and against the Vietnam War.
We're excited to bring you this conversation on July 2nd at 6pm PST which will be moderated by Jacobin staff writer and DSA-LA member Meagan Day.
This event is the first in the DSA-LA Political Education Committee's upcoming Night School Series Lost Angles: Piecing Together a Radical LA. |
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SAVE THE DATE: STIMULUS SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISER! |
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Save the date! Join DSA-LA + Helltrap Nightmare on Wednesday July 1st @ 6pm PST for a livestream comedy fundraiser for our Stimulus Solidarity Campaign to help our immigrant neighbors who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and excluded from receiving a stimulus check!
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WATCH PEOPLE'S BUDGET LA CITY COUNCIL HEARING |
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On Monday, June 15th, People's Budget LA made a historic presentation before City Council. Take action now by using the toolkit and follow on Twitter at #PeoplesBudgetLA and @BLMLA. |
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WATCH OUR JUNE LOCAL MEETING |
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Couldn't join us this past Saturday for our chapter-wide June Local Meeting? The first hour of our meeting (minus the first 15 minutes due to technical difficulties) can be viewed on our Facebook page. |
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CALENDAR |
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Check out our online calendar for full list of committee meetings and chapter events. |
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ART & SOCIALISM - TONIGHT WE RIOT |
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Friday, June 26, 2020 at 7-9pm PST
Released this past May, the video game Tonight We Riot has gained a notable amount of fanfare and publicity. Set in an all-too-familiar dystopia of hyper-exploitation and grinding poverty, the retro side-scroller takes the player through the process of building a socialist revolution, playing not as a single protagonist but as a collective. Join the Art & Socialism group for a discussion with creators Stephen Meyer and Ted Anderson.
RSVP for Zoom link (the link will be sent on the day of at 9 AM) |
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DSA 101 |
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Saturday, June 27th, 2020 at 11am-1pm PST
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. This is not a lecture, but a meeting for new and veteran organizers. We're excited to chat with you!
Pre-registration for this event is required. Click below to RSVP! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from [email protected] with the information on how to join this meeting. |
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NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT - PICO UNION / MID-CITY / SOUTH CENTRAL |
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Saturday, June 27th, 2020 at 2-4pm PST
If you live in any of the following zip codes: 90006, 90019, 90082 -- then come join this low-stakes hangout to meet fellow socialists in your neighborhood, talk about the Neighborhood Solidarity Network, get connected to ongoing DSA-LA work, and discuss organizing at the neighborhood level! |
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ON UNEMPLOYMENT COUNCILS IN LOS ANGELES: AN EDUCATIONAL, STRATEGY-BUILDING EVENT |
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Sunday, June 28th, 2020 at 2:30-5pm PST
Amidst a global health and economic crisis, US unemployment claims have surpassed 36 million—a level that approximates unemployment during the Great Depression. In response, some American socialists have called for a revival of Unemployed Councils, a type of project run most notably by the Communist Party USA in the 1930s that organized the jobless into a coherent, disciplined political block to agitate for (and win) clear demands.
In advance of our chapter’s September Local Convention, the Political Education, Housing and Homelessness, and Labor Committees invite members to an educational, strategy-building event designed to raise our collective knowledge of organizing efforts of and for the unemployed, and interrogate the opportunities and limitations of designing such a campaign locally.
At this interactive event, a presentation component will inform and ground discussion in an understanding of the past Depression-era project, the historical context in which it was executed, and its successes and failures. |
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Know Your Rights! Guide to Safe Protesting
Center The Protest
Don’t talk to Cops!
Keep Together!
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate!
Upcoming Mutual Aid Trainings (check the calendar for details):
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