In the wake of ICE raids making it unsafe for many of our neighbors to leave their homes to go to work, on top of decades of rent increases outpacing general inflation, rent burdens are becoming even more acute. Angelenos need stronger rent control to stay housed.

DSA-LA and Keep LA Housed are pushing city council closer to a vote on strengthening rent control. City Council members need to hear from renters like you saying current rent control is not enough. Tell City Council you support stronger rent control that caps annual rent increases at 60% of CPI with a ceiling of 3%.

Under orders from the Trump administration, fascist ICE agents are conducting brutal raids across Los Angeles at our workplaces, schools, and neighborhoods. Join community members and DSA-LA comrades to walk through Koreatown to do outreach to community businesses, and make sure they are informed about their legal rights and prepared to safeguard their workers from ICE raids.

Training and support provided to first time canvassers.

Wednesday, July 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

In light of the ICE raids, this meeting has been changed to be fully online until ICE leaves LA. Please RSVP below for the Zoom link.

This working group will be focused on organizing actions, educational events, phonebanks, and more in solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

In addition to joining the working group meeting, if you want to stay up to date with DSA-LA’s organizing in solidarity with Palestine, fill out our interest form.

Please also see our community agreements below!

We often, and enthusiastically, organize and discuss topics in large groups of people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. Learning to do this without reproducing the oppressive ideologies we’ve inherited from a dysfunctional society can be daunting and uncomfortable, but it is essential. If we are going to build a society that prefers equality to oppression, we must build it first in the spaces we organize. The following are not only useful guidelines for respectful discussion, they are also fundamental building blocks for creating a social movement capable of broad and meaningful solidarity:

https://dsa-la.org/community-agreements/

Thursday, July 24 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Are you passionate about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution from fossil fuels? Do you want to be a part of planning for how we can achieve a just transition to green energy in Los Angeles? Are you interested in discussions about anti-Chevron actions in solidarity with the environment and with Palestine? Join the Climate Justice Committee for our first monthly Oil & Energy Working Group meetings where we will discuss the status of our current projects and future goals.

Friday, July 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm

This August, DSA members from across the country will gather in Chicago to set our national priorities and elect the next National Political Committee (NPC). Members of LA’s delegation are ready to fight for housing justice, Medicare for All, worker power, and a democratic socialist future, but we can’t do it alone.

This is a funraiser for national convention. We need your solidarity to cover critical travel, lodging, and organizing costs for every LA delegate. Let’s send our team to Chicago fully funded and fully fired up!

Join us at Bruddah’s Hawaiian in Gardena for a night of solidarity, strategy, and seriously good times:

 Live music from the secret DSA-LA reggae band

 “Magic of Organizing” show with our resident socialist illusionist “El Mago Del Pueblo”

 Games & Activities: Solidarity Bingo, Policy Wheel of Fortune & mural-building

 Pupus (appetizers), themed drinks & radical camaraderie

Saturday, July 26 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Do you think the rent’s too high? Let’s do something about it by talking with our neighbors about the need for stronger rent control and showing Heather Hutt that Angelenos support capping rent increases at 60% of CPI, and never more than 3%.

We’ll have snacks, and we’ll start with a training before pairing up newer canvassers with more experienced canvassers.

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 to ground ourselves in socialist theory and discuss together how we can put it into action. We’re excited to chat with you!

Don’t forget to bring your lunch/snacks and a blanket/chairs to picnic with us!

Help keep us Reds in the black! 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!

Donate to DSA-LA to receive a limited edition, black satin, union made DSA screen printed DSA jacket!

Take a look at our other swag at https://dsa-la.myshopify.com/

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