When you have a dream that seems impossible, and one day decide to embrace it… you discover that dream is not just yours, that millions share it, and that you were only a kind of initial impulse. Then that impulse becomes a hurricane of uncontainable power. It fills city squares and it is transformed into a collective dream that screams out for change.
--Gustavo Petro

Comrades,

This week, Bernie Sanders unveiled three massive plans to transform our society. The first, his Justice and Safety for All ([link removed]) plan, calls for enormous public investment in our communities to minimize and displace the role of police and prisons. The second, his Workplace Democracy plan ([link removed]) , aims to double the size of unions and reawaken the sleeping lion that is the American labor movement. The third, his Green New Deal plan ([link removed]) , will pull us back from the brink of climate destruction and profive 20 million new jobs in the process.

Nobody in the presidential primary field can match the energy of Donald Trump besides Bernie Sanders. We need Bernie to go head-to-head with Trump in the general election.

Bernie versus Trump would be a real referendum on the future of this country. It would bring millions out to vote who, uninspired by business as usual, would otherwise stay home. And by counterposing a transformative democratic socialist vision to Trump’s hateful chaos, the contest would expose the real antagonism at the heart of our society: that between workers like us, and billionaires like Trump who want to keep us down.

East Bay DSA knows this is an opportunity too rare and too good to be wasted. Join us in the coming weeks as we get the ball rolling on our Bernie 2020 campaign. See below for how to get involved. Solidarity in the struggle for a better day!

Featured Events

If you don't want to waste this opportunity, here's a list of official chapter events. RSVP to keep updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .


** CANVASS FOR BERNIE SANDERS!
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Friday, August 23 | 4–7 p.m.
Fruitvale BART, Oakland ♿️

Join us for at the Fruitvale BART to crowd canvass in order to support Bernie's run! A democratic socialist is a front-runner for the presidency, and DSA is building a mass movement for socialism behind him. Bernie Sanders's 2020 run offers an unprecedented opportunity for democratic socialists to reach thousands of ordinary people with our politics, build working-class power, and make sure that California—a crucial battleground state—goes to Bernie on Super Tuesday.

We'll begin with a training on how to talk about Bernie, and then spend the morning talking to our neighbors about Bernie 2020 and democratic socialism. Come join us!

Fruitvale BART is wheelchair-accessible.

RSVP ([link removed])


** HOW TO TALK ABOUT BERNIE SANDERS AND DSA
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Saturday, August 24 | 1–3 p.m.
Lake Merritt, near corner of Grand & Bellevue, Oakland ♿️

Bernie Sanders is the only candidate in the crowded field for the Democratic presidential primary who knows that the only way to transform our society is by building a movement of working class people all across the country who are ready to stand up and fight for the world we deserve. How do we build a movement? First, you have to talk about it to your liberal friends, your apolitical coworkers, your immigrant neighbors, and, yes, to strangers.

At this training, we'll practice having political conversations that move someone from skepticism, complacency, or apathy to being ready to fight arm-in-arm for the better future promised by democratic socialism and the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign.

RSVP ([link removed] <[link removed]>)


** DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM 101
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Sunday, August 25 | 2–4 p.m.
Empowerment Park, 462 Bellevue Ave, Oakland ♿️

Democratic socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are calling for Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. Teachers from West Virginia to Oakland are striking for public education and winning, and tens of thousands of people across the country are getting involved in the project of building democratic socialism in the US. But what is democratic socialism? Let’s talk about it.

Since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign brought democratic socialism back into the mainstream, the Democratic Socialists of America went from about 6,000 members to 60,000 nationwide, making it the largest socialist organization in the US in more than 50 years. If you’re a new DSA member or just curious about democratic socialism, come out to our Democratic Socialism 101 picnic and find out how to get involved in DSA’s fight for democratic control of the things that matter on the job and in your community and the things we all need to lead a dignified life.

The event is outdoors at Empowerment Park.

RSVP ([link removed])


** MEMES 4 BERNIE CONTENT PARTY!
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Sunday, August 25 | 2–4 p.m.
Powderface, 3411 E. 12th St. #134, Oakland ♿️

Come meme with us! An electrifying afternoon of content creation awaits. We’ll be curating articles, hatching tweets and slappin’ text on cat pictures for Bernie Sanders and Socialism.

We’ll be using this form ([link removed]) to collaborate on content. Feel free to use it any time and to peruse the replies!

This is a great event for new members, people curious about DSA or those who want to connect with our 2020 electoral work. Please bring a charged device!

RSVP ([link removed])


** LABOR COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
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Sunday, August 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland ♿️

Please join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for our regular monthly meeting. It's open to all DSA members who are interested in getting involved in labor work with their comrades! Learn more about how to get involved in the committee, our ongoing projects, and upcoming solidarity actions!

Entrance and bathroom are wheelchair-accessible.

RSVP ([link removed])


** BEER & ROSES LABOR SOCIAL
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Thursday, August 29 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Telegraph Beer Garden, 2318 Telegraph Ave, Oakland ♿️


Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what's happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.

Telegraph Beer Garden has a narrow doorway at entrance and moderate noise level.

RSVP ([link removed])

Upcoming Events

** CROWD CANVASS FOR BERNIE AT OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAY
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Friday, September 6 | 4:30–8:30 p.m.

Uptown Oakland, near Telegraph & Grand ♿️


Join us at Oakland First Friday to crowd canvass in support of Bernie's 2020 run and democratic socialism! A democratic socialist is a frontrunner for the presidency, and DSA is building a mass movement for socialism behind him. Bernie Sanders's 2020 run offers an unprecedented opportunity for democratic socialists to reach thousands of ordinary people with our politics, build working-class power, and make sure that California—a crucial battleground state—goes to Bernie on Super Tuesday.

August's First Friday canvass was a resounding success, and this First Friday should be even better! Join us to talk to all kinds of folks about the issues that affect their lives and empower them to join the mass, working-class movement being built by Bernie 2020 and DSA.

RSVP ([link removed])


** GENERAL MEETING: SOCIALISTS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT
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Sunday, September 8 | 1–3 p.m.

Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland ♿️


This month’s all-member meeting will be focused on the role of socialists in the labor movement. We’ll talk about the history of labor movement, how members are engaging with their unions, and how DSA can support and strengthen union activity.

We need volunteers! From setup to sign-in to mic-running, volunteering for our meetings is easy and low-commitment. Volunteer here ([link removed]) . Use this form, too, if you have child supervision or accessibility needs, including the need for an ASL interpreter.

Our next voting General Meeting will be in October. Member-submitted resolutions will be accepted on a rolling basis—please email them to [email protected]. The submission deadline for each meeting is three weeks in advance of the meeting itself.

The Omni Commons ballroom is wheelchair-accessible via a lift and has wheelchair-accessible restrooms, and we provide child supervision and wireless microphones with runners. It is also accessible by BART (1/2 mile walk from MacArthur Station) and by AC Transit bus lines 18, 88, and 12. See more information on Omni accessibility ([link removed]) .

RSVP or Volunteer ([link removed])
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Caucus Corner
Check the Caucus Corner of the East Bay DSA website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate!

Announcements

EAST BAY DSA IN SEARCH OF OFFICE SPACE
Do you or someone you know have access to an office space that East Bay DSA could rent? Because we are a member-run organization with limited resources, we are looking for a low-cost, below market rate office space. Please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Office%20Space) if you have any leads. Thank you!

Economic models are not ends in themselves, but instruments for achieving what we're really after—a society in which people are able to treat one another as ends, not as means.
--Vivek Chibber



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