This week, ICE murdered a second person in Minneapolis, 37-year-old VA nurse Alex Pretti. The execution comes on the heels of a historic strike and mass demonstrations across the country. We won’t back down. Join DSA-LA for an action, training, or community event this week. This movement needs all of us.
If you’re new to DSA or ready to get more involved, our upcoming chapter meeting this Saturday is the perfect place to find out what we’re all about and get tapped in.
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Chapter Meeting and Organizing Campaign Launch
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Saturday, January 31, 2:00–5:00 pm
We’re going big for our first chapter meeting of the year! Join us to learn about our organizing efforts against ICE, meet the candidates who will bring socialist power to City Hall, and find out how to get involved with DSA-LA’s work with Palestine solidarity, housing and homelessness, climate justice, fighting fascism, public education, and more.
Participate in the D-SwAp! Have something great that you just don’t need? Bring it to the chapter meeting for someone else to take home and enjoy. Please, nothing larger than a microwave and be sure to claim anything you bring that isn’t taken by the end of the meeting. Learn more in our D-SwAp guidelines.
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Call and E-mail LA City Council to Defend Measure ULA
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Measure ULA is under attack!
ULA, which has raised over a billion dollars to fund services for tenants such as Right to Counsel, rental assistance, tenant anti-harassment enforcement, and affordable housing development, is under serious threat. Land developers and their supporters hate Measure ULA, claiming that it prevents them for building affordable housing, a claim that is not supported by the data. Tomorrow morning, the Council will vote on a motion that will create a ballot initiative for the June election asking Angelenos to exempt sales of new multifamily residential constructions from the tax for the 15 years after the building is built. This change will undermine Measure ULA and the tenant services that it funds, and could embolden the capitalist interests who hate Measure ULA to launch further attacks against it down the line.
We need all hands on deck TODAY to call and text our city council and demand that they reject this motion. And tomorrow, we’ll be showing up early for a press conference by the ULA coalition, before giving public comment in opposition to this motion (and to oppose a separate motion by Airbnb to deregulate short term rentals in the City). More info on tomorrow’s action here.
RSVP for a list of city council office numbers and a link to email the council.
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Friday, January 30, 6:30–10:00 pm
DSA-endorsed candidates don’t take corporate money. That alone is worth celebrating! Come join us at Palm Grove Social for an event where we can raise the roof and raise funds for this movement.
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🎻 Mariachi Fundraiser for Eunisses! 🎻
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Friday, February 13, 7:00–10:30 pm
Join DSA-LA in raising funds to re-elect Eunisses Hernandez to LA City Council. Enjoy live mariachi, raffles, good food, and great company!
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ICE Watch Community Patrol Virtual Trainings
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Mondays, 7:00–8:30 pm
This training covers the fundamentals of ICE Watch, including logistics, safety, how to record ICE activity, and other best practices. Learn the skills you need to protect your neighbors. Tonight's training is at capacity. Join us next week!
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Do you have access to a 3D printer?
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DSA-LA is in need of volunteers to produce the ICE alert whistles we distribute to people across LA. Please email [email protected] if you can help.
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🗳️ ELECT A SOCIALIST MAJORITY 🗳️
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In DSA, we know knocking on doors and talking to our neighbors is what wins campaigns. Join us for an upcoming canvass. First-timers welcome!
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WEEKLY POSTCARDING EVENTS
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Part social, part action, postcarding is a great way to meet like-minded Angelenos and spread the word about our endorsed candidates! See below for our weekly postcarding schedule.
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Thursday, January 29, 6:30–8:00 pm
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.
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Organizing Training Series: Leadership Development and Listwork
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Sunday, February 1, 11:00 am–1:30 pm
In this training, we will dive into identifying potential leaders in DSA, training them up, and teaching them to train other DSA comrades. We will also go over effective listwork as part of the leadership development process. This will be an interactive training, so come ready to participate!
This training is open to DSA-LA members in good standing.
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📆 WORKING GROUP & COMMITTEE MEETINGS 📆
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting
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Monday, January 26, 7:00–9:00 pm
Join the Mutual Aid Committee for our twice-monthly committee meeting, where we’ll be discussing ongoing and upcoming committee work, as well as helping folks get plugged into other work throughout the city. New members always welcome!
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Public Education Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, January 27, 7:00–9:00 pm
Join the DSA-LA Public Education Committee for our regular monthly meeting to discuss the fight for public education in Los Angeles and beyond. We will be discussing the article “Building ‘Mass Governance’ in Zohran Mamdani’s New York City,” and the lessons it has for us as we seek to mobilize support for a socialist education vision.
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Palestine Solidarity Committee Meeting (Hybrid)
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Wednesday, January 28, 7:00–9:00 pm
Join the Palestine Solidarity Committee to discuss our upcoming campaign and events.
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Climate Justice Planning Subcommittee Meeting
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Wednesday, January 28, 6:30–8:00 pm
Join the Climate Justice Committee for a planning meeting to help decide the strategy for 2026 and plan our first event!
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🎨 LEND YOUR TALENTS TO DSA-LA 🎨
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After Zohran’s historic and eye-catching campaign, we're eager to build out DSA-LA’s communications arm. Directors, photographers, writers, designers, on-camera talent—we need it all. Administrators and project managers, too! If you’d like to lend your talents to our movement, please fill out this short application and we'll be in touch.
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Join and Donate to DSA-LA 🌹
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Help us keep our neighborhoods safe from ICE, elect leaders who prioritize people over profit, protect tenants and workers, and fight right wing extremism. Member dues and donations provide the resources we need to stay in the fight and win for our communities.
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