August 8th #CloseTheCamps Day of Action!
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Join us in coalition with The Alliance to Defend Im/migrants for the Los Angeles Car Caravan and Speakout as part of a California Statewide day of action to #CloseTheCamps and #FreeThemAll on Saturday, August 8th @ 2pm at the LA Federal Building (300 North Los Angeles Street).
OUR DEMANDS
- Abolish Ice, Detention Centers and the Prison Industrial Complex System
- Release children in cages and reunite detained families
- Stop the war on the Black Immigrants and the Black Community
- Demilitarize, disarm, and DEFUND the Pol(ICE)
- Tax the rich and corporations to fund healthcare, housing and social services as a response to COVID-19
- Housing for all - NO EVICTIONS!
- Defend the right to protest! Feds out
- Build a united front to fight bigotry at the border and in the workplace to protect the lives of Black Women, LGBTQ Immigrants and Migrants!
If you are participating in the action on the sidewalk, please wear a mask and maintain social distancing. Are you or your organization interested in getting more involved with the Alliance? Email us at [email protected].
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DSA Endorses: Fatima Iqbal-Zubair & Konstantine Anthony!
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The Electoral Politics Committee congratulates both Fatima Iqbal-Zubair for California State Assembly District 64 and Konstantine Anthony for Burbank City Council on winning the chapter-wide endorsement of DSA-LA! Please join us at the next Electoral Politics Committee meeting on Thursday at 7:30 PM to get involved in either the Fatima Working Group or the Konstantine Working Group. RSVP Here!
Want to get get involved in the working group for already endorsed LA City Council District 4 candidate Nithya Raman? Sign up here!
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Democratic Socialists say Yes on Prop 15: Campaign Kickoff
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Thursday, August 6th @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm PST
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Join DSA members from across California for a statewide digital campaign kickoff for Prop 15. Together we are going to tax the rich to fund our schools and universal public services! The digital rally will outline our goals and plan to win this November, as well as how DSA members can get involved.
We will also enjoy a live musical performance and hear from guest speakers including:
- Keith Brown – President, Oakland Education Association
- Jackie Fielder – Candidate for CA State Senate, member of DSA San Francisco
- Maikiko James – DSA National Political Committee, member of DSA-LA
- Jennifer Esteen – Vice President of Organizing, SEIU 1021
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In March 2020, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, DSA launched a program called the Neighborhood Solidarity Network in order to connect our members with each other on a neighborhood-by neighborhood basis. It was incredibly successful in developing comradely relationships and making sure we could easily share updates about Chapter strategies. Now, we’re expanding the program and re-branding it slightly.
Now, you’re invited to ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH DSA-LA.
The basic component of this work is creating connections between neighborhood organizers and other members in their area, but that’s just the beginning. As we build these neighborhood connections, we encourage members to dream and strategize about what it means to build socialism on a hyper-local basis, while still staying connected to the chapter as a whole.
Sign up now, and help us build the socialist LA we all dream of.
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DSA-LA Magazine: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
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We’ve had to get creative about how we can continue to organize, spread our message, and build our movement. As we continue to organize from our homes, creating a new magazine publication for DSA-LA may be one of the best ways to come together and share our message.
We’re looking for writers, graphic designers, photographers, and anyone else with skills useful for a magazine. We’re also open to suggestions: if you have any ideas for stories we should cover, or know of any other great creatives we should get in touch with, please let us know. In these times it's more important than ever for us to come together and fight for change. If you are interested in joining the team, please fill out the form below where you can share your ideas and contact info with us!
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We are collecting member opinions on our bylaws and their functioning. Please fill out this survey to have your opinions heard!
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Check out our online calendar for full list of committee meetings and chapter events. Be sure to follow our Instagram & Twitter for real-time announcements and calls-to-action!
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Social Workers Labor Circle
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Tuesday, August 4th @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm
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If you’re a social service worker, please join us! We welcome various disciplines within social services (social workers, marriage and family therapists, counselors, case workers, etc) to join us! At our next meeting we’ll be defining our mission statement and discussing our common goals. We’ll also be hearing report backs from ongoing organizing work.
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Mutual Aid Book Club: Seize The Time, Pt. 3
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Tuesday, August 4th @ 7pm – 9pm PST
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For this Mutual Aid Book Club series, we will be discussing Seize The Time: The Story of The Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton, by Bobby Seale. At this meeting, we’ll be discussing up through the fifth and sixth chapters: The Shit Comes Down: “Free Huey!” and Chicago: Kidnapped, Chained, Tried, and Gagged. Discussion will be pretty informal, and folks of all levels of involvement are encouraged to join!
Physical copies of the book can be pretty hard to come by, but you can find a digital copy on The Internet Archive by clicking here.
The Mutual Aid Book Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month
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Lost Angles Special Event: Salt of the Earth
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Friday, August 7th @ 6pm – 8pm PST
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In 1947, after refusing to cooperate with Congress’ House of Un-American Activities Committee by testifying on their involvement in the CPUSA, the artists who would become known as The Hollywood Ten were blacklisted from the industry. A purge of communist sympathizers, union organizers, and other left radicals quickly followed.
Seven years later, member of the Hollywood Ten Herbert J. Biberman directed Salt of the Earth. Based off of an actual 1951 miners’ strike against Empire Zinc Company in New Mexico, it was one of the few independent endeavors in the studio era, highlighting the struggles of Mexican Americans, women, and labor.
The Political Education Committee invites you a screening and brief discussion of the film on Friday, August 7 in anticipation of our upcoming class Lost Angles Part 3: Red Hollywood. RSVP for the link to join, to be sent in advance of the event.
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Friday, August 7th @ 7pm – 8:30pm PST
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With regular closures leading to mass unemployment and the dangerously irresponsible response to COVID-19 by local public officials, our industry has become more precarious and exploitative than ever. We need a transformation of the industry, but that change will not come from an elected politician or a restaurant boss. That change has to come from the workers, willing to organize and fight for a service industry that recognizes the dignity in our labor.
The DSA-LA Food Service Labor Circle will be hosting an important discussion on the state of the restaurant and food service industry in Los Angeles. We will hear from workers on the front lines fighting for more dignity in their workplace, as well as leftist lawyers who will share important information about the rights food service workers have under COVID, as well as what to do while unemployed.
If you are a food service worker prepared to organize and fight back, join us.
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