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Week of August 10, 2020 |
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The risk of exposure to COVID-19 is still very real -- especially out in the streets! Consider getting tested for peace 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). And when you show up, mask up! |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Thank you to everyone who joined us either on foot or by car to Saturday's #CloseTheCamps Car Caravan & Speakout put on in coalition with The Alliance to Defend Im/migrants held at the LA Federal Building and ending at Grand Park in solidarity with Black Unity LA – an ongoing 24/7 protest focused on justice reform & helping the LA community. Together we will Abolish ICE, Close the Camps, and stand in solidarity with Black Immigrants, Indigenous peoples, and LGBTQ community in our movement to dismantle the Prison Industrial Complex. |
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Nithya Raman for City Council District 4! |
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Watch Last Week's State-wide Kick-off For Our #YesOn15 Campaign! |
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Organizing for All Task Force: Final Report |
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In anticipation of the convention next month, the Organizing for All Task Force has produced a final report that discusses their efforts since November and the future of anti-oppressive organizing in the chapter. Stay tuned for a meeting to be hosted by steering to discuss the outcome of the report at a date to be determined. |
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CALENDAR |
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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! |
Strike School Session I: What is a Union |
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Tuesday, August 11th @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm |
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DSA-LA’s YDSA Summer School is a series of political education sessions and organizer trainings by and for students and campus workers across Los Angeles. The theme of this summer’s political education sessions is Strike School: How Collective Action Gets the Goods. The purpose of this series is to provide a basic overview of unions, strikes, and how we as socialists fit into the picture. No previous experience in political education is required! |
Hollywood Labor’s The Redlist Meeting |
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Tuesday, August 11th @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm PST |
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THE REDLIST is a project to promote socialist art from disenfranchised groups across the country, aimed at breaking the culture industry and shifting the kind of stories Hollywood can tell to a more left-leaning paradigm, one which both includes and promotes the stories of the marginalized, the poor, and the oppressed. It would build institutional power to promote diverse, socialist talent to help push the public perception of what socialism is and what it can achieve. |
Education Workers Labor Circle Meeting |
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Wednesday, August 12th @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm PST |
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Join the Education Workers Circle to discuss how to organize for power in schools and universities. Open to K-12 and university workers employed by public or private schools. This week we’ll be focusing on Proposition 15 to tax the rich and fund our schools and an educational event about what a safe and equitable school reopening would look like. |
Food Service Workers Public Comment |
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Thursday, August 13th @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm PST |
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With the Food Service Industry in a pandemic-fueled crisis, business owners and politicians have shown us we cannot trust them with responsible health, safety, and economic relief measures.
Now is our time to say we’ve had enough, and to center our voices as workers when discussing our industry. Food service workers deal with many workplace and social issues without a collective outlet to voice their concerns. If you’ve faced problems such as discrimination, unsafe food handling, illegal kitchen setups, labor law violations, wage theft, sexual harassment, retaliation from supervisors, a lack of health & safety protocols or PPE during the pandemic, or more...we want to hear from YOU! |
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DSA 101 |
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Saturday, August 15th @ 11:00am – 1:00pm |
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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! |
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