Hi Everyone,

Christian here-just wanted to send this out to make sure everyone can
access the Zoom link for calling in:
DSA Line 13 is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Berkshires DSA Monthly Meeting (3rd Thursday 7p)
Time: Aug 20, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the Third Thu, until Oct 15, 2020, 3 occurrence(s)
Aug 20, 2020 07:00 PM
Sep 17, 2020 07:00 PM
Oct 15, 2020 07:00 PM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your
calendar system.
Monthly:
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Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 431 146 248
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Meeting ID: 431 146 248
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We also have an updated agenda here
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See you later this evening!
Christian



On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:23 PM Berkshires DSA <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear Comrades,
>
> There are 13 days left until the Massachusetts Primary.
>
> We are a small chapter and have often come to a consensus in meetings that
> electoral politics is not our sole focus. But this election season, we
> voted to endorse Senator Ed Markey in his reelection bid and Mayor Alex
> Morse for Congress. We are asking everyone to focus all of their energy on
> these campaigns now.
>
> Markey carries the Green New Deal torch and Morse, a recent victim of
> possible Democratic machine corruption, is a champion of Medicare for All
> and doesn’t accept money from PACs -- just to name some of their awesome
> policy promises.
>
> Today, we put out a press release announcing our endorsement to re-elect
> Ed Markey for US Senate. Read it here
> <[link removed]>.
> Over the weekend, we co-signed a statement with the Pioneer Valley and
> Boston DSA chapters to help clear up rumors that we had voted in favor of
> rescinding our endorsement of Morse. As you can read in the statement
> <[link removed]>,
> the national DSA got some flack because of a statement that the Merrimack
> DSA chapter put out immediately following the news reported by The Daily
> Collegiate, which called Morse unfit to hold any office.
>
> Thank you to all of our members and followers who responded and called in
> last Thursday with their messages of support for Mayor Morse. There were
> zero responses from anyone wanting to rescind our endorsement.
>
> To be clear, immediately after the “allegations” were published by The
> Daily Collegiate, we felt it seemed to be a political smear but offered no
> comment to the press when asked. When we were asked for a second time by
> WAMC’s Josh Landes to make a statement on Sunday evening (August 9), we
> agreed to state that we were still behind Morse but would offer our members
> a chance to weigh in on this decision, as we are a democratic organization.
>
>
> While other local and statewide politicians, organizations, and another
> DSA chapter stated their dismay at Morse, we waited for more information
> and the feedback of our members before saying anything further about the
> matter. While we understand and hold space for some of the reactions that
> we witnessed, we are also pleased with how our chapter handled the
> situation, in not jumping to conclusions right away.
>
> While no experience compares to Morse’s as he was dragged through the mud
> these last two weeks, I know that many of us are happy to have the worst of
> this situation behind us. For now, at least.
>
> Moving on and up, let’s jump into volunteering for Morse and Markey today,
> and over these last two weeks.
>
> Check out Alex Morse <[link removed]>and Ed
> Markey’s
> <[link removed]>
> websites for information on how you can volunteer, and we will notify you
> of any standouts scheduled going forward via social media.
>
> You can share your thoughts and hear about what else our chapter is up to
> on tomorrow’s (August 19) monthly Zoom call at 7PM.
>
> See the attached for dial-in details and our agenda and let me know if you
> need anything else by replying to this email.
>
> Solidarity!
>
> Your Executive Committee
> Berkshires DSA
> berkshiresdsa.org
>


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Christian Kennedy
Sidney Rothstein
Co-Chairs, Executive Committee
Berkshires DSA
berkshiresdsa.org

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