| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: Standing up for democracy |
| Date | October 22, 2020 9:57 PM |
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So when they say we're a threat, they're right. We're a threat to a damaging and failed system that's rigged for the few.
--Jeremy Corbyn
Comrades,
When the working class unites and fights, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish. This week gave us two shining examples.
After last year’s dramatic US-backed coup ousting socialist president Evo Morales and installing a right-wing authoritarian, anti-indigenous party into power, the people of Bolivia have firmly rebuked the coup leaders and its cheerleaders in the US ([link removed]) and voted Morales’s party MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo) back into power by electing Luis Arce.
Despite persecutions over the past year by the government of Jeanine Áñez, Arce, MAS, and the people of Bolivia stand victorious.
On the home front, after a five-day strike, Alameda Health System’s workers have successfully gotten the entire AHS board thrown out. After a five-day strike, workers in Alameda Health System won their most ambitious political demand—that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors remove the AHS board. Now it remains for the county to give AHS workers the fair contract they deserve.
Meanwhile, on the national level, Trump represents a unique threat to democracy in US, telegraphing his intentions to question and even challenge the election results if they don’t favor him. What’s more, he seems to be signaling to his supporters that they should intimidate voters, or “standby” for paramilitary intervention in case he loses.
But just like workers in Bolivia defied the far right to bring MAS back into power, workers in the US are getting ready to fight to defend democracy too ([link removed]) . As socialists, we know that collective action—at the workplace and in the streets—will be our best defense when our democracy is under attack. So be sure to join us and invite your friends, coworkers, neighbors, and comrades to the Mass Rally to Count Every Vote on November 4 ([link removed]) .
When workers stand up and fight, we win!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** BIG TECH IS THE ENEMY OF PUBLIC TRANSIT
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Tech billionaires can't solve the problems with our transportation system. We need a working-class movement to win high-quality, sustainable public transit for all.
Read More ([link removed])
** PROP 15: A REFORM WITH REVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS
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Big corporations are fighting to stop Prop 15, which would tax them fairly to fund schools, hospitals, and parks. Teachers, nurses, and socialists are fighting back.
Read More ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. KEITH BROWN
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Tonight! October 22 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join Oakland Education Association President Keith Brown and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! We all have a stake in fighting for the working class and against austerity, and talking to voters is how we win. We'll have training, tools, and the solidarity of fellow DSA members from up and down California and across the country.
Prop 15 is a crucial piece of legislation that, if passed, will reclaim ten to twelve BILLION dollars a year for California’s public schools and services by closing a commercial property tax loophole that has been benefiting only a fraction of corporations and wealthy investors for decades.
This proposition is a crucial step towards redistributing the wealth and resources that corporations have been hoarding for years back to the working-class public. So please join us to help spread the word. Together we can build a world that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
RSVP here ([link removed])
** 100K RECRUITMENT PHONEBANK
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Tonight! October 22 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The only way to win a better society is through a mass movement. To that end, we’re asking you to join us for a recruitment phonebank tonight, October 22 at 6 p.m., as we continue to build the largest mass socialist organization in the United States!
Earlier this month, DSA launched a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. But how can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us inviting our own friends, family, and colleagues. On the call, you’ll learn the basics of how to ask someone to join the organization as a dues-paying member. Then, we’ll have a phonebank party where we put what we’ve learned into action.
No experience required. We’ll walk you through what you need to know, and we’ll be on the call to support you.
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** PHONEBANK FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
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Tonight! October 22 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
With smoke in the air and uncontained fires raging across the state, it's easy to feel scared and defeated. But there are ways to fight back against the austerity capitalists who've gotten us here and to protect each other from the worst effects of the fires. Join us to check in on our neighbors and recruit them to work on Green New Deal Committee projects like:
* Let's Own PG&E campaign
* Mutual aid, including making and distributing masks
* Green New Deal Electoral Organizing
* Environmental Justice/Racial Solidarity
* A Green New Deal for Transit Campaign
No experience is required. We'll show you what you need to have great conversations with some of the loveliest people in the world: the ones who've signed up through the letsownpge.org website!
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAKE CALLS FOR JOVANKA
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Friday, October 23 | 5:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – register in advance ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us on Zoom to make calls to elect East Bay DSA-endorsed candidate Jovanka Beckles to AC Transit Board. Let's win transit for the people! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 FT. GREG GABRELLAS
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Friday, October 23 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join SEIU-CIR Secretary-Treasurer Greg Gabrellas and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MASS CANVASS MOBILIZATION FOR CARROLL FIFE!
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Saturday, October 24 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St, Oakland
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEK IN THE ELECTION! Join East Bay DSA to knock doors for Moms 4 Housing co-founder Carroll Fife, candidate for Oakland City Council - District 3!
Carroll’s running on:
✔️ Defunding OPD
✔️ Housing as a Human Right
✔️ Supporting Essential Workers
✔️ Taxing the Rich!
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 Bring your DSA shirt, your sunscreen, and water bottle with ice because hydration is important! Also bring friends, family, or coworkers—no experience necessary! If you are new to canvassing we will train you and pair you off with more experienced canvassers.
This event is happening contingent on an AQI Index below 150. Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare given the potential safety risks regarding social distancing and COVID. PPE (N95s, gloves, sanitizer) and water will be provided. Please also bring a fully-charged phone with PDI Mobile Connect (the canvassing app we will be using) downloaded - app store links at the RSVP link below.
It's going to take us all to build this movement - looking forward to seeing you out there!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MUTUAL AID MASK BUILD AND DISTRIBUTION
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Saturday, October 24 | 3–5 p.m.
Empowerment Park, 465 Bellevue Ave, Oakland ♿️
Red-skies and smoke are hard on everyone, but as with most of the impacts of capitalism, create additional burdens on our poor and unhoused neighbors. Join us for a mutual aid mask build at Empowerment Park in Oakland, across from 465 Bellevue Ave.
No experience necessary. Please bring PPE! We will be close to the nearby road and can accommodate any accessibility needs. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALISM ON THE BALLOT: GET OUT THE VOTE WITH EAST BAY DSA
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Saturday, October 24 | 4–5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Are you excited to see a red wave in the East Bay this fall? Come join East Bay DSA as we get organized to help our endorsed electoral campaigns fight and WIN on November 3.
We’re just less than three weeks from Election Day — now is the perfect time to get involved! Join us for a virtual meeting where we’ll get organized to get out the vote for our DSA-endorsed candidates all over the East Bay.
No experience necessary, all are welcome! After the meeting, attendees are encouraged to join California DSA chapters across the state for a "Yes on Prop 15" phone bank.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: LABOR FOR PROP 15 PHONEBANK FT. JOVANKA BECKLES
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Saturday, October 24 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join AC Transit Board candidate Jovanka Beckles and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** THE ORGANIZER’S TOOLBOX: HOW TO GIVE A GREAT POLITICAL SPEECH
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Sunday, October 25 | 1–3 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In this training for DSA organizers, we will explore our personal stories together, and discover how they inform and support our political movement. Personal stories are important because they allow us to identify with each other's experiences, motivate us to fight for common aims, and ultimately build solidarity.
Adapted from Marshall Ganz’s “Public Narrative,” this training will challenge you to put aside the logical reasons why we need to win a better world and rather consider emotional & personal reasons. We'll talk about what makes a story compelling and how stories can be important organizing tools that bring others into our movement. Then, we'll each develop and practice our own political speeches together.
Suggested reading and viewing material at the RSVP link below!
Note: While all are welcome, this event is geared towards individuals who are already actively organizing with the Democratic Socialists of America or allied groups.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. JACKIE FIELDER
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Sunday, October 25 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join CA State Senate candidate Jackie Fielder and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
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Sunday, October 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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!
If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 FT. KONSTANTINE ANTHONY
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Monday, October 26 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join Burbank City Council candidate Konstantine Anthony and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
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Monday, October 26 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected].
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK
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Tuesday, October 27 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us for 15 days of phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAKE CALLS FOR CARROLL FIFE
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Tuesday, October 27 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Let's make calls for Carroll Fife's campaign for City Council in Oakland District 3! Carroll is running on a platform of making housing a human right, defunding OPD, supporting essential workers, and taxing the rich. Let's build this movement together!
If it's your first time making calls, please join us! Training and support will be provided on Zoom throughout the event.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. FATIMA IQBAL-ZUBAIR
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Wednesday, October 28 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join CA State Assembly candidate Fatima Iqbal-Zubair and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. DEAN PRESTON
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Thursday, October 29 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join San Francisco Board Supervisor Dean Preston and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAKE CALLS FOR JOVANKA
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Friday, October 30 | 5:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – register in advance ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us on Zoom to make calls to elect East Bay DSA-endorsed candidate Jovanka Beckles to AC Transit Board. Let's win transit for the people! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MASS RALLY TO COUNT EVERY VOTE
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Wednesday, November 4 | noon–5 p.m.
Oscar Grant Plaza 14th Street & Broadway, Oakland ♿️
As we approach the November election, the multiracial working class is facing multiple crises: dangerous school reopenings, no pandemic relief, continued police violence and repression, climate change crashing down upon us, and a potentially chaotic General Election looming before us.
But we know that collective action in the streets is still the best antidote to the anger and fear we face daily. As democratic socialists, we must be a visible and committed force fighting for democracy and building a mass movement of the working class.
That means — whatever the status of the election — we need to be ready to mobilize on November 4th. Join East Bay DSA and coalition partners from across the Bay Area as we rally to demand that every vote is counted, and to begin organizing to grow DSA and our movement in the coming months. We'll convene at Oscar Grant Plaza starting at noon for a mass rally and day of action. RSVP below!
RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** MUTUAL AID MASK BUILD AND DISTRIBUTION
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Saturday, October 31 | 3–5 p.m.
Empowerment Park, 465 Bellevue Ave, Oakland ♿️
Red-skies and smoke are hard on everyone, but as with most of the impacts of capitalism, create additional burdens on our poor and unhoused neighbors. Join us for a mutual aid mask build at Empowerment Park in Oakland, across from 465 Bellevue Ave.
No experience necessary. Please bring PPE! We will be close to the nearby road and can accommodate any accessibility needs. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
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Tuesday, November 3 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations
RSVP ([link removed])
Catch up on Socialist Night School
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
Watch past Night School videos ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 75,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
Join DSA ([link removed])
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
HELP US REACH 100K!
In October, DSA is doing a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. How can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us contacting our own friends, family, and colleagues. Click the link below to sign the pledge and help us get to 100,000 DSA members nationwide!
Sign the pledge and get recruiting! ([link removed])
The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.
--Eugene Debs
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--Jeremy Corbyn
Comrades,
When the working class unites and fights, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish. This week gave us two shining examples.
After last year’s dramatic US-backed coup ousting socialist president Evo Morales and installing a right-wing authoritarian, anti-indigenous party into power, the people of Bolivia have firmly rebuked the coup leaders and its cheerleaders in the US ([link removed]) and voted Morales’s party MAS (Movimiento al Socialismo) back into power by electing Luis Arce.
Despite persecutions over the past year by the government of Jeanine Áñez, Arce, MAS, and the people of Bolivia stand victorious.
On the home front, after a five-day strike, Alameda Health System’s workers have successfully gotten the entire AHS board thrown out. After a five-day strike, workers in Alameda Health System won their most ambitious political demand—that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors remove the AHS board. Now it remains for the county to give AHS workers the fair contract they deserve.
Meanwhile, on the national level, Trump represents a unique threat to democracy in US, telegraphing his intentions to question and even challenge the election results if they don’t favor him. What’s more, he seems to be signaling to his supporters that they should intimidate voters, or “standby” for paramilitary intervention in case he loses.
But just like workers in Bolivia defied the far right to bring MAS back into power, workers in the US are getting ready to fight to defend democracy too ([link removed]) . As socialists, we know that collective action—at the workplace and in the streets—will be our best defense when our democracy is under attack. So be sure to join us and invite your friends, coworkers, neighbors, and comrades to the Mass Rally to Count Every Vote on November 4 ([link removed]) .
When workers stand up and fight, we win!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** BIG TECH IS THE ENEMY OF PUBLIC TRANSIT
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Tech billionaires can't solve the problems with our transportation system. We need a working-class movement to win high-quality, sustainable public transit for all.
Read More ([link removed])
** PROP 15: A REFORM WITH REVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS
------------------------------------------------------------
Big corporations are fighting to stop Prop 15, which would tax them fairly to fund schools, hospitals, and parks. Teachers, nurses, and socialists are fighting back.
Read More ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. KEITH BROWN
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Tonight! October 22 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join Oakland Education Association President Keith Brown and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! We all have a stake in fighting for the working class and against austerity, and talking to voters is how we win. We'll have training, tools, and the solidarity of fellow DSA members from up and down California and across the country.
Prop 15 is a crucial piece of legislation that, if passed, will reclaim ten to twelve BILLION dollars a year for California’s public schools and services by closing a commercial property tax loophole that has been benefiting only a fraction of corporations and wealthy investors for decades.
This proposition is a crucial step towards redistributing the wealth and resources that corporations have been hoarding for years back to the working-class public. So please join us to help spread the word. Together we can build a world that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
RSVP here ([link removed])
** 100K RECRUITMENT PHONEBANK
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Tonight! October 22 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The only way to win a better society is through a mass movement. To that end, we’re asking you to join us for a recruitment phonebank tonight, October 22 at 6 p.m., as we continue to build the largest mass socialist organization in the United States!
Earlier this month, DSA launched a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. But how can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us inviting our own friends, family, and colleagues. On the call, you’ll learn the basics of how to ask someone to join the organization as a dues-paying member. Then, we’ll have a phonebank party where we put what we’ve learned into action.
No experience required. We’ll walk you through what you need to know, and we’ll be on the call to support you.
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** PHONEBANK FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
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Tonight! October 22 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
With smoke in the air and uncontained fires raging across the state, it's easy to feel scared and defeated. But there are ways to fight back against the austerity capitalists who've gotten us here and to protect each other from the worst effects of the fires. Join us to check in on our neighbors and recruit them to work on Green New Deal Committee projects like:
* Let's Own PG&E campaign
* Mutual aid, including making and distributing masks
* Green New Deal Electoral Organizing
* Environmental Justice/Racial Solidarity
* A Green New Deal for Transit Campaign
No experience is required. We'll show you what you need to have great conversations with some of the loveliest people in the world: the ones who've signed up through the letsownpge.org website!
Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAKE CALLS FOR JOVANKA
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Friday, October 23 | 5:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – register in advance ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us on Zoom to make calls to elect East Bay DSA-endorsed candidate Jovanka Beckles to AC Transit Board. Let's win transit for the people! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 FT. GREG GABRELLAS
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Friday, October 23 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join SEIU-CIR Secretary-Treasurer Greg Gabrellas and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MASS CANVASS MOBILIZATION FOR CARROLL FIFE!
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Saturday, October 24 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St, Oakland
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEK IN THE ELECTION! Join East Bay DSA to knock doors for Moms 4 Housing co-founder Carroll Fife, candidate for Oakland City Council - District 3!
Carroll’s running on:
✔️ Defunding OPD
✔️ Housing as a Human Right
✔️ Supporting Essential Workers
✔️ Taxing the Rich!
✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 Bring your DSA shirt, your sunscreen, and water bottle with ice because hydration is important! Also bring friends, family, or coworkers—no experience necessary! If you are new to canvassing we will train you and pair you off with more experienced canvassers.
This event is happening contingent on an AQI Index below 150. Unfortunately, we cannot provide childcare given the potential safety risks regarding social distancing and COVID. PPE (N95s, gloves, sanitizer) and water will be provided. Please also bring a fully-charged phone with PDI Mobile Connect (the canvassing app we will be using) downloaded - app store links at the RSVP link below.
It's going to take us all to build this movement - looking forward to seeing you out there!
RSVP ([link removed])
** MUTUAL AID MASK BUILD AND DISTRIBUTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, October 24 | 3–5 p.m.
Empowerment Park, 465 Bellevue Ave, Oakland ♿️
Red-skies and smoke are hard on everyone, but as with most of the impacts of capitalism, create additional burdens on our poor and unhoused neighbors. Join us for a mutual aid mask build at Empowerment Park in Oakland, across from 465 Bellevue Ave.
No experience necessary. Please bring PPE! We will be close to the nearby road and can accommodate any accessibility needs. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) with any accessibility questions or concerns.
RSVP ([link removed])
** SOCIALISM ON THE BALLOT: GET OUT THE VOTE WITH EAST BAY DSA
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Saturday, October 24 | 4–5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Are you excited to see a red wave in the East Bay this fall? Come join East Bay DSA as we get organized to help our endorsed electoral campaigns fight and WIN on November 3.
We’re just less than three weeks from Election Day — now is the perfect time to get involved! Join us for a virtual meeting where we’ll get organized to get out the vote for our DSA-endorsed candidates all over the East Bay.
No experience necessary, all are welcome! After the meeting, attendees are encouraged to join California DSA chapters across the state for a "Yes on Prop 15" phone bank.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: LABOR FOR PROP 15 PHONEBANK FT. JOVANKA BECKLES
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Saturday, October 24 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join AC Transit Board candidate Jovanka Beckles and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** THE ORGANIZER’S TOOLBOX: HOW TO GIVE A GREAT POLITICAL SPEECH
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, October 25 | 1–3 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
In this training for DSA organizers, we will explore our personal stories together, and discover how they inform and support our political movement. Personal stories are important because they allow us to identify with each other's experiences, motivate us to fight for common aims, and ultimately build solidarity.
Adapted from Marshall Ganz’s “Public Narrative,” this training will challenge you to put aside the logical reasons why we need to win a better world and rather consider emotional & personal reasons. We'll talk about what makes a story compelling and how stories can be important organizing tools that bring others into our movement. Then, we'll each develop and practice our own political speeches together.
Suggested reading and viewing material at the RSVP link below!
Note: While all are welcome, this event is geared towards individuals who are already actively organizing with the Democratic Socialists of America or allied groups.
RSVP ([link removed])
** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. JACKIE FIELDER
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Sunday, October 25 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join CA State Senate candidate Jackie Fielder and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
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Sunday, October 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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!
If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 FT. KONSTANTINE ANTHONY
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Monday, October 26 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
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Join Burbank City Council candidate Konstantine Anthony and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
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** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
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Monday, October 26 | 7–9 p.m.
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We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected].
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** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK
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Tuesday, October 27 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
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Join us for 15 days of phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
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** MAKE CALLS FOR CARROLL FIFE
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Tuesday, October 27 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Let's make calls for Carroll Fife's campaign for City Council in Oakland District 3! Carroll is running on a platform of making housing a human right, defunding OPD, supporting essential workers, and taxing the rich. Let's build this movement together!
If it's your first time making calls, please join us! Training and support will be provided on Zoom throughout the event.
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** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. FATIMA IQBAL-ZUBAIR
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Wednesday, October 28 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
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Join CA State Assembly candidate Fatima Iqbal-Zubair and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
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** TAX THE RICH: 15 FOR 15 PHONEBANK FT. DEAN PRESTON
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Thursday, October 29 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
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Join San Francisco Board Supervisor Dean Preston and DSA in phonebanking for California’s Prop 15! For more info on Prop 15, click the RSVP link or see the 10/22 phonebank above. Please join us to help spread the word!
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** MAKE CALLS FOR JOVANKA
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Friday, October 30 | 5:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – register in advance ([link removed]) ♿️
Join us on Zoom to make calls to elect East Bay DSA-endorsed candidate Jovanka Beckles to AC Transit Board. Let's win transit for the people! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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** MASS RALLY TO COUNT EVERY VOTE
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Wednesday, November 4 | noon–5 p.m.
Oscar Grant Plaza 14th Street & Broadway, Oakland ♿️
As we approach the November election, the multiracial working class is facing multiple crises: dangerous school reopenings, no pandemic relief, continued police violence and repression, climate change crashing down upon us, and a potentially chaotic General Election looming before us.
But we know that collective action in the streets is still the best antidote to the anger and fear we face daily. As democratic socialists, we must be a visible and committed force fighting for democracy and building a mass movement of the working class.
That means — whatever the status of the election — we need to be ready to mobilize on November 4th. Join East Bay DSA and coalition partners from across the Bay Area as we rally to demand that every vote is counted, and to begin organizing to grow DSA and our movement in the coming months. We'll convene at Oscar Grant Plaza starting at noon for a mass rally and day of action. RSVP below!
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Upcoming Events
** MUTUAL AID MASK BUILD AND DISTRIBUTION
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Saturday, October 31 | 3–5 p.m.
Empowerment Park, 465 Bellevue Ave, Oakland ♿️
Red-skies and smoke are hard on everyone, but as with most of the impacts of capitalism, create additional burdens on our poor and unhoused neighbors. Join us for a mutual aid mask build at Empowerment Park in Oakland, across from 465 Bellevue Ave.
No experience necessary. Please bring PPE! We will be close to the nearby road and can accommodate any accessibility needs. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at [email protected] with any accessibility questions or concerns.
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** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
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Tuesday, November 3 | 6–8 p.m.
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The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations
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Catch up on Socialist Night School
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
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Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 75,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
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Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
HELP US REACH 100K!
In October, DSA is doing a recruitment drive called DSA to 100K. How can we get to 100,000 members? It starts with us contacting our own friends, family, and colleagues. Click the link below to sign the pledge and help us get to 100,000 DSA members nationwide!
Sign the pledge and get recruiting! ([link removed])
The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.
--Eugene Debs
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