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East Bay DSA Newsletter September 19, 2019

Class warfare goes on in the United States and has for decades. There has been an ongoing massive redistribution of wealth from the working class to the rich. The United States has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth. There is an important truth that we must not forget: If millions of us stand together, educate and organize, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Together, we can finally create an America that works for all of us, not just the few.

Bernie Sanders

Comrades, at a recent AFL-CIO forum in Philadelphia, Bernie Sanders said, "What we are talking about, brothers and sisters, is creating a government of the working class in this country, by the working class in this country, and for the working class in this country."

That right there is why we endorse Bernie Sanders, and why we’re fighting tooth and nail to make sure he wins California. We’re hosting phone banks, watch parties, canvasses, and more from now until the primary election in March — and if Bernie wins the nomination, we plan to do it until November. See below for how you can get involved in our democratic socialist campaign to elect Bernie Sanders and transform society for the working class.

But elections alone aren’t going to win us socialism. We also need to grow the labor movement (check out our labor events below!), educate ourselves in socialist concepts and history (don’t miss Socialist Night School!), and create pressure in the streets (join DSA at the Climate Strike tomorrow!). In the coming weeks, we look forward to joining you in struggle.

East Bay DSA at Make Westing in Oakland last Thursday, watching the third Democratic presidential debate with a huge crowd of people who are pumped about #Bernie2020 and ready to hit the pavement to get him elected.
Featured Events
If you want to help build this movement, come out to the events below. RSVP for updates. You can also keep track on our Events page.

KNOCK DOORS FOR BERNIE IN EAST BAY!

Saturday, September 21 | noon–5 p.m.
San Pablo Park, 2800 Park St, Berkeley ♿️

Join us on Saturday in solidarity with the youth-led Global Climate Strike and spread the word about Bernie and his Green New Deal in Berkeley! Young people around the world are striking to transform the economy and the world, and we believe Bernie’s Green New Deal is a key part of achieving their goal. Come talk with our neighbors about how Bernie’s Green New Deal plans to provide 20 million good union jobs, just transitions for workers from fossil fuel industries, support for frontline communities, and green energy democracy.

We hit more than 1200 doors at our first canvass, and we want to double that this time! Come out Saturday, September 21st and join us in the fight for Bernie and the Green New Deal:

Noon–1 p.m.: Introduction and canvassing training
1–5 p.m.: Break into teams and knock doors

Don't forget your - Hat, Sunscreen, Sunglasses, Water Bottle, Comfy Shoes, DSA Pins, DSA and Bernie Shirts, and Friends, Family, or Coworkers!

Childcare will be provided. 

Please bring a fully-charged phone with miniVAN Touch downloaded and account created, links below:

RSVP

MEMES 4 BERNIE CONTENT PARTY!

Sunday, September 22 | 2–4 p.m.

Powderface, 3411 E. 12th St. #134, Oakland ♿️

Come meme with us! An electrifying afternoon of content creation awaits. We’ll be curating articles, hatching tweets and slappin’ text on cat pictures for Bernie Sanders and Socialism.

We’ll be using this form to collaborate on content. Feel free to use it any time and to peruse the replies!

This is a great event for new members, people curious about DSA or those who want to connect with our 2020 electoral work. Please bring a charged device!

RSVP

HEALTH JUSTICE NOW - BOOK EVENT WITH AUTHOR TIMOTHY FAUST AND EAST BAY DSA

Tuesday, September 24 | 7–9 p.m.
Wolfman Books, 410 13th St, Oakland ♿️

Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next is an excellent new book by Timothy Faust that passionately details the need and fight for a federal universal single-payer, comprehensive healthcare plan, i.e. Medicare for All. Please join the Medicare for All Committee of East Bay DSA, along with other representatives from the chapter, in welcoming Timothy at Wolfman Books for an engaging reading and discussion! Plus, East Bay DSA members will get 10% off when buying the book!

Accessibility Information: Street-level entrance, ADA accessible, and within one block of the 12th Street BART Station.

RSVP

WHAT COULD A BERNIE SANDERS PRESIDENCY MEAN FOR RACIAL JUSTICE?

Wednesday, September 25 | 6–8 p.m.
UAW Local 2865, 2030 Addison St. Suite 640A, Berkeley ♿️

Bernie Sanders has pledged, "We will go to war against white nationalism and racism in every aspect of our lives." What kind of fight must be waged to end economic inequality, mass incarceration, environmental racism, criminalization of our border — to win racial justice in the United States? What role could a Sanders administration play?

Join an urgent conversation with Jacobin columnist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Bernie Sanders national press secretary Briahna Joy Gray. This event is co-sponsored by Jacobin & DSA AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus in NYC. East Bay DSA will livestream the event locally.

About our speakers:

Briahna Joy Gray is the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign. She is was a contributing editor at Current Affairs and Senior Politics Editor at The Intercept.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a Jacobin columnist and an assistant professor in Princeton University's Department of African American Studies. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and the forthcoming Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.

This venue is wheelchair-accessible.

  RSVP
Upcoming Events

BEER & ROSES LABOR SOCIAL

Thursday, September 26 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.

7th West, 1255 7th St, Oakland ♿️

Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what's happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.

Accessibility Information: Venue is on ground floor and there is a ramp that leads into the patio, venue has an ADA bathroom.


RSVP

LABOR COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING

Sunday, September 29 | 6–8 p.m.

Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland ♿️

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].


Accessibility: Entrance and bathroom are wheelchair-accessible.
 

RSVP
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DSA recently topped 56,000 members, 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
Our canvassers on September 10 and 7, connecting with educators and public sector workers, among many others, to share the spirit and the message of the Bernie 2020 campaign: “For the MANY, not the FEW.”
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses also organize events! Please check the Caucus Corner of the East Bay DSA website to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
EAST BAY DSA IN SEARCH OF OFFICE SPACE
Do you or someone you know have access to an office space that East Bay DSA could rent? Because we are a member-run organization with limited resources, we are looking for a low-cost, below market rate office space. Please contact [email protected] if you have any leads. Thank you!

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

César Chávez

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Class warfare goes on in the United States and has for decades. There has been an ongoing massive redistribution of wealth from the working class to the rich. The United States has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth. There is an important truth that we must not forget: If millions of us stand together, educate and organize, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Together, we can finally create an America that works for all of us, not just the few.

--Bernie Sanders

Comrades, at a recent AFL-CIO forum in Philadelphia, Bernie Sanders said, "What we are talking about, brothers and sisters, is creating a government of the working class in this country, by the working class in this country, and for the working class in this country."

That right there is why we endorse Bernie Sanders, and why we’re fighting tooth and nail to make sure he wins California. We’re hosting phone banks, watch parties, canvasses, and more from now until the primary election in March — and if Bernie wins the nomination, we plan to do it until November. See below for how you can get involved in our democratic socialist campaign to elect Bernie Sanders and transform society for the working class.

But elections alone aren’t going to win us socialism. We also need to grow the labor movement (check out our labor events below!), educate ourselves in socialist concepts and history (don’t miss Socialist Night School!), and create pressure in the streets (join DSA at the Climate Strike tomorrow!). In the coming weeks, we look forward to joining you in struggle.


Featured Events


If you want to help build this movement, come out to the events below. RSVP for updates. You can also keep track on our Events page (http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .


** KNOCK DOORS FOR BERNIE IN EAST BAY!
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, September 21 | noon–5 p.m.
San Pablo Park, 2800 Park St, Berkeley ♿️

Join us on Saturday in solidarity with the youth-led Global Climate Strike and spread the word about Bernie and his Green New Deal in Berkeley! Young people around the world are striking to transform the economy and the world, and we believe Bernie’s Green New Deal is a key part of achieving their goal. Come talk with our neighbors about how Bernie’s Green New Deal plans to provide 20 million good union jobs, just transitions for workers from fossil fuel industries, support for frontline communities, and green energy democracy.

We hit more than 1200 doors at our first canvass, and we want to double that this time! Come out Saturday, September 21st and join us in the fight for Bernie and the Green New Deal:

Noon–1 p.m.: Introduction and canvassing training
1–5 p.m.: Break into teams and knock doors

Don't forget your - Hat, Sunscreen, Sunglasses, Water Bottle, Comfy Shoes, DSA Pins, DSA and Bernie Shirts, and Friends, Family, or Coworkers!

Childcare will be provided.

Please bring a fully-charged phone with miniVAN Touch downloaded and account created, links below:
* Apple Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minivan-touch/id352087547)
* Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voteractivationnetwork.minivan&hl=en_US)

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/808/2019-09-21-knock-doors-for-bernie-in-east-bay/)


** MEMES 4 BERNIE CONTENT PARTY!
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, September 22 | 2–4 p.m.

Powderface, 3411 E. 12th St. #134, Oakland ♿️

Come meme with us! An electrifying afternoon of content creation awaits. We’ll be curating articles, hatching tweets and slappin’ text on cat pictures for Bernie Sanders and Socialism.

We’ll be using this form (https://forms.gle/tAcSKyD1PsED22iC6) to collaborate on content. Feel free to use it any time and to peruse the replies!

This is a great event for new members, people curious about DSA or those who want to connect with our 2020 electoral work. Please bring a charged device!
RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/765/2019-09-22-memes-4-bernie-content-party/)


** HEALTH JUSTICE NOW - BOOK EVENT WITH AUTHOR TIMOTHY FAUST AND EAST BAY DSA
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, September 24 | 7–9 p.m.
Wolfman Books, 410 13th St, Oakland ♿️

Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next is an excellent new book by Timothy Faust that passionately details the need and fight for a federal universal single-payer, comprehensive healthcare plan, i.e. Medicare for All. Please join the Medicare for All Committee of East Bay DSA, along with other representatives from the chapter, in welcoming Timothy at Wolfman Books for an engaging reading and discussion! Plus, East Bay DSA members will get 10% off when buying the book!

Accessibility Information: Street-level entrance, ADA accessible, and within one block of the 12th Street BART Station.
RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/810/2019-09-24-health-justice-now-book-event-with-author-timothy-faust-and-east-bay-dsa/)


** WHAT COULD A BERNIE SANDERS PRESIDENCY MEAN FOR RACIAL JUSTICE?
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, September 25 | 6–8 p.m.
UAW Local 2865, 2030 Addison St. Suite 640A, Berkeley ♿️

Bernie Sanders has pledged, "We will go to war against white nationalism and racism in every aspect of our lives." What kind of fight must be waged to end economic inequality, mass incarceration, environmental racism, criminalization of our border — to win racial justice in the United States? What role could a Sanders administration play?

Join an urgent conversation with Jacobin columnist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Bernie Sanders national press secretary Briahna Joy Gray. This event is co-sponsored by Jacobin & DSA AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus in NYC. East Bay DSA will livestream the event locally.

About our speakers:

Briahna Joy Gray is the National Press Secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign. She is was a contributing editor at Current Affairs and Senior Politics Editor at The Intercept.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a Jacobin columnist and an assistant professor in Princeton University's Department of African American Studies. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and the forthcoming Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.

This venue is wheelchair-accessible.
RSVP (https://www.facebook.com/events/2225281821104228/)
Upcoming Events


** BEER & ROSES LABOR SOCIAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, September 26 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.

7th West, 1255 7th St, Oakland ♿️

Join the East Bay DSA's Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses social. Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what's happening in EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved.

Accessibility Information: Venue is on ground floor and there is a ramp that leads into the patio, venue has an ADA bathroom.
RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/805/2019-09-26-beer-roses-labor-social/)


** LABOR COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, September 29 | 6–8 p.m.

Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland ♿️

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]) .

Accessibility: Entrance and bathroom are wheelchair-accessible.

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/797/2019-09-29-labor-committee-monthly-meeting/)
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA recently topped 56,000 members, 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 (https://act.dsausa.org/donate/membership/)

Caucus Corner
Our caucuses also organize events! Please check the Caucus Corner of the East Bay DSA website (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/about/caucuses/) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.


Announcements

EAST BAY DSA IN SEARCH OF OFFICE SPACE
Do you or someone you know have access to an office space that East Bay DSA could rent? Because we are a member-run organization with limited resources, we are looking for a low-cost, below market rate office space. Please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Office%20space) if you have any leads. Thank you!

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

César Chávez

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