Again we have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that
Capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work
and sacrifice. The fact is that capitalism was built on the
exploitation and suffering of black slaves and continues to thrive on
the exploitation of the poor – both black and white, both here and
abroad. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on
military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching
spiritual death.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Comrades,
A week after a right-wing mob occupied the U.S. Capitol building,
many questions remain. We are eager to know how members of Congress
may have helped plan the events
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/republicans-capitol-riot.html)
, and are deeply concerned for the health of those who were exposed to
COVID-19 in lockdown
(https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/12/us-lawmakers-capitol-attack-covid-positive-test-pramila-jayapal-bonnie-watson-coleman)
. One early point of confusion in the aftermath of the attack has
hopefully been cleared up, though bad-faith actors continue to spread
misinformation
(https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1346928275470299142?s=20) : yes,
this is who we are. Has it ever been clearer?
The threat of far-right violence, whether by mobs or by police, has
always been a weapon against Native and Black Americans, immigrants,
queer people, laborers, and activists. It has always influenced our
democracy. The military and police presence in this far-right movement
merely reflects the evil of U.S. imperialism and the repressive,
anti-democratic function of our law enforcement.
Though these events do not represent a break from so-called
American values or tradition, they do reflect a crisis. If we are to
reform our society, it must be around the values of democracy and
human flourishing. Our government should guarantee safety and good
health not only its representatives, but to all its people.
Our part in this as socialists is clear. This month kicked off a
renewed campaign to win single-payer healthcare in California, an
action that will have huge benefits for working people here in the
state and the absolute best step we could take toward national
Medicare For All. Join a phonebank this week
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/) to advance the campaign. Then
later this month, learn from DSA’s Nationwide Socialist Feminist
Committee and Medicare for All Committee about the history of Roe v.
Wade
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1760/2021-01-23-national-dsa-48-years-of-roe-v-wade-no-reproductive-freedom-without-medicare-for-all/)
, the future of abortion access, and the necessity of Medicare for All
for reproductive freedom.
Next week, help us fight for an end to the war in Yemen — learn
about the history of the conflict and the U.S.’s role in it with Metro
DC DSA Night School on Monday
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1784/2021-01-18-ending-the-way-in-yemen-socialist-night-school-pres-by-metro-dc-dsa/)
and join DSA SF’s car caravan on the 25th
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1763/2021-01-25-car-caravan-for-yemen/)
. And please join Socialist Night School on Tuesday to examine the
radical legacy and honor the vision of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. with a special session, “MLK In His Own Words
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1778/2021-01-19-socialist-night-school-mlk-in-his-own-words/)
.”
In solidarity!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and
information from East Bay Majority (https://eastbaymajority.com/) ,
East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** WHY SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE CAN WIN IN CALIFORNIA: AN
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL
LIGHTY
------------------------------------------------------------
"[A]
new set of electoral circumstances is colliding with a change in our
political movements. The Bernie campaign popularized Medicare for All,
making it the defining issue in the healthcare debate. Where you stand
on Medicare for All defines where you stand on healthcare. It’s gone
from the margins to the center; its support has exploded."
Read more
(https://eastbaymajority.com/california-medicare-for-all-dsa-michael-lighty-force-the-vote-aoc/)
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
(http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .
** (NATIONAL DSA) HOW DO WE #CANCELRENT IN
2021?
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight!,
January 14 | 5:30 pm.–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://actionnetwork.org/events/how-do-we-cancelrent-in-2021/)
♿️
It's 2021, and our homes, jobs, and health are still on the
line. COVID-19 is surging and unemployment is at historic levels,
while eviction moratoriums are due to expire across the country. The
call to cancel rent is more urgent than ever.
So how do we win and what is DSA's role in the fight? Chapters big
and small have organized tenants to go on rent strike, and joined
coalitions to try to sway lawmakers to stop evictions. What strategies
are working? Is #CancelRent a demand that we can even win from
lawmakers, or one we must win building by building through collective
action?
Join the Housing Justice Commission for a conversation about
housing justice organizing in 2021 with an eye toward developing
shared strategy and resources across chapters.
RSVP
(https://actionnetwork.org/events/how-do-we-cancelrent-in-2021/)
** THE ORGANIZER’S TOOLBOX: HOW TO GIVE A GREAT POLITICAL
SPEECH
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday,
January 16 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84841403949?pwd=ZU5tQVAvSVlZR1JoM2xIb2JaNW44UT09)
♿️
It's a new year—time to learn a new organizing skill! Join us
for another iteration of the Organizer's Toolbox, where we introduce
and practice specific, tangible skills for DSA organizers that you can
put to use!
Note: Please try to arrive at this training on time and plan to
stay for the whole training. This is a very interactive training and
works best when the attendees are fully engaged and committed to
learning from each other in this process.
In this training for DSA organizers, we will explore our personal
stories together, and discover how they can become important tools
that motivate and inspire others. 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.
We'll examine how other leaders on the left use personal stories to
motivate the masses to take action and then spend time crafting our
own.
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.
Suggested reading and watching material (it’s quick!):
Public Narrative Participant Guide
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pm7Ed3PGmjUQH64JiIsUud3AT5iF7fVm/view?usp=sharing)
Marshall Ganz: The Public Narrative lecture fragment
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JQlMw_-wg0&list=PLaT8gjnOmQl2fjCj76sAH1jXwKtlASzjN&index=6)
—
Join via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84841403949?pwd=ZU5tQVAvSVlZR1JoM2xIb2JaNW44UT09)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1713/2021-01-16-the-organizers-toolbox-how-to-give-a-great-political-speech/)
** HOW TO PLAN AND EXECUTE A DIRECT
ACTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday
and Sunday, January 16–17 | 2–4 p.m.
Online via Zoom – register in
advance
(https://dsausa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-mgqjMsGtbXTxYM_HkF702u4DAzmVKe)
♿
East Bay DSA's Direct Action Working Group is excited to teach
our 3rd Direct Action Training!
We may not know what is coming next, but we can prepare for it
anyway. Direct action has historically been the most effective way to
change the world, and we built a workshop to teach folks how it has
worked, and how we can plan and execute effective and powerful
actions. This training will cover the same ground as the previous
Direct Action training, which was very well received.
As racist violence, unemployment, evictions, and climate chaos keep
increasing, we need to expand our capacity to leverage our collective
power. This training series will introduce creative ways to escalate
ongoing campaigns, participate in mass uprisings, and keep each other
safe in our confrontations with capital and the state.
The training is 4 hours spread across two days. Please attend both
days. For the topics covered and full schedule, click the Event
Details link below.
Register
(https://dsausa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-mgqjMsGtbXTxYM_HkF702u4DAzmVKe)
Event Details
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1747/2021-01-16-how-to-plan-and-execute-a-direct-action/)
** STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
January 17 | 2–5 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1474/2021-01-17-steering-committee-meeting/)
♿️
See how your elected leadership works as we deliberate on
current chapter issues. This meeting is open to all DSA members to
observe the proceedings. The agenda is TBA.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1474/2021-01-17-steering-committee-meeting/)
** CAMPAIGN KICKOFF: PHONEBANKING FOR COVID RELIEF IN NAVAJO
NATION
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
January 17 | 4–6 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTjd35S3cHIbyykGrWjpxpjLslz1pKaAWUw5TqQ0q-rDaBWQ/viewform)
♿️
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated Navajo Nation, and the
destructive legacies of settler colonialism and extractive capitalism
(unemployment regularly above 50%, food deserts, a widespread lack of
running water for hand washing, etc.) have pushed the death toll far
above that of the rest of the country, and with no federal alleviation
in sight.
Join us and other DSA chapters in phone banking to raise funds
toward existing grassroots mutual aid relief networks in Navajo
Nation. Though this is a temporary campaign for an acute crisis, we
see this as a first step in adding material substance to DSA’s 2019
endorsement of the Red Deal (The Red Nation's radical call for a
people's movement that is anti-capitalist, anti-colonial,
anti-imperialist and anti-extractive).
We'll begin the phonebank with updates on the situation in Navajo
Nation, and a brief discussion about how socialists can engage in
meaningful indigenous solidarity work in the future to help build a
mass people’s movement for liberation. RSVP below!
RSVP
(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTjd35S3cHIbyykGrWjpxpjLslz1pKaAWUw5TqQ0q-rDaBWQ/viewform)
** ENDING THE WAY IN YEMEN | SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL PRES. BY
METRO DC
DSA
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
January 18 | 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://actionnetwork.org/events/ending-the-way-in-yemen-socialist-night-school?source=direct_link&)
♿
The war in Yemen is one of the world’s most pressing crises right
now, having intensified in March 2015 when a U.S.-supported Saudi-led
coalition intervened against Houthi rebels aligned with the former
president Ali Abdullah Saleh. The war has turned the country into a
humanitarian catastrophe. With U.S. military support, Saudis and
Emiratis have bombed hospitals, health clinics, schools, factories,
markets, residential areas, even school buses full of children,
killing thousands of Yemeni civilians. The Saudi-Emirati “coalition”
has blockaded the ports of Yemen and cut off the flow of food, fuel,
medicine, and clean water, resulting in the worst humanitarian crisis
on the planet, with 20 million people on the brink of famine and a 27%
COVID-19 death rate.
As part of the Stop the War Coalition World Day of Action (January
25, 2021) to call for an end to the war in Yemen, DSA’s International
Committee and many chapters across the U.S. are calling on the United
States to end support for this criminal military intervention in Yemen
and supports the massive international grassroots effort to end these
horrific crimes. Together with Metro DC DSA’s Socialist Night School,
the chapter’s Internationalism Working Group will be hosting a
teach-in with Jehan Hakim to talk about the war in Yemen and the role
of the United States, how to get involved in this movement and the
various activities happening on January 25.
RSVP
(https://actionnetwork.org/events/ending-the-way-in-yemen-socialist-night-school?source=direct_link&)
** (NATIONAL DSA) SCREENING AND Q&A: SIXTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS - A COMEDY SHORT ON
REPARATIONS
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
January 18 | 4–6 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://act.dsausa.org/survey/screening-and-qa-sixteen-thousand-dollars/)
♿️
Screening and Q&A on Sixteen Thousand Dollars: A Comedy
Short on Reparations with filmmaker Symone Baptiste; creative team
members Brodie Reed and Ellington Wells; and moderator Bianca
Cunningham.
Join the Democratic Socialists of America Fund, DSA’s
Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus (AFROSOC), and Dissent
magazine for a discussion of the film and the issues it raises about
reparations.
RSVP
(https://act.dsausa.org/survey/screening-and-qa-sixteen-thousand-dollars/)
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
January 18 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – email
[email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿️
Join the
Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting!
The Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for
the rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around
the world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic
socialist organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area
working class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open
borders to workers' rights and access to fully-funded public
education. In our general meetings, we hold political discussions and
report on upcoming RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part
of the fight for Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially
welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take
progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1676/2021-01-18-racial-solidarity-committee-monthly-meeting/)
** SOCIALIST NIGHT SCHOOL: MLK IN HIS OWN
WORDS
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday,
January 19 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81717425470?pwd=MjRRTWRRVFhBeXhYbjJpQ1NvN1JSdz09)
♿
In the decades since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination
at sanitation workers strike in Memphis, his legacy has been
appropriated by just about every political movement out there. From
Fox News pundits claiming he would oppose tax increases on the rich
because he was "for freedom," to the more typical whitewashing of his
radical politics for a broad audience, anyone and everyone claim the
sainted image of the good Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as their
own.
But in his own time, MLK was viewed as the radical that he was. By
cleaving toward an uncompromising politics of racial justice, economic
transformation, and peace abroad, MLK won the ire of nearly ¾ of
Americans who said they disapproved of him in a 1967 Harris Poll.
Today, on our national holiday celebrating his legacy, we invite you
to read and listen to his own prophetic words as he wrote and spoke
them in his time.
Priority Reading & Viewing:
* Excerpt from the Address at
the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eSbAa25X3HB-hBtOBYc0l6S9jnVdSqIF/view?usp=sharing)
Summary:
Dr. King cites the roots of Jim Crow in a political strategy by
southern planters to break the multi-racial alliance of tenant farmers
that arose with the Populist Movement.
* Excerpt from "Where Do We Go From Here?," Address Delivered at
the Eleventh Annual SCLC Convention
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qzC4JDNQiICudHso7Glt2L1uSAD567Ko/view?usp=sharing)
Summary:
Dr. King confronts the difficult challenges facing the Civil Rights
movement after the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. He argues
the task in front of them was to build a multi-racial movement for a
complete economic transformation of society that guaranteed the
equality of black people and the well being of all.
* VIDEO: MLK Talks 'New Phase' Of Civil Rights Struggle, 11 Months
Before His Assassination | NBC News
(https://youtu.be/2xsbt3a7K-8)
Summary: In this stunning interview
with NBC news, MLK discusses the challenges facing the Civil Rights
movement in 1967. He calls for a focus on transforming the ghettos of
the North, which were not addressed by ending Jim Crow. He also
denounces the Vietnam War for killing millions of innocents and
diverting money and attention away from the War on Poverty.
Additional Reading & Viewing:
* Book: Where Do We Go From
Here? Chaos or Community? Chapter 2 - Black Power
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r_p-Azt7yyvzBLsT8o9OYFyrR8G78wx1/view?usp=sharing)
Summary:
MLK tells the story of the first time Black Power was used as a slogan
in the Civil Rights movement. MLK argues that Black Power and the view
that black people can “go it alone,” is understandable given white
backlash to Civil Rights, but is ultimately giving in to hopelessness.
He argues that despite white backlash, the only path forward for poor
black people is to build coalitions with poor whites.
* Full Speech & Audio: The Address at the Conclusion of the
Selma to Montgomery March
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K-8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NBCNews)
* Full Speech & Audio: "Where Do We Go From Here?," Address
Delivered at the Eleventh Annual SCLC Convention
(https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/where-do-we-go-here-address-delivered-eleventh-annual-sclc-convention)
Join via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81717425470?pwd=MjRRTWRRVFhBeXhYbjJpQ1NvN1JSdz09)
** GREEN NEW DEAL READING GROUP: OUR HISTORY IS THE FUTURE BY
NICK ESTES, PART
III
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday,
January 19 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1779/2021-01-19-green-new-deal-reading-group-our-history-is-the-future-by-nick-estes-part-iii/)
♿️
We will be reading the final chapters (Chapter 5 to the end)
ahead of this meeting. Anyone interested in learning and discussing
with others is welcome to join us. (If you missed the previous
meeting, catch up and join us!)
The book is about how two centuries of Indigenous resistance
created the movement proclaiming “Water is life”. In Our History Is
the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that
led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a
work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of
resistance.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1779/2021-01-19-green-new-deal-reading-group-our-history-is-the-future-by-nick-estes-part-iii/)
** LET'S OWN PG&E
CAMPAIGN
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
January 20 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/93277685636) ♿
Learn about why a
for-profit PG&E will never work for the people or the planet and
be a part of winning a Community-owned, Community-controlled
PG&E.
Join via Zoom (https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/93277685636)
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
January 20 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89896824119?pwd=WFV4REhQVXdYeVl6anJyaWJaZ2hxQT09)
♿
Monthly meeting for the EBDSA Social Housing committee. Come to
hear updates about our upcoming projects, and have a political
discussion about the decommodification of housing in the Bay Area!
Join via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89896824119?pwd=WFV4REhQVXdYeVl6anJyaWJaZ2hxQT09)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1726/2021-01-20-social-housing-committee-meeting/)
** CLASSROOM JUSTICE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday,
January 21 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1766/2021-01-21-classroom-justice-meeting/)
♿
Join the Classroom Justice
Campaign!
https://classroomjustice.org/en/
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1766/2021-01-21-classroom-justice-meeting/)
** (NATIONAL DSA) 48 YEARS OF ROE V. WADE: NO REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM WITHOUT MEDICARE FOR
ALL
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday,
January 23 | 1–3 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1766/2021-01-21-classroom-justice-meeting/)
♿️
January marks 48 years since Roe v Wade legalized abortion in all
50 states, and reproductive rights and abortion access has only gotten
worse, with states attempting to ban abortion and closing down
hundreds of clinics over the less decade. Not only has abortion access
been eroded, but reproductive oppression like forced sterilization of
immigrants and women of color, lack of clinics, and no universal child
care has made navigating reproductive health care decisions disastrous
for the working class. The struggle for Medicare for All and single
payer healthcare provides a potential avenue to overturn the Hyde
Amendment, provide sweeping coverage of abortion and all reproductive
health services. It would be the socialist feminist victory of a
lifetime, and we need to get organized to win.
The DSA Nationwide Socialist Feminist Working Group and the DSA
Medicare for All Committee are hosting this panel discussion about how
we can win reproductive freedom through the fight for Medicare for
All. The panel will be followed by a call to action to fight for
single payer health care and reproductive justice. Speakers are
TBA.
Questions? Email [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP
(https://actionnetwork.org/events/48-years-of-roe-v-wade-no-reproductive-freedom-without-medicare-for-all)
** (NATIONAL DSA) DSA
Q&A
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
January 24 | noon–2 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://act.dsausa.org/signup/QA_about_DSA_1_24/) ♿
Interested in
DSA but haven’t joined yet? Looking to get involved in the fights to
stop evictions, win Medicare for All, or defund the police, but unsure
how to get started? Frustrated with the limited possibilities of
national, top-down politics and looking for an alternative?
Join DSA leaders from across the country to talk about how
organizing as socialists and engaging in mass, bottom-up movement
struggle is the best path forward to winning our demands and building
a better future, together.
RSVP (https://act.dsausa.org/signup/QA_about_DSA_1_24/)
** (NATIONAL DSA) THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF
SOCIALISM
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
January 24 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://act.dsausa.org/survey/the-first-100-days-of-socialism/)
♿
In the transition between Trump and Biden presidencies — the
consequences of a global pandemic, deepening economic crisis, the
weakness of American liberalism, open displays of violence from the
far right, and the absence of a strong, organized Left from the main
stage of political life will be on striking display. Many will be
looking for analysis and political vision beyond the insufficient
Democratic and Republican establishment 'business as usual'
responses.
DSA provides an alternative vision. Please join us to discuss what
the first 100 days of a socialist government might look like, and to
hear from leaders from various national DSA committees on their
visions for a socialist future.
This event will feature speakers from the Democratic Socialist
Labor Committee, Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus,
Ecosocialists WG, Socialist Feminist WG, National Political Education
Committee, YDSA, and International Committee.
RSVP
(https://act.dsausa.org/survey/the-first-100-days-of-socialism/)
** CAR CARAVAN FOR
YEMEN
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
January 25 | noon–3 p.m.
444 Spear St, San Francisco ♿
Since
2015, the Saudi-led bombing and blockade of Yemen have killed tens of
thousands of people and devastated the country. The U.N. calls this
the largest humanitarian crisis on Earth. Half the country's people
are on the brink of famine, the country has the world's worst cholera
outbreak in modern history, and now Yemen has one of the very worst
COVID death rates in the world: It kills 1 in 4 people who test
positive. The pandemic, along with the withdrawal of aid, is pushing
more people into acute hunger. And yet Saudi Arabia is escalating its
war and tightening its blockade.
The war is only possible because Western countries – and the United
States in particular – continue to arm Saudi Arabia and provide
military, political and logistical support for the war.
This car caravan will demand that the new administration:
* Stop
foreign aggression on Yemen
* End weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and
the United Arab Emirates and cease logistical cooperation on the
war
* Lift the blockade on Yemen and open all land and
seaports
* Restore and expand humanitarian aid for the people of
Yemen.
RSVP on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/events/756837684920570)
Upcoming
Events
** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
January 25 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1435/2021-01-25-membership-engagement-committee-monthly-meeting/)
♿
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our
next Member Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can
put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Member 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]
(mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1435/2021-01-25-membership-engagement-committee-monthly-meeting/)
** MOBILIZER TEAM
PHONEBANKING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday,
January 26 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1418/2021-01-26-mobilizer-team-phonebanking/)
♿️
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
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1418/2021-01-26-mobilizer-team-phonebanking/)
** MEDICARE FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday,
January 27 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81235048894?pwd=RDZHcnRDQ0FpV3ZndzdUenVJZ3JaZz09)
♿
With the pandemic and its multiple, intersecting crises, and the
polling popularity of Medicare for All, our commitment to the movement
is more important than ever. Come learn about our committee's efforts,
as well as local, state, and national initiatives around Medicare for
All and single-payer healthcare. All are welcome!
Attend on Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81235048894?pwd=RDZHcnRDQ0FpV3ZndzdUenVJZ3JaZz09)
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
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeMYhhCCTFq1jGdOt6lcF8l7HQJwnJndD)
Catch up on Night School readings
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/night-school/)
Not a Member Yet? Let's
Fix That.
DSA now has 85,000 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 (http://dsausa.org/join?source=East%20Bay)
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the
Caucus Corner of our website
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/about/caucuses/) to learn more about the
activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
THE EBDSA LABOR CENSUS
Building working
class power and the movement for socialism requires organizing in our
workplaces. And knowledge is power—so, if you're a member, help us
build it in 2021 by filling out the EBDSA Labor Census
(https://airtable.com/shrhYB12cv3OgiTJ9) ! The chapter-wide Labor
Census is geared to help us better understand where members work, the
kinds of jobs we do, the level of organization that exists in our
respective workplaces, and interest in potential workplace organizing.
The data will allow us to support comrades organizing in unionized as
well as non-unionized workplaces, facilitate the formation of 'labor
circles,' and inform strategic organizing campaigns. We have developed
appropriate measures to ensure members' information remains
confidential and secure.
Take a few minutes to fill out the Labor Census
(https://airtable.com/shrhYB12cv3OgiTJ9) if you are an EBDSA member
and haven't already. If you would like to get involved with the census
in other ways, please contact [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) .
MEET WITH A MOBILIZER!
Are you a new DSA member? Or are you
looking to get more involved with East Bay DSA's projects and
campaigns? Sign up to talk to a mobilizer!
Here are three reasons to sign up to talk to a mobilizer:
1.
Meet a fellow socialist organizer
We want to build a movement of
millions of working class people and change the exploitative and
oppressive system in which we live, but we do that first and foremost
by building one-to-one connections with each other.
2. Answer your questions
Learn more about DSA, the local East
Bay chapter, and our different committees and projects.
3. Get more involved
The main thing a mobilizer will help you
with is getting more involved in DSA. Maybe there’s a campaign or
project you’re particularly interested in, or maybe you’re a blank
slate and you don’t really know what to do. Either way, a mobilizer
will help you figure it out.
Sign up to talk to a mobilizer!
(https://forms.gle/np21b7Jt225z4xmq5)
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step
toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and
struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated
individuals.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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