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Friend --
Be sure to check out our upcoming
General Meeting on March 6th! We've got a guest speaker, a look ahead
to the DSA National Convention, plus plenty of campaign updates and
proposals to vote on that you won't want to miss.
First, we'll hear from a comrade from
Austin DSA about their chapter's successful campaign
to defund their police department and reallocate funds to other city
services. We'll also get an update from our own Defund the
Police Campaign and our Campaigns
Committee, plus we'll discuss how you can get involved and
what to expect from the upcoming DSA National
Convention in August.
We'll also be holding three
votes -
1 An election for our
Communications Coordinator
2 Our updated Electoral
Bylaws
3 A BBA resolution that
includes a chapter statement regarding the North Texas DSA resolution
made by the Afrosocialist Caucus
As a nonmember, you won't be able to vote without joining
DSA, but we'd still love for you to come check out the
meeting and see what we're up to!
We look forward to seeing everyone on
Saturday, March 6th at our new meeting time:
11AM
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On March 5, Mayor Duggan will present
the Fiscal Year 2022 budget to City Council. It is set to
include a $41 million funding increase to Detroit Police
Department. There’s no doubt this comes at the expense of
other crucial departments like Health, Housing, and
Transportation.
We are demanding that
council defunds the police and invests in the
material conditions of Detroiters by providing alternative crisis response
teams like Oregon’s CAHOOTS model, affordable housing, permanent housing for the unhoused,
public health clinics, mass public transit, green union jobs, and
more.
We need all hands on deck to pressure
Detroit City Council to vote NO in April against any austerity budget
that leaves too many low-income and working class Detroiters sick and
stuck in the cold. That's why we're hosting phone banks every Friday
night to talk to other Detroiters asking them to join the fight and
take action before it's too late!
Register below to join us. We'll
provide some background and training before making calls followed by a
happy hour to debrief.
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Can't make it? Here are some other
ways you can take action:
• Email the Budget
Office and your city council member. Demand that they defund the
police and refund Detroiters. Click here for some talking points.
• Sign our Action Network
Petition.
🌹 UPCOMING EVENTS 🌹
DSA for Landis Weekend of Action
Saturday, February
27th 12PM-4PM
Sunday, February 28th 2PM-4PM
Join us this weekend in Clark Park for a canvass and
tabling to gather signatures for Landis Spencer's campaign for Board
of Police Commissioners in District 6. Coffee, water, and snacks will
be provided, and we'll be meeting at the south end of the park (look
for our tent).
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Socialist Reading Group: Black Against
Empire
Sunday February 28th at
1:00PM
This month and next, the Socialist
Reading Group will meet to discuss “Black Against Empire: The
History and Politics of the Black Panther Party.”
This is a key text for comrades to
consider, which pertains to the history and experiences of the
revolutionary Black Panther Party. The group meets every other Sunday
at 1pm and is open to all comrades. On Sunday 2/28, we will be reading
pages 45-160.
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General Membership
Meeting
Saturday, March 6th
11AM
Our General Membership Meeting is
open to members and nonmembers alike, but only members in good
standing (up to date on dues) are able to vote on any of the three
proposals we have planned. Also, remember that we've moved the start
time back an hour to 11AM!
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Waawiyatanong Resists
Sunday,
March 7th 7PM-8:30PM
Waawiyatanong Resists honors the long
history of resistance to colonialism and oppression by Indigenous
people of the Mitchi-Gami region by centering Ojibwe, Odawa and
Neshnabek leaders, celebrating their successes and learning from their
struggles.
We will also explore the fine line
between saviourism and solidarity as we identify opportunities for
non-Indigenous allies to take action in support of current areas of
Indigenous resistance.
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Socialist Night School:
Beyond Bernie - Lessons from 2015-2020
Tuesday, March 9th
6:30PM-8:00PM
Our Spring series of night school
classes kicks off on Tuesday, March 9 with a guest speaker, Micah
Uetricht, who co-wrote this
book.
In this class, we will have a
discussion of the lessons learned over the course of Bernie Sanders'
two campaigns and what they mean for us moving forward - both in
electoral work and more broadly in our socialist movement.
This
week in the...
The life and times of a Prole... New comic from
the Detroit Socialist's Comics Syndicate: The Dream, "Pressure" by Ken
Jackson
Detroit DSA
is a 1200+ member funded organization. Every member pays dues and we
don't take a cent from anybody else, that way we have to answer only
to ourselves. We're working hard every day to build socialism, and
we'd love for you to join us in this fight. If you're able to, we ask that you make
monthly contributions as they more directly benefit our chapter. Thank
you for whatever amount you're able to contribute!
If
you're ready to join us in the fight for a better world, go here to
join: dsausa.org/join.
Be sure to get your dues receipt and reach out to
[email protected]
to get plugged
in!
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In
solidarity,
🌹 Detroit
DSA
Detroit
DSA
http://www.metrodetroitdsa.com/
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