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SDSA's Tenant Rights Town Hall is THIS Wednesday, March 17th!
The statewide eviction moratorium is set to end on March 31st, putting over 225,000 Washington households at risk of eviction. We need state legislators to take urgent action and fight for vital tenant protections!
Join us on Zoom for a discussion on capitalism, the housing crisis, and what a socialist program for housing justice could look like. Speakers include our very own comrades Nikkita Oliver and Jesse Hagopian as well as Washington State legislators and a host of others. For the complete list of demands, information on registration, and so much more please click here.
No Charity for Cops! The Seattle Foundation has contributed $870,000 to the Seattle Police Foundation in the past 20 years through community grants and donor-advised funds. Divest SPD invites you to join in our call to the Seattle Foundation to immediately divest from police, make amends for the harm done, and invest more in the community. Read and sign on to the letter to help us make sure these demands are met!
Rally to Support Alabama Amazon Union Drive! This Saturday March 20th at 1pm, DSA will lead a rally at the Amazon Spheres to show solidarity with the Alabama Amazon workers seeking to form the first-ever union at an Amazon warehouse! A victory would inspire workers and people of color across the country to follow their example. Join this DSA-led, socially distanced rally at Amazon’s international headquarters!
Socialist Night School: Labor Lessons from the South w/guest Michael Goldfield (03/29 @ 6PM) Nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, AL are currently voting on whether to unionize. How did this effort come about? What makes Alabama such a unique backdrop for this historic effort? What can previous efforts like Operation Dixie teach us about the challenges of labor organizing in the South? Join us & special guest lecturer Michael Goldfield to discuss these topics and more! RSVP for readings & zoom info.
Seattle DSA just had our Local Convention this past Saturday, and the afternoon saw us looking back at the Unprecedented Times we had in 2020 and looking forward to doing even more in 2021.
To our outgoing Local Council: thank you for all the time, energy, and labor you've given us over this tumultuous, exhausting year. You leave us with a chapter that's stronger in numbers, more energized in purpose and better-equipped to lead our community than ever before.
And to you, Reader, whether you're a Socialist in full bloom or just a budding rose, we're so glad to have you with us. We're always looking for new members, of course, but whether you decide to join us today or tomorrow, it's nice to have you here, now.
In Solidarity,
Seattle DSA
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Here are upcoming events:
Time: March 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings DSA’s Black, indigenous and members of color together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build a multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through public and internal education [Read More]
Time: March 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
Seattle DSA is holding another rally Saturday March 20th at 2 pm to support the Alabama Amazon warehouse workers who are fighting to form the nation's first union at an Amazon workplace!! Join us for a meeting to plan the rally on the International Day of Solidarity with Alabama Amazon Workers. No experience needed. Nearly 5,800 workers, 70% of whom are Black, have begun standing up [Read More]
Time: March 17 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
——RSVP HERE—— We will be joined by Sen Jamie Pederson and Reps Frank Chopp and Nicole Macri of the 43rd LD, and Sen Joe Nguyen and Rep Joe Fitzgibbon of the 34th LD Town Hall hosted by DSA and ENDORSED BY: Tenants Union of WA, Transit Riders Union, King County Equity Now, Be:Seattle, 350 Seattle, Real Change, Share, Wheel, Nickelsville, Social Equity Educators, Hate Free Delridge, Community [Read More]
Time: March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue: Online
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t need to be an official member to attend – “DSA curious” folks are welcome [Read More]
Time: March 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Venue: Online
Seattle DSA is holding another rally Saturday March 20th at 2 pm to support the Alabama Amazon warehouse workers who are fighting to form the nation's first union at an Amazon workplace!! Join us for a meeting to plan the rally on the International Day of Solidarity with Alabama Amazon Workers. No experience needed. Nearly 5,800 workers, 70% of whom are Black, have begun standing up [Read More]
Time: March 19 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
Join the District 4 reading group March 19th at 6:30pm to read the classic “The Wretched of the Earth” by Frantz Fanon — https://grattoncourses.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/frantz-fanon-richard-philcox-jean-paul-sartre-homi-k.-bhabha-the-wretched-of-the-earth-grove-press-2011.pdf. We will be reading the last series of the chapter “Colonial War and Mental Disorders" and the conclusion, pages 216- [Read More]
Time: March 20 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Venue: Amazon Spheres, Seattle, WA, 98121
The unionization drive at the huge Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama may hopefully form the first union at an Amazon facility in the entire country. Nearly 5,800 workers, 70% of whom are Black, have begun standing up against the second largest company in the country and the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos. The workers are voting this month on forming a union, and a victory would inspire [Read More]
Time: March 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue: Online (Zoom Call)
As we organize and socialize for a socialist future, it’s important we learn from past movements: the obstacles, victories, and lessons learned. Monthly, SDSA’s Queer and Feminist Caucus meets for our Labor History Happy Hour. Some months we will assign a piece of literature or media to analyze for relevant and applicable learnings. Sometimes QFC members will present a historic labor struggle [Read More]
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