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Last week, 8 people, including 6 Asian women, died in Atlanta at the hands of a white man, whose treatment in the press has been roundly softened while his victims' names are mispronounced and their work characterized as trivial or criminal.
To see white supremacy and capitalism working so closely together prompts some to call the crime and its defenders “un-American,” but any student of American history knows that criminalizing sex work, anti-Asian racism and violence and misogyny are quintessentially American, and as present here in the Pacific Northwest as in the deep South.
Seattle calls itself the Emerald City, unironically holding up our progressiveness, our diversity, the wonders of our wizards while hoping nobody pays attention to the oppression, inequity, and racism lurking just behind the curtain. As Socialists, we are responsible for showing our neighbors that another world is possible, that an anti-racist world can be realized, and doing the work to make it so. We echo National DSA’s statement in saying: we stand with the Asian-American community in grief and solidarity.
The April General Membership Meeting has been postponed to Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 at 7 PM, which is to say it is now the second Tuesday of the month, rather than the first. Please register here to add this to your calendar and get the Zoom invite ahead of the meeting!
SDSA’s Rally to support Alabama Amazon Worker Unionization has been RESCHEDULED! We found out from the mayor’s office that there was a Covid vaccination clinic one block from our rally, so our coalition voted to reschedule the event to avoid potential criticisms from the mayor and capitalist media that we would be impeding vaccinations by continuing with the rally as scheduled.
So please RSVP for the solidarity rally which is now this Friday, March 26 at 5 PM at the Amazon Spheres-- and be sure to invite friends!
And while we’re at it, we believe both as a chapter and nationally that universal healthcare is a human right; therefore we encourage our readers to find their phase and get vaccinated as soon as they’re able! Taking your turn when it’s your turn is a crucial step in achieving herd immunity!
Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education: Mutual Aid, The PRO Act, and Tech Tools!
This month, let’s hear about what you’re struggling with as a tech worker, and join together to provide mutual aid! We’ll provide an update on how the PRO Act could positively impact tech workers, and what you can do to get involved in the National DSA effort to make it law. We’ll also give a short presentation on software that can help workers organize without relying on tech monopolies. Register here for this meeting happening Thursday, March 25th at 7PM!
$5.4M Out of SPD and into community - Divest SPD in collaboration with Decriminalize Seattle continues to organize emails to Seattle City Council and Public Comment!
Keep the emails coming! Continue to demand City Council to hold SPD accountable for overspending by $5.4M in 2020 and to give ALL of those funds to participatory budgeting. Click HERE to send an email NOW.
Divest is also looking for folks to call in and make a public comment at the next Public Safety committee meeting, this Tuesday 3/23 at 9:30 AM. Help show that there's still a lot of support for defunding SPD and reinvesting in community. Find Sample public comment HERE.
![[IMAGE DESCRIPTION] Large blue square with title: No Charity for Cops Rally - Tuesday March 30th, Westlake Park, 3PM. Tell the Seattle Foundation: Stop Funding SPD! Speakers: Nikkita Oliver, Wes, Kaileah Baldwin, plus drag performance by LUCHI. Food provided. Divest SPD joined by Black Action Coalition.](https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/data/000/518/972/original/signal-2021-03-21-172753.png "[IMAGE DESCRIPTION] Large blue square with title: No Charity for Cops Rally - Tuesday March 30th, Westlake Park, 3PM. Tell the Seattle Foundation: Stop Funding SPD! Speakers: Nikkita Oliver, Wes, Kaileah Baldwin, plus drag performance by LUCHI. Food provided. Divest SPD joined by Black Action Coalition.") @DivestSPDNo Charity for Cops Rally! On Tuesday, March 30th at 3:30 PM, Divest SPD will be delivering a letter with hundreds of signatures to The Seattle Foundation’s office, and holding a rally to show them that more and more people are watching them and demanding NO CHARITY FOR COPS! We demand that The Seattle Foundation fully divest from the Seattle Police and reinvest in the BIPOC community.
Please join us at this strictly socially-distanced and masked event! Letter delivery will take place at Westlake Center at 3:30 PM, and the rally begins at 4. An ASL interpreter will be on site for the rally portion. Please RSVP via Facebook for this event.
Here's even more happening this week in Seattle DSA:
Time: March 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online, WA
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 24 @ 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 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
Due to coronavirus, we'll be meeting online. Join us on Google Meet Are you frustrated that you don't have a voice at work? Are you a freelancer who rarely gets paid on time? Are you working 2 or 3 gigs just to make rent? You're not alone. The Workplace Organizing Collective is a group of Seattle DSA members, including experienced labor organizers, who meet every week to teach each other [Read More]
Time: March 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Online, WA
Join SDSA's Housing Justice Work Group for our weekly meeting. We'll start off with an Education Power-Half Hour, learning about the Parkdale Rent Strike (we'll watch the video together and discuss lessons from it!), review the Town Hall, and talk about our strategy for winning the strongest possible legislation at the state and city levels and how we can build a campaign for a socialist [Read More]
Time: March 25 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
Join District 3 members (open to all!) to discuss... Recently, in a stunning upset, a slate of DSA members swept elections for key leadership positions in the Nevada Democratic Party, giving them formal leadership of the party in Nevada. How did this happen? What does it tell us about the Democratic Party? What exactly is the Democratic Party? Is it just a matter of electing new progressive, [Read More]
Time: March 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Online
DSA is organizing phone banking nationally to push for the passage of the PRO Act, from March 21 through 27, https://actionnetwork.org/forms/proactphonebank. We should join that effort! What is the PRO Act? The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would dismantle “Right to Work” laws in all states. It would allow solidarity strikes of workers in different industries, significantly [Read More]
Time: March 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Venue: Online
Once a month the Queer & Feminist Caucus gathers for Sunday brunch and community building. In this space we’ll discuss current events, spill political tea, and engage in energetic conversation around the material conditions of our community. Occasionally we may host a watch party, play games, or otherwise be silly and queer together. Grab yourself some food, a coffee, a mimosa and join [Read More]
Time: March 28 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
Join us to pursue a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. We explore ecosocialist theory, organize with climate groups, fight for Green New Deal measures at state and local levels, and are participating in the national DSA’s Green New Deal campaign. Questions? Email [email protected] Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85275481242 [Read More]
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