| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: Mass action and solidarity |
| Date | April 23, 2021 3:23 AM |
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When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
-- Frédéric Bastiat
Comrades,
We were glad to hear that the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd was found guilty. There’s little comfort to be found in our justice system, or in the state of policing that is as racist and and out of control as it has ever been, but it’s right to call this what it is – murder.
The result was only possible because of the demonstrations last year, when crowds of people across America showed our grief and our anger and our refusal to be intimidated in response to the murders of Floyd and Breonna Taylor. For any of us who doubted the necessity or the effectiveness of participating in the streets, this could be the confirmation you need that mass action and solidarity are the only way to be heard.
But we should also look hard at where our efforts have failed and been undermined: slippery city officials keep making false promises and delivering watered-down reforms. National politicians make bizarre overtures to Black lives intended only to distract from the preventable, ongoing deaths. These games aren’t new and those in power can play them forever. If any of us – socialists, abolitionists, anti-fascists, or even just concerned citizens – want different results, we can’t just try the same approaches.
East Bay DSA’s 2021 Local Convention, when we’ll be making important decisions about our future goals and direction, is less than a month away. (Our amazing Convention website ([link removed]) has all the information and comradely spirit you’re looking for.) Here’s what’s urgent right now: if you’re considering nominating anyone (for our own Steering Committee or our National Convention delegation) or submitting anything (organizational priorities or changes to the chapter platform), your deadline is this Sunday, April 25. Don’t miss it – we need your vision and participation more than ever.
Solidarity!
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.
** TRANSIT CORRIDOR BULLETIN #2
------------------------------------------------------------
Rather than throw caution to the wind, we need to keep fighting for safe conditions for transit workers and riders while the pandemic continues.
Read more ([link removed])
** LIBBY AND HER BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS ARE THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s recently announced cash assistance program is the latest attempt by billionaires to privatize government services and destroy the welfare state, funded by many of the bosses who have driven millions into poverty.
Read more ([link removed])
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 ([link removed]) .
** (NATIONAL DSA) BUILDING THE RELIGIOUS LEFT: DSA RELIGION & SOCIALISM VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday and Sunday, April 24–25 | 9–11 a.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
This event is hosted by National DSA and takes place over two days. RSVP here for the Zoom link! ([link removed])
From April 24–25, join your religious socialist comrades for two days of panels, workshops, and skills training as you work to build the religious left. Hear from Andrew Wilkes, Sarah Ngu, Charles Howard, George Lakey, Matthew Sitman, Fran Quigley, Jewish Currents magazine, the DSA Muslim Caucus, the Institute for Christian Socialism, Megan Romer, Nicole-Ann Lobo, Imaan Javeed, and many more local activists and theologians. Come to learn, to share, and to be re-energized. A complete program outline will be sent in mid-April so that you can sign up for panels, workshops, and skills training.
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, April 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR 2021 EBDSA LOCAL CONVENTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, April 25 | 11:59 p.m.
[link removed] ♿️
The East Bay DSA 2021 Local Convention ([link removed]) will be held this year on Saturday, May 15, 1–4 p.m. and Sunday, May 16, 1–3 p.m. on Zoom. But even sooner than that – this Sunday, April 25 – we’re coming up on four important submission and nomination deadlines. Don’t miss them! More info and full timeline ([link removed]) at [link removed].
Sunday, April 25:
* Deadline for Steering Committee Nominations ([link removed])
* Deadline for National Convention Delegate Nominations ([link removed])
* Deadline to submit changes to the Chapter Platform ([link removed])
* Deadline to Nominate Organizational Priorities ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
GAVIN KEEP YOUR PROMISE: GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Monday, April 26 | 5:30–8 p.m.
California State Capitol, 10th and L Streets, Sacramento
45,000 people die from not having health insurance each year, even before the pandemic. It's time for those in power to put an end to this unnecessary death and deliver on their campaign promises. Join Sacramento DSA and East Bay DSA for a "die-in" at the State Capitol demanding guaranteed healthcare for all in California.
After several months of phone banking and canvassing, we are headed to the Capitol to raise the stakes and up the pressure on our legislators. Our Governor and state representatives must decide which side they are on — will they keep taking dirty money from the insurance industry, or will they side with working-class communities demanding a better system?
Our campaign has three demands for Governor Newsom:
1. Publicly support AB-1400 aka “CalCare”
2. Seek the necessary federal waiver to fund a single-payer healthcare system
3. Refuse donations from the healthcare insurance industry
Learn more about our campaign here: CAM4A.org.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, April 26 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership 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]) .
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** NIGHT SCHOOL: SOCIALISTS AND THE NON PROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, April 27 | 6:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Many people work at nonprofits for the same reason they become socialists - they see the ills of the world and want to have a hand in changing them. Join us for this EBDSA Night School exploring the relationship between the fight for socialism and nonprofits. We’ll look at the limits of philanthropy and enacting change through nonprofits, and explore what it means to build working-class power to fight capitalism.
Readings
Non-Profits in the Coming Struggle ([link removed])
Against Charity ([link removed])
Audio
Not for Profit? The Nonprofit Industrial Complex ([link removed])
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** BAY AREA PASS THE PRO ACT TOWN HALL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, April 27 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
As socialists, we know that capitalism is incompatible with a livable planet, and as long as the twisted logic of the profit motive rules, workers will face exploitation and low wages. For too long, workers and the climate movement have been pitted against each other, but the truth is we’re going to need a strong, militant labor movement to win transformative reforms like the Green New Deal and secure a future for each other and the planet!
The PRO Act is a bill that will dramatically improve labor laws in this country. The PRO Act fights against Prop 22, closing the contractor loophole. It ends right-to-work laws across the country, enabling unions to collect dues from workers they represent. It outlaws union-busting tactics and gives undocumented workers access to the NLRB! The bill has already passed the house, and just 5 senators stand in the way!
Bay Area chapters including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and East Bay DSA are coming together to host a big Bay Area Pass the PRO Act Town Hall, where we’ll hear from local labor organizers, elected leaders and environmental justice organizations about how you can get involved in national phonebanks and a big May Day action!
RSVP ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
MEDICARE FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, April 28 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
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!
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** (NATIONAL DSA) STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS 101
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, April 29 | 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Strategic Campaigns 101 will walk through the process of how to best choose and execute campaigns that will build long-term power for DSA, YDSA, and the working class. You'll learn which questions to ask when planning a campaign, as well as tools to assess your campaign plan for maximum impact. Join us if you're interested in running or are currently running a campaign that puts pressure on a decision maker to pass transformative reforms in your area.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAY DAY HISTORY VIDEO AND THE PRO ACT
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, April 29 | 7–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Come to virtual screening of a half-hour video-in-progress, We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day, with filmmaker Fred Glass, and speaker Daniel Dominguez, DSA DSLC Commissioner on the “Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.” Fred will say a few words on the background of the video before it is screened, and there will be time for a brief Q&A afterward. He is creating the video together with the talents of artist Jos Sances, animator Paul Zappia, and documentary filmmaker Rick Tejada-Flores.
The screening and discussion will be followed by a short presentation on what DSA is doing to help pass the most important pro-union legislation in decades. The PRO Act, which would restore the ability of private-sector workers to organize unions, has passed the House of Representatives but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. National DSA has called for a Day of Action on May 1 to pressure holdout senators to support the bill.
Find out about the long-suppressed labor and socialist history behind May Day, a holiday celebrating the working class all over the world but not in the United States, the country in which the events that led to the holiday occurred. And then come out on May 1 to continue the struggle for worker rights!
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** CLASSROOM JUSTICE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, May 3 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the Classroom Justice Campaign! Classroom Justice is a locally-run campaign that seeks to fight against the injustices happening in our public school system by a cabal of privatizers, whose sole purpose is the dismantling of every public service in this country. If you want to join in the fight against these gentrifiers or merely have questions, sign up or send your inquiries to [email protected].
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR TRANSIT CAMPAIGN MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, May 3 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
This is our monthly meeting for the Green New Deal for Transit Campaign. Join us to win power for:
* Free Public Transit
* Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule
* Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs
* Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination
* Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles
RSVP ([link removed])
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 ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 90,000 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 ([link removed])
The US healthcare system is designed to maximize profit, not patient care. But we can change it if we work together. Assembly Bill 1400 (AB1400) would create the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program, or CalCare, to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage for the benefit of all residents of the state. Find out more at [link removed].
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
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! ([link removed])
EAST BAY DSA 2021 LOCAL CONVENTION DEADLINES
The East Bay DSA 2021 Local Convention ([link removed]) will be held this year on Saturday, May 15, 1–4 p.m. and Sunday, May 16, 1–3 p.m. on Zoom. Please be aware of these deadlines running up to the Convention, including the four submission deadlines this Sunday night, April 25.
2021 Local Convention Timeline ([link removed])
* Sunday, April 25:
+ Deadline for Steering Committee Nominations
+ Deadline for National Convention Delegate Nominations
+ Deadline to submit changes to the Chapter Platform
+ Deadline to Nominate Organizational Priorities
* Wednesday, April 28:
+ Deadline to accept SC and National Convention Delegate Nominations
* Saturday, May 1:
+ Release of Consent Calendar Poll & Call for Amendments
* Friday, May 7:
+ Deadline for Consent Calendar Poll and Amendments
* Sunday, May 9:
+ Full Convention Agenda with Resolutions and Amendments Released Nominations
* Friday, May 14:
+ Deadline to submit Position Papers
* Saturday, May 15:
+ Local Convention Day 1
* Saturday, May 16:
+ Local Convention Day 2
For more information about phonebanks and possible supplemental events, please check eastbaydsa.org/events.
Whether it’s affordable housing, or adequate mental healthcare, we need to make that the center of any police reform agenda… Let’s redirect resources from policing, from courts, from prisons, into the kinds of social programs and economic transformations that will reduce the need for coercive state action.
Alex Vitale
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-- Frédéric Bastiat
Comrades,
We were glad to hear that the Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd was found guilty. There’s little comfort to be found in our justice system, or in the state of policing that is as racist and and out of control as it has ever been, but it’s right to call this what it is – murder.
The result was only possible because of the demonstrations last year, when crowds of people across America showed our grief and our anger and our refusal to be intimidated in response to the murders of Floyd and Breonna Taylor. For any of us who doubted the necessity or the effectiveness of participating in the streets, this could be the confirmation you need that mass action and solidarity are the only way to be heard.
But we should also look hard at where our efforts have failed and been undermined: slippery city officials keep making false promises and delivering watered-down reforms. National politicians make bizarre overtures to Black lives intended only to distract from the preventable, ongoing deaths. These games aren’t new and those in power can play them forever. If any of us – socialists, abolitionists, anti-fascists, or even just concerned citizens – want different results, we can’t just try the same approaches.
East Bay DSA’s 2021 Local Convention, when we’ll be making important decisions about our future goals and direction, is less than a month away. (Our amazing Convention website ([link removed]) has all the information and comradely spirit you’re looking for.) Here’s what’s urgent right now: if you’re considering nominating anyone (for our own Steering Committee or our National Convention delegation) or submitting anything (organizational priorities or changes to the chapter platform), your deadline is this Sunday, April 25. Don’t miss it – we need your vision and participation more than ever.
Solidarity!
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.
** TRANSIT CORRIDOR BULLETIN #2
------------------------------------------------------------
Rather than throw caution to the wind, we need to keep fighting for safe conditions for transit workers and riders while the pandemic continues.
Read more ([link removed])
** LIBBY AND HER BILLIONAIRE FRIENDS ARE THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s recently announced cash assistance program is the latest attempt by billionaires to privatize government services and destroy the welfare state, funded by many of the bosses who have driven millions into poverty.
Read more ([link removed])
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 ([link removed]) .
** (NATIONAL DSA) BUILDING THE RELIGIOUS LEFT: DSA RELIGION & SOCIALISM VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday and Sunday, April 24–25 | 9–11 a.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
This event is hosted by National DSA and takes place over two days. RSVP here for the Zoom link! ([link removed])
From April 24–25, join your religious socialist comrades for two days of panels, workshops, and skills training as you work to build the religious left. Hear from Andrew Wilkes, Sarah Ngu, Charles Howard, George Lakey, Matthew Sitman, Fran Quigley, Jewish Currents magazine, the DSA Muslim Caucus, the Institute for Christian Socialism, Megan Romer, Nicole-Ann Lobo, Imaan Javeed, and many more local activists and theologians. Come to learn, to share, and to be re-energized. A complete program outline will be sent in mid-April so that you can sign up for panels, workshops, and skills training.
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, April 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
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]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** SUBMISSION DEADLINES FOR 2021 EBDSA LOCAL CONVENTION
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, April 25 | 11:59 p.m.
[link removed] ♿️
The East Bay DSA 2021 Local Convention ([link removed]) will be held this year on Saturday, May 15, 1–4 p.m. and Sunday, May 16, 1–3 p.m. on Zoom. But even sooner than that – this Sunday, April 25 – we’re coming up on four important submission and nomination deadlines. Don’t miss them! More info and full timeline ([link removed]) at [link removed].
Sunday, April 25:
* Deadline for Steering Committee Nominations ([link removed])
* Deadline for National Convention Delegate Nominations ([link removed])
* Deadline to submit changes to the Chapter Platform ([link removed])
* Deadline to Nominate Organizational Priorities ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
GAVIN KEEP YOUR PROMISE: GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
Monday, April 26 | 5:30–8 p.m.
California State Capitol, 10th and L Streets, Sacramento
45,000 people die from not having health insurance each year, even before the pandemic. It's time for those in power to put an end to this unnecessary death and deliver on their campaign promises. Join Sacramento DSA and East Bay DSA for a "die-in" at the State Capitol demanding guaranteed healthcare for all in California.
After several months of phone banking and canvassing, we are headed to the Capitol to raise the stakes and up the pressure on our legislators. Our Governor and state representatives must decide which side they are on — will they keep taking dirty money from the insurance industry, or will they side with working-class communities demanding a better system?
Our campaign has three demands for Governor Newsom:
1. Publicly support AB-1400 aka “CalCare”
2. Seek the necessary federal waiver to fund a single-payer healthcare system
3. Refuse donations from the healthcare insurance industry
Learn more about our campaign here: CAM4A.org.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, April 26 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Membership Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Membership 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]) .
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** NIGHT SCHOOL: SOCIALISTS AND THE NON PROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, April 27 | 6:30–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Many people work at nonprofits for the same reason they become socialists - they see the ills of the world and want to have a hand in changing them. Join us for this EBDSA Night School exploring the relationship between the fight for socialism and nonprofits. We’ll look at the limits of philanthropy and enacting change through nonprofits, and explore what it means to build working-class power to fight capitalism.
Readings
Non-Profits in the Coming Struggle ([link removed])
Against Charity ([link removed])
Audio
Not for Profit? The Nonprofit Industrial Complex ([link removed])
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** BAY AREA PASS THE PRO ACT TOWN HALL
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, April 27 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
As socialists, we know that capitalism is incompatible with a livable planet, and as long as the twisted logic of the profit motive rules, workers will face exploitation and low wages. For too long, workers and the climate movement have been pitted against each other, but the truth is we’re going to need a strong, militant labor movement to win transformative reforms like the Green New Deal and secure a future for each other and the planet!
The PRO Act is a bill that will dramatically improve labor laws in this country. The PRO Act fights against Prop 22, closing the contractor loophole. It ends right-to-work laws across the country, enabling unions to collect dues from workers they represent. It outlaws union-busting tactics and gives undocumented workers access to the NLRB! The bill has already passed the house, and just 5 senators stand in the way!
Bay Area chapters including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and East Bay DSA are coming together to host a big Bay Area Pass the PRO Act Town Hall, where we’ll hear from local labor organizers, elected leaders and environmental justice organizations about how you can get involved in national phonebanks and a big May Day action!
RSVP ([link removed])
**
------------------------------------------------------------
MEDICARE FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, April 28 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
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!
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
** (NATIONAL DSA) STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS 101
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, April 29 | 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Strategic Campaigns 101 will walk through the process of how to best choose and execute campaigns that will build long-term power for DSA, YDSA, and the working class. You'll learn which questions to ask when planning a campaign, as well as tools to assess your campaign plan for maximum impact. Join us if you're interested in running or are currently running a campaign that puts pressure on a decision maker to pass transformative reforms in your area.
RSVP ([link removed])
** MAY DAY HISTORY VIDEO AND THE PRO ACT
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, April 29 | 7–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿️
Come to virtual screening of a half-hour video-in-progress, We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day, with filmmaker Fred Glass, and speaker Daniel Dominguez, DSA DSLC Commissioner on the “Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.” Fred will say a few words on the background of the video before it is screened, and there will be time for a brief Q&A afterward. He is creating the video together with the talents of artist Jos Sances, animator Paul Zappia, and documentary filmmaker Rick Tejada-Flores.
The screening and discussion will be followed by a short presentation on what DSA is doing to help pass the most important pro-union legislation in decades. The PRO Act, which would restore the ability of private-sector workers to organize unions, has passed the House of Representatives but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. National DSA has called for a Day of Action on May 1 to pressure holdout senators to support the bill.
Find out about the long-suppressed labor and socialist history behind May Day, a holiday celebrating the working class all over the world but not in the United States, the country in which the events that led to the holiday occurred. And then come out on May 1 to continue the struggle for worker rights!
Join on Zoom ([link removed])
RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** CLASSROOM JUSTICE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, May 3 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Join the Classroom Justice Campaign! Classroom Justice is a locally-run campaign that seeks to fight against the injustices happening in our public school system by a cabal of privatizers, whose sole purpose is the dismantling of every public service in this country. If you want to join in the fight against these gentrifiers or merely have questions, sign up or send your inquiries to [email protected].
[link removed]
RSVP ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL FOR TRANSIT CAMPAIGN MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, May 3 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
This is our monthly meeting for the Green New Deal for Transit Campaign. Join us to win power for:
* Free Public Transit
* Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule
* Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs
* Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination
* Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles
RSVP ([link removed])
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 ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 90,000 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 ([link removed])
The US healthcare system is designed to maximize profit, not patient care. But we can change it if we work together. Assembly Bill 1400 (AB1400) would create the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program, or CalCare, to provide comprehensive universal single-payer health care coverage for the benefit of all residents of the state. Find out more at [link removed].
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
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! ([link removed])
EAST BAY DSA 2021 LOCAL CONVENTION DEADLINES
The East Bay DSA 2021 Local Convention ([link removed]) will be held this year on Saturday, May 15, 1–4 p.m. and Sunday, May 16, 1–3 p.m. on Zoom. Please be aware of these deadlines running up to the Convention, including the four submission deadlines this Sunday night, April 25.
2021 Local Convention Timeline ([link removed])
* Sunday, April 25:
+ Deadline for Steering Committee Nominations
+ Deadline for National Convention Delegate Nominations
+ Deadline to submit changes to the Chapter Platform
+ Deadline to Nominate Organizational Priorities
* Wednesday, April 28:
+ Deadline to accept SC and National Convention Delegate Nominations
* Saturday, May 1:
+ Release of Consent Calendar Poll & Call for Amendments
* Friday, May 7:
+ Deadline for Consent Calendar Poll and Amendments
* Sunday, May 9:
+ Full Convention Agenda with Resolutions and Amendments Released Nominations
* Friday, May 14:
+ Deadline to submit Position Papers
* Saturday, May 15:
+ Local Convention Day 1
* Saturday, May 16:
+ Local Convention Day 2
For more information about phonebanks and possible supplemental events, please check eastbaydsa.org/events.
Whether it’s affordable housing, or adequate mental healthcare, we need to make that the center of any police reform agenda… Let’s redirect resources from policing, from courts, from prisons, into the kinds of social programs and economic transformations that will reduce the need for coercive state action.
Alex Vitale
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