Defend the Defund has a call to action Monday to defund SPD. SPD increased their request to $10.9m, reversing hard fought defunding. The ask is to volunteer to testify, shared the ask with a friend, and be prepared to testify during public comment on May 24 at 2 pm. Registration begins at 12 pm. Full details here.
On Wednesday, May 26 at 6pm, join Seattle Democratic Socialists of America and Be:Seattle in conversation with Cea Weaver of Housing Justice For All to discuss the movement behind New York’s historic wins for tenant rights in 2019. RSVP HERE
Pass the Pro Act phonebanking is available Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. Here's why it's important. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Simply register here for a block here -- no experience necessary.
Join us for the next Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education meeting this Thursday, May 27 @7pm! Our comrades at the Tech Worker Coalition (TWC) provide useful mutual aid programs for tech workers. We will also have a local organizer from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) union. CWA is one of the major forces in tech worker organizing nationally, including providing early organizing support for the Alphabet Workers Union. Learn about CWA, some of their initiatives, and their internal structure.
On an exciting electoral front, DSA National has endorsed the Kshama Sawant Solidarity Campaign to fight the right-wing and business-led recall.
On the northern front, if you're in Skagit valley for Memorial Day weekend or have family who are, there's an anti-racist counter-demonstration in Hammer Heritage Square in Sedro-Woolley, WA on May 29 at 12 pm.
Time: May 24 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
Time: May 24 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: Online
DSA\'s caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through public and internal [Read More]
Time: May 26 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
Time: May 26 @ 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: May 26 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue: , WA
Join Seattle Democratic Socialists of America and Be:Seattle in conversation with Cea Weaver of Housing Justice For All to discuss the movement behind New York’s historic wins for tenant rights in 2019. In the last 5 years, Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of 100 grassroots organizations, tenants, and homeless New Yorkers, created a movement that has shocked New York’s [Read More]
Time: May 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue: zoom: tinyurl.com/SDSA-D2
Tiffani McCoy, advocacy director of Real Change, will explain the corporate backed initiative (a charter amendment) to sweep our homeless neighbors and call that “Compassion Seattle”. Tiffani will talk about the alternatives to fight homelessness not homeless people and the struggle for affordable housing for all. After the lead off, we\'ll have a questions and answer session, followed by a [Read More]
Time: May 29 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
Time: May 29 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
Time: May 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Venue: Zoom
Join Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group and stand with us in our fight for health justice! In our weekly meetings we’ll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All, education on healthcare/policy, and much more. New members are very welcome!!! RSVP for Zoom link [Read More]
Time: May 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Venue: Online
Join the District 4 reading group April 24th at 4:30 pm to read “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading the rest of Chapter 2 pg 92-115. This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA. Zoom Details: https://washington.zoom.us/j/92223147165 Meeting ID: 922 2314 7165 [Read More]
Time: May 30 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
Time: May 30 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue: Online
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill. Register here. By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King [Read More]
