As long as he owns your tools he owns your job, and if he owns
your job he is the master of your fate. You are in no sense a free
man. You are subject to his interest and to his will. He decides
whether you shall work or not. Therefore, he decides whether you shall
live or die. And in that humiliating position any one who tries to
persuade you that you are a free man is guilty of insulting your
intelligence.
-- Eugene Debs
Comrades,
Consider vacation. Holiday. Time off. Do you ever get it? Does
someone else decide when you’ve earned it? Does any of that feel
fair?
We talk at length about the unfair distribution of resources under
capitalism. But Americans, even American socialists, have a hard time
discussing the unfair distribution of labor. We work too much. What
else can we say?
If you work for a living, the last year may have erased the
already-faint concept of "vacation" from your mind and vocabulary. For
those of us who had to work through the pandemic, just the same as for
those who couldn’t work, COVID-19 put us under all kinds of additional
stress, interfered with our recreation, and placed restrictions on our
travel. Both within and outside of our jobs and careers, we worked
unpaid time and overtime, and gave up on our time off.
Can we get it back? Make it up? Wouldn’t you like to? Those moments
are in the past, but we can make them count, we can take them back, in
the future – an organized workers’ movement can take power back from
the capitalist class, who are so used to telling us when we need to
work and when we may briefly relax.
Comrades, believe it: you have earned a vacation. But also
understand, the boss will never give it to you; you have to be the one
to take it.
Solidarity!
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority
(https://eastbaymajority.com/) , East Bay DSA's news source with a
socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.
** TRANSIT CORRIDOR BULLETIN #3: FARES, WHY
BOTHER?
------------------------------------------------------------
On
May 11, riders pressured the AC Transit Board of Directors to delay a
proposed fare increase to 2022. But we should be talking about getting
rid of fares entirely.
Read more
(https://eastbaymajority.com/buses-public-transportation-ac-transit-fare-free/)
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
(http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .
** ABOLITION WORKING GROUP
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tonight!
July 15 | 7–8 p.m.
RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1950/2021-07-15-abolition-working-group-meeting/)
♿️
Meeting of the Abolition Working Group to hear about work done
by members who are organizing for the abolition of the Prison
Industrial Complex, and to do political education, plan actions, and
hold space for folks within the chapter to get involved.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1950/2021-07-15-abolition-working-group-meeting/)
** STEERING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
July 18 | 2–5 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1480/2021-07-18-steering-committee-meeting/)
♿️
See how your elected leadership works as we deliberate on
current chapter issues. This meeting is open to all DSA members to
observe the proceedings. Please RSVP for the Zoom link. The agenda is
TBA.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1480/2021-07-18-steering-committee-meeting/)
** DSA VENEZUELA DELEGATION REPORT
BACK
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
July 18 | 5–7 p.m.
Online – RSVP for info
(https://act.dsausa.org/signup/DSA-Venezuela-Delegation-Report-Back/)
♿️
This June, DSA sent a historic delegation to Venezuela in order
to represent the organization in the Congreso Bicentenario de los
Pueblos in Caracas. For two weeks this delegation traveled the
country, engaging with various political formations and communes,
speaking to political leadership at every level, and witnessing
firsthand the construction of Venezuelan socialism as it struggled
against crippling US sanctions in the time of COVID.
For this special report back, join us for a thoughtful and frank
reflection as our delegates discuss US sanctions, socialist
solidarity, and the many contradictions and triumphs they experienced
during their time in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Sponsored
by the DSA International Committee and DSA National Political
Committee.
RSVP
(https://act.dsausa.org/signup/DSA-Venezuela-Delegation-Report-Back/)
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
July 19 | 7–9 p.m.
contact [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected]) for location information
♿️
Join the Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting! The
Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for the
rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around the
world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic socialist
organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area working
class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open borders to
workers' rights and access to fully-funded public education. In our
general meetings, we hold political discussions and report on upcoming
RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part of the fight for
Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially
welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take
progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1682/2021-07-19-racial-solidarity-committee-monthly-meeting/)
** LET’S OWN PG&E
CAMPAIGN
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
July 21 | 6:45–8:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/93277685636) ♿️
Learn about why a
for-profit PG&E will never work for the people or the planet and
be a part of winning a Community-owned, Community-controlled
PG&E.
Join on Zoom (https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/93277685636)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1601/2021-07-21-let-s-own-pg-e-campaign/)
** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
July 21 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023852802?pwd=V0VaZEgvZTJxQXZ5c1I2K1FLQlQxdz09)
♿️
Monthly meeting for the EBDSA Social Housing committee. Come to
hear updates about our upcoming projects, and have a political
discussion about the decommodification of housing in the Bay Area!
Join on Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023852802?pwd=V0VaZEgvZTJxQXZ5c1I2K1FLQlQxdz09)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1732/2021-07-21-social-housing-committee-meeting/)
** MEMBER FORUM ON ENDORSEMENTS
PROPOSAL
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday,
July 22 | 6–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1948/2021-07-22-member-forum-on-endorsements-proposal/)
♿️
Please join the East Bay DSA Electoral Committee as we host a
member forum via Zoom to discuss a proposal for our new electoral
endorsements process and solicit feedback in advance of the August
General Meeting.
Agenda forthcoming, all members welcome! Please email
[email protected] with any questions or accessibility
requests.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1948/2021-07-22-member-forum-on-endorsements-proposal/)
** WHY SOCIALISTS SHOULD BECOME TEACHERS: A
PANEL
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday,
July 22 | 7–8:30 p.m.
RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1946/2021-07-22-why-socialists-should-become-teachers-a-panel/)
♿️
Since the Red for Ed movement began in 2018, teachers and
education workers in red and blue states have stood up against
austerity fighting for the schools students deserve. Strikes in
Oakland, Arizona, and West Virginia happened in part through
shop-floor organizing by teachers with socialist politics.
Join us for a panel of educators discussing their experiences
organizing on the job, and hear from the East Bay DSA Jobs Program on
how we're helping interested comrades become teachers through
training, help with the job search, and connections to local
districts.
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1946/2021-07-22-why-socialists-should-become-teachers-a-panel/)
** LABOR COMMITTEE
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday,
July 25 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1653/2021-07-25-labor-committee-meeting/)
♿️
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
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1653/2021-07-25-labor-committee-meeting/)
** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY
MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday,
July 26 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81869433453?pwd=RXpoRnYwR200K21STDkzYzlpM1NMdz09)
♿️
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our
next Member 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].
Join on Zoom
(https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81869433453?pwd=RXpoRnYwR200K21STDkzYzlpM1NMdz09)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1880/2021-07-26-membership-engagement-committee-monthly-meeting/)
** NIGHT SCHOOL: ELECTORAL POLITICS FOR MARXIST
DUMMIES
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday,
July 27 | 6:30–8 p.m.
7th West, 1255 7th St, Oakland ♿️
Come
meet up with comrades at our first in-person night school since the
pandemic. We're exploring electoral politics and socialist governance.
Reading Colin Hays survey of differing Marxist analyses of the State,
a piece on Sewer Socialism, and an excerpt from "Outsider in the White
House."
Readings:
Marxism and the State
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxsjTtjwkJr6T2JxLVpUUVF5OG8/view?resourcekey=0-JPwRroD-lt9SxHmwrIe6Pg)
The
Socialist Party and the Union in Milwaukee
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PicEqllbL56bOvrxnf27ZZHl0KD8ix2Q/view)
Socialism
in One City
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-lOz_9GNCwc8pBUezrYdwWMHh1gRWSx6/view)
Optional:
Philly DA
(https://www.pbs.org/video/philly-da-vuyiid/)
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1951/2021-07-27-night-school-electoral-politics-for-marxist-dummies/)
Upcoming
Events
** MEDICARE FOR ALL MOVIE
NIGHT
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday,
July 28 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1721/2021-07-28-medicare-for-all-movie-night/)
♿️
For our monthly meeting in July, the M4A committee will be
watching “The Healthcare Divide." The 54-minute film investigates the
growing inequities in US healthcare exposed by COVID-19. Corporate
greed is widening the divide between rich and poor hospitals,
endangering care for the working class. Discussion, meeting, and
action plan to follow.
Join our group chat to get involved.
www.kutt.it/movienight
RSVP
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1721/2021-07-28-medicare-for-all-movie-night/)
Catch up on Socialist 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
(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeMYhhCCTFq1jGdOt6lcF8l7HQJwnJndD)
Catch up on Night School readings
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/night-school/)
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has more than
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 (http://dsausa.org/join?source=East%20Bay)
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out
the Caucus Corner of our website
(https://www.eastbaydsa.org/about/caucuses/) to learn more about the
activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
SIGN UP TO TALK TO 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!
(https://forms.gle/np21b7Jt225z4xmq5)
If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also
be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
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