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Week of August 9, 2021 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Register now for August 21 Branch Meetings! |
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Saturday, August 21 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Join us as we host synchronous branch meetings all across LA county in order to learn from each other and discuss current campaigns, strategies, and opportunities to get involved.
We can’t wait to see you there! Register by clicking on your branch below: (Not sure which branch you’re a part of? Check the list here!)
¡Estamos ansiosos por verte allí! Regístrese haciendo clic en su sucursal a continuación: (¿No estás seguro de a qué rama perteneces? ¡Consulta la lista aquí!) |
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CALENDAR |
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The following list is only a highlight of what's happening this week with DSA-LA. Please check out our online calendar for full list of committee meetings & chapter events! Be sure to also follow our Instagram & Twitter for real-time announcements and calls-to-action! |
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Mutual Aid Committee Meeting |
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(TODAY) Monday, August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Join the Mutual Aid Committee for our twice-monthly committee meeting, where we’ll be discussing ongoing and upcoming committee work, as well as helping folks get plugged into other work throughout the city. New members always welcome!
Please RSVP for meeting connection information.
Mutual Aid Committee meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month. |
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South Bay Neighborhood Meeting |
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Thursday, August 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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Neighborhood Meetings are part of DSA-LA’s Neighborhood Solidarity Program—our chapter’s campaign to strengthen and grow socialist organization by uniting with our neighbors through tenant organizing, mutual aid work, and political study. This and all other South Bay Neighborhood Meetings are open to new and long-time comrades & community members who live in El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Lawndale, Alondra Park, Carson, and West Carson. Our sixth South Bay Neighborhood Meeting will build on discussions and projects outlined in last meeting, and will include a focus on information for renters in connection with our ongoing ‘know your rights’ tenant canvassing in Torrance. We’ll also spend time in political discussion on struggles for decommodified housing, grounded in this recommended reading: “Unmaking the Real Estate State” an excerpted chapter from Capital City (Stein, 2019, 18 pages); Grounded in a clear assessment of how the state uses and is used by capital (and the unaffordable consequences for working people), this chapter outlines a range of policy and political strategies to facilitate the transfer of private land to the public and drive structural changes in our urban political economy. |
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NIGHT SCHOOL – Lost Angles Part 4: Legacies of LA’s Third World Left |
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Thursday, August 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
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What if I told you that from the elected officials who manage the affairs of the bourgeoisie, to principled socialists who’ve soldiered on in proletarian struggles for decades, many figures in LA’s contemporary political landscape trace their lineage to radical organizations of the ’60s and ’70s?
The August 29th Movement, Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, El Centro de Accion Social Autonomo, East Wind — many of these groups were explicitly socialist organizations who organized largely along racial/ethnic lines and were part of what scholars call the Third World Left. What were the material conditions and economic arrangements that shaped the development of these organizations? What kind of work did they undertake, and what fruit did it bear? How did their internal structures influence their external capacities? How did they relate to different class forces within nationalist movements? Through both firsthand accounts and secondary sources, this class session explores these questions as well as what all this means for socialists working in LA today. Join the DSA-LA Political Education Committee for our fourth class of the Political Education Committee’s 5-Part Night School Series: Lost Angles Legacies of LA’s Third World Left on Thursday, August 12 at 6PM. Each session features a brief, informal presentation followed by facilitated discussion designed to engage all levels and connect current events to foundational socialist concepts and debates. Comrades are encouraged (but not required) to review recommended readings linked in the class reader aligned with session topic found here. Check out more classes in this series:
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Organizing School with Hollywood Labor & UNITE HERE Local 11 |
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Saturday, August 14 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm |
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Join Hollywood Labor and UNITE HERE Local 11 for a comprehensive organizing school! Are you interested in learning the basics of organizing a workplace? Drop by for an all-day organizing school that will teach you how to have one-on-one conversations about workplace conditions and how to change them. This event will be hosted in collaboration with UNITE HERE Local 11, an international union which represents 32,000 workers in this particular local; experiences facilitators will give you the info you need to start changing things in your workplace. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. |
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DSA 101 |
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Saturday, August 14 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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Are you new or newly returning to DSA? To Los Angeles? To the Left? Then join us for DSA 101! At this orientation, we’ll talk about what capitalism is, how it functions, and why socialism is ideologically opposed to it. Participants will also learn about the history of our organization and our chapter in particular, the current projects we’re working on, and how you can get involved. This is not a lecture, but a meeting for new and veteran organizers. We’re excited to chat with you! Preregistration for this event is required. After RSVPing, you will receive a confirmation email with the information on how to join this meeting via Zoom prior to its start. |
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Child Watch BBQ and Potluck |
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Saturday, August 14 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Child Watch is hosting a child friendly barbecue and potluck event for families and their children. Come meet some of our regular Child Watch volunteers, meet other socialist parents and guardians, learn about our existing child watch program, and learn how to host a child friendly event in your branch. Burgers, hot dogs, and other vegetarian options will be available, but feel free to bring something to share! This event will be socially distanced as needed but we encourage all folks to wear masks when they are not eating or drinking. Children are also encouraged to wear masks if they are able to tolerate it. Please respect people’s personal space at the event! We will also be hosting an informal “how to do child watch” training 1 hour prior to the event, to any interested in sharing their time and labor with Child Watch. Please let us know about any food allergies or restrictions, if you would like to attend the training, or if you have any questions or concerns at [email protected]. |
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Palestine: A Socialist Introduction- Reading Group Part 2! |
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Sunday, August 15 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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The Black Liberation Task Force and DSA-LA BDS are excited to announce part 2 of the Palestine: A Socialist Introduction reading group! The second sessions is August 15 at 11am PST. This time we will cover part 2 of the book, The Road to Jerusalem Goes through Cairo. (pg. 79-140 hard copy and pg. 130-224 Ebook). It does not matter if you didn’t attended the first session or aren’t caught up on the reading. All are welcome! The authors and editors of the book will facilitate the reading group! We will also be joined by Daphna of DSA’s national political education committee! This is only part 2 of 4, so be sure to check back for more details on the final 2 sessions! (Which will be August 29th, and September 12th!) Register below for the zoom link. |
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The IJC presents An Immigration Justice Forum! |
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Sunday, August 15 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
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As part of the IJC’s Abolish ICE/Abolish Prisons political education series, we’ll be holding an OUTDOOR FORUM for both DSA members and members of LA’s immigrant community at LAFAYETTE PARK (at the corner of Wilshire and S. Commonwealth) on Sunday, August 15th from 4pm to 5:30pm! We’ll discuss the shifts in immigration policy under Biden and how we can work together to change the immigration system as a whole. PLUS snacks and drinks?! How can you pass that up? UPDATE: Thanks to the Delta Variant and a number of other factors, we’ve decided to take this to Zoom. SAME TIME, but now from the comfort of your own home! RSVP to get the link! |
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