Metro DC DSA Weekly Update for Friday, October 18, 2019

Comrade,    ABOUT THE WEEKEND Canvass all over the DMV: Saturday, October 19  Community Canvass for Rent Control and Rent Control Working Group Happy Hour Sunday OCT 20   Socialist Feminism Reading Group 🌹;   Wage Theft Canvass In Petworth; Stomp Out Slumlords Tenant Canvass; Bernie canvass in Cheverly (see Briefs)

Also during the weekend: CHAPTER WIDE ELECTION IS UNDER WAY; VOTING CLOSES MONDAY (Oct. 21)
The election ballot, emailed as [email protected] to each paid-up MDC DSA member,  includes three questions:
1. Selecting a candidate to fill the vacant at-large seat on the Metro D.C. DSA Steering Committee.
2. Voting yes or no on whether to endorse Mckayla Wilkes in the election for U.S. Representative in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
3. Voting yes or no on whether to endorse Briana Urbina in the election for U.S. Representative in Maryland's 5th Congressional District.
You can choose to abstain on any or all of these questions by choosing the Abstain option.

*This ballot will close on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.* If you did not receive a ballot or have any questions, please contact [email protected].
Washington, D.C. is in the middle of an ongoing housing crisis, but tenants are fighting back! Join MDC DSA and other members of the Reclaim Rent Control coalition at Lamont Plaza in Mount Pleasant from 3-4 PM on October 26 for a rally to demand expanded rent control. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-to-reclaim-rent-control?source=direct_link&fbclid=IwAR3t9nOB9y2QZoKDZt2621LWAKUUpS10uP6FJ5pGTPQuQMfeBGrcY1CG-vs
-- Nathaniel S
Campaign on The Move: More on The Rent Control Campaign Timeline
The coalition hopes you can join the Rent Control Working Group for one (or all) of these great events!

Saturday, Oct. 19  *Community Canvass for Rent Control*   2 to 4 PM @ Adams Morgan--Join D.C. Jobs with Justice for an afternoon of outreach and canvassing in the Adams Morgan neighborhood to drive turnout for the October 26 Reclaim Rent Control rally.

Saturday, Oct. 19  *Rent Control Working Group Happy Hour*
5 to 8 PM  @ Lyman's Tavern -- Socialize over drinks and learn about how Metro D.C. DSA is fighting to expand rent control laws from members of the rent control working group and organizers from the Stomp Out Slumlords campaign.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 *Art Build for Rent Control*
7 to 9 PM. @ St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church -- Come make posters and props for the upcoming Reclaim Rent Control rally on October 26. The chapter will provide poster board and other materials, so bring your artistic friends and most clever rent control slogans!

Thursday, Oct. 24 *Rent Control Town Hall*
7 to 8:30 PM @ Cleveland Park Library --  Learn more about the past, present, and future of rent control at a panel discussion featuring tenants, organizers, and policy experts.

If you can’t attend any of these events but still want to get involved with the Rent Control Working Group, join the # dc-rentcontrol channel on MDC DSA Slack and get connected. BRIEFS   WAGE THEFT CANVASS IN PETWORTH
This coming Sunday (Oct 20th) from 12 - 2 PM the Just Pay Coalition is doing worker outreach in Petworth about wage theft, the new minimum wage etc. Sign up here:  https://actionnetwork.org/events/worker-outreach-in-petworth?source=direct_link&
Email [email protected] if you have any questions. -- Nikko B, Organizer, DC Jobs with Justice KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING THIS WEEKEND! Saturday Oct 19 NoVA Labor Walk for Del. Hala Ayala -- United Mineworkers President Cecil Roberts and AFL-CIO Executive Vice President TeferI Gebre will launch our canvass/phone bank for Delegate Hala Ayala. Breakfast and lunch provided by ATU Local 689.
Saturday’s Labor Walk/ Phone Bank kicks off 9 AM at NoVA Labor, 4536 B John Marr Dr., Annandale

 Sun. Oct. 20th - Community/Labor Canvass for Elizabeth Guzman 2 PM Join Unite Here Local 23 and CASA in Action at1455 Old Bridge Road, Suite 203, Woodbridge, VA – Ginny Diamond, NoVA Labor BERNIE BLAST IN MARYLAND – a canvass for Bernie Sanders kicks off at noon Sunday (Oct. 20); meet at the Cheverly Metrorail Station. For emerging details check the # bernie channel on MDC DSA #Slack. Far-suburbs Marylanders: Baltimore DSA GBM is this Sunday  — Sunday October 20 from 2:30-4 pm at the Homewood Friends Meeting House 3107 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 —  new member orientation from 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM. The general meeting will start at 2:00 PM. Child care is available – please let us know ASAP if you would like to request or help provide care. You can see a draft agenda for the meeting here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJDqtc_XXWI6r0pScMQzA6ZnatNQuWkTzJfkzXqNZDg/edit?usp=sharing
   
Join the effort to expand child care for Metro DC DSA events! We already have child care at general body meetings, but we can do more! Register for the Red Cubs Child Care orientation on Sunday, November 3, 1:30-3:30 PM, at the Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, 3160 16th St NW!
https://forms.gle/rr9k7vceL3hYb5fn7
  Stomp Out Slumlords Canvass Events
Sunday Oct 20 @ 1:30 PM
Saturday Nov 2 @ 1:30 PM
Sunday Nov 17 @ 1:30 PM
Location: L’Enfant Plaza Metro
We’re canvassing tenants facing eviction in DC! Come out and inform tenants of their rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and see if they’re interested in organizing their building. Join us – follow the links for details. Curious about Metro DC DSA? MDC DSA’s website has expanded resources on our chapter Campaigns, WGs and Caucuses – check it out here. Is your campaign, caucus or working group properly represented? Contact [email protected], attn: web managers.
 
MDC DSA Publications Schedule for October:  One more Update in October, Friday the 25^th and the November Washington Socialist will publish Friday, Nov. 1. Article deadline for the November issue is Friday, Oct. 25.
MDC DSA’s regular periodical publications are managed by the Publications Working Group. Indicate interest in writing or other tasks to further socialist ideas and action by messaging [email protected] or visit our Slack channel, #publications, to see what we are up to. Our activism gains support when it is explained in a socialist context and voice, so check our submission guidelines, and add your voice to the mix. What shows up in the Washington Socialist? See the Index for 2016-18 and the supplemental the Washington Socialist Index for January-August 2019.

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Saturday, October 19  5-8 PM
Rent Control Working Group’s Happy Hour
Lyman’s Tavern  3720 14th St NW · Washington, DC
 Want to learn more about rent control and how MDC DSA is fighting for expanded rent control here in DC? Then come out to Lyman’s Tavern to talk rent control with us over some brews. The tenant organizers from Stomp Out Slumlords will also be there to talk about how rent control impacts their organizing work.

Sunday OCT 20  4:00 PM
Socialist Feminism Reading Group 🌹
The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20009
Please read our reading group Participation Guide and join us as we explore and discuss topics within Socialist Feminism. 🌹 Suggest readings yourself at https://goo.gl/forms/Rn7ktzvYmN2ZvEOT2 Follow link for details

 Sunday, October 20 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Stomp Out Slumlords Tenant Canvass
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station 600 Maryland Ave SW · Washington, DC
We’re canvassing tenants facing eviction in DC! Come out and inform tenants of their rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and see if they’re interested in organizing their building. Meet at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station near the 7th & Maryland exit above the escalators. If this is your first time canvassing with Stomp Out Slumlords or you want a refresher, come at 1:30 p.m. for a short training. Veteran canvassers can stop by at 2 for walksheets and to get paired with a partner.

Tuesday, October 22  7-8:30 PM
NOVA Branch DSA 🌹 Organizing Meeting
Dolley Madison Library 1244 Oak Ridge Ave · McLean, VA
Welcome to our monthly NOVA DSA organizing and planning meeting. Please take a minute to read our NOVA DSA Socialist Meeting Participation Guidelines — We will be welcoming new members and continue discussing planning for our current actions and campaigns including support for DSA endorsed candidates, anti-Amazon-HQ2 actions, a future Brake Light Campaign as well as expanded efforts to connect with local groups. As always, we will address any current issues from our communities and allied organizations, including efforts against the alt-right.

Tuesday, October 22  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Art Build for Rent Control
St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church  1525 Newton St NW · Washington, DC
Follow the signs to find us in the building!
Let's build some art to control some rent! Make posters and banners for the upcoming Reclaim Rent Control rally on Saturday, October 26. We'll have supplies, music, fun, art, and a burning desire to expand and strengthen rent control laws in D.C. Please join us if you can!

Wednesday, October 23  7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Migrant Justice Working Group: Power and Vision
501 3rd St NW · Washington, DC
Many of you have been to Deportation Profiteers action, but do you know how the Migrant Justice Working Group developed this strategy and why? At our next meeting we will be going over the same process that we went through when this working group was started. We'll be talking about power, specifically, disruptive power. And how we use it to fight for migrant justice. We'll also be going over the process it takes to develop objectives and clarify your vision of change. If you haven't been to a Migrant Justice working group meeting before, but have been interested, this is a great place to start. We hope to see you there.
 
Thursday, October 24  6:30-8:30 PM
Rent Control Town Hall
Cleveland Park Library  3310 Connecticut Ave NW
Come learn about the history of rent control in DC and the opportunity we have to strengthen our rent control laws with a panel of tenants organizers and advocates! Rent control is one of the best legal protections tenants have against landlord greed and developer-driven displacement; this panel is a great way to find out how to get involved in the fight for stronger rent control laws!

 Thursday, October 24  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Disability Justice Working Group Meeting
The Festival Center  1640 Columbia Rd NW · Washington, DC
 
Friday, October 25  5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Labor Working Group Meeting
1616 P St NW · Washington, DC
We'll be having updates on our worker organizing projects, be requesting help planning for some trainings before the end of the year, and how to get plugged into other projects that are moving like Labor for Bernie.

Saturday, October 26  3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Rally to Reclaim Rent Control
3258 Mt Pleasant St NW · Washington, DC  [at Lamont Park]
The launch of the Reclaim Rent Control campaign, calling for the DC Council to use the upcoming reauthorization of the rent control laws as an opportunity to expand and strengthen rent control in order to protect the affordable housing we already have as well as drastically increase the number of units protected by rent control.
 
Monday, October 28  6:30-8:30 PM
Financial Capitalism: Socialist Night School 
The Festival Center  1640 Columbia Rd NW · Washington, DC
In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards in the rich world. Thirty years of rocketing debt and financial wizardry had masked the deep underlying fragility of finance-led growth, and in 2008 we were forced to pay up.
The decade since has witnessed all kinds of morbid symptoms, as all around the rich world, wages and productivity are stagnant, inequality is rising, and ecological systems are collapsing.
In this session, Grace Blakely, author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation, will help us better understand the role of financialization in our current moment and what we can do to change course.
This session of Socialist Night School is jointly sponsored by Metro DC DSA and the Democracy Collaborative.
 
Wednesday OCT 30  7:00 PM
Steering Committee (remote only)
Steering Committee meetings are open to any MDC DSA member who would like to attend. You can find the Zoom link in the #steering channel in the chapter’s Slack. Follow link for details.
 
Saturday, November 2  1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Stomp Out Slumlords Tenant Canvass
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station 600 Maryland Ave SW · Washington, DC
We’re canvassing tenants facing eviction in DC! Come out and inform tenants of their rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and see if they’re interested in organizing their building. Meet at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station near the 7th & Maryland exit above the escalators. If this is your first time canvassing with Stomp Out Slumlords or you want a refresher, come at 1:30 p.m. for a short training. Veteran canvassers can stop by at 2 for walksheets and to get paired with a partner.
 
Sunday, November 3  1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Red Cubs Child Care Volunteer Orientation
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library  3160 16th St NW · Washington, DC
Join us for a Red Cubs Child Care orientation!  The child care working group is looking comrades to join our volunteer team. At the orientation, you can learn about our chapter’s approach to child care, engage in discussion about gender division in care work, and make new friends!
Register at the link https://forms.gle/rr9k7vceL3hYb5fn7  Follow link for details.
 
Sunday, November 3  2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
MoCo DSA 🌹General Branch Meeting
Silver Spring Library  900 Wayne Ave · Silver Spring, MD
 Please join us for our November branch meeting! Help us build our vision for equality, democracy, and socialism in Montgomery County. We will work on plans for our rent control campaign! Afterwards, we’ll adjourn to a local bar for a social hour. Follow link for details.
 
Tuesday, November 5  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Introduction to Marxism (Socialist Night School)
Northeast Neighborhood Library  330 7th St NE · Washington, DC
“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.” This is how Marx, in one of his more literary moments, described the relation between capital and labor. Marx was predominantly a theorist of how capitalism worked, not what a future socialist society may look like. In this introduction to Marxism, which will strive to be light on jargon, we will focus on how Marxists view capitalism, how capitalist profit is rooted in the exploitation of labor, and how the class struggle is the result of this.
The session will be led by Chip Gibbons, who is co-chair of the Metro DC DSA Political Education Working Group. He is also a journalist whose work has been published in Jacobin and the Nation. Follow link for details
 
Sunday, November 10  3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Metro DC DSA Monthly General Body Meeting
Friends Meeting of Washington  2111 Florida Ave. NW · Washington, DC
The monthly meeting of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America!
The agenda will be distributed the week before the meeting. Follow link for updates.
 
Sunday NOV 17  4:00 PM
Socialist Feminism Reading Group 🌹
The Festival Center, 1640 Columbia Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20009
Please read our reading group Participation Guide and join us as we explore and discuss topics within Socialist Feminism. 🌹 Suggest readings yourself at https://goo.gl/forms/Rn7ktzvYmN2ZvEOT2 Follow link for details
 
Sunday, November 17  1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Stomp Out Slumlords Tenant Canvass
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station 600 Maryland Ave SW · Washington, DC
We’re canvassing tenants facing eviction in DC! Come out and inform tenants of their rights in court, how to get a lawyer, and see if they’re interested in organizing their building. Meet at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station near the 7th & Maryland exit above the escalators. If this is your first time canvassing with Stomp Out Slumlords or you want a refresher, come at 1:30 p.m. for a short training. Veteran canvassers can stop by at 2 for walksheets and to get paired with a partner.
 
Monday, November 18  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
The Korean Peace Process and The Legacy of US Imperialism in Asia
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library  3160 16th St NW · Washington, DC
The chaotic current state of a seventy-year standoff is untangled by Tim Shorrock, a Nation correspondent and expert in the region who has been covering the intersection of national security and capitalism since the late 1970s. The bipartisan US goal of maintaining an imperialist foothold in the region conditions the narrative and complicates the efforts of a national coalition of US and Korean activists in solidarity with Korean people’s movements.  Presented by the MDC DSA Socialist Night School. Follow link for full details.

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FRI Oct 18 Book Talk with Author David Kirp,  Noon–1:30 PM, Economic Policy Institute. 1225 I Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC xxxxxx View Map David Kirp will discuss The College Dropout Scandal. Stunning numbers: 40% of undergraduates at public universities don’t earn a bachelor’s degree within six years, and 70% of students at two-year community colleges haven’t graduated after three years. Light lunch, so please RSVP
 
SAT Oct. 19 Town Hall — Community Oversight of Surveillance in D.C. 2 – 4 PM, Howard University School of Law, 2900 Van Ness St NW, Washington DC 20008 – Hosted by ACLU of the District of Columbia and 8 others: The unchecked use of surveillance tech by MPD and District agencies treats residents all over the city like a prospective criminal. Experts from tech & law, with community leaders will discuss how we can bring more transparency and oversight to DC government acquisition of surveillance technologies.
 
SAT Oct. 19 Progressive Prince George’s Chapter Meeting, 11 AM--1 PM. At the Clout Workspace, 9221 Hampton Overlook, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. Discuss the work we are doing around education equity, criminal justice reform, and elections and how you can get involved! Sign Up Now
 
SUN October 20 Greater Baltimore DSA General Body Meeting,  2:30-4 PM at the Homewood Friends Meeting House 3107 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 — There will be new member orientation from 1:45 – 2 PM. The general meeting will start at 2 PM. Child care is available . Draft agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJDqtc_XXWI6r0pScMQzA6ZnatNQuWkTzJfkzXqNZDg/edit?usp=sharing
 
SUN Oct. 20 Discussion of “The War on Science” with Tim Whitehouse. 2:30 – 4 PM, Greenbelt Community Church,  1 Hillside Road, Greenbelt, Maryland. 20770 – Whitehouse is  Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and a former EPA employee. Sponsored by Maryland United for Peace and Justice.
 
SUN Oct 20 Deep Canvass with SURJ  11 AM – 5 PM Sponsored by SURJ Northern Virginia and Showing Up for Racial Justice – SURJ – DC: at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, in Maryland. Also on Nov. 16. The registration form is coming soon. Follow link for more information.
 
SUN Oct 20 Orientation/Welcome Session for SURJ DC 2-4 PM, Shaw Library, 1630 7^th St NW, Washington DC 20001 — New to SURJ  — Join us for this 2-hour event that includes an introduction to SURJ, SURJ-DC and our culture. Hosted by Showing Up for Racial Justice – SURJ – DC: RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/399407710952478/
 
SUN Oct 20 Medicare for All Town Hall in MD Dist 6  2-4 PM, Gaithersburg Public Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave, Gaithersburg — With experts and advocates – inviting Dist. 6 Rep. David Trone to discuss M4A and the health issues of his constituents.
 
MON Oct 21 Waste Not: Food Waste, Resource Conservation, and You 7– 8:30 PM, Northeast Branch Library 330 7th st NE, Washington, District of Columbia 20002 — Review the causes of food waste — 150 million pounds of food every day — and ways to reduce it, debunking myths along the way. Hosted by Trash Empire: https://www.facebook.com/events/2391570371100803/  Learn more here.
 
MON Oct 21, ROC DC Monthly Meeting  1- 3 PM — Restaurant Opportunity Center DC, Second Floor, 1100 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009 Come together and meet other restaurant and tipped workers in DC who want to build worker power in order to improve wages and working conditions in the DC restaurant industry. Future monthly meetings Nov 18 and Dec 16.
 
 MON Oct. 21 PACK the Hearing: A Roundtable on MPD’s Body Worn Camera Program 10:30 AM, John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20004 Hosted by Black Lives Matter DC and 3 others: very crucial public roundtable on the Metropolitan Police Department’s use of body worn cameras– push the Council to demonstrate real accountability and transparency from MPD! To testify at this roundtable, you can email [email protected].
 
 MON Oct 21 — “Reel & Meal” movie presentation of The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons, a documentary focused on how over 120 nations came to sign the 2017 UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons.  7 PM at New Deal Café, Greenbelt, MD. Discussion after the screening led by Gwen DuBois, president of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility and co-founder of Prevent Nuclear War Maryland.Optional plant-based buffet at 6:30 ($14); 7 PM — free film showing begins at New Deal Café, 113 Centerway (Roosevelt Center), Greenbelt MD.
 
MON Oct 21 Book Launch: Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash 12:30 – 2:00 PM, Institute for Policy Studies 1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20036 – the Washington book launch of Walden Bello‘s  Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash.
 
WED Oct 23 Pack the Room--Dept of Behavioral Health Public Oversight Hearing, 5:30 – 8:30 PM, 3000 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020-3718 The city continues to fail patients at St. Elizabeth's, which remains without running water, and we will continue to put on pressure to ensure that this failing pattern is reversed! Info: Statement from ACLU-DC: City Council notice of public hearing: https://dccouncil.us/event/health-public-oversight-hearing-8/  Hosted by 350 DC and 5 others: https://www.facebook.com/events/809308169506883/
 
SUN Oct 24 from 6-8 pm in DC location: ICE Out of DMV Teach-In
Join this teach-in to learn more about the criminalization of immigrants and how to fight back. This year, ICE proposes to build migrant detention centers in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Plug into the campaigns against these ICE jails and against local cooperation with ICE. Details can be found here.
 
SAT, Oct 26 It Takes A Village - A Celebration of Gary Hopkins Jr.'s Life  7 – 10 PM, The Eaton Hotel, 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC xxxxxx Sponsors include Black Lives Matter DC, Stop Police Terror Project, Coalition of Concerned Mothers and Grassroots DC. Gary Hopkins Jr., artist and college student, lost his life at police hands in 1999. There’s a cost for tickets; see the Facebook RSVP.
https://www.facebook.com/events/3282386465168427/
 
SAT Nov 2 How to End Stop and Frisk in DC: A Teach-In  Noon-3 PM, 3224 16^th St NW, Washington, DC 20010-3356 Hosted by Stop Police Terror Project DC: Get up to speed on the context, goals, and strategy of our local campaign that aims to end one of the most pervasive tactics of racist policing. https://www.facebook.com/events/417937862249214/
 
SUN Nov 3 Alternatives to Calling the Police 7-9 PM, UUCF-Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, 2709 Hunter Mill Rd, Oakton, VA 22124 -- Examine our reliance on police, identify the risks of involving police, and learn about resources that can be accessed or created to advance true public safety. Police don't keep us safe. We keep us safe.  Hosted by SURJ Northern Virginia and Fairfax County NAACP: https://www.facebook.com/events/2405651732986607/
 
WED Nov 6 Police Accountability Workshop 6:30– 9:00 PM  Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Hosted by Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church and 2 others: The Together Diversity Team and Silver Spring Justice Coalition are co-sponsoring a session to get updates about police accountability in Montgomery County;  information about how state legislation impacts county law; and how you can have a voice about police accountability.
Speakers include Will Jawando, Montgomery County Council Member At-Large
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/police-accountability-workshop-tickets-73695271541
https://www.facebook.com/events/690717518109813/
 
MON  Nov 11 Book Event: Waging Peace in Vietnam  5 – 7 PM  George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street, NW  Washington, DC 20052 co-sponsored by IPS; book launch and panel discussion on GI opposition to the war.
 
TUES Dec 17 End Violence Ki Ki Ball  6- 10 PM, Eastern Market North Hall located at 225 7th Street S.E. Washington DC, 20003– info and tickets at link — “International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers” is not just about ending violence against people engaging in sex work—it’s also about ending violence against Trans people, against people of color, against people who use drugs, against people living with HIV, against people experiencing homelessness, and the communities who love and support sex workers. Ki Ki Ball (as seen on T. V. hit series Pose) will raise awareness about the violence our communities face and continue funding the expansion of our support services. To SUPPORT:
endviolencekikiball.com GOOD READS
>>The national DSA Labor WG is passing around this New Politics review by Steve Early of the new movie about the Teamsters in the Hoffa Senior era. The review is steeped in lived history; Early has frequently worked in Teamster reform movements since back in that day. https://newpol.org/the-irishman-cometh-teamster-history-hits-the-big-screen-again/

>>Harold Meyerson argues that Bernie distinguishes himself from Warren most firmly in his macroeconomic platform -- “the Sanders proposal moves in the direction that Sweden’s labor movement sought to move in the 1970s with the Meidner Plan—a proposal that would, like Sanders’s, have gradually transferred a company’s stock to a worker-owned and -run fund…” https://prospect.org/power/bernie-goes-socialist/

>>Solid piece by Andrew Bacevich on the Trump impeachment as an attempt at restoration of the centrist neolibs https://portside.org/2019-10-15/real-cover-putting-donald-trumps-impeachment-context
>>And Bacevich references this quite incisive Guardian analysis by an academic, who skewers the supposed two sides of the neolib consensus opposing Trump: “neither of these sides are able to admit how massively [Trump’s] election signified the failure of their policies, from endless war to economic inequality.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/26/impeachment-america-political-crisis-donald-trump-centrists

>>Our comrades at the national Build Team tout several analyses of race and class and their interaction:
In the Midwest Socialist, http://midwestsocialist.com/2019/09/25/building-a-multiracial-working-class-organization-in-chicago-and-beyond/
Adolph Reed Jr. in the New Republic on The Myth of Class Reductionism.
 
>>Macron’s France is hardly standing still, jolted but not frozen by the gilets jaunes rebellion, according to this offbeat analysis. Macron’s “epiphany” about elites’ relations (or lack of them) with the working classes’ “soft power” unfolds a complex story about the real balance of power as “All over the western world, globalisation’s losers are pulling the strings of populist leaders in order to raise their own visibility. Far from being all-powerful, or even political wizards, the likes of Donald Trump, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage are little more than puppets of the working classes.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/15/macron-soft-power-working-class-france/

>>Our comrade Dave Richardson passes along reviews of two new books on Big Data’s uses and abuses by the infamous Cambridge Analytica: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/in-targeted-data-is-the-precious-coin-of-the-realm-of-digital-robber-barons/2019/10/11/f1cff630-eaa0-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html 
And https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/inside-the-unscrupulous-world-of-social-media-manipulation-with-a-penitent-whistleblower/2019/10/11/eb357dd4-eb06-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html