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East Bay DSA Newsletter November 4, 2021
Economic models are not ends in themselves, but instruments for achieving what we're really after—a society in which people are able to treat one another as ends, not as means.
Vivek Chibber
Comrades,

This week, DSA candidates won historic elections across a wide variety of cities and communities, and we're proud to be in a movement with these fierce and serious socialist fighters. Metro DC DSA has a cute and concise page with the various results, which show in one sense how far the socialist movement has come, reveal the changing battle lines in American politics, and reinforce the universal importance of campaigns that address people's material needs. The national DSA Twitter account also has some recaps and reflections on the struggles and successes of these campaigns:

"We win elections when we legislate change that people can feel." And yet, "The goal [is] never to win for the sake of winning. The goal... is to make a city that works for all of us, and to build that movement with our neighbors."

These are two sides of the same coin, both rejections of the idea that progressive politicians should govern with only their next campaign in mind, and then campaign just to fundraise. As socialists, we see that there's no campaigning or governing at all without movement-building. If you take it seriously, it's all one task, but it's a big one: "Every day we're building the socialist movement our class deserves."

In solidarity!
We had a blast seeing you all at the end of the summer social, and we’re ready to do it all again – join us this Sunday at Snow Park in Oakland for the DSA Autumn Social! Hear what we’re currently working on, get more involved in critical fights right here in the East Bay, and eat some autumnal snacks. Invite all your union friends and the socialism-curious!
News and Information
Be sure to check out East Bay Majority, East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective, for the latest news and information.

DEMANDING HAZARD PAY, TRANSIT WORKERS FORCE AC TRANSIT TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE

All across California, frontline workers have demanded and won hazard pay during the pandemic, especially in grocery, retail and healthcare workplaces. Transit workers in the Bay Area, though, have not received one penny of extra compensation for continuing to work in life-threatening conditions. On July 28, over 40 AC Transit workers and riders spoke up at the AC Transit board meeting to demand transit workers be paid retroactive hazard pay.

Read more
Featured Events
While we are still mostly unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. Events with a 🌹 are great for new members. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page.

CASTRO VALLEY/HAYWARD AREA SOCIAL

Saturday, November 6 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Carlos Bee Park, 1905 Grove Way, Castro Valley – RSVP here ♿️
Throughout autumn, members of East Bay DSA's Branches Working Group are organizing **socials** so you can connect with comrades and local DSA work in your own cities and neighborhoods!

Calling on residents of Castro Valley, Hayward, San Ramon, Dublin, and beyond! Join us on November 6th from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. for a social at Carlos Bee Park in Castro Valley. Bring family, comrades, and prospective East Bay DSA members!

We'll share some info about local East Bay DSA work, as well as the Branches Working Group – but mostly it's an opportunity to hang out and meet other DSA members in your city.

This social is outdoors, and masks are required. Please RSVP below.

RSVP

🌹BAY AREA MARCH FOR COP 26

Saturday, November 6 | 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, Telegraph Ave & Bancroft Way, Berkeley ♿️
On the Global Day for Climate Justice, EBDSA & Cal YDSA join 350 Bay Area, Youth vs Apocalypse & more for this local action as world leaders gather for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP 26) in Scotland. We demand action for people and the planet, not fossil fuel billionaires. Join us for the March and visit the EBDSA table at the post-march gathering at MLK Park (MLK at Allston, Berkeley). FOR CLIMATE, JOBS, JUSTICE & PEACE!

RSVP

🌹POL ED PRESENTS: ABCs OF CAPITALISM, PART 1

Saturday, November 6 | 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Snow Park, 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
The political education committee presents a 3 part series on Jacobin's the ABCs of Capitalism! The three parts are Understanding Capitalism, Capitalism, and the State, and finally Capitalism and Class Struggle.

Join us to discuss these fundamental questions, and get to know your comrades in person!

For this event, we'll be talking about “Understanding Capitalism.” Capitalism isn’t just a collection of individuals, but individuals grouped in social classes with very different interests. Are Capitalists just “greedy”? How do they relate to each other, and to us? And most importantly, what can we do to fight against them?

Reading: Understanding Capitalism

RSVP See the reading

DSA AUTUMN SOCIAL

Sunday, November 7 | 1–3 p.m.
Snow Park, 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
We had a blast seeing you all at the end of the summer social, and we’re ready to do it all again! Maybe you’ve been getting our emails for months or years but never come to a DSA event. Maybe you used to be active in the chapter before the pandemic, and you’re ready to start organizing again. Maybe you’ve just moved to the Bay Area and you’re ready to get involved.

Wherever you’re coming from, we want to hang out with you!

🌹 Hear what we’re currently working on
💪 Get more involved in critical fights right here in the East Bay
🌰 Eat some autumnal snacks

Right now, we’re facing climate catastrophe as well as a Democratic establishment eager to yank housing and unemployment checks away from regular people in the middle of a pandemic. But at the same time, tens of thousands of workers from Kellogg to Kaiser to John Deere are striking for better material conditions as the labor movement grows in strength.

There’s never been a more pressing time to make the jump from socialist to *organized* socialist. And that starts with meeting your comrades and taking action. Plus, it’ll be fun, we promise. Join us! Invite all your union friends and the socialism-curious!

Look for us at Snow Park (the corner of Harrison St and 19th Street next to Lake Merritt).

RSVP

🌹 EAST BAY DSA ALL-COMMS MEETING

Monday, November 8 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ♿️

Join your fellow East Bay Comms Committee for our monthly meeting of all who work on communications in our chapter. We'll do some Comms-specific political education, hear what our fellow comrades are up to and work together on a new chapter-wide campaign.

RSVP

GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)

Wednesday, November 10 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ♿️
Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP to receive the URL to the meeting or email [email protected].

RSVP

EBDSA BRANCHES WORKING GROUP MEETING

Thursday, November 11 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ♿️
The East Bay DSA Branches Working Group has been tasked by the chapter Steering Committee to determine how to institute a branch structure.

From Fremont to Vallejo and Oakland to Antioch, East Bay DSA covers a wide range not just in territory but in conditions and issues. In order to make sure all neighborhoods of our chapter are represented and engaged, we are considering a branch structure similar to what has been done in other DSA chapters including DSA LA, DSA Atlanta, and Metro DC DSA.

Branches can be formed in many ways and we want your input on how it should be done!

RSVP

CHAPTER FORUM ON BRANCHES #2

Sunday, November 14 | 4–5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ♿️
Join the Branches working group for our second chapter-wide forum on how East Bay DSA should go about creating a Branch structure. The working group will present our current thinking and solicit feedback from members.

RSVP

🌹REFINERY TOWN READING GROUP

Monday, November 15 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ♿️
Read & discuss with us. We're reading chapters 1 & 2 of Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City by Steve Early, with a foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders. Refinery Town shows how our own Richmond, CA, a working-class company town, harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community.

Contact us at [email protected] if you need a PDF or hard copy of the book.

Join on Zoom RSVP

RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING

Monday, November 15 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – contact [email protected] for info ♿️
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
Upcoming Events

SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday, November 17 | 7–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom ♿️
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!

RSVP Join on Zoom
Catch up on Socialist Night School
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
Even with social distancing guidelines lifted, now's still 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

Catch up on Night School readings
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
Our next political education event is this Saturday at 1:30 pm, discussing the first part of Vivek Chibber’s The ABCs of Capitalism, “Understanding Capitalism.” Are Capitalists just “greedy”? How do they relate to each other, and to us? And most importantly, what can we do to fight against them? We'll be meeting in person outdoors to answer these and other questions as we discuss what capitalism is and how it works. We can't wait to see you!
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website 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!
EAST BAY DSA MEMBER SURVEY ON BRANCHES
Now you’ve seen EBDSA Branch socials on the calendar and photos in the newsletter. Maybe you’ve even attended one! But have you taken our Branches Working Group’s member survey? Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey to help us craft our proposal, which will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and approved by the general membership.

Your input on how and where to form branches, and what work you'd like to see them take on, will be invaluable in crafting a proposal.

Take the survey
The big lesson of Oklahoma and West Virginia is that workers, their families, and their communities were able through these strikes to win more in a shorter period than any comparable struggle in a hell of a long time. And the reason they won these gains is that they focused on the workplace, they withdrew their labor, and they created a crisis.
Jane McAlevey

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Economic models are not ends in themselves, but instruments for achieving what we're really after—a society in which people are able to treat one another as ends, not as means.

-- Vivek Chibber

Comrades,

This week, DSA candidates won historic elections across a wide variety of cities and communities, and we're proud to be in a movement with these fierce and serious socialist fighters. Metro DC DSA has a cute and concise page with the various results (https://washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.org/station-z/dsa-races-2021) , which show in one sense how far the socialist movement has come, reveal the changing battle lines in American politics, and reinforce the universal importance of campaigns that address people's material needs. The national DSA Twitter account (https://twitter.com/DemSocialists) also has some recaps and reflections on the struggles and successes of these campaigns:

"We win elections when we legislate change that people can feel (https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1456001654780833796) ." And yet, "The goal [is] never to win for the sake of winning. The goal... is to make a city that works for all of us, and to build that movement with our neighbors (https://twitter.com/BeccaForWard7/status/1455924131501944841) ."

These are two sides of the same coin, both rejections of the idea that progressive politicians should govern with only their next campaign in mind, and then campaign just to fundraise. As socialists, we see that there's no campaigning or governing at all without movement-building. If you take it seriously, it's all one task, but it's a big one: "Every day we're building the socialist movement our class deserves (https://twitter.com/kksteffany/status/1455742942031794176) ."

In 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.


** DEMANDING HAZARD PAY, TRANSIT WORKERS FORCE AC TRANSIT TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
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All across California, frontline workers have demanded and won hazard pay during the pandemic, especially in grocery, retail and healthcare workplaces. Transit workers in the Bay Area, though, have not received one penny of extra compensation for continuing to work in life-threatening conditions. On July 28, over 40 AC Transit workers and riders spoke up at the AC Transit board meeting to demand transit workers be paid retroactive hazard pay.

Read more (https://eastbaymajority.com/ac-transit-jovanka-beckles-covid-hazard-pay-bus-drivers/)
Featured Events
While we are still mostly unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. Events with a 🌹 are great for new members. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page (http://eastbaydsa.org/events/) .


** CASTRO VALLEY/HAYWARD AREA SOCIAL

------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 6 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Carlos Bee Park, 1905 Grove Way, Castro Valley – RSVP here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZwjY8NmTZklaDpnbm6BrM2LyzYujDQLyHGVHDoMfJyK0Shw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0PAqfljIJp_EvDaG6oXMyWUHnoaEXPOqB0e26riLLUTJj24MIFrj6Ec1Q) ♿️
Throughout autumn, members of East Bay DSA's Branches Working Group are organizing **socials** so you can connect with comrades and local DSA work in your own cities and neighborhoods!

Calling on residents of Castro Valley, Hayward, San Ramon, Dublin, and beyond! Join us on November 6th from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. for a social at Carlos Bee Park in Castro Valley. Bring family, comrades, and prospective East Bay DSA members!

We'll share some info about local East Bay DSA work, as well as the Branches Working Group – but mostly it's an opportunity to hang out and meet other DSA members in your city.

This social is outdoors, and masks are required. Please RSVP below.

RSVP (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZwjY8NmTZklaDpnbm6BrM2LyzYujDQLyHGVHDoMfJyK0Shw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0PAqfljIJp_EvDaG6oXMyWUHnoaEXPOqB0e26riLLUTJj24MIFrj6Ec1Q)


** 🌹BAY AREA MARCH FOR COP 26

------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 6 | 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, Telegraph Ave & Bancroft Way, Berkeley ♿️
On the Global Day for Climate Justice, EBDSA & Cal YDSA join 350 Bay Area, Youth vs Apocalypse & more for this local action as world leaders gather for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP 26) in Scotland. We demand action for people and the planet, not fossil fuel billionaires. Join us for the March and visit the EBDSA table at the post-march gathering at MLK Park (MLK at Allston, Berkeley). FOR CLIMATE, JOBS, JUSTICE & PEACE!

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2046/2021-11-06-bay-area-march-for-cop-26/)


** 🌹POL ED PRESENTS: ABCs OF CAPITALISM, PART 1

------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, November 6 | 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Snow Park, 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
The political education committee presents a 3 part series on Jacobin's the ABCs of Capitalism! The three parts are Understanding Capitalism, Capitalism, and the State, and finally Capitalism and Class Struggle.

Join us to discuss these fundamental questions, and get to know your comrades in person!

For this event, we'll be talking about “Understanding Capitalism.” Capitalism isn’t just a collection of individuals, but individuals grouped in social classes with very different interests. Are Capitalists just “greedy”? How do they relate to each other, and to us? And most importantly, what can we do to fight against them?

Reading: Understanding Capitalism

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2035/2021-11-06-pol-ed-presents-abcs-of-capitalism-part-1/) See the reading (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyxtzYTV7dU61VJt5Tkw8Nnpv78lci79/view)


** DSA AUTUMN SOCIAL

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Sunday, November 7 | 1–3 p.m.
Snow Park, 19th St & Harrison St, Oakland ♿️
We had a blast seeing you all at the end of the summer social, and we’re ready to do it all again! Maybe you’ve been getting our emails for months or years but never come to a DSA event. Maybe you used to be active in the chapter before the pandemic, and you’re ready to start organizing again. Maybe you’ve just moved to the Bay Area and you’re ready to get involved.

Wherever you’re coming from, we want to hang out with you!

🌹 Hear what we’re currently working on
💪 Get more involved in critical fights right here in the East Bay
🌰 Eat some autumnal snacks

Right now, we’re facing climate catastrophe as well as a Democratic establishment eager to yank housing and unemployment checks away from regular people in the middle of a pandemic. But at the same time, tens of thousands of workers from Kellogg to Kaiser to John Deere are striking for better material conditions as the labor movement grows in strength.

There’s never been a more pressing time to make the jump from socialist to *organized* socialist. And that starts with meeting your comrades and taking action. Plus, it’ll be fun, we promise. Join us! Invite all your union friends and the socialism-curious!

Look for us at Snow Park (the corner of Harrison St and 19th Street next to Lake Merritt).

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2030/2021-11-07-dsa-autumn-social/)


** 🌹EAST BAY DSA ALL-COMMS MEETING

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Monday, November 8 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1961/2021-11-08-east-bay-dsa-all-comms-meeting/) ♿️

Join your fellow East Bay Comms Committee for our monthly meeting of all who work on communications in our chapter. We'll do some Comms-specific political education, hear what our fellow comrades are up to and work together on a new chapter-wide campaign.

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1961/2021-11-08-east-bay-dsa-all-comms-meeting/)


** GREEN NEW DEAL COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING (VIRTUAL)

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Wednesday, November 10 | 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1706/2021-11-10-green-new-deal-committee-monthly-meeting-virtual/) ♿️
Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please RSVP to receive the URL to the meeting or email [email protected].

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1706/2021-11-10-green-new-deal-committee-monthly-meeting-virtual/)


** EBDSA BRANCHES WORKING GROUP MEETING

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Thursday, November 11 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1969/2021-11-11-ebdsa-branches-working-group-meeting/) ♿️
The East Bay DSA Branches Working Group has been tasked by the chapter Steering Committee to determine how to institute a branch structure.

From Fremont to Vallejo and Oakland to Antioch, East Bay DSA covers a wide range not just in territory but in conditions and issues. In order to make sure all neighborhoods of our chapter are represented and engaged, we are considering a branch structure similar to what has been done in other DSA chapters including DSA LA, DSA Atlanta, and Metro DC DSA.

Branches can be formed in many ways and we want your input on how it should be done!

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1969/2021-11-11-ebdsa-branches-working-group-meeting/)


** CHAPTER FORUM ON BRANCHES #2

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Sunday, November 14 | 4–5:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2045/2021-11-14-chapter-forum-on-branches-2/) ♿️
Join the Branches working group for our second chapter-wide forum on how East Bay DSA should go about creating a Branch structure. The working group will present our current thinking and solicit feedback from members.

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2045/2021-11-14-chapter-forum-on-branches-2/)


** 🌹REFINERY TOWN READING GROUP

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Monday, November 15 | 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115137647?pwd=cEVPd0dZWGp4RHhMMERMSXhrSys2QT09) ♿️
Read & discuss with us. We're reading chapters 1 & 2 of Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City by Steve Early, with a foreword by Senator Bernie Sanders. Refinery Town shows how our own Richmond, CA, a working-class company town, harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community.

Contact us at [email protected] if you need a PDF or hard copy of the book.

Join on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115137647?pwd=cEVPd0dZWGp4RHhMMERMSXhrSys2QT09) RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/2018/2021-11-15-refinery-town-reading-group/)


** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
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Monday, November 15 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿️
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/1686/2021-11-15-racial-solidarity-committee-monthly-meeting/)
Upcoming Events


** SOCIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING
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Wednesday, November 17 | 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!

RSVP (https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1736/2021-11-17-social-housing-committee-meeting/) Join on Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85023852802?pwd=V0VaZEgvZTJxQXZ5c1I2K1FLQlQxdz09)

CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
Even with social distancing guidelines lifted, now's still 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)


EAST BAY DSA MEMBER SURVEY ON BRANCHES
Now you’ve seen EBDSA Branch socials on the calendar and photos in the newsletter. Maybe you’ve even attended one! But have you taken our Branches Working Group’s member survey? Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey to help us craft our proposal, which will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and approved by the general membership.

Your input on how and where to form branches, and what work you'd like to see them take on, will be invaluable in crafting a proposal.

Take the survey (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWoZTUi2v3AuGH971nreV5H9rtieaW5xRl79ggnGW9Nr5pWg/viewform)


The big lesson of Oklahoma and West Virginia is that workers, their families, and their communities were able through these strikes to win more in a shorter period than any comparable struggle in a hell of a long time. And the reason they won these gains is that they focused on the workplace, they withdrew their labor, and they created a crisis.


-- Jane McAlevey

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