CAUCUS & CAMPAIGN MEETINGS:
🌹 – Great event for first-timers!
Ecosocialist Reading Group: Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
November 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Karl Marx, 1867: Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations.
The Earth, 2019:Â Â You should really listen to this guy :-(
It’s impossible to build a socialist future without taking into account the ecological crises facing the planet. If you’re interested in learning more about the climate crisis as our opportunity and obligation to build a better world, and imagining what that world will look like, come join the Ecosocialist reading group. Our first meeting will be discussing the introduction of Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Available here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/On-Fire/Naomi-Klein/9781982129910 or email [email protected] for more options or questions.
The Seattle Public Library is an accessible space. Please no scents. If you have accessibility concerns that you’d like to share, please send an email to the above address.
🌹 Crowd Canvass for Bernie Sanders at South Seattle College!
November 19 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Join us at South Seattle College Library at 9:30 a.m. as we talk to students about College for All, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders’ platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for Bernie Campaign!
We have a brief training to start and talking to people about Bernie is easy and fun, so newcomers are welcome!
🌹 Bernie Sanders: What’s the Socialist Solution to the Climate Crisis?
November 19 @ 6:00 pm
Bernie Sanders: What’s the Socialist Solution to the Climate Crisis?
The destruction of the environment is accelerating at breakneck speed. The Amazon is burning. California is ablaze. Glaciers are melting rapidly. According to a devastating UN report, there are only 10 years before the cataclysmic impacts of the climate crisis will begin to be felt more fully. Communities of color, working-class people, and the global poor have borne and will disproportionately bear the burdens of the climate crisis.
Enraged by the criminal inaction of governments and corporations the world over, millions, spearheaded by the youth, have been taking to the streets to demand change. But what will it take to change society? Reports have found that just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions since 1988. How can we defeat these powerful forces and mitigate the climate disaster? Bernie Sanders and AOC call for a Green New Deal—how can we win this? Join us for an important discussion on these questions and get involved!
Workplace Organizing Collective (El Grupo para Organizar su Lugar de Trabajo)
November 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Are you frustrated that you don’t have a voice at work? Are you a freelancer who rarely gets paid on time? Are you working 2 or 3 gigs just to make rent? You’re not alone.  The Workplace Organizing Collective is a group of Seattle DSA members, including experienced labor organizers, who meet every week to teach each other concrete, effective organizing skills to build power at work. This collective is open to everyone who wants to improve the lives of their families and communities by organizing for economic justice.
Email [email protected] for more information.
¿Te sientes frustrado por no tener voz en el trabajo? ¿Trabajas independiente y no te pagan a tiempo? ¿Tienes 2 ó 3 trabajos y apenas ajustas la renta? No estás solo. El Grupo para Organizar su Lugar de Trabajo reúne a miembros de Seattle DSA, organizadores profesionales y miembros de la comunidad quienes buscan mejorar sus condiciones laborales. Se reúne semanalmente para dar talleres en organización efectiva. Invitamos todos individuos quienes estén interesados en obtener poder en el trabajo y justicia económica para su familia y comunidad.
🌹 Tenant Organizing Collective (El Grupo para Organizar su Edificio)
November 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Does your building management take too long to make repairs? Are you concerned that your lease could be illegal? Does your landlord charge you too much rent? You’re not alone.
The Tenant Organizing Collective is a group of Seattle DSA members, including experienced housing rights activists, who meet every month to teach each other concrete, effective organizing skills to build power at home. This collective is open to everyone who wants to improve the lives of their families and communities by organizing for economic justice.
🌹 No One Is Illegal! A Webinar on Capitalism, Imperialism and Borders
November 21 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
https://act.dsausa.org/signup/no-one-illegal-webinar-capitalism-imperialism-and-borders/. Borders throughout the world have become sites of state violence, racist discrimination, and policing of workers freedom of movement. Governments from the US to Mexico, the EU and Israel to name just a few have militarized their boundaries, policed them with guards, forced migrants to take dangerous routes where they are losing their lives in record numbers, jailed those that survive in concentration camps, and exploited others as cheap labor denied the rights of workers with citizenship. On this webinar, experts on capitalism, climate change, imperialism and migration will explain the systemic roots of population displacement, the nature and function of the new border regime and present a case for working class unity against the oppression and scapegoating of migrants in the U.S. and throughout the world.
🌹 District 4 Meet Ups are Back!
November 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
We’ll be discussing the election, ideas/opportunities for D4 organizing moving forward, plans for the D4 reading group, and more. This month’s meeting is more agenda-driven than some of them. We’ll have snacks and feel free to bring some–but no pressure to do so.
D4 is roughly U District, Eastlake, Fremont, Wallingford, Roosevelt, Ravenna, Bryant, Laurelhurst, Sand Point, View Ridge, and Wedgwood. The event is open to DSA members from other districts – or anyone curious about DSA!
The brewery is wheelchair accessible on both levels. People under 21 can attend! Non-alcoholic drinks are available (kombucha, ginger soda, root beer, etc). The brewery is fine with us bringing in food items – just no outside drinks. The bathrooms are not gender neutral.
U-District Tenant Rights Bootcamp with Be:Seattle
November 21 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Hey renter! Do you know your rights? Do you have any questions about them? Do you think we need more tenant protections, such as rent control? Come learn, ask questions, and find out how to organize for more tenant rights at an upcoming Tenant Rights Bootcamp co-hosted by Be:Seattle and SDSA!
What are Tenant Right Bootcamps?
They are neighborhood-by-neighborhood series teaching renters how to assert their rights, to find solutions to various issues, and to organize for more tenant rights.
Labor Notes: Puget Sound Troublemakers School
November 23 @ 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Labor Notes is coming to the Puget Sound!
It’s bigger than one workplace. Budget-cutting politicians and greedy corporations are pushing a coordinated agenda. Employers are looking to balance their budgets off the backs of workers, but workers are fighting back.
Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the area to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win.
Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss – and winning. Whether you’re new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there’s something there for you! Register here!
🌹 Green New Deal and Ecosocialism Meeting
November 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
We envision a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. In the short term, Seattle DSA’s Green New Deal Committee is developing a campaign to win Free Transit for All county-wide. Join us and the Ecosocialism Caucus, which will be offering a reading group later this fall. (Reading list at https://seattledsa.org/ecosocialism/) Questions? Ask [email protected].
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