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Week of April 11, 2022 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Phonebanks for Fatima! |
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Help us make calls to voters in District 65! This is a great way to participate and help out from the comfort of your own home. You will need a phone and a computer with a web browser. Tuesday April 12: https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-for-fatima Wednesday April 13: https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-for-fatima-2 Thursday April 14: https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-for-fatima-3 Sunday April 17: https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-for-fatima-4 |
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Childcare 4 All featured in Truthout |
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Read more in this Truthout article about the fight to make childcare a public good, featuring DSA-LA's Childcare 4 All campaign! https://truthout.org/articles/socialists-take-up-critical-fight-for-universal-child-care-in-the-united-states/ |
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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, April 11 @ 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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Eunisses Working Group Meeting |
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Tuesday, April 12 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
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Join us for the next Eunisses Working Group Meeting! We will be discussing next steps to support her campaign. Come learn about opportunities for postcarding and canvassing, and help us outreach to DSA-LA members during the meeting! Sign up to RSVP and to receive the Zoom info. |
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SFV Marxism Reading Group: Open Veins of Latin America – Session 2 |
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Tuesday, April 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
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Please join us for our discussion of the book, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano on Tuesday, April 12 from 7:00PM – 9:00PM PST. In Open Veins, Galeano covers topics such as colonialism, imperialism, and dependency theory in Latin America through histories of European colonization and exploitation of natural resources. We’ll be discussing the second third of the book, from the chapter Cacao Planters Lit Their Cigarettes With 500,000-Reis Bills to the chapter The Montoneros And Juan Manuel De Rosa’s Legacy of Hate. Attendance at previous meetings isn’t required. You can begin the book here if you like. A collaborative doc with the text we’ll be discussing, and links to audiobooks are provided. The discussion group is open to all, including DSA members outside of the San Fernando Valley and non-DSA members. Please RSVP for Zoom connection information and the text. |
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Labor Committee April General Meeting |
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Wednesday, April 13 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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Join us on Wednesday, April 13th at 7:00 PM for our monthly Labor Committee meeting. We will be discussing workplace organizing, the labor movement, and opportunities for DSA members to organize and build worker power.
The core of DSA-LA’s labor work is our Labor Circles program. If you are interested in joining a Labor Circle or forming a new Circle, you can begin by filling out the Socialist Workplace Survey. The survey will help us map where we are in LA’s economy and identify where we have workplace, industry and union membership densities to organize around. Take a minute and fill out the Socialist Workplace Survey today! |
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DSA Green New Deal Slate! Ft. Hugo |
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Thursday, April 14 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
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DSA is launching the first phase of our national Green New Deal campaign on Thursday, April 14, 2022! Join us as we hear from Hugo Soto-Martinez, Paul Prescod, Sarahana Shrestha, Robert Bell, and Elisabeth Epps. These candidates, picked from those endorsed by the National Electoral Committee, have been selected through thorough research and collaboration with local DSA chapters. With many of our elected bodies under the stranglehold of fossil capital, we are clearly up against some strong enemies. This slate is our best tool to show our collective power in action - Please Join us! |
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April Housing & Homelessness Committee Meeting |
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Thursday, April 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
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At the last meeting members decided to include some political education as a portion of every monthly meeting to hone our analysis and further develop our politics on the housing/tenant terrain. Join us this week to discuss the article “No Ship Will Come To Save Us” and the initiative to expropriate housing in Berlin! Each month we will do a different reading and suggestions are welcome. We will also be discussing further developments in the DSA-LA SHOP proposal as well as the new ETOC (Emergency Tenant Organizer Committee) building in the national Housing Justice Commission. Lastly, we will have report-backs from Streetwatch, NOlympics, and other groups. |
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Westside Branch Meeting and Social |
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Saturday, April 16 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
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Join Westside Branch leaders, organizers, and new members for updates on our priority campaigns, strategic discussions, and a social gathering. Details TBA. Not sure if this is your branch? Neighborhoods on the Westside include: Coastal Areas, Palms & Culver City, South Bay, West Hollywood/Miracle Mile/Pico-Robertson, and Westwood/West LA. |
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Education Workers Circle |
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Monday, April 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
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Join the Education Workers Circle to build power in your workplace and a socialist presence in your union! K-12 and University educators welcome. |
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Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee Meeting |
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Monday, April 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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The Mutual Aid Skill-Share Subcommittee is dedicated to giving our members a platform to share their skills and support each other with free resources. If you have a skill to share or want to help us encourage skill shares in your branch, neighborhood or committee, please join us! The Subcommittee will be continuing the planning and research of community and personal edible gardens with a focus on indigenous plants and proper composting methods. Please RSVP for meeting connection information. |
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