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Week of Oct 17, 2022
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TONIGHT: Racism, redistricting, and resignations: DSA-LA's socialist analysis of the current crisis on the LA City Council

Monday, October 17 - 7:30 - 9:00pm

On October 9, leaked audio from a conversation between LA City Councilmembers and the chair of the LA County Federation of Labor revealed the racist, anti-worker, and anti-renter beliefs and actions of powerful political leaders.

In many ways, this is no surprise. We've known that the current status quo is rigged for the elite few and doesn't serve the many. We've known that powerful people serve their own interests by pitting Black and brown working people against each other – at the expense of Los Angeles' entire multiracial working class.

What is possible in this moment? What does all this mean for organized labor? Where does the Left fit in?

Join us on Monday night for a special forum on our socialist analysis of these questions and our demands going forward.

Let's end the status quo. Let's elect democratic socialists 💅

 

Make a plan next weekend to support one of these campaigns:

Hugo Soto-Martínez for LA CD13

Fatima Iqbal-Zubair for Assembly District 65

Rocio Rivas for LAUSD School Board District 2

 

United to House LA - Measure ULA

Ballots are out -- Make sure your friends know the The DSA-LA General Election Voter Guide is out too 😎

As socialists in Los Angeles, we believe that it’s important to contextualize the choices on our election ballots. Who are these candidates and how did they build power? What are the dynamics of the races they’re running in? Will their priorities build socialism, or at least help Los Angeles’ working class?

 

Note that our endorsements are special: They require our whole membership to vote to endorse a candidate, and an endorsement includes a commitment for the chapter to devote time and money to that campaign. Otherwise, candidates named in the guide are simply recommendations. The candidate might not call themselves or be a socialist, but there are planks of their platform we believe will materially benefit the working class – especially in comparison to other candidates in their race. Or, they are running in a swing district, may not even be a progressive, but it’s the general election and this race could be the difference in keeping the House of Representatives out of Republican control.

 

We’ve chosen not to make recommendations in races where a status-quo incumbent is expected to coast to reelection. We’ve got to keep building power to take on these forces of capitalism, and we must keep on organizing to make sure these candidates have viable challengers in the future. That being said, there are some races with candidates extremely worth voting for, and in many down ballot votes, your vote and the votes of your friends and family can make a big difference in our collective lives.