Catherine McCabe · [email protected]

January 11, 2020 at 7:13 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Please join us tomorrow in Pittsfield!

I'll be there.-CatherineOn Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 2:05 PM Berkshires DSA <[email protected]> wrote:Hi Comrades,This is a reminder that we’ll be marching at the 4 Freedoms event in Pittsfield tomorrow!  If you can make it, it’s an important event for us to gain visibility and awareness and hopeful…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

January 11, 2020 at 7:05 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Please join us tomorrow in Pittsfield!

Hi Comrades,This is a reminder that we’ll be marching at the 4 Freedoms event in Pittsfield tomorrow!  If you can make it, it’s an important event for us to gain visibility and awareness and hopefully attract new members for the chapter, so please make it a priority to attend if you can; the more pe…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

January 7, 2020 at 4:49 PM

[Berkshire DSA] March with us on Sunday the 12th!

Comrades!We’ve been invited to march as a contingent in the 4 Freedoms event next Sunday, and to table at the Colonial before and after the speakers at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield!  We’ll have a Berkshires DSA banner to march behind, and DSA literature at the table.  This is an excellent oppo…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

December 19, 2019 at 6:12 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Meeting tonight!

Hey comrades,Tonight is our monthly meeting!  We’ll be back at the auditorium downstairs at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield at 7pm.  Please bring a favorite socialist quotation to share with all of us!Solidarity,John. __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive CommitteeBerkshires DSAb…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

December 16, 2019 at 12:56 AM

[Berkshire DSA] DSA for Bernie Phonebank!

Hey comrades,Thanks to Harley for posting this in our Slack; I thought I’d repost here for those of you who are not on Slack.  I’ll be participating; hope some of you can, too!DSA for Bernie December Phone BankStart: Monday, December 16, 2019 • 5:00 PM • Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00)End…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 6:40 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Meeting venue change tomorrow!!

Hi comrades,We were closed out of all of our usual meeting places this month; a frenzied search for a replacement venue finally landed us at the North Adams Library, at 74 Church St.  Unfortunately, they close early, so our meeting will have to be a little earlier than usual: we’ll be starting at 6p…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

October 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Ecosocialist Working Group meeting tonight!

If you’re member of the EWG or are just interested, please feel free to attend our meeting tonight at 7pm.  The address has been posted in the general channel of our Slack workspace.  If you’re not on Slack but would like to know the address, please contact me directly (not everyone on this list is …

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

October 18, 2019 at 3:28 AM

[Berkshire DSA] Jane McAlevey "No Shortcuts"

Great meeting tonight, thanks to everyone who came.  We watched Jane McAlevey’s presentation in the first of three video webinars she did for DSA.  We skipped the part of the video that included the Q&A after her talk, but I highly recommend checking it out yourself online: https://drive.google.…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

October 6, 2019 at 5:03 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Tonight! PVDSA Ed Working Group

Hi comrades,I almost forgot that the Pioneer Valley DSA’s Education Working Group is having a meeting tonight at 5pm at the Pioneer Valley Workers Center in Northampton.  The agenda sounds killer, I’m thinking I’m going to try to make it.  Let me know if you’re interested in carpooling…Here’s the an…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

October 4, 2019 at 7:09 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Fwd: Sign up for our Medicare for All Newsletter

Dear John,Have you heard about the DSA Medicare for All committee's newsletter, All In?All In: The DSA M4A Newsletter is a great way to stay connected to our Medicare for All campaign. It’s will serve as your guide to what’s happening and how you can get involved, including important upcoming dates,…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

September 29, 2019 at 10:26 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Talk on the connection of Racism and Climate Justice - Monday Oct 7th 6 PM

Thanks to Al Blake for alerting us to this talk of extreme relevance to Berkshires DSA’s Ecosocialist Working Group (and any comrade who is concerned with environmental justice; aren’t we all?) __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive CommitteeBerkshires DSAberkshiresdsa.org Begin forwar…

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  sonyabyko · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 6:07 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Fwd: [350MA-Berkshires] Please help us deliver a message to stop the tree-to-toilet pipeline!

I'm not an official member, but feel free to sign me on if possible. Sonya Bykofsky (p.s. - an probably going to climate strike in NYC on Friday....taking the train from Poughkeepsie, if anyone interested.) -- Please note that this is a closed group, and all messages posted to this group sho…

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  John Prusinski · [email protected]

September 16, 2019 at 9:00 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Fwd: [350MA-Berkshires] Please help us deliver a message to stop the tree-to-toilet pipeline!

Hi comrades,As chair of our Ecosocialist Working Group, I’d like to urge our chapter to sign on to this initiative to save our last remaining virgin forests from corporate devastation.If you have any objection to having the Berkshires DSA officially sign on as a co-signer of the letter to Proctor &a…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 24, 2019 at 2:12 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Ecosocialist Working Group Meeting!

Hi comrades,We’ve scheduled the first in-person meeting of the Berkshires DSA Ecosocialist Working Group for Monday, August 26th, at 6:30pm at the Lee Library.If you’re not a member of the Working Group (yet), or would like to be, or just want to know more, feel free to join us!Solidarity,John. ____…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 5:52 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Re: Berkshires DSA Meeting Minutes from Aug.15

Hi xxxxxx,Thanks for your input!  The majority of members of DSA and the population it appeals to are younger people, for whom the term “comrade” does not have the same negative connotations as it does for those older members who grew up during the "red scare" period.  In fact, it’s seen as a friend…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 4:09 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Ecosocialist Working Group in-person meeting!

Hi y’all,We’re trying to get our Ecosocialist Working Group together for an in-person meeting some time in the next couple of weeks or so; I set up a Doodle poll for you to vote on your favorite date to hold the meeting. (note that there are three options for each date: no click- “no”, single click …

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 3:00 AM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Received Clarification Emails ?

Hi Sandra,You’re mail did come through; I meant to respond but didn’t get around to it.  Thanks for sending!John. On Aug 20, 2019, at 10:16 PM, Sandra Blomberg <[email protected]> wrote:Hell-0 Everyone ,                 I did forward two emails earlier this day , but I am unsure if they were re…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 20, 2019 at 3:44 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Re: Berkshires DSA Meeting Minutes from Aug.15

Wow, great notes, comrade!  Thanks for posting!(btw, for future reference, Extinction Rebellion goes by the initials “XR”)John. __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive CommitteeBerkshires DSA On Aug 20, 2019, at 10:18 AM, Amillie Coster <[email protected]> wrote:Dear Comrades,A bel…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 16, 2019 at 5:13 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Green New Deal proposal

Hi comrades,At our general meeting yesterday, we reported from our EWG on our collaboration with the Pioneer Valley DSA EWG, and mentioned the excellent work they have done on a Green New Deal proposal. You’ll find the link to the document both in the #general channel and the #ecosoc_working_group c…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 2:44 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Tonight's agenda

Here’s the agenda for tonight’s meeting… note the item “business from members”; if you have something you’d like to see addressed by the membership, this is your chance to bring it up for discussion!Hope to see you there!In solidarity,John. __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive Committ…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 2:04 AM

[Berkshire DSA] 3rd Thursday

Hey comrades,I’ll be out tabling for Berkshires DSA right across the street from J. Allen’s from 5-7pm in Pittsfield.  It would be amaaaaazzzziiiinnnggg if any of you comrades would be willing to come out and stand with me for awhile there before our meeting…Solidarity!John. __________________John P…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 8:04 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Ecosocialist Working Group news

Hey comrades,Our Ecosocialist Working Group is getting off the ground!  We have 8 members in our chapter’s EWG, and we’ve been establishing coalitions with Extinction Rebellion, 350Mass, and the Pioneer Valley DSA Ecosocialist Working Group.We’re getting ready to try and schedule our first in-person…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 7:23 PM

[Berkshire DSA] UE 274 Kennametal Plant Strike!!

The UE union at the Kennametal plant in Greenfield has been on strike since yesterday, and they’re planning a major showing tomorrow evening (Wednesday) from 5-7pm.   PVDSA is planning on getting a bunch of members up there for picket line solidarity, and it would be great to get a Berkshires DSA pr…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 10:57 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Housing Justice

Hi,We just received this from a comrade in the Boston DSA chapter… anyone want to take point on this?Hey there comrades! I'm a Boston DSA member doing Housing Justice work in my chapter. With the passage of the Housing resolutions at the convention, we are creating a National Housing Justice commiss…

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  sonyabyko · [email protected]

August 6, 2019 at 2:26 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Digest for [email protected] - 1 update in 1 topic

Hey, all!I was looking for a Facebook event re: this to forward...didn't see one. Is it possible to post? Thanks! See you beautiful Socialists tonight. : )SonyaSent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone-------- Original message --------From: [email protected] Date: 8/6/19 2:42 AM…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 5, 2019 at 6:44 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Socializing with Socialists: tomorrow!

Dan Raftery, our chapter co-chair and delegate to the National DSA convention, is back!  Come to Socializing with Socialists at the Thistle & Mirth in Pittsfield from 7-9pm Tuesday Aug. 6th to listen to him regale us with exciting tales of procedural motions, points of privilege, points of infor…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

August 2, 2019 at 3:24 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Convention debates

For those interested, the DSA National Convention debates in Atlanta are currently being live-streamed on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/demsocialists/videos/1209280815909586/?notif_id=1564751264671461&notif_t=live_video __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive CommitteeBerkshir…

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  penandplowfarm · [email protected]

August 1, 2019 at 11:25 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Berkshires Political Podcast

Hey, all —Do you medicate your consciousness with a slow drip of CounterSpin, Citations Needed, Democracy at Work, Democracy Now, and Chapo Trap House?The Greylock Glass (the Berkshire's Mightiest Independent Alternative Newsthing) is planning to launch a Berkshire-centric political/cultural podcast…

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  amanda hamilton · [email protected]

July 31, 2019 at 3:15 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Fwd: Extinction Rebellion (XR) Berkshires - FIRST MEETING THIS THURSDAY in Lee!

I cannot attend tomorrow, but Desperately want to in future, please keep me in the loop. yours, AmandaOn Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:48 PM Berkshires DSA <[email protected]> wrote:Will do!John. On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:47 PM, Catherine McCabe <[email protected]> wrote:I will not be able to atte…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 30, 2019 at 8:48 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Fwd: Extinction Rebellion (XR) Berkshires - FIRST MEETING THIS THURSDAY in Lee!

Will do!John. On Jul 30, 2019, at 4:47 PM, Catherine McCabe <[email protected]> wrote:I will not be able to attend.  But please keep me in the loop.Thanks.-CatherineOn Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:27 PM Berkshires DSA <[email protected]> wrote:Forwarding this message as point person for o…

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  Catherine McCabe · [email protected]

July 30, 2019 at 8:47 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] Fwd: Extinction Rebellion (XR) Berkshires - FIRST MEETING THIS THURSDAY in Lee!

I will not be able to attend.  But please keep me in the loop.Thanks.-CatherineOn Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 4:27 PM Berkshires DSA <[email protected]> wrote:Forwarding this message as point person for our Ecosocialist Working Group (and thanks to Berkshires DSA member Judy Eddy for putting it togeth…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 30, 2019 at 8:27 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Fwd: Extinction Rebellion (XR) Berkshires - FIRST MEETING THIS THURSDAY in Lee!

Forwarding this message as point person for our Ecosocialist Working Group (and thanks to Berkshires DSA member Judy Eddy for putting it together).If you’re interested in direct action to heighten awareness of the urgency of doing something about the climate emergency, I recommend attending this mee…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 27, 2019 at 4:39 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Help Dan out!

Hey comrades,Due to some unforeseen circumstances, our delegate to the National Convention, Dan Raftery, had to change his flight, which of course incurred some extra cost.We’re still a long way from meeting our goal in our GoFundMe campaign to fund his trip to Atlanta to represent us.  Can you chip…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 19, 2019 at 3:05 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Ecosocialist Working Group

To all of you comrades who have expressed an interest in being part of the Ecosocialist Working Group of the Berkshires DSA (or anyone else who would like to join):The main means of communication for this group will be the new #ecosoc_working_group channel in Slack.  If you’re not on Slack, please l…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 19, 2019 at 1:56 AM

[Berkshire DSA] Resolutions

Hey comrades,Thanks for a great meeting tonight!Since we ran out of time to fully discuss even the condensed set of proposed resolutions I brought that our delegate Dan will have the opportunity to vote on at the National Convention, I’m including a link to the full set for you to peruse at your lei…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 18, 2019 at 7:54 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Meeting tonight!!

Greetings, comrades!Please join us at this month’s general meeting tonight. It’s our last meeting before our delegate to the National Convention, Co-Chair Dan Raftery, takes off for Atlanta, so we’ll be reviewing some of the resolutions he’ll be tasked with voting on at the convention, so that he kn…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 18, 2019 at 3:35 PM

Re: [Berkshire DSA] interesting interview

Thanks, Catherine, very interesting!John. __________________John PrusinskiCo-Chair, Executive CommitteeBerkshires DSA On Jul 17, 2019, at 12:51 AM, Catherine McCabe <[email protected]> wrote:Hi all,This is a Chris Hedges interview of George Galloway, a long time British socialist.  Galloway's …

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 17, 2019 at 3:44 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Tabling: urgent!

Hi comrades,As you know, we paid for the right to table for the Berkshires DSA at 3rd Thursdays through the summer.  Our spot is conveniently pretty much right across the street from J. Allen’s, where our general meeting takes place immediately afterwards.Last month, our first of the summer, I held …

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  Catherine McCabe · [email protected]

July 17, 2019 at 4:51 AM

[Berkshire DSA] interesting interview

Hi all,This is a Chris Hedges interview of George Galloway, a long time British socialist.  Galloway's analysis is worth listening to.  I know some of you are put off by RT, but try to have a listen anyway.  I found it very worthwhile.Here is the link: https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/464124-geor…

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  Berkshires DSA · [email protected]

July 11, 2019 at 6:07 PM

[Berkshire DSA] Lights for Liberty

Comrades!Please join us at the Lights for Liberty demonstration against the concentration camps on our southern borders, tomorrow (Friday 7/12) from 7-9pm in Park Sq in Pittsfield.Wear your DSA t-shirts!Here’s a link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/382152805748506/Solidarity,J…

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  Berkshire Democratic Socialists of America · berkshire-democratic-socialists-of-america+noreply@googlegroups.com

July 9, 2019 at 7:27 PM

You have been added to Berkshire Democratic Socialists of America

Berkshire Democratic Socialists of AmericaGoogle GroupsHi [email protected],John Prusinski added you to the Berkshire Democratic Socialists of America group.Message from John PrusinskiWelcome to the Berkshires Democratic Socialists of America mailing list. Please keep in mind that all content here sh…

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