The movement for Black Lives scored a significant victory on Tuesday in the fight to defund the Seattle Police Department, when the City Council overrode Mayor Durkan’s veto! Back in… Read more »
Direct action gets traction: Durkan veto fails
By Justin Ward In a resounding victory for the Seattle Defund movement, the city council voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to override the mayor’s veto of the proposed 2020 budget re-balancing.… Read more »
Lessons from the Movement for Black Lives: Strategies and Priorities for Environmentalists
J. Buck, member of SDSA’s Ecosocialist Caucus, writes about the intersection between the uprising for Black lives and climate justice, and the strategic necessity of defunding the police for a… Read more »
Tell the Seattle City Council: Defund SPD by 50%!
While seven out of nine council members have verbally agreed to defund SPD by 50%, we need to keep up the pressure to make sure they follow through! Contact your… Read more »
Seattle DSA Partners with Black Collective Voice
by Connor Rauch On Friday evening, over 200 people gathered in Jimi Hendrix park for a “Poets in the Park” event organized by Black Collective Voice (BCV) and Pay the… Read more »
Mayor Durkan: Stop Your Victim-Blaming and Respond to our Demands
On Tuesday, June 30, Mayor Jenny Durkan wrote a memo to Seattle City Council president Lorena González calling on her to remove Councilmember Kshama Sawant from office for supposed “disorderly… Read more »
March for Accountability Honors Charleena Lyles while Marching on the Mayor
By Deepa B., Seattle DSA member When Katrina Johnson’s cousin, Charleena Lyles, was killed by Seattle Police officers in 2017, Johnson refused to accept that officers pumped seven bullets into… Read more »
Why Are We Confronting the Mayor on Pride?
By the Queer & Feminist Caucus of the Seattle Democratic Socialists of America This year, in the midst of a Black-led uprising against police violence and systemic racism, Pride looks… Read more »
The Mayor’s 5% Cut to the SPD Budget is Bullshit
We are bringing the movement’s demands to the Mayor on Sunday at the Rally for Accountability: Defund SPD & Reinvest in Communities! The uprising for Black lives has activated thousands… Read more »
Watch: How Union Activists Kicked the Seattle Police Officers Guild out of their Labor Council
In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, educators of color in the Highline Education Association near Seattle, Washington launched a petition to kick the Seattle Police Officers… Read more »
Watch: Uprising for Black Lives Report from Minneapolis with Robin Wonsley
Robin Wonsley from Twin Cities DSA joined us to talk about her experience on the ground in Minneapolis and gave her advice on how socialists should contribute to the fight… Read more »
MLK Labor Council Kicks out Police Union – Statement by Seattle DSA
In a groundbreaking move, on June 17 the Martin Luther King County Labor Council kicked out the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) by a vote of 55% to 45%. Seattle… Read more »