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Join us to pursue a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. We explore ecosocialist theory, organize with climate groups, and are developing a campaign for fare-free transit. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84612917962?pwd=RzA2aFlxdEhYa3NHalliV2Y1NC96dz09 OR by phone 253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 846 1291 7962 Password: 976494
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
Join SDSA for our monthly General Membership Meeting! This month we’ll be joined by Sherae Lascelles, activist candidate for State House, running against one of the most prominent establishment politicians in town, Frank Chopp. We’ll have a Q&A with Sherae. We’ll also hear updates from the Divest and Defund campaigns, the Green New Deal committee, and ... Read more
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 Housing Collective is a group of Seattle area residents, including experienced housing rights activists, who meet every month to teach each other concrete, effective ... Read more
Join District 4 for a small in-person backyard gathering to get to know each other, build community, and chat about whatever topics have been on people's minds lately. Please RSVP to receive the address. Please bring a mask. Individually-wrapped drinks and snacks will be provided! This event is open to DSA members from other districts ... Read more
Please join the Ecosocialism Reading Group this Sunday, 9/6 at 1:30pm to discuss the Introduction and first chapter of the book Carbon Democracy. A pdf of the book can be found here . Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88041874573?pwd=Vjc4b3hVTnlyQ3Y0OVMxMVFNMVdPQT09 Meeting ID: 880 4187 4573 Passcode: 441268 Join by phone 253-215-8782
Seattle DSA is considering an endorsement of Sherae Lascelles (they/them), activist candidate for State House, running against one of the most prominent Democratic establishment politicians in the state, Frank Chopp. At our September 1 General Membership Meeting we were honored to be joined by Sherae for a Q&A town hall. This meeting (9/8) is a ... Read more
Join District 3 members and others to discuss organizing online town halls in districts 3 & 6 to pressure city councilmembers to stay true to their pledge to cut SPD by 50%. Seven out of nine Seattle City Council members pledged to defund the Seattle Police Department by 50% and reinvest those funds in community-led ... Read more
Given the recent shootings in Kenosha and Portland, and their aftermath, it’s important we continue discussing right-wing extremism. This is a natural follow-up to our meeting on fascism last month, which was a good discussion but didn’t focus enough on how we fight right-wing extremism today. It’s clear that far right groups like Patriot Prayer, ... Read more
After a summer hiatus, the reading group back! We will discuss John Clegg and Udaner Usmani's "The Economic Origins of Mass Incarceration." Join the meeting with this link.
Join the Seattle DSA Critical and Revolutionary Pedagogy Reading Group to discuss bell hooks’ Teaching to Transgress (1994.) bell hook is the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins, a Black feminist teacher and activist deeply involved in critical pedagogy building on the work of Paulo Freire and influenced by both marxist approaches to pedagogy and Black ... Read more
This month we learn and talk about the first trade unions for women in the US, the Lowell Mill Girls, and the fight for the 10-hour day in the 1840s and 1850s! Ever wondered what early US working class struggles against industrialization were like? How the first trade unions came about? What lessons that period ... Read more
Socialist Night School is an open course that provides a chance to develop our politics together, regardless of background knowledge or whether you’ve attended a class before. New members and lifelong socialists, all are welcome! To sign up for our mailing list or to find out more, e-mail us at [email protected] The topic for September ... Read more
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
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 Housing Collective is a group of Seattle area residents, including experienced housing rights activists, who meet every month to teach each other concrete, effective ... Read more
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t ... Read more
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t ... Read more
Since 2003, the Seattle Foundation has provided nearly $800,000 in grants to the Seattle Police Foundation (SPF), making it the largest single donor by far. These funds pay for riot gear, surveillance equipment, K9s, as well as training in violent crowd-control techniques used to suppress recent protests. Donations to SPF stand in contrast with the ... Read more
Please join the Ecosocialism Reading Group at 1:30 to discuss the second chapter of Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy. A pdf of the book can be found here . Or paperback available, $12 from Verso. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88041874573?pwd=Vjc4b3hVTnlyQ3Y0OVMxMVFNMVdPQT09 Meeting ID: 880 4187 4573 Passcode: 441268 Join by phone 253-215-8782
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
Last week, Seattle DSA voted to endorse WA State Rep. candidate Sherae Lascelles (they/them)! They are running against Frank Chopp on a platform of taxing the *hell* out of the rich, putting people over profit, equity and accessibility, mutual aid and community-care. If you're a DSA member interested in getting involved in the Sherae for ... Read more
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg has catapulted the 2020 presidential elections into an inferno. It’s likely Trump and the GOP will attempt to install a right wing justice that would threaten key reforms like abortion rights. What is under threat with the appointment of a right wing Justice? What role does the Supreme Court ... Read more
Seattle DSA recently voted to endorse WA State Rep. candidate Sherae Lascelles (they/them)! They are running against Frank Chopp on a platform of taxing the *hell* out of the rich, putting people over profit, equity and accessibility, mutual aid and community-care. We have only a very short time until the general election, and we are asking ... Read more
Critical Pedagogy Reading Group Join the Seattle DSA Critical and Revolutionary Pedagogy Reading Group to discuss bell hooks’ Teaching to Transgress (1994.) bell hook is the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins, a Black feminist teacher and activist deeply involved in critical pedagogy building on the work of Paulo Freire and influenced by both marxist approaches ... Read more
Join Downtown for People for a Walk and Talk to learn about the proposed I-405 interchange and talk about how Bellevue could be greener and support many modes of travel.
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
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