Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

Pass the Pro Act Phone Banking
2021-05-29 12:00 - 14:30, 2021-05-30 11:00 - 14:00, 2021-05-30 14:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-31 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Together we have made well over 700,000 dials across Arizona, Maine, West Virginia, and Virginia. We talked with thousands of people about why we need to pass the PRO Act to rebuild a fighting labor movement—and got them to action with us to pressure their Senators about the bill.
Register here.
By building that pressure with regular people across the country, we flipped Senator Angus King of Maine and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia to support the PRO Act. And we are now targeting Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
Join us to reach our goal of **one million dials** to working people in Alaska, Arizona, and Virginia!

Register here.
Every shift has a thorough training on the campaign and the software—beginners and experienced phone bankers are all very, very welcome. Sign up for as many shifts as you can, and bring your friends!
WEEKENDS OF ACTION
All out to reach a million calls! Double the shifts for double the pressure!
Join us for our shifts on:
May 22, May 23, May 29, and 30.
See you on the phones!

District 4 Reading Group: Caliban and the Witch
2021-05-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join the District 4 reading group April 24th at 4:30 pm to read “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading the rest of Chapter 2 pg 92-115.
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA.
Zoom Details:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/92223147165
Meeting ID: 922 2314 7165

District 3 Movie Night: 5 Broken Cameras
2021-05-30 18:30 - 21:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join District 3 comrades for our monthly movie night!
This month we’ll be watching 5 Broken Cameras, a first-hand account of protests in Bil’in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier.
When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village of Bil’in, the Israelis begin bulldozing village olive groves to build a barrier to separate Bil’in from the Jewish settlement Modi’in Illit. The barrier’s route cuts off 60% of Bil’in farmland and the villagers resist this seizure of more of their land by the settlers.
Burnat films the army and police beating and arresting villagers and activists who come to support them. Settlers destroy Palestinian olive trees and attack Burnat when he tries to film them. The army raids the village in the middle of the night to arrest children. He, his friends, and brothers are arrested or shot; some are killed. Each camera used to document these events is shot or smashed.
We’ll watch the film together and have a discussion afterward.
Zoom link: https://dsausa.zoom.us/j/95209258862
Stream link: https://sdsa-owncast.ddns.net/

June General Membership Meeting
2021-06-01 19:00 - 21:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA for our June General Membership Meeting. We’re voting again, this time for who represents the chapter at the August DSA National Convention. Come by to make your voice heard!

This is a virtual meeting. For Zoom login info, please RSVP by registering here!
The proposed agenda for our monthly membership meeting is here. If you have an announcement or suggestion for the agenda, please email info@SeattleDSA.org or contact the Local Council on Slack

Columbia City: Knocking Doors with House Our Neighbors!
2021-06-02 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-09 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-23 16:00 - 18:00, 2021-06-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Columbia City Farmers Market, 3651 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT AND MORE HERE!
Join the Housing Justice Working Group and House Our Neighbors!
We will be conversing with residents IN-PERSON about Charter Amendment 29, Sweeps, and other important housing issues.
No better way to gain more experience with working-class folks who may not see eye-to-eye at first.
Hope to see you there!

Strikes, Blockades & Mass Protests: Columbia’s Mass Working Class & Youth Uprising Next District 3 Mtg
2021-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Since the end of April there has been a mass uprising in Columbia of mass demonstrations, general strikes, and blockades. The initial spark was the imposition of a hated tax increase, however, underlying anger over endemic poverty and violence, exacerbated by the pandemic, fueled the uprising. In response, the state has been brutal, killing protesters. While the Biden Administration and Democratic Party politicians have condemned the state violence, Biden and the Democratic Party have supported free trade deals that impoverished millions of Columbians and supported deporting Columbians who were fleeing from violence. From Black Lives Matter to Israel / Palestine to Columbia, what’s causing the global eruption of mass protests? What can we learn from the tactics of strikes and blockades? What role has US imperialism and the Democratic Party played in Columbia and in Latin America? What are the roles of socialists and the fight for socialism in mass struggle?
Join District 3 members to discuss these important developments from a socialist activist perspective. We’ll also discuss the exciting Nikkita Oliver campaign and how we can pitch in to get them elected, as well as the Kshama Sawant solidarity campaign.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82010444236
If you need to call in:
253-21-8782
Meeting ID: 820 1044 4236

Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group
2021-06-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group and stand with us in our fight for health justice!
In our weekly meetings we’ll be discussing our current projects, including our organizing around Medicare for All, education on healthcare/policy, and much more.
New members are very welcome!!!
RSVP for Zoom link

InfoSec Training
2021-06-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for a discussion on Information Security (InfoSec) and how we can use it to keep ourselves and our comrades safer. If you’ve ever wondered what the terms “end-to-end encryption”, “multi-factor authentication”, and “VPN” means, this is the seminar for you! We’ll be exploring these and more in this hour-long training session.
RSVP Here! https://actionnetwork.org/events/infosec-training/

District 2: Social & Soccer
2021-06-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join us hanging out and playing soccer at the Brighton Playfield, https://goo.gl/maps/c74cytjrRB1vpT7h7 , north of/next to Aki Kurose Middle School

Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee
2021-06-07 17:30 - 19:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Monthly meeting of the Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee.
RSVP here and please spread the word.
Agenda will be posted later.
Alternatively, if you want to help with the work but can’t make monthly meetings, you can sign up to volunteer for specific tasks.

Afrosocialists & Socialists of Color Caucus meeting
2021-06-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-06-14 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-06-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-06-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
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 public and internal education and agitation, we aim to continue the legacy of the Black radical tradition, as well as the radical traditions of other oppressed minorities. Our goal is to act as a network that will support and develop non-white DSA members as leaders in the organization.
BIPOC socialists (DSA members and nonmembers alike) are invited to join us at our weekly meetings most Mondays at 6:30 pm. Find the Zoom link on SDSA Slack in the #afrosoc channel or email afrosocialists@seattledsa.org and provide your full name to receive an invitation.

June 2021 Immigration Justice Working Group Meeting
2021-06-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join us for our June monthly meeting! RSVP here.
As mentioned in email, we have changed our monthly meetings to be every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 6pm-8pm. Our June meeting will be June 8th from 6pm-8pm. Click here to view the agenda.
We will be planning a refresher check-in for all our accompaniment volunteers, where we’ll talk about how accompaniment has changed during COVID and what we can do moving forward. See you there!
RSVP here.

No Charity for Cops rally (part 2!)
2021-06-09 16:00 - 19:00 | Westlake Park 4th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98101
The Seattle Foundation has contributed $870,000 to the Seattle Police Foundation in the past 20 years through community grants and donor-advised funds. Since August, Divest SPD has been pushing for them to divest from police, make amends for the harm done, and invest more in the community. On Wednesday, June 9, we’re holding a rally to show them that there’s a growing number of people watching them that agree there should be NO CHARITY FOR COPS! This is a critical moment in our campaign and we’re counting on you to be there and invite folks you know to this event!
* Note: if this event looks familiar, it is because it was rescheduled from March 30. *
Details:

This is a SOCIALLY DISTANCED + MASKED EVENT. We’ll have masks and hand sanitizer on hand.
Rally starts at 4pm and will be over by 7pm at the latest.
We’ll bring the food + drinks, you bring a friend! =)

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More information about where the Seattle Foundation’s money is going:

Donations given to the Seattle Police Foundation (the nonprofit arm of the Seattle Police Department) cover costs like police dogs, riot gear, and training in violent crowd control techniques used to suppress recent demonstrations for Black lives.
In the past two years, only an average of 6% of community grants and less than 2% of donor-advised grants went to Black-led organizations.
The Seattle Foundation has appointed a committee to help them revise their policies around racial equity, but have not committed to any specific actions yet — a broad show of support is needed right now to make sure these demands are met. The demands listed in this letter are aligned with both community calls to stop funding violent policing as well as demands from leaders in the nonprofit sector to increase investments into BIPOC community-based organizations.
Organizations, donors, and community members, please SIGN ON TO THIS LETTER and join us in our call to the Seattle Foundation to immediately divest from police, make amends for the harm done, and invest more in the community!

District 4 Mutual Aid
2021-06-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-06-17 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-06-24 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-01 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-08 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-15 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-22 16:30 - 17:30, 2021-07-29 16:30 - 17:30 | University Playground Park, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Thursday at 4:30pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

District 2: DSA and elections - what's our strategy?
2021-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Draft agenda:
1) 40 min – How do you see DSA developing at the moment? Intro circle: why did you join DSA and what keeps you active? How does DSA at the moment relate to that? How do you feel about DSA at the moment? What does DSA do well or not so well?
2) 50 min – DSA and its electoral policies: In the run up to our national Convention, we want to discuss the resolution that was backed by the national electoral committee: “#8: Toward a Mass Party in the United States (Electoral Priority)” – https://convention2021.dsausa.org/2021-dsa-convention-resolutions/#P1H (if you have time to read it – great, but no precondition!)
3) 10 min – next meetings and planning

District 4 Reading Group: Caliban and the Witch
2021-06-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join the District 4 reading group June 12th at 2:00 pm to read “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading Chapter 3 pg 133-155.
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA.
Zoom Details:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/92223147165
Meeting ID: 922 2314 7165

District 2: Soccer & Social
2021-06-12 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-06-19 17:00 - 18:30, 2021-07-03 17:00 - 18:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States

District 2: Doorknocking for Nikkita
2021-06-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States

NEW 7 PM Green New Deal and Ecosocialism Meeting
2021-06-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, WA, United States
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, fight for Green New Deal measures at state and local levels, and are participating in the national DSA’s Green New Deal campaign. Questions or want the room that we’re in? Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org
Online chat info:
https://meet.tech-bloc-sea.dev

Socialist Night School
2021-06-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
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 SeaNightSchool [at] gmail . com

—> RSVP here! <—
Required readings:

“How Capital Strikes Yanked Barack Obama’s Presidency to the Right” – Tarun Banerjee, Michael Schwartz, Kevin Young (2020)
Levers of Power, Chapter 4 – Selected Excerpts (2020)

Optional reading:

“A Short Postmortem of Seattle’s Head Tax Repeal” – Paul Alexander (2018)

Description:

The power of workers to strike and win concessions from capitalists is familiar to many socialists. What’s less familiar is how elites use capital strikes – threats to move jobs overseas, replace workers with robots, or simply withhold their investment – to earn concessions of their own. When this happens, politicians have little recourse to fight back.
But powerful movements have defeated capital strikes before. What would it take to do this again?
This month, we’ll be reading excerpts from Levers of Power, a new book by Tarun Banerjee, Michael Schwartz, and Kevin Young. We’ll examine how both the Obama and Trump administrations bowed to the threat of capital strikes, and learn about how a powerful Civil Rights Movement beat capitalists at their own game: not just by appealing to lawmakers, but by taking on business itself.
Join us Monday, June 14th at 6PM on Zoom! A guest speaker will give a short lecture based on the assigned readings, followed by breakout sessions and a large group discussion. DSA members from around the country are welcome to come learn with us. See you then!

CANCELED: Housing Justice Working Group
2021-06-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Canceled this week – all are encouraged to attend this town hall instead! https://actionnetwork.org/events/townhall-on-the-compassion-seattle-charter-amendment

Census Phone Banking
2021-06-17 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-06-21 17:30 - 19:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Help us make phone calls to reach out to EVERY member of Seattle DSA so we can better understand the make-up of our chapter and provide valuable information to Working Groups, District Groups, and the Local Council which will help us engage more members and build power for socialism!
We’ll start with a training to get everyone oriented to the phone banking process before doing an hour of calls. When you RSVP you will be taken to a link for this event – remember to mark it on your calendar.
RSVP HERE FOR THURSDAY 6/17
RSVP HERE FOR SATURDAY 6/19
RSVP HERE FOR MONDAY 6/21

On the Continuum of Struggle in Latin America: Self-described Marxist elected as President of Peru - What can we learn from the protest movements sweeping Latin America? Next District 3 Mtg
2021-06-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
From Chile to Columbia, struggle is breaking out across Latin America from the intolerable conditions of endemic poverty, pervasive violence and corruption, and the economic and social devastation of the COVID pandemic. And now Peru has marked its place on this continuum of struggle with the election of a self-described Marxist as President, Pedro Castillo from the Peru Libre, a socailist party. Castillo is a labor leader who gained national prominence as a leader of multiple teachers strikes. Castillo also comes from an indigenous background, making him only the 2nd President in Peruvian history to be elected from those regions. He ran on a program of agrarian reforms and against the neo-liberal agenda that has impoverished the majority of this mineral rich country.
Protest movements and radical politics are shaking the foundations of Latin American society and elsewhere across the world, what does this tell us about the period we are entering? What’s needed to win these struggles and overthrow capitalism? As oppressed peoples rise up, should socialists uncritically cheer from the sidelines or are there other things we can do to support the movements? Elon Musk supported the right-wing coup in Bolivia because of the minerals needed for Tesla, with Biden heavily promoting electric cars and Peru being an important source of minerals, how will the US ruling class react to Castillo?
We’ll also be electing our District 3 Coordinating Committee members at this meeting, so don’t miss out!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86736125907
253-215-8782
Meeting ID: 867 3612 5907

D4 Social in the Park
2021-06-18 18:00 - 20:00 | 2000 NE 58th St, Ravenna Park Picnic Shelter #1, 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, 98105
Come eat pizza and (possibly) drink with us as we hang out in Ravenna Park! Meet your fellow members of SDSA District 4, near the Picnic Shelter #1 (driveway SE of the 20th Avenue bridge).

Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-06-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Beacon Hill Playground, 1902 13th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Join volunteers who are knocking on doors and talking with neighbors about the Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9 Campaign.

Online New Member Orientation
2021-06-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-07-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
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 need to be an official member to attend – “DSA curious” folks are welcome!
RSVP for Zoom link

Worker Policy Summit
2021-06-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
The Worker Policy Summit will host a discussion by labor leaders on how to build organizational power during the COVID-19 recovery and share your expectations for city leaders. All unionized and non-unionized labor are encouraged to attend! Attend using this link!
Speakers include:

Sara Nelson (International President, Association of Flight Attendants – CWA)
Vanna Orecchio (IUPAT DC 5)
Gabriel Prawl (ILWU 52)
Joe Mizrahi (UFCW 21)
Moderated by Nikkita Oliver

This event is organized by the People for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9 campaign.

Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-06-24 17:30 - 18:30 | Green Lake Community Center, 7201 East Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join volunteers who are door-knocking and talking with neighbors about the Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9 Campaign.

District 2: Defund the Police - one year after a lot of promises: where are we at?
2021-06-24 18:30 - 20:00 | zoom: tinyurl.com/SDSA-D2, WA, United States
This week we have an exciting meeting with special guest Peter Condit. Peter is a resident of Seattle. Since seeing rampant police violence last summer, he has collaborated with a number of formal and ad-hoc organizations working to defund SPD including Seattle Abolition Support, Defend the Defund, and Seattle DSA’s Anti-Racist Caucus, ARC. He’ll be joining us on Thursday to educate us more on the topic and to give an overview of where the movement stands currently.
A note from Peter:
I can’t wait to talk to you all about keeping ourselves and our neighbors safe by defunding the Seattle Police Department. If you have a minute ahead of Thursday evening, these two articles set the context for why defund SPD is anti-racist policy.

So you’re thinking about becoming an abolitionist Mariame Kaba, October 2020.
Yes, we literally mean abolish the police Mariame Kaba, June 2020. (If the NYT gives you a paywall, here is a pdf version I made: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police – The New York Times.pdf)

Draft agenda:

Welcome, Introductions – 10 min
Peter Presentation – 15-20 min
Q/A- 10 min
Discussion/Wrap Up – 45 min
Announcements – 5 min

June Electoral Committee Meeting
2021-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
The Seattle DSA Electoral Committee normally meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7 PM.
Note that in July we are meeting on the 4th Thursday, in order to review/recommend endorsements that the membership will vote on at the July meeting.
An agenda will be added shortly.
Please RSVP here then check your email for zoom details.

M4M4ALL Coalition Planning Meeting
2021-06-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-07-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Fridays, 6-8pm (recurring from June 25 to July 23)
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85066020646?pwd=[REDACTED]
The Movement to enact and implement Medicare For All will be materializing as nation-wide Solidarity events on July 24, 2021, under the banner “March For Medicare For All.” Locally, grassroots organizing towards a march in Seattle is currently in progress. All are welcome to the coalition’s planning meetings on Fridays from 6-8pm on zoom.m4m4all.org

CANCELLED: Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-06-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Miller Playfield, 330 19th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
This canvass is cancelled due to extreme heat, the foreseen result of climate change and intermittent destabilization of the polar climate leading to a heat dome over the northwest USA.
Join volunteers who are knocking on doors and talking with neighbors about the Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9 Campaign.

District 2: Soccer & Social - Note new 6 PM time just for this week
2021-06-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States

CANCELLED: Canvass for Nikkita Oliver for Seattle City Council Position 9
2021-06-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Magnuson Community Center, 7110 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States

Census phone banking
2021-07-01 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-07-03 11:00 - 12:30, 2021-07-05 17:30 - 19:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Help us make phone calls to reach out to EVERY member of Seattle DSA so we can better understand the make-up of our chapter and provide valuable information to Working Groups, District Groups, and the Local Council which will help us engage more members and build power for socialism!
We’ll start with a training to get everyone oriented to the phone banking process before doing an hour of calls, after which we’ll chat about how it went at the end. We’re only making calls to DSA members so it’s very easy — people are generally happy to hear from you! When you RSVP you will be taken to a link for this event – remember to mark it on your calendar.
RSVP HERE FOR THURSDAY 7/1
RSVP HERE FOR SATURDAY 7/3
RSVP HERE FOR MONDAY 7/5

Defund the Police: A year of broken promises - Where are we? Where do we go from here? Next District 3 Meeting
2021-07-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Democratic Party politicians made and broke promises on defunding, NYC Democrat mayor-elect Eric Adams ran against defunding with the increase in violent crime being a key aspect of the elections, Biden is encouraging the hiring of more police, the GOP is blaming BLM and the defund demand for increase in crime – Where are we, where do we go from here? How should BLM and DSA respond to the increase in violent crime and working people’s concerns about that? Should the BLM movement introduce new demands?
We’ll also discuss, what is Compassion Seattle – you may have ran into their canvassers – what is our approach to it as socialists, how should we respond to the canvassers, and what are we doing about Compassion Seattle? We’ll also get updates on the Nikkita for 9 campaign and the Kshama Sawant Solidarity Campaign.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81295906973

District 3 Movie Night: Power to Heal
2021-07-02 18:30 - 21:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join District 3 comrades for our monthly movie night!
This month we’ll be watching Power to Heal, a documentary about the fight for Medicare and the desegregation of the US hospital system.
We’ll watch the film together and have a discussion afterward.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83076099147
Stream link: https://sdsa-owncast.ddns.net/

District 4 Reading Group: Caliban and the Witch
2021-07-03 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual, WA, United States
Join the District 4 reading group Saturday 7/3 at 4:00 pm to continue with the book “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading Chapter 4 “The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe” (UPDATED).
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA. If you are catching up, don’t worry. The book is amazing, focusing Marxist thought on misogyny and racist colonialism in the transition to capitalism in Europe, and the discussion is relevant and wide ranging.
Zoom link https://washington.zoom.us/j/92223147165 .

July General Membership Meeting
2021-07-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA for our July General Membership Meeting! This will be a business meeting. We will post resolutions in Slack and ActionNetwork as they become available. We will also email them to our members.

This is a virtual meeting. For Zoom login info, please RSVP by registering here!
The proposed agenda for our monthly membership meeting will be posted here shortly. If you have an announcement or suggestion for the agenda, please email info@SeattleDSA.org or contact the Local Council on Slack.

District 2: BBQ @ Seward Park - meet us near shelter 2
2021-07-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Seward Park (near Shelter 2), Seward Park, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us for our BBQ in Seward Park on Thursday, July 8, 6.30pm @ Seward Park, meet us near shelter 2, https://goo.gl/maps/5TLExrDiB1cUbXC78 . Please bring something to drink and eat → to coordinate that, use this table. If you can, please bring your own reusable plates, cups etc.

District 4 Mutual Aid
2021-07-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-07-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-07-23 19:00 - 20:30 | University Playground, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Friday at 7pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

Seattle DSA Healthcare Working Group
2021-07-10 12:00 - 13:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States

District 2: Soccer and social - back at Brighton Playfield
2021-07-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-17 17:00 - 19:00, 2021-07-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join us → Saturdays, 5pm at Brighton Playfield

Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee
2021-07-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Monthly meeting of the Seattle DSA for Stephanie subcommittee.
We normally meet on the first Monday of the month but due to the July 4 holiday weekend we are meeting on July 12.
RSVP here and please spread the word.
Agenda will be posted later.
Alternatively, if you want to help with the work but can’t make monthly meetings, you can sign up to volunteer for specific tasks.

Census Phone Banking
2021-07-12 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-07-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-07-17 13:00 - 14:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Help us make phone calls to reach out to EVERY member of Seattle DSA so we can better understand the make-up of our chapter and provide valuable information to Working Groups, District Groups, and the Local Council which will help us engage more members and build power for socialism!
We’ll start with a training to get everyone oriented to the phone banking process before doing an hour of calls, after which we’ll chat about how it went at the end. We’re only making calls to DSA members so it’s very easy — people are generally happy to hear from you! When you RSVP you will be taken to a link for this event – remember to mark it on your calendar.
RSVP HERE FOR MONDAY 7/12
RSVP HERE FOR THURSDAY 7/15
RSVP HERE FOR SATURDAY 7/17

Divest SPD meeting
2021-07-13 17:00 - 18:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Come to find out ways you can get involved in our campaigns to get the Seattle Foundation and Starbucks to divest from Seattle Police Foundation and reinvest in BIPOC community organizations.
RSVP HERE!

July 2021 Immigration Justice Working Group Meeting
2021-07-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Hi folks! As mentioned in email, we have changed our monthly meetings to be every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 6pm-8pm. Our July meeting will be July 13th from 6pm-8pm. Click here to view the agenda.
We will continue planning a refresher check-in for all our accompaniment volunteers, where we’ll talk about how accompaniment has changed during COVID and what we can do moving forward. See you there!

Census Phone Banking
2021-07-14 17:00 - 18:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Help us make phone calls to reach out to EVERY member of Seattle DSA so we can better understand the make-up of our chapter and provide valuable information to Working Groups, District Groups, and the Local Council which will help us engage more members and build power for socialism!
We’ll start with a training to get everyone oriented to the phone banking process before doing an hour of calls, after which we’ll chat about how it went at the end. We’re only making calls to DSA members so it’s very easy — people are generally happy to hear from you! When you RSVP you will be taken to a link for this event – remember to mark it on your calendar.
RSVP HERE TO MAKE CALLS ON WEDS, 7/14 @ 5PM

District 6 Kickoff Meeting
2021-07-14 20:00 - 21:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Are you a DSA member in District 6 (Dan Strauss’s City Council district)? Would you like to meet other DSA members who live near you?
This is a district group that is just starting out. We’ll be getting to know each other and finding out where we have mutual interests. Whether you’ve been to a number of Seattle DSA events or are joining us for the first time, we value what you have to say!
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July Electoral Committee Meeting
2021-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
The Seattle DSA Electoral Committee normally meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7 PM.
Check the electoral committee channel on DSA Slack for an agenda.
Please RSVP here then check your email for zoom details.

Housing Justice Working Group Visioning Retreat
2021-07-18 14:00 - 18:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group visioning retreat and help us build a strategy for socialized housing!
In our first 5 months, Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group led a Legislative Town Hall; rallied for Tenant and Amazon worker rights; and joined coalitions to fight for tenant rights in King County and organize against the anti-homeless Charter Amendment 29. This retreat is an opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned and welcome new members.
Serious snacks, amazing comrades and a little music! This event will be held outdoors at a private home in Columbia City. RSVP HERE for details.

Stop the Right-Wing Recall! SDSA In-Person Fundraiser with Kshama Sawant, Briahna Joy Gray & Meagan Day
2021-07-18 16:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Millionaires and billionaires are lining up against Kshama and supporting the recall effort. The Kshama Solidarity Campaign needs our material support.
Join your comrades in-person for food, drink, and merriment in an effort to fundraise for the Kshama Solidarity Campaign, featuring Briahna Joy Gray and Meagan Day as speakers, as well as SDSA members!

Sunny R, Seattle DSA member and PRO Act organizer
Olivia L, Seattle DSA Local Council member
Briahna Joy Gray was press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, and is currently co-host of popular podcast Bad Faith.
Meagan Day is a staff writer for Jacobin, and co-author of the book Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism

Kshama will need all the help she can get. Big money is lining up against her, and the Recall Campaign has already raised over half a million dollars. Donors to the recall campaign include Amazon Senior VP Doug Herrington and billionaire developer Martin Selig. To go up against this elite donor class, we’ll need thousands of small-dollar donations.
Come on out and eat, drink, enjoy a bit of music, and be merry with fellow socialists – and please bring your checkbook or credit card!
The event will be held at a private home in Columbia City. Please RSVP at the link below, and we will send you the venue information.
If you can’t join us, you can still make a contribution to this important campaign at https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/donate.
Note: This event will be livestreamed starting at 5:30 PM. For details, visit https://seattledsa.org/kshama/

RSVP HERE FOR THE ADDRESS!

Ecosocialism Discussion Meeting
2021-07-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual, WA, United States
Join us to discuss articles, books, and current events. Expanding our understanding of ecosocialist theory helps us develop effective strategies for bringing about transformative changes. Questions? Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org
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PRO Act Rally
2021-07-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Henry M Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, United States
From the AFL-CIO and Washington State Labor Council:
President Biden has consistently urged Congress to send the PRO Act, labor law reform and civil rights, democracy and economic stimulus legislation, to his desk—but the Senate hasn’t yet. So we’re rallying and marching across the country, calling on our senators to pass the PRO Act now.
More information and registration here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/pass-the-pro-act-29
The PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act is a key element of the national Green New Deal strategy in DSA. Our phone calls have made a difference in getting key Senators on board. Now we need to support our movement partners to pass this bill!

District 2: DSA National Convention Preparation
2021-07-22 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Join us for a discussion on the upcoming National Convention. We’ll highlight some resolutions, discussions around the platform – and want to hear your thoughts about all of that!

*RESCHEDULED* Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education Monthly Meeting
2021-07-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, WA, United States
Due to a scheduling error, the Tech Worker Labor Organizing and Education that was listed for this date and time will actually take place next Thursday evening. Event info will be posted shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Canvass for Nikkita Oliver
2021-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Beacon Hill Playground, 1902 13th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Meet at 10 AM at Beacon Hill Playground for a get-out-the-vote canvass! New canvassers will be provided in-depth training and there’s snacks!
Join Seattle DSA, Sage Leaders, and Emerald Youth Organizing Collective to bring the movement into office and electing Nikkita Oliver to Seattle City Council!

March For Medicare For All - SEATTLE
2021-07-24 13:00 - 17:00 | WA
July 24, 1-5pm at Westlake Park, 401 Pine St, Seattle.
The Movement to enact and implement Medicare For All will be materializing as nation-wide Solidarity events on July 24, 2021, under the banner “March For Medicare For All.” Please join Seattle DSA and a growing coalition of individuals and organizations as we collectively demand healthcare justice. We’ll meet at Westlake Park at 1pm, then march to Seattle Center. Speaker and entertainment line-up will be announced shortly. Tabling opportunities also available.
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Labor Committee Meeting - July 2021
2021-07-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Seattle DSA members in unions and/or actively involved in labor organizing: join the Labor Committee for our monthly meeting! The agenda and other details will be posted in the #labor channel on Slack. RSVP through the Action Network link below.
RSVP here!

District 4 Reading Group: Caliban and the Witch
2021-07-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join the District 4 reading group July 29th at 6:30 pm to read “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici — https://libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici. We will be reading the last Chapter “Colonization and Christianization”.
This event is open to DSA members and anyone curious about DSA.
Zoom Details:
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Action Meeting: Nikkita for 9! Socialists & Elections. Next District 3 Meeting
2021-07-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The August 3rd primaries is fast approaching, and Nikkita Oliver is in a strong position to advance to the general election. They have a raft of endorsements from labor to community organizations and have fielded an impressive army of volunteers to doorknock and host community events.
And it’s paying off big time – according to a recent poll Nikkita Oliver has twice the support of their nearest opponent, 26% to Sara Nelson’s 12%. However, with 50% of those polled unsure who they will vote for there’s plenty of work that still needs to be done. And we can help: Join a doorknock! Talk to a neighbor! Vote!
Join District 3 DSA members this Thursday to discuss Nikkita Olivers platform and what we can do to help in the final days. We’ll also discuss why socialists run for office, whats the role of socialists when elected, how we can hold them accountable to the community/movements that elect them, and what the role of DSA is in electing socialists, and more!
We’ll also discuss the extreme weather driven by the climate crisis that is causing havoc and death across the globe.
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