Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

General Membership Meeting - February 2022
2022-02-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The General Membership Meeting is our largest meeting of the month to hear from working groups and members on programs that they’re organizing, discuss our direction, and plan for the coming month. All are welcome!
Register Here

Seattle DSA Political Education Working Group Monthly Meeting
2022-02-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Cafe Solstice (Capitol Hill), 925 E Thomas St, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Monthly meeting of the SDSA Political Education Working Group. If you’re interested in working on member political education efforts, come on by! Look for us at the reserved table in the back or upstairs.

District 4 Mutual Aid
2022-02-03 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-02-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-02-17 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-02-24 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-03-03 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-03-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-03-17 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.

D4 Mutual Aid
2022-02-04 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-02-11 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-02-18 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-02-25 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-03-04 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-03-11 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-03-18 16:30 - 18:00 | University Playground, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Friday 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.

Peoples Breakfast: UDistrict
2022-02-06 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-02-13 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-02-20 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-02-27 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-06 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-13 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-03-20 08:00 - 11:00 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen. Optional outdoors. Must be vaccinated.

Scrambled Eggs, Sausages, Pancakes, and Hashbrowns!
Donuts, Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Water!
Come to cook, eat breakfast, and get to know your unhoused neighbors here in the UDistrict!

Sundays at University Heights Community Center.
Cooking (off-site) = 8:00am – 9:30am.
Serving (UHeights) = 9:30am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Fully funded and operated by Seattle DSA in close collaboration with University Heights Community Center!
We are currently seeking financial supporters to bottom-line a breakfast day!
Each breakfast costs around $120.00 USD in Food+Equipment to serve 60 people.
Our Menu!

Marxist Reading Group
2022-02-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-02-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Meeting for the Marxist reading group. New and seasoned readers of Marxist literature welcome!

For the kick-off meeting (1/9), we’ll be reading The Communist Manifesto.
Kick-off agenda:
1. Intros and such (10 mins)
2. Discussion of the Manifesto (40 mins)
3. Planning future meetings (10 mins)

RSVP for the first meeting here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-group/
Read the Communist Manifesto online

Seattle DSA Local Council Meeting - Auxiliary Series
2022-02-06 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-02-13 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-02-20 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-02-27 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-06 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-13 14:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-20 14:30 - 15:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The Seattle DSA Local Council meets for one hour, twice weekly.
Our primary business meeting is every Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm, excluding days with General Meetings.
We also have an auxiliary, working meeting on Sundays from 2:30-3:30pm.
The registration form below is for the weekly, auxiliary meeting each Sunday @ 2:30 AM.
RSVP Here
We tend to hold formal meetings with votes at the business meetings, and host more informal gatherings for doing work at the Auxilary meetings.
Members are always welcome to attend and observe Local Council meetings. If you have something you would like the LC to discuss or vote on, you can find more information about how to do that and about the Local Council more generally in the private member resources page here.

Communications & Design Office Hours
2022-02-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-20 16:00 - 17:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Our standing agenda is:

Log Tasks from Chapter into Trello
Share a Skill to expand Chapter’s Capacity
Discuss Ideas and Assign Tasks

The Meeting starts at 4 PM. We do not stay for the full hour once work is logged and assignments are made.
RSVP for Zoom Link

SDSA for Gallardo February Meeting
2022-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Monthly meeting of Seattle DSA for Stephanie Gallardo — a subcommittee of the electoral committee.
Come hear about plans for tabling and collecting signatures to get Stephanie on the ballot, endorsement updates, and other volunteer opportunities.
Please join us if you are interested in sending Adam Smith into early retirement and electing Washington State’s own democratic socialist member of Congress.
RSVP here for Zoom info, and please spread the word.
Alternatively, if you want to help with the work but can’t make monthly meetings, you can sign up to volunteer for specific tasks.

Seattle DSA Eastside branch meeting
2022-02-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual: Discord
This online get-together is open to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, non-members who are interested in learning more about the group, and anyone else who’d like to get acquainted with the DSA and its activities.
For meeting details:

Seattle DSA members: reach out to @NeilP through DSA Slack.
All others: Direct message @SeattleDSA_East on Twitter.

D4-D5-Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
A new political education series to sharpen our thinking and communication skills in our organizing for democratic socialism. Many areas of practice will be addressed and tied into the struggle to create an Ecosocialist society. Everyone is welcome to join via Zoom for now; we will meet in D4 or D5 when we can again meet in person. This group will start off with articles or book chapters/excerpts to make it easier for everyone to stay involved.
For February 10th’s meeting, we will be reading this DSA Strategy Document from 2016, a good summary of the political moment in this country and DSA’s strategy to seize the moment!
https://www.dsausa.org/strategy/resistance_rising_socialist_strategy_in_the_age_of_political_revolution/
Here’s the link to attend: https://washington.zoom.us/j/91708325322
Join the D4-D5-Ecosocialism Slack channel to get updates and ask questions: #d4_d5_ecosoc_reading_group

War in Ukraine? Next District 3 Meeting
2022-02-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Russia and the U.S. (along with the E.U. and NATO) have begun amassing troops in Eastern Europe as a Russian invasion of Ukraine appears increasingly imminent. The media frenzy around the rapidly escalating tensions between Russia and the U.S. gives dizzying and terrifying reports of arms deals, troop deployments, sanctions, and political standoffs. Will Russia invade the Ukraine? Why is this happening? What role does or has imperialism played? Who is to blame?
Unfortunately, the Left in the U.S. has been caught mostly flatfooted in its approach to this international crisis. While DSA and some left-wing members of congress have issued good statements in opposition to any escalation to this costly saber rattling, a much deeper and more widespread preparation of the U.S. and Russian working-classes is needed to prevent war and fight imperialism in their respective countries. What’s the role of socialists in the US? What demands could DSA use to help build an anti-war movement against war in Ukraine?
Join D3 this Thursday to learn about and discuss the Ukraine Crisis, how DSA can help build a strong anti-war movement, and how socialists in the U.S. should approach international solidarity. We’ll also be discussing the Joe Rogan controversy and whether socialists should support deplatoforming and the exciting Starbucks Workers Solidarity Campaign.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82224592062

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-02-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-02-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet other teachers and educators as we socialize and discuss how we can improve our workplaces! We meet every other week, alternating between socials and political/reading discussions and action planning. Teachers and educators from other districts welcome! Invite your coworkers!
Meet on the patio of Chuck’s Hop Shop, central district.
On Friday, July 15th at 5pm, we’ll be continuing a discussion on Joe Burns’ new book Class Struggle Unionism. This week: Chapter 4: Class Struggle Unionists Fight for the Entire Working Class. Didn’t read the chapter? No worries! Come as you are.

DSA Tabling at Renton Highlands Library
2022-02-12 12:30 - 14:30 | Renton Highlands Library, 2801 NE 10th St, Renton, WA, 98056, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress.
We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo activities in south King County and eastside.
Look for the Seattle DSA table near the library entrance.
We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required), so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

DSA Tabling at Columbia City PCC
2022-02-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Columbia City PCC (and more!), 3610 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress.
We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo activities, with our first Seattle tabling event of 2022.
Look for the Seattle DSA table near the PCC entrance.
We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required) so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Mobilization Reading Group
2022-02-13 14:00 - 15:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
The summer of 2020 was a time of tumultuous activity. What long-term political effects did it have on Seattle? What can socialists learn from it? Join us to reflect on Phil A. Neel’s The Spiral, an epilogue to the French Edition of Hinterland: America’s New Landscape of Class and Conflict and what it might suggest about where we can go from here.
Register here from Zoom information: https://actionnetwork.org/events/mobilization-reading-group

Starbucks Solidarity Rally
2022-02-15 08:00 - 09:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Show up in solidarity with local Seattle Starbucks workers at Starbucks HQ to tell Starbucks that union busting is disgusting!
Seven union activists were unjustly fired from their Starbucks after filling for a union election, and local partners are demanding that they be rehired immediately. Come join us in protesting the unfair firing of the ‘Memphis 7′ Starbucks workers here in Starbucks’ hometown.
RSVP Here

POSTER IN DISTRICT 3 - STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY
2022-02-17 17:30 - 18:30 | Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, 140 Broadway E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join District 3 members (all are welcome!) this Thursday at 5:30pm outside the Cap Hill Light Rail Station on Broadway and John to get the word out about the Starbucks workers unionization efforts and Starbucks union-busting.

Electoral Committee Meeting
2022-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
The Seattle DSA Electoral Committee February 2022 meeting.
The agenda will include::

Stephanie Gallardo for Congress update and call to action
Electing new co-chairs for 2022
Reviewing endorsement questionnaires for 2022
A general review of electoral strategies and tactics, and starting to accumulate lessons learned from DSA and other progressive candidate races throughout King County

RSVP Here for Zoom details.

STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY - TABLE OUTSIDE STARBUCKS STORE / POSTER IN DISTRICT 3
2022-02-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Starbucks, 17901 108th Ave SE, Renton, WA, 98055, United States
Join District 3 members (all are welcome!) this Saturday 11-1pm outside the Starbucks store on Broadway and Denny in Cap Hill to talk with customers and passerbys about the Starbucks workers union drive, what they’re fighting for, and the draconian efforts of Starbucks to bust the union. We’ll be asking people to sign a pledge sheet to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers.
If you’d rather poster than table, come to the table between 11-1p and pick up posters and postering supplies and head on out to paper the District in these beautiful posters:

DSA Tabling in Bellevue
2022-02-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Robinswood Community Park, 2432 148th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA, 98007, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress.
We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo activities in south King County and eastside.
We will be at Robinswood Community Park Saturday Feb 19 from 1 to 3 PM.
Look for us at the north side of the park, just below the parking lot.
We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required), so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Starbucks Workers Solidarity - POSTER in District 4
2022-02-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Cafe Allegro, 4214 "The Ave" (University Way ), Seattle, WA, United States
Feeling inspired by the Starbucks Workers organizing coast to coast which now counts over ONE HUNDRED STORES?? Angry at Starbucks ruthless union-busting??
Pitch in and join us to hang up these beautiful solidarity posters around the U-district:

DSA Tabling at Columbia City PCC
2022-02-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Columbia City PCC (and more!), 3610 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress.
We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo tabling activities.
Look for the Seattle DSA table near the PCC entrance.
We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required) so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY – TABLE OUTSIDE STARBUCKS STORE / POSTER IN DISTRICT 3
2022-02-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Starbucks Roastery, 1124 Pike St,, Seattle
Join District 3 members (all are welcome!) this Sunday 11-1pm outside the Starbucks Roastery on Pike and Minor Ave in Cap Hill to talk with customers and passerbys about the Starbucks workers union drive, what they’re fighting for, and the draconian efforts of Starbucks to bust the union. We’ll be asking people to sign a pledge sheet to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers.
If you’d rather poster than table, come to the table between 11-1p and pick up posters and postering supplies and head on out to paper the District in these beautiful posters:

Workplace Organizing Collective
2022-02-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Are you organizing your workplace, or thinking about it?

The Workplace Organizing Collective is a space for workers regardless of their field to come talk about how they might improve their working conditions and gain more power in the workplace.

Come find support and give support! Solidarity.

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/workplace-organizing-collective/

Co-chair Training
2022-02-20 14:00 - 16:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Co-chairs are the people who help keep working groups and committees on track to achieving their goals. The people in these roles are super important to Seattle DSA being able to win victories for working class people; without co-chairs, groups’ activities can become uncoordinated, new members have a hard time getting involved, and the work of the group slows down or stalls out completely.

In the spirit of creating support for those who are in this role or considering being in this role, the Local Council is offering this Co-chair Training. Topics covered in this training will include how to:

grow your group
engage people in your group’s work
utilize chapter resources
hold effective meetings
build leadership
avoid burn-out
and more

Again, this is open to anyone, whether you are a co-chair currently, are potentially interested in being a co-chair, or are just curious. RSVP here for the Zoom link.

Mobilization Committee Meeting
2022-02-20 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-03-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Mobilization Committee meets to discuss resistance against fascist, racist, and homophobic agents. We talk frequently about the history of resistance, and how we can take action now.

Marxist Reading Group
2022-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The Marxist Reading Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature!
Please join us this week for our discussion of chapter 1 of The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin (full text here). Please also take a look at the supplementary reading, What is Marxism? (full text).
Please RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-group-state-and-revolution-chapter-1/

Labor Working Group February 2022 meeting
2022-02-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Come join us for the February labor working group meeting. Look for the agenda in the labor channel on slack!
RSVP Here:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-working-group-february-2022-meeting/

STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY – TABLE OUTSIDE STARBUCKS STORE
2022-02-23 16:00 - 17:30 | Starbucks AGC, 1200 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA, United States
Join SDSA members this Wednesday 4-5:30pm outside the Starbucks store on 1200 Westlake Ave N to talk with customers and community members about the Starbucks workers union drive, what they’re fighting for, and Starbucks draconian union-busting. We’ll be asking people to sign a pledge sheet to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers.

Online New Member Orientation
2022-02-23 18:00 - 19:30 | On Zoom, 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

D4-D5-Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-02-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
A new political education series to sharpen our thinking and communication skills in our organizing for democratic socialism, meeting every two weeks. Readings for this meeting are short, one theoretical, Michael Löwy’s “Why Ecosocialism: For a Red-Green Future” and one practical, https://www.electgallardo.com/platform/climate-action . Zoom link is https://washington.zoom.us/j/97214815559. Hope to see you there.
Also join the conversation on our Slack channel: #d4_d5_ecosoc_reading_group.

Suds & Solidarity in District 3
2022-02-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join District 3 Members this Thursday at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District! We’ll hangout, get to know each other, talk about Starbucks Workers Solidarity, and, if you’re up for it, go plaster the neighborhood with these Starbucks worker solidarity posters.

AM Coffee in the Park & Starbucks Workers Solidarity TABLE
2022-02-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Starbucks Broadway & Denny, 101 Broadway E,, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Seattle DSA members are getting together Saturday morning at 9:30am at Volunteer Park to make coffee with camp stoves (don’t worry if you don’t have one, we’ll have plenty!) and chat about Starbucks workers unionization drive, potential war in Ukraine, or just get to know each other while we have our morning cup.
Afterwards we’ll head over to the Broadway and Denny store and table outside from 11-1pm to talk with customers and community members about the Starbucks workers union drive and Starbucks ruthless union-busting. We’ll be asking people to sign a pledge sheet to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers.
If you’d rather poster than table, come to the table between 11-1p and pick up posters and postering supplies and head on out to paper the District in these beautiful posters:

DSA Tabling at Kent Transit Station
2022-02-26 12:00 - 14:00 | Kent Transit Station, 514 Ramsay Way, Kent, WA, 98032, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress.
We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo activities in south King County and eastside.
We will be at the Kent Transit Station Saturday Feb 26 from noon to 2 PM.
Look for a table with an orange Gallardo banner like this one near the Dilettante Cafe at Kent Station.
We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.
Please RSVP here so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Starbucks Workers Solidarity – POSTER in Fremont
2022-02-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Pel Meni Dumpling Tzar, 3518 Fremont Pl N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Feeling inspired by the Starbucks Workers organizing coast to coast which now counts over ONE HUNDRED STORES?? Angry at Starbucks ruthless union-busting?? Pitch in and join us to hang up these beautiful solidarity posters around Fremont!

RSVP here!

Starbucks Solidarity Tabling D6
2022-02-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Ballard Farmers Market, 5345 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Join fellow D6ers to table outside the Sunday Ballard Farmer’s Market to gather solidarity pledge signatures. Or, if postering is more your speed, feel free to drop by and pick up some posters to hang up around the neighborhood instead.
RSVP here!

Starbucks Subcom Meeting
2022-02-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Labor working group subcommittee meeting to organize Starbucks campaign.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-subcom-meeting/

General Membership Meeting - March 2022
2022-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA

War in Ukraine! What should DSA & socialists in congress call for / demand? Next District 3 Mtg
2022-03-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join District 3 members to discuss the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia, what’s driving this, and what DSA should do / call for and what should Bernie and the Squad call for? Should we support sanctions / targeted sanctions? Everyday Ukrainians are taking up arms to repulse the Russian invaders, what do we think of that? If we, as socialists, were in Ukraine would we call for this? Support it? What about US and European ruling classes sending arms to Ukraine, should we support that?
We’ll also discuss the inspiring Starbucks workers unionization campaign and activities going on to support it in D3 and elsewhere in Seattle.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82502179004

District 2: War in Ukraine - what is happening and what can socialists do to build an anti-war movement?
2022-03-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Hill City Tap House, 5303 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
SDSA D2 Meeting: Thursday, March3, 6.30pm at Hill City Tap House, https://goo.gl/maps/67J7H8pp4kweDwF66 (outside, please wear a mask)

Hi comrades,
Please join us on Thursday for a discussion on the war in the Ukraine at the Hill City Tap House at 6.30pm.
We will also hear updates on the Starbucks worker solidarity work and put up some posters afterwards.
See you there?

Your D2 Co-Conveners
Harris Liebermann, (206) 962-1352, mrharris315@gmail.com
Phil Rudd, (214) 557-6208, philliprrudd@gmail.com
Stephan Kimmerle, (612) 203-7493, stephan.kimmerle@gmail.com

STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY - Postering
2022-03-05 11:00 - 12:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The Starbucks workers who work at the store on Broadway & Denny are voting this month on whether to form a union. This is a critical time get the word out about the Starbucks workers unionizing and the draconian union-busting of Starbucks. Join District 3 members this Saturday to poster our solidarity all over D3. We’ll be meeting up at the Cap Hill Light Rail Station on Broadway & John at 11am.

DSA Tabling at Tukwila Library
2022-03-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Tukwila Library, 14380 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Let’s get out there and talk to our neighbors about the DSA-endorsed campaign of Stephanie Gallardo for Congress. We are continuing our DSA for Gallardo tabling activities.

Look for the Seattle DSA table near the library entrance.

We will have a table, banner, literature, yards signs, signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, sunscreen etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask.

Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required) so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Starbucks Solidarity Tabling D6
2022-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Ballard Farmers Market, 5345 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Join fellow D6ers to table outside the Sunday Ballard Farmers Market to gather solidarity pledge signatures. Or, if postering is more your speed, feel free to drop by and pick up some posters to hang up around the neighborhood instead.

RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-solidarity-tabling-d6-2/

SDSA for Gallardo Signature Gathering - Newcastle Lake Boren Park
2022-03-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Lake Boren Park, 13058 SE 84th Way, Seattle, WA, 98056, United States
Let’s get out there and collect signatures to get Stephanie Gallardo on the ballot for Congress in the WA-09! We need ~2,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, and will be tabling with Seattle DSA at Lake Boren Park in Newcastle.

Look for the orange table setup near the tennis courts and parking lot.

We will have a table, banner, literature, and signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask. Training on site provided!

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sdsa-for-gallardo-signature-gathering-newcastle-lake-boren-park/

Workplace Organizing Collective (WOC)
2022-03-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Are you organizing your workplace, or thinking about it?

The Workplace Organizing Collective is a space for workers regardless of their field, organizing knowledge, or how organized their workplace currently is to come talk about how they might improve their working conditions and gain more power in the workplace.

Come find support and give support! Solidarity.
RSVP here.

SDSA for Gallardo March Meeting
2022-03-07 18:00 - 19:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, particularly as to how they pertain to our modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Reading for this week: Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution (Chapters 2 & 3)
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-discussion-group-the-state-and-revolution/

Seattle DSA Eastside branch meeting
2022-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
This online get-together is open to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, non-members who are interested in learning more about the group, and anyone else who’d like to get acquainted with the DSA and its activities.
For meeting details:

Seattle DSA members: reach out via the #local_Eastside channel in the Seattle DSA Slack.
All others: Direct message @SeattleDSA_East on Twitter.

Suds & Solidarity in District 3
2022-03-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join District 3 Members (all are welcome!) this Wednesday at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District! We’ll hangout, get to know each other, talk about Starbucks Workers Solidarity, the War in Ukraine, and, if you’re up for it, go plaster the neighborhood with these Starbucks worker solidarity posters.

Anti-War Discussion on Ukraine/Russia Organizing
2022-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s encroachment east, there is the potential for a global conflict on the scale of WW3. As a chapter, we want to begin to have a conversation regarding analysis, strategy, and actions we can take in this quickly evolving situation. Come join us so we can begin these important conversations.
This meeting is open to all members and outside organizing partners interested in being a part of a conversation on how we can build an anti-war coalition and movement in Seattle.
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/anti-war-discussion-on-ukrainerussia-organizing/

D4.D5.Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 | https://washington.zoom.us/j/91708325322
A new political education series to sharpen our thinking and communication skills in our organizing for democratic socialism. Many areas of practice will be addressed and tied into the struggle to create an Ecosocialist society. Everyone is welcome to join via Zoom for now; we will meet in D4 or D5 when we can again meet in person. This group will start off with articles or book chapters/excerpts to make it easier for everyone to stay involved.
On Thursday, March 10 we will be discussing the article, “Ecological Politics for The Working Class” by Matt T Huber:
https://catalyst-journal.com/2019/07/ecological-politics-for-the-working-class
The article reflects on approaches within the environmental movement based on the class interests they represent, and it attempts to address what a working class ecological movement would consist of, as opposed to a movement led by the PMC.

SDSA For Gallardo Signature Gathering - Columbia City PCC
2022-03-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Columbia City PCC (and more!), 3610 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Let’s get out there and collect signatures to get Stephanie Gallardo on the ballot for Congress in the WA-09! We need ~2,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, and will be tabling with Seattle DSA at the Columbia City PCC to get them.

Look for the Orange Gallardo table setup near the PCC entrance and covered bike racks. Address for store is 3610 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118.

We will have a table, banner, literature, and signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask. Training on site provided!

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sdsa-for-gallardo-signature-gathering-columbia-city-pcc/

STARBUCKS WORKER SOLIDARITY – TABLE on the Ave (District 4)
2022-03-12 13:00 - 15:00 | University Way NE & NE 42nd St, University Way NE & NE 42nd St, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join SDSA members (all are welcome!) this Saturday 1-3pm on the corner of 42nd & University Way (“the Ave”) to talk with community members about the Starbucks workers union drive, what they’re fighting for, and Starbucks’ draconian union-busting. We’ll be asking people to sign a pledge sheet to stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers.
If you’d rather poster than table, come to the table between 1-3p and pick up posters and postering supplies and head on out to paper the District in these beautiful posters:

SDSA for Gallardo Signature Gathering - Renton Transit Center
2022-03-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Renton Transit Center, 257 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Let’s get out there and collect signatures to get Stephanie Gallardo on the ballot for Congress in the WA-09! We need ~2,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, and will be tabling with Seattle DSA at the Renton Transit Center.

Look for the Orange Gallardo table setup near the coffee and snack shop located in the middle of the transit center. Address is 257 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA 98057

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/sdsa-for-gallardo-signature-gathering-renton-transit-center/

Starbucks Solidarity Table at Ballard Farmer's Market
2022-03-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Ballard Farmers Market, 5345 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Come join fellow SDSA and D6 members in tabling in Solidarity with the local Starbucks unionizing campaign! If you’d like to poster instead, we’ll have some available as well. Meet at the mushrooms.

RESCHEDULING GND/Ecosocialism Meeting - open and read on...
2022-03-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
This one CANCELLED
Help us figure out a better time to meet by filling out our When2Meet poll.
Based on the poll, we will resume bi-weekly meetings 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 fight for Green New Deal measures at national, state and local levels. Questions? Email greennewdeal@seattledsa.org

Starbucks Subcom Meeting
2022-03-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Labor working group subcommittee meeting to organize Starbucks campaign. Stand in solidarity with starbucks workers as they fight for unions all over the country and help organize events for our Starbucks Solidarity campaign!

RSVP for Zoom Information

🍻Suds & Solidarity🌹 in District 3
2022-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join District 3 Members (all are welcome!) this Wednesday at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District! We’ll hangout, get to know each other, talk about the STRIKE at the Starbucks Denver store & the Starbucks union-busting at the Roastery, the War in Ukraine, and, if you’re up for it, go plaster the neighborhood with these Starbucks worker solidarity posters.

SDSA for Gallardo Signature Gathering - Auburn Transit Center
2022-03-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Auburn Transit Center, Auburn Transit Center, Auburn, WA, 98001, United States
Let’s get out there and collect signatures to get Stephanie Gallardo on the ballot for Congress in the WA-09! We need ~2,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, and will be tabling with Seattle DSA at the Auburn Transit Center.
Look for the Gallardo table near the two coffee shops across the street from the Auburn Transit Center (closest address 110 2nd St SW #130, Auburn, WA 98001)
We will have a table, banner, literature, and signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask. Training on site provided!
Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required), so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Seattle DSA Chapter Convention 2022
2022-03-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Chapter Convention is Seattle DSA’s largest business meeting of the year. In it, we elect new leadership from members like you, discuss priorities for the coming year, and vote on any resolutions or bylaws changes needed to support those programs.
Due to the pandemic, we will need to wait until closer to the even to determine whether to hold it online or in-person.
Register for Chapter Convention

Post-Convention Social @ Clock-Out Lounge!
2022-03-19 17:00 - 20:30 | Clock-out Lounge, 4864 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
After the annual Local Convention (RSVP here if you haven’t yet!) let’s get together for pizza, drinks, and some much needed in-person socializing with your SDSA comrades! Please RSVP to the social here to help us know how many people to expect and to receive info about any unforeseen changes to the event.

SDSA for Gallardo Signature Gathering - Leschi BluWater Bistro
2022-03-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Leschi BluWater Bistro, 102 Lakeside Ave, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Let’s get out there and collect signatures to get Stephanie Gallardo on the ballot for Congress in the WA-09! We need ~2,000 signatures from registered voters in the district, and will be tabling with Seattle DSA outside the BluWater Bistro in Seattle Leschi neighborhood.

Look for the Gallardo table near the BluWater Bistro along Lakeside Ave. We also intend to walk around the neighborhood and visit nearby shops and cafes for signature gathering. Address below:

102 Lakeside Ave, Seattle, WA 98112

We will have a table, banner, literature, and signature forms to get Stephanie on the ballot, hand sanitizer, etc. Just bring your positive attitude and your mask. Training on site provided!

Please RSVP here (encouraged but not required), so we have a sense of how many people we can count on.

Workplace Organizing Collective (WOC)
2022-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Are you organizing your workplace, or thinking about it?

The Workplace Organizing Collective is a space for workers regardless of their field, organizing knowledge, or how organized their workplace currently is to come talk about how they might improve their working conditions and gain more power in the workplace.

Come find support and give support! Solidarity.

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/workplace-organizing-collective-woc-2/
