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Hello, Scott 2019 Campaign supporters and volunteers! Ballots have dropped and we're in the final stretch of the campaign, so it’s time to get out the vote for Shaun Scott! Please join this Sunday to knock doors in Wallingford so we can encourage our neighbors to vote Scott for Seattle City Council on Tuesday, ... Read more
Let’s sharpen our thinking and build a powerful movement to halt climate change and win environmental justice. Join us at the Coworking Space at Ada's Technical Books and Cafe.
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] For our October session, ... Read more
Join us at University of Washington's Red Square at 6:00 p.m. as we crowd canvass by talking to students about College for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders' platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for Bernie Campaign! We have a brief training to start and ... Read more
A frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout District 2. We are haunted by a ghost—the ghost of Communism! Join the District 2 Reading group, where we will be reading and discussing socialists texts from throughout our rich shared history, from Marx and Engels through contemporary writers. In this session, we will be reading part of Bhaskar Sunkara’s ... Read more
It's the final stretch before the election - come knock doors for Shaun Scott this Wednesday! Shaun is a democratic socialist running for Seattle City Council District 4, advocating for a Green New Deal for Seattle, public housing, municipal broadband, and so much more! The general election for Seattle City Council is on November 5th ... Read more
From the Shaun Scott for City Council – District 4 Campaign: Hello, Shaun Scott 2019 Campaign supporters and volunteers! It’s time for another Thursday coalition canvass of our neighbors in District 4! We will be knocking doors in around the Ravenna neighborhood and encouraging folks to vote Scott for Seattle City Council on Tuesday, November ... Read more
Come join Ona, an Indigenous youth activist and organizer at 12:00 PM in the Seattle City Hall Plaza this Friday, November 1st! Ona is organizing with the support of her Fridays for Future friends to hold #CupcakesAgainstCapitalism to continue her #OnaTakesOnAmazon movement, decrying the exorbitant expenditures Amazon is pumping into our local elections. One last ... Read more
Hello, Scott 2019 Campaign supporters and volunteers! Ballots are out and it's the FINAL STRETCH before election day – so it’s time to get out the vote for Shaun Scott! Please join this Saturday to knock doors so we can encourage our neighbors to vote Scott for Seattle City Council on Tuesday, November 5th. We'll ... Read more
Hi Comrades! Our next discussion will be this Saturday, November 2, from 5-7pm at the 15th Ave Victrola (411 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112). We'll be meeting in the back study room. Here are the readings: * "Dismantling the School-to-Soldier Pipeline" An interview with the organizer of an effort to dismantle the JROTC program ... Read more
Buffy, Broomsticks, and Brews: A Witchy Post-Halloween Queer and Feminist Spectacular Come on down to 4200 S Othello St Seattle, WA 98118 to soothe your Halloween hangover with that episode of Buffy where they get possessed by Halloween costumes, a dramatic reading from the socialist feminist classic Caliban and the Witch, and a potluck dinner! ... Read more
Hello, Scott 2019 Campaign supporters and volunteers! Ballots are out and it's the final Sunday canvass fo the campaign – so it’s time to get out the vote for Shaun Scott! Please join this Sunday to canvass so we can encourage our neighbors to vote Scott for Seattle City Council on Tuesday, November 5th. ... Read more
District 2 DSA Meetup. Join us for a discussion on: The Growing Movement for Impeachment: How Should DSA and the Left Respond? Plus a report from Chilean human rights activist Vero Barrera-Kolb on the protests in Chile and around the world Impeachment is becoming an issue that can't be ignored. The Republican officials are falling ... Read more
There is NO General Meeting today! Please make sure to turn your ballots in! In Seattle, you are able to register to vote the same day as Election Day, as well as vote at a King County Election Center - more information is available here. If you didn't get the chance to mail in your ... Read more
Kshama Sawant's election night party will be held at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144 starting at 7:00 PM - District 3 Residents and Campaign Volunteers are welcome to attend! Shaun Scott's election party will be held at the Westy Roosevelt, 1215 NE 65th St, Seattle, WA 98115 ... Read more
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.
Join us at South Seattle College Library at 11:30 a.m. as we crowd canvass by talking to students about College for All, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders’ platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for Bernie Campaign! We have a brief training to ... Read more
The Seattle DSA Mobilization Committee will be meeting virtually via a Zoom Call. Please email [email protected] for access to the Zoom Meeting. The Seattle DSA Mobilization Committee organizes around antifascism, direct action, and has a commitment to supporting communities under attack from fascist and right-wing violence.
Socialism is experiencing a historic resurgence and new members are joining Seattle DSA all the time! Join us to plan and work on projects to help new members get involved in our chapter, and to re-engage and mobilize current members. The Meeting Room of the Northeast Branch of the Seattle Public Library is fully accessible.
A DSA member is hosting a texting banking party for Medicare for All through National Nurses United. 4200 S Othello St in the 2nd floor common space of the Assembly 118 apartment building. To get in to the building, go to the west side door and use the system to call for Fernando Medina Corey. ... Read more
The Local Council is the leadership body of Seattle DSA elected every year at our annual convention. This meeting is open only to Seattle DSA members in good standing. For location information and agenda, e-mail [email protected].
Join the Queer & Feminist Caucus for a discussion on the 2020 elections from a feminist perspective. People have a lot on their minds about this election: getting the Predator-in-Chief out of office, choosing the most viable candidate to defeat him, how do we get the socialist policies like Medicare for All and a Green ... Read more
We envision a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. In the short term, Seattle DSA's Green New Deal Committee is developing a campaign to win Free Transit for All county-wide. Join us and the Ecosocialism Caucus, which will be offering a reading group later this fall. (Reading ... Read more
Are you new to Seattle DSA and interested in learning more about us or socialism in general? If so, this New Member Orientation is for you! We’ll give a brief introduction to Democratic Socialism, an overview of the Seattle DSA, and a summary of the projects Seattle DSA is currently engaged in as well as ... Read more
Join us at the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station at 5:30 p.m. as we crowd canvass the light rail station and Seattle Central College by talking about College for All, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders’ platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for ... Read more
Seattle DSA's Monthly General Meeting for November has been rescheduled to this second Tuesday of the month (normally the first Tuesday). As usual it will be at Washington Hall. This event is member friendly and oftentimes has voting on issues affecting the chapter. For inquiries to childcare, contact [email protected]
Both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren support and call for breaking up Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google. Is this the most effective way to end the corporate domination of society? Is this a socialist demand or a radical liberal idea? What’s needed to end the corporate domination of society? What’s the Socialist solution? Also join ... Read more
Join us at South Seattle College Library at 11:30 a.m. as we talk to students about College for All, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders’ platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for Bernie Campaign! We have a brief training to start and talking ... Read more
COMRADES: Workers in the Art Workers Union at the Frye Art Museum are currently in contract negotiations with management to win their first collective bargaining agreement. But management is being less than awesome. They've brought in outside security contractors and instituted a hiring freeze for new security staff who would be part of the UNION ... Read more
Block Amazon's Bid on Biden: Abolish ICE, Save the Planet! Join Seattle DSA, Kshama Sawant, the Shaun Scott campaign, Transit Riders Union, Extinction Rebellion, Seattle Equity Educators, Better Left Network and many others to protest Joe Biden coming to Seattle for a private fundraiser hosted by Amazon's General Counsel and Vice President. It's time to ... Read more
This month the Afrosocialists & Socialists of Color will meet in solidarity with the protest to Block Amazon's Bid on Biden: Abolish ICE, Save the Plant! Join Seattle DSA, Kshama Sawant, the Shaun Scott campaign, Transit Riders Union, Extinction Rebellion, Seattle Equity Educators, Better Left Network and many others to protest Joe Biden coming to ... Read more
Karl Marx, 1867: "Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations." The Earth, 2019: "You should really listen to this guy :-(" It's impossible to ... Read more
Join us at South Seattle College Library at 9:30 a.m. as we talk to students about College for All, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and the rest of Bernie Sanders’ platform while continuing to build momentum for our local Seattle DSA for Bernie Campaign! We have a brief training to start and talking ... Read more
Bernie Sanders: What’s the Socialist Solution to the Climate Crisis? The destruction of the environment is accelerating at breakneck speed. The Amazon is burning. California is ablaze. Glaciers are melting rapidly. According to a devastating UN report, there are only 10 years before the cataclysmic impacts of the climate crisis will begin to be felt ... Read more
Register: https://act.dsausa.org/signup/no-one-illegal-webinar-capitalism-imperialism-and-borders/ Sponsor: Immigrant Rights Working Group – Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Borders throughout the world have become sites of state violence, racist discrimination, and policing of workers freedom of movement. Governments from the US to Mexico, the EU and Israel to name just a few have militarized their boundaries, policed them with guards, ... Read more
We’ll be discussing the election, ideas/opportunities for D4 organizing moving forward, plans for the D4 reading group, and more. This month's meeting is more agenda-driven than some of them. We’ll have snacks and feel free to bring some--but no pressure to do so. D4 is roughly U District, Eastlake, Fremont, Wallingford, Roosevelt, Ravenna, Bryant, Laurelhurst, ... Read more
Hey renter! Do you know your rights? Do you have any questions about them? Do you think we need more tenant protections, such as rent control? Come learn, ask questions, and find out how to organize for more tenant rights at an upcoming Tenant Rights Bootcamp co-hosted by Be:Seattle and the Seattle Democratic Socialists of ... Read more
Labor Notes is coming to the Puget Sound! It’s bigger than one workplace. Budget-cutting politicians and greedy corporations are pushing a coordinated agenda. Employers are looking to balance their budgets off the backs of workers, but workers are fighting back. Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the area to strategize, share skills, and ... Read more
We envision a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. In the short term, Seattle DSA’s Green New Deal Committee is developing a campaign to win Free Transit for All county-wide. Join us and the Ecosocialism Caucus, which is reading Naomi Klein's book On Fire (pdf available). Questions? ... Read more
The Local Council is the leadership body of Seattle DSA elected every year at our annual convention. This meeting is open only to Seattle DSA members in good standing. For a link to the virtual meeting and an agenda, e-mail [email protected].
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