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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.
Calling all union members & others interested in labor organizing! Hang out with Seattle DSA members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in the Labor Committee, and learn how you can get involved! Join the Labor Committee on January 3rd from 4 – 7 PM at Clock-Out Lounge in Beacon ... Read more
Join us for part two of our discussion series on class. We will discuss the following readings: White Collar Populism - Dustin Guastella https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/white-collar-populism/ Professional-Managerial Chasm - Gabriel Winant https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/professional-managerial-chasm/
It’s time for Amazon to pay! Join us to phone bank DSA members about how we should use the funds we could raise from a substantial tax on big business. Working people suffer from rising rents, rising homelessness, rising transit costs, rising sea levels, and rising healthcare costs. Meanwhile, Amazon and other big corporations get ... Read more
We can win a fair and effective Green New Deal to mitigate and reverse the most destructive effects of climate change. In the short term, Seattle DSA’s Green New Deal Committee is developing a campaign to win Free Transit county-wide. Join us together with the Ecosocialism Caucus every other Sunday. We will meet in the ... Read more
Tax Amazon: How can we take on Big Business and Win? Socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, Seattle DSA, unions, and other progressive forces are looking into a TAX AMAZON ballot initiative in 2020 to tax big business to potentially fund affordable housing. To take on Amazon, Starbucks, Alaska Airlines, Boeing, and Microsoft (to name a ... Read more
Seattle DSA holds a General Meeting, first Tuesday of each month at Washington Hall. This event is member friendly and oftentimes has voting on issues affecting the chapter. 2nd Floor Auditorium (2A) Childcare generally available, contact [email protected]
Queer and Queen Bernie Bros unite! Join the Seattle DSA Queer & Feminist Caucus for a Democratic Socialists for Bernie table/crowd canvass in the south end. Meet at Hillman City Collaboratory.
Why did Jeremy Corbyn lose and what are the conclusions for socialists internationally? Was he 'too far left' as the media is saying? Did activists not fight hard enough to get him elected? What was the role of Brexit? Could it have turned out differently? Join District 2 DSA for a conversation about this important ... Read more
Check SDSA Chapter Slack for a link to the meeting invite. Not on Slack? Send your membership email to info |-at-| seattledsa.org to get started.
To signup, visit the DSA National sign-up form here. Join us for an emergency national strategy call to reignite a diverse working-class movement to stop a war with Iran. The U.S. military’s escalation towards war brings us dangerously close to never-ending war with catastrophic consequences for millions of Iranians, Iraqis, and across the Middle East. ... Read more
We are reading The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. A free online version of the text plus epub and mobi downloads are available here -- http://libcom.org/library/dispossessed-ursula-le-guin . Read Chapters 1 and 2 for this meeting. D5? D6? Sure, and everyone welcome regardless of where you live!
Want to bring the class struggle into your union? Want to get involved with the wider labor movement in Seattle? The Seattle DSA Labor Committee invites union members and labor activists to our organizing meeting. We’ll be looking for ideas on how to build a strong campaign in our unions to build support for Bernie ... Read more
----> RSVP HERE <---- Primary season is heating up! We're now less than a month out from the Iowa caucuses, so talking to voters about Bernie and a mass movement to win reforms like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Housing for All is more important than ever. We can win this! So ... Read more
Let's re-appropriate part of PSE's electrical infrastructure and get it off fossil fuel! Whaaa? Through a ballot initiative to allow electricity customers in east King County to vote to transition to a public utility district (PUD) on the 2020 ballot. Join the EKC-PUD kick-off of signature gathering in Kirkland. There will be a morning program ... Read more
Join us at 11AM, Saturday January 11th for the DSA Nationwide Reproductive Rights Strategy Session Webinar! The Right has spent decades attacking abortion access with increasing fervor — increasingly restrictive abortion regulations, firebombs at health clinics, the assassination of providers, the prosecution of individual women, and the setting a legal framework to bestow “personhood” on ... 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 Seattle DSA, Seattle Transit Riders Union, Councilmembers Tammy Morales and Kshama Sawant for a discussion on how we can win a substantial tax on big business in 2020 and what critical services and goods we should use the revenue from a big business tax to fund. 2020 is the year we can win against ... Read more
The Libertarian Socialists within King County and Seattle DSA is holding an open meeting! Open discussion starts at 7pm, meeting starts at 7:30 until Victrola gently kicks us out. We will be meeting in the conference room. The local Libertarian Socialist Caucus members value a flexible, big-tent organizing venue for local lefties (and the left-curious) ... Read more
We’ll discuss chapters 11-13 of Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. (The last chapter we are reading is called "Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum".) 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 ... Read more
Join the fight for social housing! Kshama Sawant will be sworn in for her historic third term at Washington Hall at 6 PM on January 13th by Sara Nelson, International President of Association of Flight Attendants CWA. The event will also be the public kickoff of the Tax Amazon 2020 campaign.
Every week until the March 10, 2020 WA Democratic Primary, Seattle DSA for Bernie is contacting voters in both Seattle and early voting states to encourage them to get on board the Bernie train. Join us on January 14th for a phone bank in Capitol Hill! Feel free to join anytime after 5pm. Snacks + ... Read more
Watch the next Democratic Presidential Debate with the Seattle Democratic Socialists of America! Come to the famous Clock-out Lounge in Beacon Hill, grab a drink and a slice of Breezy-Town Pizza, and cheer Bernie as he takes on establishment Democrats & the billionaire class. The debate is expected to start at 6 PM, but we ... Read more
Join Seattle Democratic Socialists of America for the next Democratic Presidential Debate!Come watch Bernie take on the corporate establishment and its cabal of billionaire wine-cave friends! Cheer and jeer with your fellow left-of-the-dial north-enders over food and libations at the worker-friendly A1 Hop Shop on Greenwood and 144th.The debate is expected to start at 6 ... Read more
Join us for our monthly District 4 meet-up! We’ll discuss upcoming DSA events and campaigns and neighborhood organizing ideas and plans. Then we’ll break for open discussion. The event is open to DSA members from other districts – or anyone curious about DSA! D4 hosts these meet-ups on the third Thursday of every month. (D4 ... Read more
Jan 13-20th is DSA for Bernie's Medicare for All Weekend of Action! As we approach the March 10, 2020 primary, we'll be knocking on doors this Saturday to drum up support for Bernie, and talking to voters about how we can build a mass movement to elect him and win Medicare for All. So if ... Read more
Queer and Queen Bernie Bros unite! Join the Seattle DSA Queer & Feminist Caucus for a Democratic Socialists for Bernie table/crowd canvass in the south end. Meet at Amy's Merkato in Hillman City. We are teaming up with District 2 DSA for a joint crowd canvass!
We have two months left until the primary. Democratic Socialists for Bernie is taking to the streets to get Bernie elected and building the socialist movement that we'll need to fight for Medicare for All, Free College, Cancelling Student Debt, and Green New Deal. We'll meet up at the Amy's Merkato in Hillman City 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 county-wide and supporting the re-appropriation of the east King County electric grid. Join us and the Ecosocialism Caucus, which offers ... Read more
Join us to read about how the ecological crises can be traced to our economic model, and what building a new, sustainable world can look like.
Every week until the March 10, 2020 WA Democratic Primary, Seattle DSA for Bernie is contacting voters in both Seattle and early voting states to encourage them to get on board the Bernie train. Join us on January 21st for a phone bank in Capitol Hill! Snacks + beverages will be provided. Please bring a ... Read more
Socialist Night School is an open course that provides a chance to develop our politics together, regardless of background knowledge or whether you’ve attended a class before. New members and lifelong socialists, all are welcome! To sign up for our mailing list or to find out more, e-mail us at [email protected] We're starting the year ... Read more
Are you interested in Getting more involved with SDSA for Bernie? Planning events and/or watch parties in your neighborhood? Determining the cadence and direction of events in SDSA For Bernie? (There are 3 debates in February, so we will need to determine our plans for them) Come to the next meeting Wednesday at the College ... Read more
As the primary heats up, the ruling class throws shade on Bernie as the threat of a President Sanders becomes more and more credible. Join us at the Hillman City Collaboratory to discuss what it would actually take for a President Sanders agenda to be accomplished. We'll also be preparing buttons and supplies for our ... Read more
Join us in reading The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. A free online version of the text plus epub and mobi downloads are available here — http://libcom.org/library/dispossessed-ursula-le-guin . We'll discuss Chapters 3 through 7. D5? D6? Sure, and everyone welcome regardless of where you live!
----> RSVP Here! <---- As we approach the March 10, 2020 primary, we’ll be knocking on doors and talking to voters about electing Bernie and winning Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and College for All. We'll be joined by labor organizers and rank-and-filers, so if you're a union member, this is one DSA ... Read more
Let’s come together as a movement to discuss different proposals for an Amazon Tax, including how much it should raise annually, what it should fund and what tax mechanism we should use, as well as to organize the grassroots strategy needed to win. https://www.facebook.com/events/520231218837464/
Are you a union member? Join DSA for Bernie union organizers at the Hillman City Collaboratory as we discuss why unions should support Bernie, how to talk to your coworkers about Bernie and his platform, and how you can get your union local to endorse Bernie Sanders and join the working class movement to elect ... Read more
Seattle DSA is hosting a rally for Bernie with live music and special guests, Joshua Collins, Shahid Buttar, and many more on February 8 to help get our energy up for the final month of campaigning for Bernie Sanders! Come help us plan this event and discuss how we can turn out as many people ... Read more
No experience needed! We had an amazing time last weekend with our 8-foot "Billionaires Should Not Exist" banner, talking to pedestrians about building the movement for Bernie Sanders and democratic socialism. Join us! RSVP to: Harris: [email protected] or 206.962.1352 We'll be meeting at Olympia Coffee at 10:30am in Columbia City, and will begin tabling at ... Read more
----> RSVP HERE <----- Nurses and healthcare workers at Swedish Medical Center are going on strike January 28 - 30! We encourage all Seattle DSA members who are able to stand with SEIU 1199NW in their fight for a fair contract that addresses severe under-staffing and prioritizes patient safety. To learn more about their strike, ... Read more
Join us for our January 2020 meeting. We'll strategize how we'll win at the ballot box in 2020 and beyond.
We’ll discuss chapters 14 through the end of Naomi Klein’s On Fire: the (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Bring your suggestions for what you'd like to read next! 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 ... Read more
Bernie’s is surging and the ruling elite are sounding the alarm and going on the offensive. After panning Bernie for most of the primaries, the corporate media, in service to the billionaire class, are testing out different attack lines, from Sanders being sexist, too far-left, unelectable, and “It’ll be electoral carnage,'' warned a Democratic Party ... Read more
----> RSVP HERE <----- Nurses and healthcare workers at Swedish Medical Center are going on strike January 28 - 30! We encourage all Seattle DSA members who are able to stand with SEIU 1199NW in their fight for a fair contract that addresses severe under-staffing and prioritizes patient safety. To learn more about their strike, ... Read more
Every week until the March 10, 2020 WA Democratic Primary, Seattle DSA for Bernie is contacting voters in both Seattle and early voting states to encourage them to get on board the Bernie train. Join us on January 28th for a phone bank in Capitol Hill! Snacks + beverages will be provided. Please bring ... Read more
8000 Swedish healthcare workers are going on strike starting Tuesday, January 28. This’ll be the biggest healthcare strike in the history of Seattle and the first since the 1980’s! Join District 3 members on TUESDAY, Jan. 29 to walk the picket line in solidarity and talk with striking workers. We’ll meet at 6:30pm at Starbucks ... 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].
----> RSVP HERE <----- Nurses and healthcare workers at Swedish Medical Center are on strike January 28 - 30! We encourage all Seattle DSA members who are able to stand with SEIU 1199NW in their fight for a fair contract that addresses severe under-staffing and prioritizes patient safety. To learn more about their strike, please ... Read more
8,000 courageous healthcare workers are going on strike at Swedish this week to demand safe staffing levels for patients and reasonable wage increases. Instead of our regular session, the Workplace Organizing Collective will join the picket lines at Swedish First Hill alongside other DSAers and community allies. Join us to support the striking workers and ... Read more
We're cancelling our Queer and Feminist Caucus table for Bernie this Thursday to instead mobilize for the Swedish workers solidarity strike on Wednesday, the day before. But if you'd like to table, canvass, or phone bank for Bernie, check out lots of those events happening this week!
Join DSA's Tax Amazon and Big Business Committee to discuss how we can build an independent campaign to tax big business in 2020 for green homes and more, in collaboration with the Tax Amazon movement and many other organizations in Seattle! We'll discuss: what language we want to see in the ballot initiative and next ... Read more
Join District 5 to discuss... "Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country,” declared Trump in his 2019 State of the Union Address. Since then, Trump, the GOP, and now the corporate media and surrogates of the Democratic Party establishment have launched furious attacks on Bernie and the ideas of ... Read more
----> RSVP here! <---- Primary season is heating up! We’re now less than a month out from the Iowa caucuses, so talking to voters about Bernie and a mass movement to win reforms like Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and Housing for All is more important than ever. We can win this! So ... Read more
Please join us to kickoff our Bellevue signature gathering activities to get the East King County PUD on the 2020 ballot!
Please join us to kickoff our Woodinville signature gathering activities to get the East King County PUD on the 2020 ballot!
Instead of our regularly scheduled Jacobin reading group we’ll be canvassing for DSA for Bernie! Join us at the Van Asselt Playground at 10:30 and knock on doors for Bernie! More details: https://seattledsa.org/event/dsa-for-bernie-canvass-2/
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