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The Ecosocialism reading group will be meeting on Sunday, 11/1 at 1:30pm for a discussion of chapters six and seven of Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy. A pdf can be found here, and the paperback is available from Verso for $12. Feel free to join us whether or not you’re able to get through the reading! Zoom info: ... Read more
Let's bring the left together and discuss the strategies we need to defend the votes of ordinary working people and prepare for mass non-violent protests.
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 gmail . com ---> ... Read more
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
We're having our bi-weekly Divest SPD meeting on Tues, 11/3 from 5-6:30pm. We’ll be splitting into subcommittees and planning out how we can each contribute to the work we need to do in the coming months to win our campaign against Seattle Foundation. I hope you can make it — doing this together will be a ... Read more
Join your comrades from chapters throughout Washington for a statewide DSA election night watch party! The event will run from 7-10pm, so feel free to drop in whenever you can to laugh, cry, and opine as we watch election results roll in (or not). We will connect around local and national results, and any implications for ... Read more
While thousands of mail-in ballots are yet to be counted in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, likely swinging the election to Joe Biden, Donald Trump has already declared victory. We need to flood the streets and demand that every vote be counted. Join DSA, 350-Seattle, Black Action Coalition, Morning March, Indivisible, and others at the Count Every ... Read more
Does your building management take too long to make repairs? Are you concerned that your lease could be illegal? Does your landlord charge you too much rent? You’re not alone. The Housing Collective is a group of Seattle area residents, including experienced housing rights activists, who meet every month to teach each other concrete, effective ... Read more
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.
The Member Engagement Team is the group that puts on New Member Orientations, sets up 1-on-1 meetings between more experienced organizers within DSA and new members, and other projects to get new members involved in the work of the chapter. Our work is very important for getting folks that join up involved with the work ... Read more
This month we'll discuss Michael Kalecki's 1943 essay Political Aspects of Full Employment. Link to the meeting: meet.google.com/piw-zmqt-fnt Link to the reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bc9QZ_C5s5ssjfgKpCeQ7vKEuCwCPlnN/view?usp=sharing
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, check Slack or email [email protected].
Join us to pursue a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. We explore ecosocialist theory, organize with climate groups, and are developing a campaign for fare-free transit. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85803903635?pwd=QXNuZzNBR3ovWnpKaDBMcjdFbzJjdz09 OR by phone 253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 850 6149 0366 Passcode: 221998
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
Join Seattle DSA for our monthly general membership meeting to discuss Trump's defeat and where we go from here. What can we expect from a Biden presidency and how can the left continue to build multiracial working-class power in the fight to dismantle capitalism? This is a virtual meeting. RSVP here or check Seattle DSA's ... Read more
Join other Seattle DSA District 3 members this Wednesday, Nov 11th at 5pm for postering in District 3 to get the word out about the Defund SPD by 50% Town Hall with Councilmember Andrew Lewis, Nikita Oliver, et al organized by District 3. It’ll be nice to see each other in socially distanced person. Come ... Read more
As the City Council negotiates the new 2021 budget, the community must demand that the Council fulfills its promise to defund SPD by 50%. Join us for an online town hall meeting with District 1 City Councilmember Lisa Herbold.
Join Seattle DSA District 3 members to discuss Trump’s defeat and where we go from here. Biden has barely eked out a victory, the Democratic Party lost seats in the House, and Republicans will likely retain Senate control. Why was the vote so close? Does this mean that half (or more) of the US working ... Read more
Join other Seattle DSA District 3 members this Friday, Nov 13th at 5:30pm for postering in District 3 to get the word out about the Defund SPD by 50% Town Hall with Councilmember Andrew Lewis, Nikita Oliver, et al organized by District 3. It’ll be nice to see each other in socially distanced person. Come ... Read more
Join the Queer and Feminist Caucus for our monthly Working Class History Happy Hour, featuring working class struggles led by women and queer people throughout history. After a grueling election, this month we'll focus on the inspiring story of Eugene Debs and the Socialist Party who ran for president in the early 1900s, showing that ... Read more
The Ecosocialism reading group will be meeting on Sunday, 11/15 at 1:30pm for our postponed discussion of chapters six and seven of Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy. A pdf can be found here, and the paperback is available from Verso for $12. Feel free to join us whether or not you’re able to get through the reading! Zoom info: ... Read more
As the City Council negotiates the new 2021 budget, the community must demand that the Council fulfills its promise to defund SPD by 50%.
Come get involved in our campaign to get corporations and nonprofits to divest from Seattle Police Foundation and reinvest in BIPOC community organizations. RSVP here for the Zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/divest-spd-meeting-5
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t ... Read more
Come to learn about what Democratic Socialism is all about, what we can learn about capitalism and socialism from the current uprisings and the pandemic, and how YOU can get involved with Seattle DSA’s efforts to engage in mutual aid and building power for a socialist future in which people come before profits. You don’t ... Read more
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, check Slack or email [email protected].
The proposal is for this Coordination Committee meeting to have some initial collective discussion and debate on the proposed resolutions that our chapter membership will be voting on at the DSA business meeting on Tuesday, December 1st.
Join us to pursue a fair and effective Green New Deal to halt climate change and win environmental justice. We explore ecosocialist theory, organize with climate groups, and are developing a campaign for fare-free transit. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85803903635?pwd=QXNuZzNBR3ovWnpKaDBMcjdFbzJjdz09 OR by phone 253-215-8782 Meeting ID: 850 6149 0366 Passcode: 221998
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
Next month, on Tuesday, December 1, is the quarterly SDSA business meeting where we’ll be debating and voting on some important and exciting resolutions, including the potentially controversial resolution for internal DSA reparations (at least from what I saw on Twitter). The general membership meetings are great but their size and time limitations make it ... Read more
Join the Ecosocialism Reading Group Sunday 11/29 at 3:00 for our final discussion of Carbon Democracy. We’ll be covering the final chapter and conclusion. A pdf can be found here. Please feel free to come whether or not you have a chance to get through the reading! Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86520683532?pwd=S1dXRnE2cW1OeEx5L2Z0RWNvNVBLUT09 Meeting ID: 865 2068 3532 Passcode: 481765 Dial in ... Read more
Join us at our monthly meeting where we review our recent work and plan our next efforts which include raising money for the bond fund, planning and joining protests, providing training for court support, supporting asylum seekers and their hosts, and otherwise supporting our partner organizations in their work, including La Resistencia, Washington Immigrant Solidarity ... Read more
DSA's caucus of Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color (AFROSOC) brings Black, indigenous and people of color socialists together to educate ourselves and organize our campaigns. We are doing the work of cultivating coalitions as communities of color to help build antiracist multiracial working-class base -- the only viable strategy for securing a socialist future. Through ... Read more
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