Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

PNW Regional Healthcare Working Group Meeting
2021-11-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle DSA’s healthcare working group meets each Saturday from 12-1 PM.
This Saturday, we invite members from DSA chapters across the West Coast & Pacific North West region to join our meeting and mutually discuss strategy, infrastructure development, and coordination. The Medicare for All movement should take the moment to prepare for the upcoming midterm elections as well as to develop strategies and actions for COVID and post-COVID campaigns.
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PNW Regional Healthcare Working Group
2021-12-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States

Seattle MLK Rally and Black Lives Matter Week of Action
2022-01-17 11:00 - 14:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Every year Seattle DSA members turn out and sometimes support organizing the MLK Jr. Coalition’s Rally and March on MLK Day.
Rally begins at Garfield at 11am!
Check out more information for the Rally here: https://www.seattlemlkcoalition.org/
As a part of this week, Black Lives Matter at School organizers including the NAACP Youth Council, WAESN, and SEA Union Educators will be hosting a variety of events and workshops. NOTICE: Some are cancelled due to COVID.
To march with other DSA members, we recommend wearing a red shirt, and finding the banner before the 12:30 march starts, on the hill south of the main entrance, kitty corner to Ezell’s chicken.

De-escalation Training
2022-03-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA and the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club as we discuss de-escalation! This will cover how to identify a threat and steps to take when to de-escalate a tense/dangerous situation.
Whether we’re on the picket line, hosting a tabling event, leading a march, demo, or protest, when confronted with aggressive or hostile actors, we help keep each other safe, and conflict resolution through de-escalation is the primary tool in our belt to do so. This training is open to all SDSA members, and is useful to anyone who plans to host any public events.​
Even though covid restrictions are easing, please wear a mask out of consideration for our immunocompromised & other comrades (e.g., those with young children).​
We will be holding a short Mobilization Committee meeting at the beginning, then proceed into the training.
Location TBA.
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/de-escalation-training-5

Starbucks Worker Solidarity Rally at Cal Anderson Park
2022-04-23 13:00 - 15:00 | Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Starbucks workers at more than 150 stores around the country have filed for union elections, demanding decent pay and working conditions from this multi-billion dollar corporation. Starbucks executives have responded by carrying out a vicious anti-union campaign, including retaliatory firing of workers without cause and dramatically cutting employee hours. We need to fight back!
Last year, the world’s billionaires became $5 trillion richer, while workers struggled to keep COVID at bay, pay rent, and put food on the table. Workers are realizing that to defend ourselves, and to win even the most basic rights, we need a union.
Join us April 23 @ 1 pm in Cal Anderson Park for a rally to tell Starbucks: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All!
RSVP

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Location: Chuck’s Hop Shop, 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA 98122
Discussion and Readings for this week: The 1619 Project, “In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation” by Matthew Desmond. (pages 30-40 in linked pdf)

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Karl Marx, The North American Civil War (October 1861) and The Civil War in the United States (November 1861)
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-discussion-group/

General Membership Meeting - July 2022
2022-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Seattle DSA is excited to host our first hybrid general membership meeting where people will have the choice to participate online or in-person at Washington Hall! If you plan to attend in person, please check out the safety guidelines below. At this meeting we’ll be hearing:
– a discussion on the fight for reproductive rights and socialist feminism led by special guest speaker Natalia Tylim from NYC DSA and NYC for Abortion Rights!
– updates from our three priority campaigns
– a report from folks that attended the 2022 Labor Notes conference, the country’s largest gathering of left-wing union activists
and more!
RSVP here to attend in-person or online.
Safety guidelines for in-person meeting attendance:

Testing negative for COVID in the prior 2-3 days is strongly recommended

Please consider getting tested at one of the free testing sites in King County. If you use one of these sites, please get tested 2-3 days prior to our meeting to receive the result on time.
It may be easier to order a free Covid test to be shipped to you quickly from here.
SDSA will provide rapid tests on site if needed, but please arrive 30 minutes early for on-time results.

No COVID symptoms – If you have any symptoms, please participate online
Proof of vaccination required
Mask required — N95 and KN95 are preferred, masks available on-site
Downloading and activating the WA Notify app is strongly recommended. WA Notify is a free tool that works on smartphones to alert users if they may have been exposed to COVID without sharing any personal info. It is completely private and doesn’t know who you are or track where you go.

We’ll open the windows and provide masks and hand sanitizer.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-07-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Kim Moody—Toward the Formation of a Mass Working Class–Based Party (from Breaking the Impasse, 2022)
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-discussion-group-kim-moody-toward-the-formation-of-a-mass-working-classbased-party/

March for #HealthcareJustice: Celebrating 57 years of Medicare
2022-07-30 12:00 - 17:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Seattle DSA’s Healthcare Working Group is excited to be a cosponsor of the 2022 Seattle March for Healthcare Justice on July 30th, which just so happens to be the 57th anniversary of the passage of Medicare!

Event page (information & RSVP):
https://actionnetwork.org/events/save-the-date-march-for-healthcare-justice-celebrating-57-years-of-medicare

Details are still being worked out, so RSVPing is the best way to be sure and stay up to date. The current plan is to march along MLK Way starting and ending at a park where we can have featured speakers.

There are so many reasons to march for healthcare justice this year:

We are still deeply impacted by the COVID pandemic. A new study estimates that more than 330,000 lives could have been saved by universal healthcare.
We just lost Roe V Wade – now is the time to DEMAND universal healthcare with full coverage of abortion be passed immediately to remove all financial barriers to reproductive care.
Medicare is currently under attack of privatization through the REACH program – we need the Biden administration to know that we see what we’re doing and we won’t stand for it.
We have a serious chance at getting statewide single payer healthcare on the ballot for Washington state
The midterms are coming up soon and we need Medicare for All to be a non-negotiable electoral issue!

As with all marches, promotion and turnout are essential. Please share this action with as many people as you can think of and invite a friend or two to join you. We have just a few weeks before we march so this is an all hands on deck moment!

We are so fortunate to be cosponsoring this event with Medicare for All EVERYWHERE and Whole Washington and we expect this coalition to grow leading up to the end of the month. Last year’s event was an incredible success featuring fantastic speakers like Stephanie Gallardo, Nikkita Oliver, and Kshama Sawant. We know that the community will come out again to march for healthcare justice! See you on the 30th!

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapter 1 (“Concentration of Production and Monopolies) and Chapter 2 (“Banks and Their New Role)
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-discussion-group-imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism/

Indefensible Reading Group
2022-08-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Jefferson Park, 3801 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, 98108, United States
This is a one-time reading group for “Indefensible: Democracy, Counterrevolution, and the Rhetoric of Anti-Imperialism” by Rohini Hensman.

“Indefensible offers an essential alternative to the ideology of those who claim to be anti-imperialists but oppose only Western imperialism and the despots it supports.”

You can get a an e-copy for from Haymarket books here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1164-indefensible.

If you’d like to find a free or borrowable copy, we can help with that!

Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!

We’ll be meeting at Jefferson Park in Beacon Hill with a big ol’ orange “Stephanie Gallardo” yard sign. Discussion will start at 7pm, but feel free to come early (6:30) if you’d like to get settled and introduce yourself. See you there!

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/indefensible-reading-group/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-08-18 18:30 - 20:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades on August 18 to talk about the first two chapters of the book The Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber, that is, the chapters titled “Class Structure” and “Class Formation”. If you would like an epub version of the book please email 3eshaw@gmail.com . We will go back to zoom this time due to COVID persistence, but we have a new outdoor plan for Sept 1. Join the discussion here https://washington.zoom.us/j/92917285708 . All are welcome!

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapters 3-4 (3: Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy, 4: Export of Capital)
RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading Group Special Edition: Kim Moody, Breaking the Impasse
2022-08-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! For this meeting, we’ll be having a discussion of a longer selection than usual: Breaking the Impasse, by Kim Moody. From the publisher:
In his latest book, veteran socialist writer Kim Moody provides a masterful analysis of the political impasse which has shaped the rise of a new socialist movement in the United States: recurring economic and political crises, sharp inequality, state violence, and climate catastrophe proceed apace as the right ascends across the world, while the US political scene remains defined and dominated by two capitalist political parties. Moody situates the historic electoral campaigns of Democratic Socialists such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as the growth of organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America, in this context, and incisively assesses the revived movement’s focus on electoral strategies.
Offering an important account of left attempts to intervene in the American two-party electoral system, Moody provides both a sobering historical corrective and an alternative orientation for the future, arguing that the socialist movement should turn its attention toward a politics of mass action, anti-racism, and independent, working-class organizing.
Please join us as we discuss Moody’s strategy for building a new party in the United States!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!

Trans Pride Seattle DSA Table in Volunteer Park!
2022-09-02 17:00 - 21:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Trans Pride 2022 DSA TABLING! Come have fun, hang out, share our priority campaigns, and talk socialism at Trans Pride 🙂

Where: Volunteer Park, Seattle, WA—near the amphitheater
When: Friday, September 2nd
Tabling set up will begin at 5:00 pm. Main stage programming will begin at 6:00 pm.
Tabling breakdown will begin at 9:00 pm Full table breakdown should be completed by 9:30 pm. Main stage programming will end at 9:30 pm.
This is a mask mandatory event: To make sure our event is accessible for all and to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapter 5 (“Division of the World Among Capitalist Associations”) and Chapter 6 (“Division of the World Among the Great Powers”)
RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: We’ll be finishing Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapters 7-10 (“Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism,” “Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism,” “Critique of Imperialism,” and “The Place of Imperialism in History”)
RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-10-03 18:30 - 20:30, 2022-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: TBA

RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Donny Gluckstein, The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy, Chapters 1-2
RSVP for a link to the reading.
RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-11-07 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Nancy Fraser, The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Reborn

RSVP Here for reading link.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-12-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: We’ll be continuing our discussion of W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, with Chapters 7-8 (“Looking Forward” and “The Transubstantiation of a Poor White”) (link). Prior reading not necessary (we’ve previously discussed chapters 1-2), but encouraged!

RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: We’ll be finishing our discussion of W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction, by reading the final chapter (Chapter 17: “The Propaganda of History”) (link). Prior reading not necessary (we’ve previously discussed chapters 1-2 and 7-8), but encouraged!
RSVP Here.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-01-23 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Engels, Dialectics of Nature (Ch.1 Introduction, Ch.2 Dialectics, Ch3 Basic Form of Motion)

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-02-06 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Engels, Dialectics of Nature (Ch 4: The Measure of Motion – Work, Ch 5: Heat, Ch 6: Electricity)
Supplemental (not required, but potentially helpful) material:

Rob Sewell, “What Is Dialectic Materialism?”
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Hegel’s Dialectics
Trotsky – “The ABC of Materialist Dialectics”
Engels – Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, Part II: Materialism

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-02-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent, Chapter 1 “A Propaganda Model”

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-04-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, I: Bourgeois and Proletarians and II: Proletarians and Communists.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-04-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto, Part III: Socialist and Communist Literature & Part IV: Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2023-05-01 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-05-29 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, 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, with regards to how they pertain to 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!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District (unless it’s cold, in which case we migrate inside). Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: TBA

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2023-05-25 18:45 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join us at Urban Luxe Cafe, 6:45 Thursday 5/25, for a discussion of “Covid, Climate Change: Is the World Ready for ‘Global Public Goods’?” from New Left Review, by Sean Sweeney. Sean Sweeney is at CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and is one of the forces behind the global organization Trade Unionists for Energy Democracy.
You don’t have to live in District 4 or 5, and feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read! All are welcome.

Rock Out For Rojava fundraiser show
2025-02-08 17:30 - 21:00 | Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Whoever said we can’t sing and dance while building the revolution?
Join comrades for an evening fundraising event as we help raise funds for Heyva Sor a Kurd (the Kurdish Red Crescent) in response to the escalating situation in North and East Syria, an area commonly referred to as Rojava.
Beginning soon after the Arab Spring that sparked off in 2011, the democratic, pluralistic, polyethnic, and feminist political project known as the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) has fought to defend itself and its radical vision for the region on multiple fronts. Humanitarian groups like Heyva Sor a Kurd continue to provide essential services in war-torn Rojava, more so now with the fall of Bashar al-Assad from power and increasing military aggression from forces aligned with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Come show your solidarity and Rock Out for Rojava!

Location is Southside Commons (3518 S Edmunds St), doors open at 5:30pm.
Event is all ages. Respect each other and the space.
Pay-what-you-can cover at the door.
Mask or a negative COVID test result required.

Event sponsors: Seattle DSA, Snohomish County DSA, Emergency Committee for Rojava, Radical Women – Seattle, Puget Sound Socialist Rifle Association, Yellow Peril Tactical
RSVP on Action Network

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2025-04-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Armistice Coffee Roosevelt, 6717 Roosevelt Ave NE, Seattle, WA
Join us 4/10 at Armistice Coffee Roosevelt to finish off the book California Burning: the Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric. We’ll discuss the Epilogue, and anything else you’ve chosen to read along the way. PLUS a bonus article “Polanyi’s Prescience”, a book review from the journal Economic Sociology & Political Economy.
Our discussions seek to inform strategies for winning a democratic socialist society that thrives ecologically. You don’t have to live in city council District 4 or 5, and you can feel free to join the conversation even if you haven’t had time to read. All are welcome!
We sit outdoors in a breezeway. Questions? E-mail greennewdeal@seattledsa.org .

EWOC Organizer Training
2025-04-27 15:00 - 18:00 | RSVP and we will contact you with the location
The Emergency Workers Organizing Committee began during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to working conditions for essential workers. It has since expanded to include workers from all industries organizing on the job for union representation. EWOC is an all-volunteer organization that helps workers locally build a union campaign. It is a joint project of United Electrical and the DSA. Find out more on their website.
Puget Sound EWOC and SDSA’s Labor Working Group will be hosting a training with a staff organizer from L.A. EWOC on April 27th at the CID Workers Center. The content list of the training will include:
* How does an EWOC local function
* Helping workers build union organizing committees on their jobs
* Developing leadership among workers
* The union campaign arc
* How to organize against inoculation from the boss
* And several other topics
RSVP to sign up for the training!

Puget Sound EWOC Monthly Meeting
2025-05-15 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-17 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-18 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-15 18:00 - 19:00 and 52 more dates | RSVP for Address, RSVP at link below.
The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee began during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to working conditions for essential workers. It has since expanded to include workers from all industries organizing on the job for union representation. EWOC is an all-volunteer organization that helps workers locally build a union campaign with a union of their choice, or in some instances helps workers organize without a union. Find out more here: https://workerorganizing.org.   Recently, labor organizers in Seattle DSA formed a Puget Sound EWOC local to facilitate local union organizing. Puget Sound EWOC meets on the 3rd Thursday from 6PM to 7PM. If you would like to get involved, RSVP here and an organizer will reach out: https://tinyurl.com/EWOCSEA . You can also reach us by email at PSEWOC@proton.me.

Counterprotest Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group MAYDAYUSA
2025-05-24 12:00 - 21:00 | Cal Anderson Park and Bobby Morris Playfield
CALL TO ACTION SATURDAY, MAY 24th
Antiqueer, transphobic, anti-reproductive healthcare hate tour MayDayUSA (deceptive name, right?!) is making a stop in Seattle to spread their bigotry and cry about queer people existing under the guise of a family-friendly event complete with free children’s haircuts. Community members and organizations are rallying to counter the event by celebrating our queerness and say no to hate. Seattle DSA’s Mobilization Committee is coordinating with multiple groups to give these bigoted astroturfers a proper Seattle welcome.
This is expected to be an all-day event at Cal Anderson Park. Specific location of the hate rally is TBD but indicators point to the Bobby Morris Playfields on the southern end of the park. A group of local musicians and artists are organizing a punk show at the skatepark on the southwest corner of the park (see attached image) and other actions will be occurring throughout the afternoon and evening in and around Cal Anderson. We will plan to stage our contingent adjacent to the skatepark starting at noon; look for the DSA banner or red flag. Double-check this calendar event the morning of for any change of plans.
Coalition organizations hope to keep this a peaceful counter demonstration. However, in lieu of the persons involved with MayDayUSA and their connections with far-right provocateurs, the Mobilization Committee is asking attendees to take some precautions:

Wear a mask to protect your identity and to keep your community safe from COVID and other airborne infections.
Bring earplugs or other hearing protection as a precaution.
Check the weather forecast the morning of and dress appropriately for the conditions.
Do not attend alone and have a buddy or small group, and never let anyone wander alone. Also have an agreed-on check-in time with someone not attending.
Continuously observe your surroundings and orientate yourself. Decide ahead of time where you and your friends or family will meet in the event of a dispersal order or emergency.
A police liaison will be on hand, so there is no reason to talk to police.
If you intend to be there all afternoon/evening, bring snacks and water.
Remember, we keep each other safe.

Puget Sound EWOC Monthly Meeting
2025-08-27 18:00 - 19:00 | RSVP for Address, RSVP at link below.
The August meeting for PSEWOC has been postponed to Wednesday, 8/27 and will be online-only.

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee began during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to working conditions for essential workers. It has since expanded to include workers from all industries organizing on the job for union representation. EWOC is an all-volunteer organization that helps workers locally build a union campaign with a union of their choice, or in some instances helps workers organize without a union. Find out more here: https://workerorganizing.org.   Recently, labor organizers in Seattle DSA formed a Puget Sound EWOC local to facilitate local union organizing. Puget Sound EWOC meets on the 3rd Thursday from 6PM to 7PM. If you would like to get involved, RSVP here and an organizer will reach out: https://tinyurl.com/EWOCSEA . You can also reach us by email at PSEWOC@proton.me.
