Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-09-30 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Junction Plaza Park
Join us on the doors to elect Jon Grant! We need your help to knock on 25,000 doors by November. Let’s get out in our neighborhoods to talk to voters about radically expanding affordable housing, fighting against police violence, and getting corporate money out of Seattle politics!
Contact shaun@electjongrant.com to let us know you’re coming.

Rusty's Rules Training (In Person)
2017-09-30 11:00 - 13:00, 2017-10-01 14:00 - 16:00 | WA
Location: https://www.spacefinderseattle.org/spaces/view/717/university-heights-center#fndtn-space-venue

District 6 Canvassing
2017-09-30 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-07 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-14 11:00 - 14:00, 2017-10-17 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States

Bylaws Discussion
2017-09-30 15:30 - 17:30 | WA
Email info@seattledsa.org for location.

LGBTQIA+ Working Group
2017-09-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Cafe Solstice (Capitol Hill), 925 E Thomas St, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
First meeting of the LGBTQIA+ Working Group.

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Pinehurst Pub

District 1 Canvassing
2017-10-01 12:00 - 15:00, 2017-10-15 12:00 - 15:00 | WA
Join the District 1 committee in canvassing West Seattle, Delridge, and South Park! The committee meets each Sunday at noon to canvass. Contact Zena for more details: 206-200-2309.

CD Phone Bank!
2017-10-01 14:00 - 17:00, 2017-10-15 14:00 - 17:00 | 1642 S Weller St, Seattle, WA 98144, USA
Join our volunteers at a Sunday phone bank! Nigel and Doug are opening up their house each week to make calls with you. Bring a computer, phone, and headphones if you can. See you there!

Activism Committee Meeting
2017-10-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2017-11-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2017-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | WA
Are you interested in planning and participating in direct actions, political initiatives, and electoral campaigns with Seattle DSA? The Activism Committee could use your help! We meet regularly to discuss the actions that will help shape our chapter and forge bonds with activist groups in Seattle and beyond. For info on meeting location, please contact activism@seattledsa.org.

Phone Bank for Jon Grant
2017-10-02 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-04 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-09 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-11 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-16 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-18 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-23 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-25 17:00 - 20:00 | 715 S Lane St, Seattle, WA 98104, USA

Phone Bank for Jon Grant
2017-10-03 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-05 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-10 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-12 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-17 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-19 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-24 17:00 - 20:00, 2017-10-26 17:00 - 20:00 | 715 S Lane St, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
We need your help calling thousands of voters by November! Please bring a computer, cell phone, and headphones if you can. Contact shaun@electjongrant.com to let us know you’re coming.

YDSA Speaker Series: Socialism, Fascism, and Liberalism
2017-10-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Wyckoff Auditorium at Seattle University, WA, United States
Join us for the first in a series of speaking events presented by Seattle University’s brand-new YDSA chapter:
*Socialism, Pre-Nazi Germany, and Liberalism*
Can the history of socialism teach us anything about modern politics? This talk answers this question by examining how the SPD responded to Hitler’s rise in the 1920s and 1930s. It also discusses what the history of fascism can and can’t teach us about our current moment.
Daniel Bessner teaches the history of US foreign policy at the University of Washington.

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-07 10:00 - 14:00 | Judkins Park, Seattle, WA 98144, USA, 2150 S Norman St, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States

October Jacobin Reading Group Monthly Discussion
2017-10-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Library, 1701 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Located in the Capitol Hill Library meeting room.
We will discuss the following articles from Jacobin issue 26, ‘Earth, Wind and Fire’
Victory Over the Sun p.22
Postwar America’s greatest environmentalist was a labor leader.
Living, Not Just Surviving p.68
Working-class movements must place social and ecological reproduction at the heart of their vision of the future.

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Grumpy D’s Coffee House

District 1 Canvassing
2017-10-08 12:00 - 15:00, 2017-10-22 12:00 - 15:00 | WA

CD Phone Bank!
2017-10-08 14:00 - 17:00, 2017-10-22 14:00 - 17:00 | 1642 S Weller St, Seattle, WA 98144, USA

Socialist Feminist Committee Meeting
2017-10-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Optimism Brewing Company, 1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Email for SDSAsocfem@gmail.com for location details.

Tech Working Group Meeting
2017-10-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Cafe Solstice (Capitol Hill), 925 E Thomas St, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States

Direct Action Training
2017-10-10 19:00 - 21:00 | WA
Direct action training hosted by the activism committee. Reach out to activism@seattledsa.org for location.

Everett Planned Parenthood Clinic Defense
2017-10-14 09:00 - 11:00 | 1509 32nd St, Everett, WA 98201-4302, 1509 32nd St, Everett, WA, 98201, United States
Join Seattle Clinic Defense & Seattle and Everett DSA members to defend the Everett PP against anti-choice protesters

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Westcrest Park

Arts & Crafts Social ?
2017-10-14 11:30 - 14:30 | the Bergschrund, 4818 17th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107, USA
Come join us for our first Arts & Crafts Social! Bring your own art supplies and creative ideas to this lunchtime event, or borrow some of ours. Family-friendly!

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Northgate Park

Democratic Socialism 101
2017-10-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Wyckoff Auditorium, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
We’ll talk about what exactly it means to be a democratic socialist, why America needs leftists, not just “progressives,” and why DSA is the place to be if you want to change the rules of the game.

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Ballard

Everett DSA Social
2017-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Brooklyn Bros. Pizzeria
Come hang out, meet fellow socialists, and talk about local politics or life in general. All are welcome – bring your friends!

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | West Seattle Junction

Socialist Feminist Book club
2017-10-24 18:30 - 20:00 | WA
Email SDSAsocfem@gmail.com for location

Protect Planned Parenthood!
2017-10-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Planned Parenthood Central District, 2001 E Madison St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Hosted by Seattle Clinic Defense
Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/117452432254416/

Canvass for Jon Grant
2017-10-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Fremont

Jon Grant SUPER DAY of Action!
2017-10-29 10:00 - 14:00 | Woodland Park Picnic Shelter #4, Woodland Park Picnic Shelter #4, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join us on the doors to elect Jon Grant! We need your help to knock on 25,000 doors by November. Let’s get out in our neighborhoods to talk to voters about radically expanding affordable housing, fighting against police violence, and getting corporate money out of Seattle politics!
Contact shaun@electjongrant.com or keytron@protonmail.com to let us know you’re coming.

Movie Night: Harlan County, USA
2017-10-30 19:00 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Important: RSVP ONLY
Email keytron@protonmail.com or DM @keaton on Slack to RSVP
Recommended donation is $5

Seattle DSA Monthly Meeting
2017-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States

Canvas for Jon Grant
2017-11-05 10:00 - 14:00 | Pratt Park, 1800 S Main St, Seattle, 98144, United States
Join us on the doors to elect Jon Grant! We need your help to knock on 25,000 doors by November. Let’s get out in our neighborhoods to talk to voters about radically expanding affordable housing, fighting against police violence, and getting corporate money out of Seattle politics!
Contact keytron@protonmail.com to let us know you’re coming.

Education Committee Meeting
2017-11-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Cafe Solstice (Capitol Hill), 925 E Thomas St, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting
2017-11-11 11:00 - 12:30 | Eastern Cafe, 510 Maynard Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA, 301 Maynard Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle needs its socialists to show up for ecological justice! The Pacific Northwest has a strong history as a locus of both left politics and ecological activism. So… Let our powers combine! We’ll work to strengthen the bonds between these strands of the movement, building a unified coalition with a compelling vision for a just and livable future: ecosocialism.
SDSA comrades interested in forming an Ecosocialist Caucus will be having our first meeting on November 11th at 11am, at Eastern Cafe in the Central District. What is an ecosocialist caucus, you ask? That’s what we’ll be coming together to figure out! There is a large body of theoretical work already available on the subject of ecosocialism. We may form study groups to explore this theory together, or begin to articulate our own vision for an ecological socialism. As a caucus, we might work to center the struggle for ecological justice within Seattle DSA. We might also work to further the socialist perspective within the broader environmental and climate justice movement, forming action alliances with other organizations in the region. Much of existing ecosocialist theory is also feminist, radically democratic, anti-colonial, and often oriented toward degrowth or steady-state economics. As a caucus, we will have the space to discuss and debate these values and build our vision for an ecosocialist future together.

Everett DSA Medicare for All Rally
2017-11-13 11:00 - 14:00 | 2930 Wetmore Ave, 2930 Wetmore Ave, Everett, WA, United States

Socialist Feminist Committee Meeting
2017-11-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Blue Star Pub 4512 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103, 4512 Stone Way N, Seattle, 98103, United States

DSA political education reading group
2017-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | WA

Seattle DSA Medicare for All Event
2017-11-15 11:00 - 13:00 | Henry M Jackson Federal Building, 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

YDSA speaker series
2017-11-16 19:30 - 21:30 | University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA, 3701 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Reagan
Austerity Capitalism from New York to Puerto Rico
PACCAR Hall 291

Socialism 101 at Everett Library
2017-11-18 10:30 - 11:00 | WA
Daniel and John lead Socialism 101 for Everett DSA folks/other Everett socialists

What Seattle DSA's Local Convention Means For You!
2017-11-19 14:30 - 16:00 | Seattle Public Library – University Branch, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
On January 28, our chapter will elect 13 officers to our newly-created Local Council. Come brainstorm a vision of the future of Seattle DSA, learn what positions are up for
election, and how you can get involved!
University Branch Library meeting room.

Film screening: STREETWISE
2017-11-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Grand Illusion Cinema, 101 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, United States
Rare 35mm print!
Recommended donation $5

Democratic Socialism 101
2017-11-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Smith Hall 305, University of Washington, Smith Hall, 1911 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States

Ecosocialist Caucus
2017-12-03 11:00 - 12:30 | WA
Email: growyourown@riseup.net for location.

Cascadia DSA/NWDC Resistance Day of Solidarity
2017-12-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Northwest Detention Center, 1623 E J St, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA
Join Seattle DSA members as well as folks from other DSA chapters in the region for an afternoon of solidarity with immigrant detainees and their families. This is a family friendly event. For more information, contact activism@seattledsa.org.

First Aid Training
2017-12-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Rainier Beach Public Library, 3801 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States
The Activism Committee is hosting a direct action-focused first aid training for SDSA members.
Meeting room at the Rainier Beach Public Library
9125 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

Education committee meeting
2017-12-11 19:30 - 20:00, 2018-01-08 18:30 - 19:00 | WA

December Social!
2017-12-16 18:00 - 22:00 | Dinos Tomato Pie, 1401 E Olive Way, Seattle, WA, United States
Come and socialize with fellow socialists!
21+http://www.dinostomatopie.com/

Socialist Feminist Committee Meeting
2017-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | WA

Ecosocialist Caucus
2017-12-21 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Email: growyourown@riseup.net for location

SDSA at "It's A Wonderful Life" at the Grand Illusion
2017-12-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Grand Illusion Cinema, 101 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle DSA will be at the Grand Illusion for a screening of the classic (socialist) Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” SDSA members will give a short speech introducing the film, its socialist roots and the importance of public banking. Members will also table before and after the film.
More information here: http://www.grandillusioncinema.org/

LIHI landscaping community service
2018-01-06 10:00 - 16:00 | WA
Email communityservice@seattledsa.org to RSVP. Members only.

Housing for all strategy meeting
2018-01-06 14:30 - 16:00 | Fremont Branch – Seattle Public Library, 731 N 35th St, Seattle, WA, United States

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting
2018-01-07 11:00 - 12:30 | WA
Cafe Solstice Capitol Hill
Contact SDSAeco@gmail.com with questions

MLK Celebration various events starting at Garfield High School 9:30, meet to March with SDSA 12:00.
2018-01-15 | Garfield High School, 400 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, USA, 101 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA, United States
1) Anyone who wishes to help table, please contact Winn at winn.phillips@gmail.com — would be great to have at least one other person from 9am to 12pm.
2) If anyone has any desire to sign up to be a peacekeeper, they are still very far behind on the number of volunteers for that, and the volunteer coordinator asked to push this signup link to SDSA again: https://volunteer.uwkc.org/need/detail/?need_id=310466
3) For anyone who would prefer to just show up and participate, there will be a long list of workshops with very interesting titles (final list not on the website yet, but should go up this week) from 9:30am to 10:50am, followed by a rally from 11am-12:20pm, with the march beginning at 12:30pm, and a second rally downtown from 1:30pm to 2:30pm. There will be an “impromptu” labor-focused mini-rally in front of the New Seasons along the route to let them know their anti-union stance isn’t appreciated.

Socialist Feminist Book Club
2018-01-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle DSA Socialist Feminist Caucus welcomes all interested in discussion of Angela Davis’s Women, Race & Class. DSA membership not required. This discussion will cover part 1: chapters 1 through 7. This meeting uses DSA guidelines for respectful discussion. Don’t know what that means? More info here: http://www.dsausa.org/respectful_discussion
Limited, free parking available under library. Enter and exit garage on Harvard Ave E. Elevator available from parking area.
Accessibility: Building entrance is located at north side of building (along Republican) and can be accessed via stairs or ramp. Meeting room is located on second floor, accessible via elevator or stairs.

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting
2018-01-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Seattle, WA, United States
Contact SDSAeco@gmail.com with questions

Film Screening - Union Time: Fighting for Workers' Rights
2018-01-18 19:00 - 21:30 | University of Washington Communications Building (CMU) Room 120
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights. Film screening and Q&A with Gene Bruskin, lead organizer of the Justice at Smithfield campaign. Union Time chronicles the struggle for safety and higher wages at the Smithfield pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. In 2008, a majority of the 5,000 workers at the plant successfully voted to form a union in one of the largest multiracial union victories in the South in decades. The lead organizer and strategist behind the campaign, Gene Bruskin, will answer questions after the screening.
Thursday, 1/18/2018, 7pm to 9:30pm, University of Washington Communications Building (CMU) Room 120.
$10 suggested donation. All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.

Film screening: Born In Flames
2018-01-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Grand Illusion Cinema, 101 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA, United States
A 1983 documentary-style feminist science fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States socialist democracy.
$5 suggested donation
Run time: 90 minutes.

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2018-01-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Douglass-Truth Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2300 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, United States

Seattle DSA Local Convention
2018-01-28 15:00 - 18:00 | Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
On January 28, our chapter will elect 13 officers to our newly-created Local Council.

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting
2018-02-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Green Lake Branch – Seattle Public Library, 7001 E Green Lake Dr N, Seattle, WA, United States

Ecosocialist Reading Group
2018-02-08 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Ecosocialist Reading Group is hosted by Ecosocialist Caucus as a way to broaden & deepen our understanding of ecosocialist theory. This will be our first meeting! We’re starting with a short piece by Sylvia Federici called “Feminism and the Politics of the Commons.” Here is a link to a pdf of the document: http://www.commoner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/federici-feminism-and-the-politics-of-commons.pdf
Email for Event Location: SDSAeco@gmail.com

Education committee meeting
2018-02-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Seattle, WA, United States

YDSA Speaker Series: Seattle General Strike
2018-02-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Engineering 200, Wyckoff Auditorium, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle University YDSA and Dr. Larry Cushnie (Faculty at South Seattle College and Instructor of Labor Studies at UW Seattle) for:
Fear of the Bolshevik Mob: the History and Legacy of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

Ninety-nine years after the Seattle General Strike froze the city in its tracks, join Dr. Larry Cushnie to learn how the media of the time stoked fears of the Russian Revolution to vilify and isolate the strikers. After years of wartime government repression of the Industrial Workers of the World, Dr. Cushnie explains that they were portrayed as the strike’s leaders in order to cast it as “anti-American,” and to diminish the support of the city’s Labor Council.

Socialist Feminist Book Club
2018-02-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
― Angela Y. Davis
On Tuesday, February 13th at 6pm, join us as we read “Women, Race & Class” by Angela Davis.
Read chapter 8 through end of book ahead of time and join other feminists to discuss with us!
You do not have to be a Seattle DSA member to join – all are welcome!
*We do not tolerate harassment and invite people of all genders/races/classes to join the discussion
*We observe Progressive Stack discussion principles in our meetings.
COST: FREE
ACCESSIBILITY:
Beacon Hill Library meeting room is located on the first floor, with no stairs.
Restrooms are located on first floor, near entrance, and include wheelchair-accessible stalls in women/men gendered bathrooms.
The library permits finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages in meeting rooms.
TRANSIT:
Library is located 2 blocks south of Beacon Hill Light Rail Station (which has an elevator or stairs to bring you up from underground train platform).
BUS 36 stops 2 blocks north or 1.5 blocks south of Beacon Hill Library on Beacon Ave.
**If you need help getting to this event, please message Seattle DSA privately and we will find a way to help.**

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting
2018-02-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Rainier Beach Branch – Seattle Public Library, 9125 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Standing Meeting of SDSA Ecosocialist Caucus – Third Thursdays
Ecosocialist Caucus Charter Statement
For questions, email SDSAeco@gmail.com.

Ecosoc Work Party @ Beacon Food Forest
2018-02-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Beacon Food Forest, 15th Avenue South & South Dakota Street, Seattle, WA, 98108
Join members of the Ecosocialist Caucus for a work party at the Beacon Food Forest!
This is a great opportunity to build friendship and solidarity with our neighbors while building Phase II of the public food forest that’s been an inspiration for communities around the world!
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“The goal of the Beacon Food Forest is to design, plant and grow an edible urban forest garden that inspires our community to gather together, grow our own food and rehabilitate our local ecosystem.
Join us to improve public health by regenerating our public land into an edible forest ecosystem. We work to reduce agricultural climate impact, improve our local food security, provide educational opportunities, and celebrate growing food for the benefit of all species.” – Beacon Food Forest Website
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All ages and abilities are welcome. Most parts of Beacon Food Forest are accessible (Some paved areas, some small-gravel paths, some mulched paths and inclines.) Lunch will be offered.
Questions? Email: SDSAeco@gmail.com.

Intro to Democratic Socialism
2018-02-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
What is socialism? What is democratic socialism? And, as long as we’re asking questions, what is capitalism?
Join us at the Capitol Hill Library on February 17 to discuss and learn about the fundamental injustice of our current system, what a better world might look like, and how we can come together to create it.
Note about accessibility: the event is on the second floor of the Capitol Hill Branch Library, accessible via the entrance ramp and an elevator. Event content is spoken and projected on a screen. For printed copies of the presentation or for assistance with any other forms of accommodation, please email education@seattledsa.org.
This event is not sponsored by The Seattle Public Library.

Anti-war Caucus Meeting
2018-02-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Rainier Beach Branch – Seattle Public Library, 9125 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join the Anti-war Caucus at our next meeting to discuss how to build the fight against U.S. imperialism.
Contact SDSANoWar@gmail.com with questions
