Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

October Jacobin Reading Group Discussion
2018-10-06 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Montlake Branch of Seattle Public Library, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
This month we will be reading the following articles from Issue 30 of Jacobin:
“It’s Okay to Have Children” by Conor Kilpatrick (pp. 20-23)
A hot take on having kids
“Klass and Kids” by Eileen Jones (pp. 68-74)
An examination of ideology in contemporary children’s movies

Canvass for Sarah Smith for Congress! ?
2018-09-30 13:00 - 17:00, 2018-09-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Sarah Smith Campaign HQ, 3250 Airport Way S, Seattle, 98134, United States
Come canvass for Seattle DSA’s endorsed candidate for WA’s 9th District and help send a third socialist to Congress! Show up at Sarah’s campaign office at 3250 Airport Way South #324 with your smartphone fully charged, some comfortable shoes, and rain gear if it looks like it’ll rain. Sarah’s staff will get you set up with their e-canvasser and go over the basics of canvassing if this is your first time. Don’t forget to bring your official DSA gear. Drinks, food, and camaraderie afterward.

Medicare for All Canvassing ?
2018-09-29 11:00 - 14:00, 2018-09-15 11:00 - 14:00 | Le’s Deli and Bakery, 4219 S Othello St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Seattle DSA is out knocking on doors as part of DSA’s national Medicare for All campaign. You can learn more at the national campaign website here: https://medicareforall.dsausa.org.
Our regular canvassing scheduling is every other Saturday at 11am in the neighborhoods around the Othello light rail station. We start from Le’s Deli and Bakery and wrap up between 1:30-2pm. Sign up now and we’ll keep you updated!
We start off every canvass with a training and we always go out in pairs. So even if you’ve never canvassed before we’ll have you up to speed in no time! If you have any questions email us at sdsa.m4a@gmail.com.

Seattle DSA Local Council Meeting
2018-09-25 18:30 - 19:30 | WA
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 info@seattledsa.org.

Eastside DSA Planning and Community Building Meeting
2018-09-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Come meet your fellow Eastside DSA comrades as we plan our next steps as a branch of Seattle DSA!

District 2 (D2) Social!
2018-09-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Full Tilt, 5041 Rainier Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Time for another beautiful DISTRICT SOCIAL to meet our neighbors, talk about upcoming projects, and organize to build power and community where we live!

District 3 (D3) Meetup!
2018-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Seattle, WA, United States
Live in D3? Come out and meet other lefties in your neighborhood and talk to us about the changes you’d like to see! This is, of course, open to non-members so we can hear about neighborhood needs and get some ideas for some base building projects!

District 4 (D4) Social!
2018-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Floating Bridge Brewery (back space reserved), 722 NE 45th Street, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Come out and meet your fellow lefties at Floating Bridge Brewing! Bring yourself and join the planning on organizing in the 4th District.

Neighborhood Meet-Ups throughout King County! ?
2018-09-20 18:00 - 21:00 | WA
Every neighborhood branch is getting together to talk about neighborhood issues, meet each other to socialize, and briefly discuss some short readings in socialist praxis. Stay tuned as details for each branch are posted here.

District 1 (D1) Meetup
2018-09-20 18:00 - 19:30 | West Seattle Library, 2306 42nd Ave SW, Seattle, WA, 98116, United States
D1 comrades – come out and meet your fellow comrades in your neighborhood! Agenda is below.

1. Introduction and check-in
2. Introduction to DSA for folks who are completely new
3. (Optional) Jacobin reading: What’s in my backyard (discusses yimby and other housing justice issues)
4. Neighborhood organizing ideas: carpool, phone tree, and so on

1968: Expressions of a Flame – The Swimmer
2018-09-15 16:00 - 18:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
1968: Expressions of a Flame – The Swimmer

** Co-presented by Democratic Socialists of America! **
Frank and Eleanor Perry’s haunting adaptation of John Cheever’s short story The Swimmer stars Burt Lancaster, tan and fit at 52, in one of his finest performances as Neddy Merrill. Neddy begins his day at a pool party in the affluent Connecticut suburb where he lives with his wife. Realizing that the many swimming pools of the neighborhood form a “river” of sorts, he decides to “swim home” for the day using the pools. As he visits the various houses and visits with their inhabitants, some strangers, some friends, the interactions take on an increasingly strained and surreal quality, and we begin to question how much time has passed before coming upon the film’s still-shocking ending. A classic Technicolor portrait of modern ennui, The Swimmerlooks at the nostalgic American capacity for self-deception as a poisonous delusion.

September Local Council Meeting
2018-09-15 12:00 - 14:00 | WA
Meeting of the Seattle Local Council
This meeting is open to dues-paying Seattle DSA members in good standing.
For location info, e-mail localcouncil@seattledsa.org.

Housing Justice Committee Meeting
2018-09-12 19:00 - 20:00 | WA
Our next housing meeting is today.

1968: Expressions of a Flame – In the Intense Now
2018-09-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-09-09 16:30 - 18:30, 2018-09-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-09-08 16:00 - 18:00, 2018-09-07 20:00 - 21:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
This screening is co-presented by Democratic Socialists of America!
João Moreira Salles’s In the Intense Now spans China, Brazil, Paris, and Prague in a searing post-mortem of 1968 as an offering to our own intense present. The film starts with images and notes made by Salles’s mother during a French art magazine-funded trip to China during the Cultural Revolution. This trip – and Salles’s speculation about what effects it may have made on his mother’s consciousness – is woven into a narrative focusing extensively on the 1968 uprisings in Paris and Prague constructed from amateur footage. The film probes the radical commitment to generate a new state of things in a multi-polar narrative about a world constantly coming into being. Salles is a curious tour guide for this incisive historical study, as a billionaire son of one of Brazil’s oldest banking families, yet his ability to think in images and write his own story into the narrative makes it an exceptionally honest and insightful film.

Solidarity day with NWDC detainees
2018-09-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Northwest Detention Center, 1623 E J St, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA
Opened in 2004, the NWDC is a privately owned and operated by the GEO Group on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The NWDC’s current capacity is 1575, making it one of the largest immigration prisons in the United States.
Seattle and South Sound DSA:
If you have time and are available to make the trip out, meet in front of the prison 9/7/2018:
6:00 pm, bring signs and art-making materials, or any art you would like to leave behind in protest of inhumane ICE policies, and a private prison where inmates can earn $1 a day. And/or in support and solidarity with inmates participating in the national prison strike, and inmates currently participating in hunger strikes.
The Tacoma PD has forced protesters out of directly occupying the space in front of the prison multiple times, help us create a gallery of public art to show community support for detainees has not dissipated, and the fight will not be given up. Help us raise awareness and build momentum for the national movement to abolish ICE.
Join a group of activists who have been protesting the NWDC with a direct occupation which began last June, but is no longer currently in effect. There will be a noise demonstration at 9:00 pm and a candlelight vigil at 9:30 members of the community who will do readings and share their personal experiences.
This community group is involved with setting up the noise demo and the vigils.
More about NWDC Resistance.

1968: Expressions of a Flame - Divine Occupations
2018-09-01 16:00 - 18:30 | Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Investigation of a Flame and El Pueblo Se Levanta are two documentaries centered around the church as a site of community organizing.

This screening is co-presented by Democratic Socialists of America!
Join us on September 1st for some striking cinema and excellent conversation around religion, radicalism & organizing with Keaton Slánský, of Seattle DSA, and Dae Shik Kim Hawkins Jr. of Seattle Peoples Party!

Dae Shik Kim Hawkins Jr. is a local reporter, youth pastor, and organizer with the Seattle Peoples Party. He does most of his organizing around Seattle’s unhoused community and the brutal sweeps that the city continues. Hawkins recently co-wrote the Bruised But Not Broken: Tales of a Korean Immigrant Church series for Inheritance Magazine. You can find his writing in the South Seattle Emerald, the Seattle Weekly, and the Atlantic.

Jacobin Reading Group Discussion
2018-09-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
We will discuss two articles related to 1968 from Jacobin Issue 29:
HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS (https://www.jacobinmag.com/issue/nineteen-sixty-eight)
Jonah Birch
“For a few brief weeks in France, not just a government but an entire system was called into question.”
The Second Emancipation
(https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/05/the-second-emancipation/)
A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL K. HONEY
“Until his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr led an unheralded struggle for economic justice.”

[CANCELLED] Education Working Group Meeting
2018-08-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Seattle, WA, United States
This event will be rescheduled for sometime in the near future. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Socialism 101 ?
2018-08-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Montlake Branch of The Seattle Public Library, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Join Seattle DSA at this workshop for new and prospective members, or just those who would like to learn more about the fundamentals of socialist thought and our critique of capitalism.
This event is hosted by the Education Committee and SDSA’s District 4 & District 3 neighborhood groups, but it is open to anyone in the chapter and anyone in the public — bring your friends!
Transit: The 43 and 48 buses stop close to the library. The 255 and 245 drop off about 5 minutes away. The library is a 15-minute walk from the UW light rail station.
Accessibility: The library meeting room is wheelchair accessible. The parking lot off E McGraw Street has an ADA parking space. Drinks and finger foods are allowed in library meeting rooms.
Please feel free to contact elisabeth.elin@gmail.com with any questions about the event.

Religion & Socialism Caucus Meeting
2018-08-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Seattle, WA, United States
The SDSA Religion & Socialism working group is relaunching this year with new coordination. Join us for a visioning session to think together about our role as people of faith and partisans of democratic socialism in this city.

Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee Meeting / Reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados
2018-08-19 14:30 - 16:00 | Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122, USA, 2300 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join Seattle DSA members for the next meeting of the Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee!
This committee is working to:

Develop grassroots public campaigns to stand in solidarity with immigrant-led organizations fighting for an end to immigrant detention in our communities;
Define and coordinate on-the-ground organizing strategies to hold our elected officials accountable to their commitments to immigrant rights;
Defend immigrants from attacks by US-backed terrorist paramilitary organizations operating in our communities (ICE);
Offer concrete, small actions that all DSA members can participate in, which will assist immigrants and refugees carry on dignified lives in Seattle.

¡Únete a los miembros de Seattle DSA para nuestra reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados!
Este comité se está trabajando para:

Desarrollar campañas públicas de base para solidarizarse con las organizaciones dirigidas por inmigrantes que luchan por el fin de la detención de inmigrantes en nuestras comunidades;
Definir y coordinar estrategias de organización sobre el terreno para responsabilizar a nuestros funcionarios electos por sus obligaciones de los derechos inmigrantes;
Defender a los inmigrantes de los ataques de organizaciones paramilitares terroristas respaldadas por los Estados Unidos que operan en nuestras comunidades (ICE);
Ofrezcar acciones concretas y pequeñas en las que todos los miembros de Seattle DSA puedan participar, cuyas ayudarán a los inmigrantes y refugiados a vivir con la dignidad en Seattle.

AfroSocialists + Socialists of Color Movie Night + Happy Hour
2018-08-18 20:00 - 23:00 | columbia park, 3600 S Edmunds St, Seattle, 98118, United States
Hey kinfolx, come out to our Seattle Democratic Socialists of America meetup for black and brown comrades. This is a great way to meet up with other POC leftists and create a sense of community. Vibe out with like-minded individuals who understand that ALL peoples liberation is tied into BLACK liberation. New members, old members and nonmembers are all welcome.
We’ll be watching Coco at Columbia City’s Cinema Under the Stars at Columbia Park. Gather at 8pm; the films start at sunset. Bring a picnic, low back chairs and blankets to spread out for a fun cinema experience under the stars.
After the movie, we’re planning on heading to Island Soul Restaurant down the street for food and drink.

Cinema Under the Stars – https://www.facebook.com/events/140143243491409/
Island Soul Restaurant – https://www.islandsoulrestaurant.com

August Local Council Meeting
2018-08-18 12:00 - 14:00, 2018-08-06 18:30 - 19:30 | WA

Medicare for All Canvass ?
2018-08-18 11:00 - 14:00, 2018-08-04 11:00 - 14:00, 2018-07-21 11:00 - 14:00, 2018-07-07 11:00 - 14:00 | Le’s Deli & Bakery, 4219 S Othello St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Seattle DSA is out knocking on doors as part of DSA’s national Medicare for All campaign. You can learn more at the national campaign website here: https://medicareforall.dsausa.org.
Right now we’re pounding the pavement every other Saturday at 11am in the neighborhoods around the Othello light rail station. We start from Le’s Deli and Bakery and wrap up between 1:30-2pm.
We start off every canvass with a training and we always go out in pairs. So even if you’ve never canvassed before we’ll have you up to speed in no time! If you have any questions email us at sdsa.m4a@gmail.com.
If you want to join, please sign up at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNKqvu87Woj8W6zq13iOw-e7BSxad9C4W0aJZqzOe4qbym9g/viewform

Housing Justice Working Group Meeting
2018-08-16 18:30 - 20:00 | First Hill Park, 1201 University Street, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
The Housing Justice Working Group will be holding its first meeting of the month today. Agenda is forthcoming, but the meeting will likely focus on the First Hill Renters Assembly campaign.

Medicare for All Town Hall
2018-08-12 14:30 - 16:00 | Columbia Branch – Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98118, United States
Join us for a discussion about universal healthcare and the fight for Medicare for All! We’ll be hearing from Medicare for All advocates about the importance of universal programs, their effect on working class lives, how to spot a flawed healthcare plan, and how we can win our demands!

Medicare for All Canvass ? National Day of Action!
2018-08-12 11:00 - 14:00 | Le’s Deli & Bakery, 4219 S Othello St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States

West Seattle (District 1) Happy Hour ?
2018-08-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Beveridge Place Pub, 6413 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136, Seattle, WA, 98136, United States
Join West Seattle / city council District 1 comrades for a casual meet up!
Ring in the weekend with folks who understand the weekend is a construct of capitalism, and maybe even meet someone new!
WHERE: Beveridge Place Pub, 6413 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136
WHEN: 8pm
WHY?: A chance to meet up with comrades in your own community! Share a table and shake off the dust of everyday life. Food available, too!
TRANSIT: 22, 128, 773, C line
ACCESS: 21+ (non-alcoholic beverages available)

August Jacobin Reading Group Discussion
2018-08-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Montlake Branch of The Seattle Public Library, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA, 2401 24th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
***Note that this month’s discussion will be at Montlake Library, not Capitol Hill***
We will be discussing two articles related to 1968 from Jacobin Issue 29:
Why We Fought
LUCIANA CASTELLINA
What 1968 meant from the perspective of an Italian who lived through it.
Year of the Zombie
EILEEN JONES
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead showed a new society devouring the old.

Central District Tenant Rights Bootcamp
2018-08-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Peloton Seattle, 1220 E. Jefferson Street, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
This is a series of tenants rights meetings, organized by Be:Seattle and the Tenants Union of Washington. These bootcamps begin with an overview of tenants rights in Seattle, and end with Q&A opportunities. While this is a non-DSA event, the information is useful for anyone interested in housing work and/or tenant organizing.

Lessons from the West Virginia Strike for K-12 Teachers and School Support Staff
2018-07-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Lake Burien Presbyterian Church, 15003 14th Ave SW, Burien, WA, 98166, United States
Are you a teacher, school support staff, or a PTA member?
Join teachers and school support staff from across Washington to learn how West Virginia teachers won the biggest increase to education funding in 30 years in only 9 days.
Nicole McCormick is a middle school music teacher and was a leader of the 2018 West Virginia Educator Strike. She was one of the moderators of the 24,000-member Facebook group that teachers and school support staff used to organize. Nicole is the current President of the Mercer County Education Association and the mother of 4 children under 8-years old.
6-6:30 – Reception
6:30-7:30 – Presentation from Nicole McCormick
7:30-8:30 – Organized discussion among teachers and allies
Seating is first come, first served. Admission is free but voluntary contributions will be accepted to defray the cost of the venue and the speaker’s trip from West Virginia to Seattle.

Housing committee meeting
2018-07-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Meeting is at the Beacon Hill Branch of the Seattle Public Library
Agenda here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o8zeUU55sHwoLV3YMn5ikRTPMGK_3LbeV9z0m4GAVKI/edit#

STRIKE! Lessons for Washington’s Workers from The West Virginia Educator Strike ?
2018-07-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join Seattle DSA and the Martin Luther King County Labor Council for an evening dedicated to learning from a leader of one of the most successful, militant, and rank-and-file-led strikes in recent US history.
Nicole McCormick is a middle school music teacher and was a leader of the 2018 West Virginia Educator Strike. She was one of the moderators of the 24,000-member Facebook group that teachers and school support staff used to organize. Nicole is the current President of the Mercer County Education Association and the mother of 4 children under 8-years old.
Nicole will respond to the following questions:

Prior to 2018, what other ways had West Virginia educators attempted to make positive change for themselves and their students? What were the results of those efforts?
What was the context for the strike and how did it get started in 3 counties?
How did the strike expand statewide?
How did all of the different educators and support staff build and maintain unity?
What role did Facebook play in organizing the strike?

This event is open to all!
Seating is first come, first served. Admission is free but voluntary contributions will be accepted to defray the cost of the venue and the speaker’s trip from West Virginia to Seattle.

Ecosocialist Caucus Meeting ?
2018-07-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2018-05-06 13:30 - 15:00 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Capitalism is at the root of the most pressing ecological crises facing the world. From climate change to the destruction of oceans and forests, the reckless pursuit of profits has placed the future of the planet and its most vulnerable inhabitants is at risk.
Join the Ecosocialist Caucus to discuss environmental justice, ecosocialism, and strategy for how to build the power we need to reclaim the fate of the planet from the 1%.
We have a standing meeting on the first Sunday and third Thursday of every month. View our charter statement here and email SDSAEco@gmail.com with questions.

Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee Meeting / Reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados
2018-07-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States

Electoral Committee Meeting
2018-07-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Excited by DSA candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent victory over Democrat establishment incumbent Joe Crowley? Frustrated with Seattle politics and want to figure out how to make a change locally through your friendly neighborhood socialists? Are you going to the Capital reading group and just want to spend more time with DSA folks? Either way, you’re in luck! Join the Electoral Committee of Seattle DSA on Sunday, July 15th at 3:00pm in the meeting room of the Beacon Hill Library! The library is wheelchair accessible, and can be accessed via the link light rail.

Capital Reading Group – Session 3
2018-07-15 13:00 - 15:00 | WA
Are you curious about the works of Karl Marx? Do you want to learn the basics of Marxist economic theory in a friendly, open setting where it’s OK to be thoroughly confused about what a commodity is? So do we! Join us to read Vol. I of Karl Marx’s Capital. We welcome everyone, regardless of background & education level.
A link to more details about the reading group, including ground rules for discussion, reading selections & optional supplemental materials, can be found here.
We will be meeting in the Beacon Hill Branch library’s meeting room. The library is wheelchair accessible, and can be accessed via the link light rail.

Eastside Meetup! ?
2018-07-15 12:00 - 13:30 | Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Hello Comrades!
We’ll be having our next get-together on Sunday, July 15! Come by, meet your fellow Democratic Socialists and learn more about the Eastside DSA!
First, there will be a brief organizational meeting at Redmond Public Library, Redmond Conference Room, from noon to 1:30pm. Afterwards, we will head over to Soul Food to relax, and to enjoy some snacks and piping hot beverages.
Informational material about the DSA and Democratic Socialism will be available.
If you have any topics which you’d like to discuss, or questions which you’d like to put to the group, please let me know in advance so that I can add it to the agenda – thanks!
This get-together is open to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, non-members who are interested in learning more about the group, and anyone else who’d like to get acquainted with the DSA and its activities. Bring a friend or two who might like to learn more about the group, or who would just like to spend some time with like-minded people in a relaxed environment.
Informational material about the DSA and Democratic Socialism will be available.
(Parking: There are parking lots and street parking at both locations. There is also a parking lot roughly equidistant between the two locations, just a moderate walk away at Leary Way and Bear Creek.)
(Travel by bus: The Redmond Transit Center is just around the corner and a couple of blocks away, about a ten minute walk)
(There is no fee or donation to attend this event, but I do encourage members to plan to have a drink or a small snack at Soul Food. They’re being very kind to help us host this event, and it would be considerate to spend some money there)
Please let me know if you have any questions or need any clarification, thanks!
Share on Social Media!
Meetup Link: http://bit.ly/2KsQ6XR
Facebook event: http://bit.ly/2z481yH
Tweet: http://bit.ly/2lQ1RsF

Anti-Oppression Training + Organizing 101
2018-07-14 11:00 - 17:30 | Seattle Public Library – University Branch, 5009 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
The National AfroSocialists + Socialists of Color Caucus has developed an anti-oppression training to support the work of undoing racism within our work so that we can spread this into the systems we dismantle.
Seattle DSA is excited to welcome New York DSA members and trainers of the National AfroSoc caucus to lead this two-part training!
Part 1 — Anti-oppression Training — recognizing oppression in our lives, our work and how we can begin to undo it without alienation
Part 2 — Organizing 101 — basic organizing tools to build socialism in the world and in our work.
ACCESS:
Seattle Public Library meeting rooms allow for snacks and drinks.

AfroSocialists + Socialists of Color Happy Hour ?
2018-07-13 18:00 - 21:00 | WA
Hey kinfolx, come out to our Seattle Democratic Socialists of America happy hour for black and brown comrades. This is a great way to meet up with other POC leftists and create a sense of community. Grab a drink and vibe out with like-minded individuals who understand that ALL peoples liberation is tied into BLACK liberation. New members, old members and nonmembers are all welcome. All ages welcome until 9pm!
At 9pm, Taste of the Caribbean is hosting a game night. Bring a game you want to share with the group 🙂 There is a full menu of delicious Jamaican/Caribbean food and appetizers available for purchase as well.
Menu: http://www.tasteofthecaribbeanseattle.com/
ACCESSIBILITY:
-Restrooms are gendered (men/women) with stalls. Sorry, no unisex restrooms.
-All ages before 9pm.
-21+ after 9pm.

Tech Working Group Meeting
2018-07-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Capitol Hill Branch Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Seattle DSA’s tech working group will meet to discuss our work on the chapter’s technical infrastructure.
Access: There’s a ramp up to the main library entrance. Elevator to 2nd floor meeting room. Restrooms are gendered (men/women) with accessible stalls.

Internal Organizing Meeting + Work Party
2018-07-07 13:00 - 15:30 | Delridge Branch – Seattle Public Library, 5423 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA, 98106
DSA just experienced another big membership surge after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s primary win late June. We want to get new members plugged in and get acquainted with Seattle DSA’s platform, structure and work, meet new members and a lil primer on socialism/anti-capitalism. In order to do that, we will be planning and then working on a New Member Orientation planned for July 29 (pending approval) . If time permits, we will also discuss other IOC projects in the works/not yet in the works and what we need in order to accomplish them.
MEETING: 1pm-2pm
WORK PARTY: 2pm-3:30pm
ACCESSIBILITY:
The meeting room is on the first floor of the building. Restrooms are gendered (women/men) and have accessible stalls.
TRANSIT:
– Bus 120
– Free parking lot & street parking nearby

July Jacobin Reading Group Discussion
2018-07-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library, 2nd floor meeting room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
We will be reading the following articles from Jacobin issue 29, an issue all about 1968:
When Ramparts Reigned, by Meagan Day
How Ramparts went from Catholic literary magazine to the vanguard of the New Left.
Half the Way with Mao Zedong, by Paul Heideman
How Students for a Democratic Society went from building a mass movement to embracing the politics of self-destruction.

Seattle DSA Picnic ?
2018-06-23 15:00 - 22:00 | WA
Eat the rich! (and also chips, dips, hot diggity dogs, fruits and what is sure to be a fine spread!)
Comrades, fellow travelers and families are invited to eat, play and be merry at the 2nd annual Seattle DSA Picnic. Life can get pretty busy when you’re simultaneously working to survive under capitalism and working to advance socialism. Let’s take a break together and break some bread together between the trees at Seward Park. Seward Park is home to eagles’ nests, old growth forest, and a beach not far from our picnic area.
Show up 15 minutes early to help set up! And please stay to help clean up!
Lawn games, acoustic/non-amplified instruments, board/card games suitable for parks (no gambling) are welcome and encouraged.
Pleasse note: alcoholic drinks and marijuana are prohibited at Seattle Parks. Electricity is not available.
COST: FREE // bring a labeled dish or non-alcoholic drinks if you’re able — no one will be turned away
ACCESSIBILITY
Seward Park Picnic Spot #3 has a shelter, but most of the picnic tables are located outdoors. The area is paved and reached via pedestrian pathway. Restroom details have not yet been confirmed. A variety of food will be available (veggie / vegan / gluten-free / etc).
TRANSIT
-Parking: Public lot in Seward Park nearby, with ~3 accessible parking spaces — carpooling recommended on a Saturday.
-Link: Columbia City is the closest light rail stop, but is still about 2 mi. west.
-Bus:
#50 stops one block west of Seward Park.
#7 stops ~.6 miles west (14 minute walk)

Accessibility Working Group Meeting
2018-06-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Douglass-Truth Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2300 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, United States
Join our accessibility working group to discuss our plans to create an accessibility guide for the chapter & to implement accessibility guidelines in all of our working groups, committees, and caucuses. We’ll be discussing accessibility guides created by other chapters and how we can make Seattle DSA accessible and inclusive to disabled persons.
ACCESSIBILITY
Douglass-Truth Library meeting room is located on the first floor. There are steps leading up to the library building as well as a ramp on the east side of the building.
Restrooms are gendered (men / women) with accessible stalls.
The library permits finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages in meeting rooms.
TRANSIT:
Library is located on Bus Routes 4/ 48 along 23rd avenue and 8/27 along Yesler Way.
**If you need help getting to this event, please message Seattle DSA privately and we will find a way to help.**

Medicare For All Canvass ?
2018-06-19 11:00 - 2018-06-23 14:00 | 4219 S Othello St #105, 4219 S Othello St #105, Seattle, WA 98118, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Seattle DSA is canvassing neighborhoods all summer as part of DSA’s national Medicare for All campaign. We have been knocking on doors and want to build a mass movement to make free healthcare a reality for everyone and we need your help. This Saturday, we will again be canvassing in the Othello neighborhood. We will be meeting at 11:00 a.m. at Le’s Bakery (next to the Othello Light Rail stop) to practice beforehand. If you are unable to make this event but would like to canvass in July, please sign-up using the attached form. See you there!

Caucus Work Party ?
2018-06-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Beacon Hill Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Fighting cisheteropatriarchal white supremacist imperialist capitalism takes work! Building socialism is no easy task and nobody can do it alone. That’s why the Anti-War Caucus and the Ecosocialist Caucus have decided to jointly hold work parties to provide a space where comrades can work together on caucus projects.
If you’d like to contribute your labor to an existing project or would like to bring something you are working on to get help with, stop by. You can come late, leave early, just pop in, or stay the whole time.
Afterall, what’s more socialist than collectivizing our labor to help each other out and build a better world?
Snacks provided.

June Local Council Meeting
2018-06-16 12:00 - 14:00 | WA
Meeting of the Seattle Local Council
This meeting is open to dues-paying Seattle DSA members in good standing.
For location info, e-mail localcouncil@seattledsa.org .

Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee Meeting / Reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados
2018-06-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Columbia Branch – Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98118, United States

Capital Reading Group – Session 2
2018-06-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fremont Branch – Seattle Public Library, 731 N 35th St, Seattle, WA, United States
Are you curious about the works of Karl Marx? Do you want to learn the basics of Marxist economic theory in a friendly, open setting where it’s OK to be thoroughly confused about what a commodity is? So do we! Join us to read Vol. I of Karl Marx’s Capital. We welcome everyone, regardless of background & education level.
A link to more details about the reading group, including ground rules for discussion, reading selections & optional supplemental materials, can be found here.
We will be meeting in the Fremont Branch library’s meeting room. The library is wheelchair accessible, and can be accessed via the No. 31, 32, 40, and 62 bus routes.

Education Working Group Meeting
2018-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | 1000 8th Avenue, 1000 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Education Working Group in planning our political education offerings, including a Socialist School program and our Cinepraxis film series!
Page “Dauthier, David Q.” on the intercom when you arrive!

Slack/Chat Working Group
2018-06-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Discuss how Seattle DSA should structure its internal communications and chat system!

Queer & Feminist Book Club ?
2018-06-02 15:30 - 17:30 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
Are Prisons Obsolete ? – Angela Davis
We’ll be reading Angela Davis’ book on prison abolition for this reading group.
— Hosted by Seattle DSA’s Queer & Feminist Caucus —

You do not have to be a Seattle DSA member to join this discussion– 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:
The Capitol Hill Library can be entered via ramp or stairs on Republican Street. The meeting room is located on the second floor and can be accessed by stairs or elevator.
Restrooms have accessible stalls, and are gendered for men and women.
The library permits finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages in meeting rooms.
TRANSIT:
LiNK — Light Rail Capitol Hill station is located 0.3 miles from the library (~ 6 minute walk).
BUS
Bus Routes 9/49/60 Southbound — one block east of library on Broadway
Bus Routes 9/49/60 Northbound — one block east and one block south of library on Broadway
PARKING
Limited, free parking available in library parking lot (enter on Harvard Ave between Republican and Harrison). Street parking is free, but sparse and some of it is zoned. Pay-to-park along Broadway.

**If you need help getting to this event, please message Seattle DSA privately and we will find a way to help.**

Electoral Committee Meeting
2018-06-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Capitol Hill Branch Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Are you interested in Seattle DSA’s electoral work and what a socialist electoral strategy looks like in Seattle? Come join Seattle DSA for the fourth meeting of our Electoral Committee!
We’ll discuss our endorsement process, our electoral strategy, and more. Hope to see you there!

*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:
The Capitol Hill Library can be entered via ramp or stairs on Republican Street. The meeting room is located on the second floor and can be accessed by stairs or elevator.
Restrooms have accessible stalls, and are gendered for men and women.
The library permits finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages in meeting rooms.
TRANSIT:
LiNK — Light Rail Capitol Hill station is located 0.3 miles from the library (~ 6 minute walk).
BUS
Bus Routes 9/49/60 Southbound — one block east of library on Broadway
Bus Routes 9/49/60 Northbound — one block east and one block south of library on Broadway
PARKING
Limited, free parking available in library parking lot (enter on Harvard Ave between Republican and Harrison). Street parking is free, but sparse and some of it is zoned. Pay-to-park along Broadway.

**If you need help getting to this event, please message Seattle DSA privately and we will find a way to help.**

Jacobin Reading Group Discussion
2018-06-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
In June we’ll be discussing two healthcare-related articles from Jacobin issue 28:

“Do We Need Pfizer?” by Adam Gaffney, p. 58
A plan to take on Big Pharma — and create and distribute lifesaving drugs.
“Model Consumers” by Natalie Shure, p. 69
Obamacare tried to fix the health system one consumer choice at a time. No wonder it failed.

District 4 Meetup
2018-06-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Floating Bridge Brewery (back space reserved), 722 NE 45th Street, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
We’re hosting a gathering for DSA members in District 4 to get to know each other! We’ll discuss some D4 business (like when/where to host another neighborhood member phone bank), but mostly it’s just an opportunity to socialize.
Floating Bridge Brewery graciously said they’d save a table for our group that evening. The space is open to people under 21! They have a range of non-alcoholic drinks available in addition to their beer selection (kombucha, ginger soda, root beer, etc). We’ll have snacks there, too. (Feel free to bring additional snacks, but no pressure to do so. The brewery is fine with us bringing any food items in – just no outside drinks.)
DSA members from other districts are also welcome to attend. Feel free to bring non-DSA-member friends as well.
Parking: I scoped out some parking – there is a pay lot at 45th and 9th, but it’s rather pricey at about $8.50 for 2 hours. There are 2-hour parking spaces on some of the nearby streets. The best spot I found with a lot of open spaces was on 7th Ave between 47th and 50th Aves. (You can get to those by following the signs to the entrance to the 5, but veering right instead of getting on the freeway.)
Transit: The bus stop at 45th & 9th (very close to the brewery) is accessible by the 44, 167, 810, 821, 855, 860, 871, 880 buses. Also feel free to reach out to me at elisabeth.elin@gmail.com if you’d like a ride.
Accessibility: The space is wheelchair accessible on both levels of the brewery. Unfortunately, the bathrooms are not gender neutral.

Millennials and the New Working Class ?
2018-05-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Seattle Labor Temple Association – Hall #1, 2800 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, USA, 2800 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121, United States
Shaun Scott

Join Seattle DSA, author Shaun Scott, and Seattle’s broader left community for a speaker slate about the Millennial working class, the historical moment they belong to, and the movement they can create. We’ll hear from local luminaries who challenge us to think critically about how a new socialist movement can build power for womxn, people of color, and the new working class of service workers, tech workers, and caretakers. DSA organizer Shaun Scott will expound on conclusions from his book” Millennials and the Moments That Made Us” (Zero Books, 2018), an intersectional anti-capitalist critique of popular culture under neoliberalism. Free of charge.

Spring Socialist Sunday Social
2018-05-27 15:00 - 19:00 | Optimism Brewing Company, 1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Will we be sunburned and squinting or damp and pouting? In Seattle’s May weather, who can say? Join us at Optimism Brewing for our Spring Social, where we’ll be able to either soak up the sunlight or shake our fists at the clouds through the huge windows. Outside food is encouraged, so grab something to share on your way over!
Our socials are great spaces for long-time, new, or prospective members to meet and chat — and a great first event for anyone who’s curious about DSA!

Building the Left: America After the Sanders Campaign?
2018-05-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Seattle Labor Temple Association – Hall #1, 2800 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121, USA, 2800 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121, United States
Michael Hardt, Heather Gautney, Kshama Sawant
Why are U.S. elections like a marriage of Milton Friedman and Margaret Thatcher? Because you’re FREE TO CHOOSE but THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. For a moment, in 2016, it seemed possible that there could be a four-candidate race, as there was in 1860 when Lincoln won the Presidency with a minority vote but, in the end, the system survived its stresses and the two-party regime of austerity, racial violence, and perpetual military intervention continues, even though more and more voters feel that neither party represents them. What can we expect in the next electoral cycle? Will the center hold? Or will the duopoly party system finally break apart, creating new possibilities for a left movement? How can the Left draw on the mobilizational opportunities of a Presidential election cycle without withdrawing its energies from possibly more urgent tasks and blunting its own identity as an alternative to the system itself?
Sociologist Heather Gautney was a legislative fellow in the Washington office of Bernie Sanders and a researcher/organizer for his presidential campaign. She is the author of a new book from Verso, Crashing the Party: From the Bernie Sanders Campaign to a Progressive Movement. Outlining what enabled Sanders to reach out to an unprecedented number of people with a socialist message (and what stalled his progress and radical punch), she assesses the challenges for the Left given the limitations of the Democratic Party. Michael Hardt is the co-author with Antonio Negri of Assembly, which addresses the question: Why have resurgent social movements, which address the needs and desires of so many, not been able to achieve lasting change and create a new, more democratic and just society? Councilmember Kshama Sawant works inside and outside the system to give a political voice to the struggles of low-wage workers, youth, people of color and all those who are shut out.

Anti War Caucus Meeting
2018-05-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Join the Anti-War Caucus to help build an anti-war Left capable of challenging U.S. imperialism at home and abroad.
These are dark times. Join us for some sunshine! We are meeting in Cal Anderson Park near the Capitol Hill Link Station at 6:00 on May 25th. Meet us near the Lincoln Reservoir.

Housing Subcommittee Meeting
2018-05-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Columbia Branch – Seattle Public Library, 4721 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, 98118, United States
Join the Housing Justice subcommittee to discuss SDSA’s efforts to organize tenants, end houselessness, and agitate for the construction of affordable public housing.
Note about accessibility: the event is in the meeting room in the lower level of the Columbia City library branch, accessible via a ground floor entrance. Free parking is available. The library is on the number 7 bus line, and approximately half a mile from the Columbia City light rail stop.

A Conversation with Kathi Weeks: "Against Work and Family"
2018-05-23 17:30 - 19:30 | Vermillion, 1508 11th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Kathi Weeks is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University. Her primary interests are in the fields of political theory, feminist theory, Marxist thought, and utopian studies. She is the author of The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries (Duke UP, 2011); Constituting Feminist Subjects (Cornell UP, 1998); and a co-editor of The Jameson Reader (Blackwell, 2000).

Food Lifeline group volunteer ?
2018-05-22 18:00 - 20:30 | Food lifeline, 815 S 96th St., Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
Sorting and packing food to be distributed to food banks, email Jeremygnewton@gmail.com for registration link.

Free Public Transit in Seattle and Beyond
2018-05-21 18:00 - 20:00 | University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
From the Transit Riders Union website:
Ever wonder why we pay for public transit, but elevators are free? Free public transit lies at the intersection of climate justice and economic justice, and it may be an idea whose time is coming: cities from Paris to Seoul are experimenting with free transit to reduce pollution and congestion.
Thanks to years of work by grassroots organizers and organizations like TRU, Seattle and King County are already national leaders in affordable transit. But are we ready to take the next step?
Join the Transit Riders Union and friends on May 21st for the launch of a new book and a new campaign!
Author Rosalie Ray will speak about the hot-off-the-press book “Free Public Transit: And Why We Don’t Pay to Ride Elevators.” Other speakers include:

Ifrah Abshir, a leader in the successful campaign to win free transit passes for Seattle public school students
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien
Katie Wilson, general secretary of the Transit Riders Union

And more to be announced!

Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee Meeting / Reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados
2018-05-20 15:00 - 16:30 | Rainier Beach Public Library, 3801 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Eastside Branch Meeting
2018-05-20 12:00 - 14:00 | Redmond Library, 15990 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Eastside branch on the third Sunday of each month for a meeting and get-together! In May we’ll be meeting at the Redmond Public Library on May 20, before retiring to Soul Food for some snacks and relaxation!
This get-together is open to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, non-members who are interested in learning more about the group, and anyone else who’d like to get acquainted with the DSA and its activities. Bring a friend or two who might like to learn more about the group, or who would just like to spend some time with like-minded people in a relaxed environment.
Informational material about the DSA and Democratic Socialism will be available.
Parking: There are parking lots and street parking at both locations. There is also a parking lot roughly equidistant between the two locations, just a moderate walk away at Leary Way and Bear Creek.
Transit: The Redmond Transit Center is just around the corner and a couple of blocks away, about a ten minute walk.
There is no fee or donation to attend this event, but I do encourage members to plan to have a drink or a small snack at Soul Food. They’re being very kind to help us host this event, and it would be considerate to spend some money there.

From Allies to Comrades?
2018-05-19 19:00 - 21:00 | University of Washington Communications Building (CMU) Room 120
Jodi Dean

Crucial to the global excitement generated by the October Revolution was the promise and possibility of new forms of relationship, new ways of being human. The Revolution heralded an end to relations of hierarchy and domination and the beginning of new relations of comradeship and solidarity. This talk focuses on the comrade as a term of address, figure of political relation, and carrier of expectations for action. It presents four theses on the comrade, emphasizing the genericity and interchangeability of the comrade. It argues that this genericity, the sameness of those on the same side, provides a way through the impasse of systems and survivors prominent on the contemporary left.

D6 Branch Picnic
2018-05-19 15:00 - 19:00 | Woodland Park Picnic Shelter #4, Woodland Park Picnic Shelter #4, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
Join your North End comrades for an afternoon of food and outdoor fun! We’ll be grilling and hanging out at the #4 picnic shelter at Woodland Park. The #4 shelter is between the parking lot and the dog park. We’ll be there a little before 3 and will have a red sign at the picnic table.
There is plenty of parking and the closest entrance is at Aurora & 59th. Potluck is welcome since it’s a picnic, but not necessary since we know everyone’s busy. The picnic site is partially ADA accessible and has a bathroom.

May Local Council Meeting
2018-05-19 12:00 - 14:00 | WA

UW Grad Students Strike - Location 2
2018-05-15 05:00 - 16:00 | UW Central Parking Garage, 15th Ave NE and NE 41st ST, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
UW Academic Student Employees, organized by UAW4121 are fighting for livable wages, child care subsidies, fully trans-inclusive healthcare, affordable and accessible mental healthcare, and for new initiatives promoting university-wide departmental equity and combating sexual harassment and discrimination on campus. So far, the university administration has not been willing to work towards a fair contract. Join the ASEs and Seattle DSA on the picket line as we show that UW works because they do!
The latest updates on the strike are available at the strike center.
The meeting location is at the Central Parking Garage entrance at 15th Ave NE and NE 41st ST.

UW Grad Students Strike - Location 1
2018-05-15 05:00 - 16:00 | Montlake Triangle, Montlake Triangle, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
UW Academic Student Employees, organized by UAW4121 are fighting for livable wages, child care subsidies, fully trans-inclusive healthcare, affordable and accessible mental healthcare, and for new initiatives promoting university-wide departmental equity and combating sexual harassment and discrimination on campus. So far, the university administration has not been willing to work towards a fair contract. Join the ASEs and Seattle DSA on the picket line as we show that UW works because they do!
The latest updates on the strike are available at the strike center.
The meeting location is on the Montlake Triangle, the park between UW Medical Center and the UW light rail station.

Public Bank Campaign Meeting
2018-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineeering, 185 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Public Bank subcommittee to discuss our efforts to advocate for a municipal public bank in the city of Seattle.
The meeting will be held in room 203 of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on the UW campus. The building is located a short walk from the UW light rail station, and is wheelchair accessible.

Base Building Study Group
2018-05-13 17:00 - 19:00 | WA
Bottom-lined by South King County DSA, we will be holding our first reading group focused on learning about base building as a strategy for transformational change.We will be reading and discussing this. It will be on Sunday 5/13 from 5-7 pm at a member’s home — RSVP at avabkeating@gmail.com if you plan to come! Dinner will be provided, though extra drinks/snacks are welcome.

Socialism 101?
2018-05-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Northeast Branch Library, 6801 35th Avenue NE, Seattle, 98115
Join Seattle DSA at this workshop for new and prospective members, or just those who’d like to learn more about the fundamentals of socialist thought and our critique of capitalism. Open to the public, bring your friends!

Transit:
BUS — The #62 Sand Point Northbound, #71 Wedgwood Northbound, and #76 Wedgwood Northbound buses stop one block south and one block west of the library, at NE 65th St & 33rd Ave NE. The #65 Jackson Park Northbound stops across the street (East) from the library at 35th Ave NE & NE 68th St.
The #62 Green Lake Southbound, #71 UW Station Southbound, and #76 Downtown Southbound buses stop one block south and two blocks east of the library, at NE 65th St & 37rd Ave NE. The #65 University District Southbound stops across the street (South) from the library at 35th Ave NE & NE 68th St.

Estelita’s Library Grand Opening!
2018-05-12 12:00 - 16:30 | Estelita’s Library – Justice Focused Community Bookstore & Library, 2533 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Love Books? Love Social Justice? Love the People?
This is your bookstore & library. With deference and love to LEMs bookstore in Columbia City, we want to build a community space for people to build, learn, and enjoy from each other and with each other.
Estelita’s Library will be a curated community bookstore and Library with books focused on social justice, ethnic studies, and liberation movements.
The goal of Estelita’s Library is to have community book talks, classes, meetings, history lessons, and much more to strengthen and develop our collective analysis for justice.
Our model is to move away from ownership of books and a community library model. Estelita’s Library is open to everyone and will have a membership model to borrow books. Yearly Memberships will be available on a sliding scale and will grant discounts to food and events.
(During the Grand Opening and during regular business hours) Estelita’s Library will be serving food, beer & wine, and will have the back patio open.
Join us to open this community space!
Much love.

March on Amazon! Tax Big Biz to Build Affordable Housing!
2018-05-12 11:00 - 14:00 | Cal Anderson Park and Bobby Morris Playfield
RALLY at Cal Anderson Park at 11am followed by a
MARCH to Amazon’s HQ in South Lake Union to
PROTEST their corporate extortion of our city!
Amazon, one of the most powerful corporations in the world, threatened to halt construction of a skyscraper if our movement succeeds in forcing the Mayor and City Council to tax big business to build affordable housing. This is extortion, and we must stand up to Bezos’ bullying. Having made a profit of $1.6B in the first 3 months of this year, the tax will be pocket change for Amazon.
The big business Employee Hours Tax (EHT) that Amazon is so desperate to avoid would raise up to $150 million annually to fund the construction of 750 units of permanently affordable housing per year and expand homeless shelters and services in Seattle. It would affect only the top 3% of corporations in Seattle- those who can most easily afford to pay.
It is no coincidence that Amazon is threatening the jobs of 7-8,000 construction workers at the same time that it scouts for a city to host it’s second headquarters. It wants to set a clear precedent to ensure that whatever city it chooses understands that Amazon’s bottom line comes first, before the interests of working people or our communities .
But we want to set a different precedent: that the interests of the 99% come before the greed of the 1%! Instead of a race to the bottom, a race to the top!
Amazon is a $700 billion corporation, controlling nearly 45 percent of the online retail market. It paid $0 in federal income taxes last year. Thanks to the Trump corporate tax cuts, Amazon now does not have to pay $789 million it owed in back taxes. Jeff Bezos is the world’s wealthiest person, with $131 billion. The tax that Amazon would have to pay in Seattle, approximately $20 million annually, is pocket change for them.
We must stand up against Amazon’s bullying! We cannot allow them to continue putting corporate greed before the rights and well-being of their workers and the cities they reside in!
NO to Amazon’s bullying!
YES to taxing big business to fund affordable housing!

Special Finance Committee Meeting on a Progressive Business Tax
2018-05-11 09:30 - 11:30, 2018-05-09 09:30 - 11:30 | Seattle City Council 600 4th Ave, Fl 2, Seattle, Washington 98104
Public comment starts 9:30 AM
Arrive early to sign up to testify
Seattle City Hall
Council Chambers
At this meeting of the City Council’s Finance Committee, we expect the councilmembers to debate and VOTE on potential amendments to legislation that would raise $75 million for housing, shelter, and services through a progressive tax on big businesses like Amazon!
It is critical that we turn out in force for this meeting to make sure that the legislation is not watered down with bad amendments!
Then, we expect them to VOTE the legislation out of committee so that it can go on to the May 14th full council meeting for a final vote. Join us!
housingforallseattle.org

Anti-War Caucus Meeting
2018-05-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Ballard Branch Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107, United States
Join the Anti-War Caucus to help build an anti-war Left capable of challenging U.S. imperialism at home and abroad.

District 4 (University District, Roosevelt, & Sand Point) Potluck Brunch & Phonebank
2018-05-05 11:00 - 13:00 | WA
Join your fellow residents of District 4 (and any other members who’d like to drop by) for food and phonebanking! We will be meeting at a member’s home with a beautiful backyard, so please RSVP via email and hope for good weather.
Find your council district on the City of Seattle website.

District 3 (Capitol Hill & Central District) Happy Hour
2018-05-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Twilight Exit, 2514 E Cherry St, Seattle, WA, 98122
Join Seattle DSA members from Capitol Hill and the Central District for our first ever District 3 happy hour! We’ll be hanging out at the Twilight Exit in the Central District from 5-7 PM.
Find your council district on the City of Seattle website.

Education Working Group Meeting
2018-05-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA’s Education Committee in planning our political education program.

Housing Justice Subcommittee Meeting
2018-05-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Housing Justice subcommittee to discuss SDSA’s efforts to end houselessness, organize renters, and agitate for the construction of affordable public housing.
Note about accessibility: the event is in the meeting room on the second floor of the Capitol Hill Branch Library, accessible via the entrance ramp and an elevator.
This event is not sponsored by The Seattle Public Library.

North Seattle Town Hall
2018-05-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Avenue NW, Seattle, WA, 98117, United States
Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda (Citywide, Position 8), Lorena González (Citywide, Position 9), and Mike O’Brien (District 6) are hosting a North Seattle Town Hall along with members of the Progressive Revenue Task Force. This event will include a presentation on the proposed Progressive Business Tax (AKA the Employee Hours Tax, or Bosses’ Tax), as well as community questions and feedback.
Join Seattle DSA and our ally organizations to voice our support for a tax on big business to fund affordable housing! Don’t let the Chamber of Commerce drown out the will of the people!

19th Annual May Day March for Immigrant and Workers Rights
2018-05-01 14:30 - 18:30 | Judkins Park, Seattle, WA 98144, USA, 2150 S Norman St, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Rally begins at Judkins Park at 2:30pm
March to downtown begins at 3:30pm
Meet up with Seattle DSA along the west edge of the park, just east of South Nye Place & 20th Place South.
No signs? No problem! Join Seattle DSA on April 28 to make some: North End or South End.
For more information, contact El Comité and the May 1st Action Coalition by phone at 206-465-5511 or by email at infoelcomitewa@gmail.com.
Find more on Twitter: #MAYDAYSEA

District 7 (Queen Anne, Magnolia, SLU, Belltown) Neighborhood Meeting
2018-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Seattle Center Armory, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Come discuss and make a plan for organizing and phone-banking DSA members within Seattle Council District 7!

Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee Meeting / Reunión del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados
2018-04-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Kent Library, 212 2nd Ave N, Kent, WA, 98032, United States
Join Seattle DSA members for our second meeting of the Immigrant and Refugee Justice Committee!
This committee works to:

Develop grassroots public campaigns to stand in solidarity with immigrant-led organizations fighting for an end to immigrant detention in our communities;
Define and coordinate on-the-ground organizing strategies to hold our elected officials accountable to their commitments to immigrant rights;
Defend immigrants from attacks by US-backed terrorist paramilitary organizations operating in our communities (ICE);
Offer concrete, small actions that all DSA members can participate in, which will assist immigrants and refugees carry on dignified lives in Seattle.

Location: Kent Library Small Meeting Room. For carpool information, please email julian@seattledsa.org.
¡Únete a los miembros de Seattle DSA para nuestra reunión segunda del Comité de Justicia para Inmigrantes y Refugiados!
Este comité trabaja para:

Desarrollar campañas públicas de base para solidarizarse con las organizaciones dirigidas por inmigrantes que luchan por el fin de la detención de inmigrantes en nuestras comunidades;
Definir y coordinar estrategias de organización sobre el terreno para responsabilizar a nuestros funcionarios electos por sus obligaciones de los derechos inmigrantes;
Defender a los inmigrantes de los ataques de organizaciones paramilitares terroristas respaldadas por los Estados Unidos que operan en nuestras comunidades (ICE);
Ofrezcar acciones concretas y pequeñas en las que todos los miembros de Seattle DSA puedan participar, cuyas ayudarán a los inmigrantes y refugiados a vivir con la dignidad en Seattle.

Ubicación: Kent Library Small Meeting Room. Para viaje compartido, envíe un correo electrónico a julian@seattledsa.org.

Queer & Feminist Book Club ?
2018-04-29 14:00 - 16:30 | Douglass-Truth Branch – Seattle Public Library, 2300 E Yesler Way, Seattle, WA, United States
The Dispossessed by: Ursula Le Guin
— Hosted by Seattle DSA’s Queer & Feminist Caucus —
We’re taking a break from non-fiction to explore Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed.
Read Chapters 8-end before this discussion on part 2.
You do not have to be a Seattle DSA member to join this discussion– 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:
Douglass-Truth Library meeting room is located on the first floor. There are steps leading up to the library building as well as a ramp on the east side of the building.
The library permits finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages in meeting rooms.
TRANSIT:
Library is located on Bus Routes 4/ 48 along 23rd avenue and 8/27 along Yesler Way.
**If you need help getting to this event, please message Seattle DSA privately and we will find a way to help.**

Medicare for All Working Group Meeting
2018-04-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Capitol Hill Library Meeting Room, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Medicare for All Working Group to help decide on & begin planning for our next campaigns!
Accessibility: The main entrance is accessible via a ramp, and the meeting room via an elevator to the 2nd floor.
