Seattle Democratic Socialists of America

Gamers Rise Up (PC / Crossplay)
2022-09-15 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-09-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-09-29 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-10-06 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-10-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-10-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-10-27 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-11-03 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual: Discord
Based?
Kick it on discord with some chill lefty homies.
No agenda or lecture to sit through, just clickin and clackin.
We’ll be playing Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Tekken 7, and anything else folks are feeling’.

Discord is used for this event.
Please DM JJ B. on Slack to receive a link to the Discord, Seattle DSA: Gamers United Will Never Be Defeated.
Show up to a scheduled game night, or use the “looking for game” channel to find people to play with outside those times.
A project of the Housing Justice Working Group.

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-09-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-09-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-14 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-10-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-11-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Come meet other teachers and educators as we socialize and discuss how we can improve our workplaces! We meet every other week, alternating between socials and political/reading discussions and action planning. Teachers and educators from other districts welcome! Invite your coworkers!
Meet on the patio of Chuck’s Hop Shop, central district.

Canvass for Raise The Wage Tukwila
2022-09-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Come help spread the word about the DSA-endorsed ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila.
Join DSA and labor comrades for canvassing, followed by a community lunch courtesy of Transit Riders Union.
RSVP here.

I-1471 Signature Gathering at Seattle Center
2022-09-17 13:00 - 19:00 | Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA, 98109, United States
Come help collect signatures for I-1471, Washington State’s single payer ballot initiative, organized by Whole Washington and endorsed by Seattle DSA
Elena V of Seattle DSA is leading up this activity. Here are details from her.

Here’s where you can find me specifically: At our booth in the Fisher Pavilion but we will also have volunteers walking around
Description of how to recognize me: I will be wearing a red Whole Washington T-Shirt or my scrubs
What To Know & Bring
If you have a Whole Washington T-shirt already, feel free to wear it. If you want one, we can get one on order for you.
If you already have boards and petitions, please bring them.
If you don’t have any supplies at all, let me know.
Always bring items to keep yourself comfortable like water, snacks, a hat, SPF, and always wear comfortable shoes.
Collecting signatures is easy, fun, and rewarding! You’ll be comfortable in no time!
Here’s how to reach me before the event and on the day of the event: Elena – 425-894-5353
RSVP here.

Peoples Breakfast: UDistrict
2022-09-18 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-25 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-02 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-09 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-16 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-23 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-10-30 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-11-06 08:00 - 11:00 | University Heights, 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Contact JJ Bartlett to sign up: 360-319-2009
Masks required in-kitchen. Optional outdoors. Must be vaccinated.

Scrambled Eggs, Sausages, Pancakes, and Hashbrowns!
Donuts, Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Water!
Come to cook, eat breakfast, and get to know your unhoused neighbors here in the UDistrict!

Sundays at University Heights Community Center.
Cooking (off-site) = 8:00am – 9:30am.
Serving (UHeights) = 9:30am – Food Runs Out.
Stay for the whole time or show up to one shift!
Fully funded and operated by Seattle DSA in close collaboration with University Heights Community Center!
We are currently seeking financial supporters to bottom-line a breakfast day!
Each breakfast costs around $120.00 USD in Food+Equipment to serve 60 people.
Our Menu!

Marxist Reading Group
2022-09-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-10-02 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-10-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-10-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Meeting for the Marxist reading group. New and seasoned readers of Marxist literature welcome!

For the kick-off meeting (1/9), we’ll be reading The Communist Manifesto.
Kick-off agenda:
1. Intros and such (10 mins)
2. Discussion of the Manifesto (40 mins)
3. Planning future meetings (10 mins)

RSVP for the first meeting here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/marxist-reading-group/
Read the Communist Manifesto online

District 2: Soccer @Brighton Playfield - everybody welcome!
2022-09-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-02 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-09 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-30 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Brighton Playfield (next to Aki Kurose Middle School), 6000 39th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Socialist soccer: join us for some fun game, all skill-levels welcome!

Mobilization Committee Meeting
2022-09-18 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-10-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Mobilization Committee meets to discuss resistance against fascist, racist, and homophobic agents. We talk frequently about the history of resistance, and how we can take action now.

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.

I-1471 Signature Gathering at Renton Farmers Market
2022-09-20 15:30 - 17:30 | Renton Farmers Market, 233 Burnett Ave S, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Come meet fellow DSA members from south King County, and help collect signatures for DSA-endorsed I-1471 ballot initiative to implement a statewide universal healthcare program in Washington state.
RSVP here.

September Tech Committee Monthly Meeting
2022-09-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
This is this first of the Tech Committee monthly meetings. We’ll take some time to get to know each other a little better, talk over how things are going working on the committee, what’s going well and what could use a little work.
Not on the committee but want to join to see what it’s all about? You’re more than welcome too!
See you there!

Healthcare Working Group Meeting
2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-10-05 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-10-19 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-11-02 17:00 - 18:00 | On Zoom, WA, United States
We’ll be gathering to discuss our work to advance the fight for single payer healthcare at the state and federal level. RSVP here to let us know you are coming / get the Zoom link for the meeting!

POSTER: RALLY to Defend Abortion Rights
2022-09-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Capitol Hill Light Rail Station, 140 Broadway E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Join Seattle DSA members and others – all are welcome! – to spread the word about the upcoming Seattle Rally to Defend Abortion Rights as part of the Women’s March Weekend of Action. We’ll be meeting up at 7pm, Wednesday, in front of the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station on Broadway & John.
With GOP Senator Lindsey Graham introducing a NATIONAL ABORTION BAN bill in the US Senate, its clear the Right and their representatives won’t stop until they’ve stripped everyone of reproductive rights across the entire country. Just recently, 195 GOP Representatives voted against codifying access to contraception into federal law. We need to take lessons from how abortion rights were won in the first place – a mass movement willing to escalate its tactics to include workplace actions and striking.
Let’s get the word out!

District 4 Mutual Aid
2022-09-22 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-09-29 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-10-06 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-10-13 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-10-20 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-10-27 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-03 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-10 16:30 - 17:30 | University Playground Park, 4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Thursday at 4:30pm, come to University Playground Park (4745 9th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105) to distribute supplies. Bring medical supplies, snacks, and clothes. To get involved, you can also contact Rosa Hayes through the DSA Slack. If you want to contribute financially, send money with the note “mutual aid” to @historynerd1791 on Venmo.

Suds & Solidarity: South King County Edition
2022-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 | The Local 907, 907 S 3rd St, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Come have a drink and socialize with fellow DSA members and supporters from south King County.
Informal setting, good beer, great casual conversation.
RSVP here.

Labor Organizing Workshop
2022-09-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Capitol Hill Branch Library, 425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Working people across the US are standing up for their rights, building collective power, and organizing unions. Do you and your co-workers want to join them and win better conditions on the job?
Join your Seattle DSA comrades for an in-person workshop that will teach you the skills you need to organize your workplace. It’s this Saturday, September 24 from 11AM – 2PM at the Capitol Hill Branch of the Seattle Public Library.
This workshop will cover the fundamentals of labor organizing, including identifying leaders, workplace mapping, organizing conversations, and building a successful organizing campaign with your coworkers. A light lunch and snacks will be provided, and we strongly encourage all attendees to wear masks.
RSVP Here.

Canvass for Raise The Wage Tukwila
2022-09-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Come help spread the word about the DSA-endorsed ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila.
Join DSA comrades and community members for a neighborhood canvass, followed by a community lunch courtesy of Transit Riders Union.
RSVP here.

POSTER: RALLY to Defend Abortion Rights
2022-09-25 12:00 - 14:00 | Starbucks Roastery, 1124 Pike St,, Seattle
Join Seattle DSA members and others – all are welcome! – to spread the word about the upcoming Seattle Rally to Defend Abortion Rights as part of the Women’s March Weekend of Action. We’ll be meeting up at 12NOON, Sunday (9/25), in front of the Seattle STARBUCKS Roastery (1124 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101).
With GOP Senator Lindsey Graham introducing a NATIONAL ABORTION BAN bill in the US Senate, its clear the Right and their representatives won’t stop until they’ve stripped everyone of reproductive rights across the entire country. Just recently, 195 GOP Representatives voted against codifying access to contraception into federal law. We need to take lessons from how abortion rights were won in the first place – a mass movement willing to escalate its tactics to include workplace actions and striking.
Let’s get the word out!

Labor Committee Meeting
2022-09-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Come join us for the September labor working group meeting. Look for the agenda in the labor channel on slack!
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-committee-meeting-24/

Build the Fightback! POSTER: RALLY to Defend Abortion Rights
2022-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | U District Light Rail Station, 4300 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
Join Seattle DSA members and others – all are welcome! – to spread the word about the upcoming Seattle Rally to Defend Abortion Rights as part of the Women’s March Weekend of Action. We’ll be meeting up at 6pm, Wednesday, in front of the University District Light Rail Station on 43rd and Brooklyn Ave NE.

🍺🥤 Suds & Solidarity🌹: NW Seattle edition
2022-09-29 18:00 - 20:00 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Greenwood), 656 NW 85th St, Seattle, WA, 98117, United States
Join District 6 Members (all are welcome!) Thursday at Chuck’s Hop Shop in Greenwood! We’ll hang out, get to know each other as comrades and neighbors, hydrate, talk about things like the Starbucks worker unionization campaign, and if you’re up for it, plaster the neighborhood with some Starbucks worker solidarity posters. See also D3’s Suds & Solidarity event(s) on the DSA calendar! This is an informal social event with optional action item (postering).
A note on location: outdoor seating available; accessibility: relatively level terrain/no steps, near NW 85th St. and 8th Ave. NW bus stops; non-alcoholic options available and food truck likely present. Canopies mean we’ll be there rain or shine!
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/suds-solidarity-nw-seattle-edition-6/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 9/29, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe, five blocks from Roosevelt light rail station. We are reading just the last chapter of Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency by Andreas Malm (chapter entitled “War Communism”). To request an epub of the book, please email hildreth@seanet.com. Optional supplemental reading “Ecological Leninism”, a response to Malm by Adam Tooze. 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.

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join us for the next meeting of Seattle DSA’s Reproductive Justice Working Group! We need help to organize a local rally during the national Day of Action (Oct 8) called by the Women’s March. We need help to ensure that we have attractive socialist intersectional class-struggle picket signs, a banner, and a literature table at the rally so we can convince more people of socialist feminist ideas and attract new members to sign up with DSA.
Please RSVP here
And mark your calendar to join us!

Canvass for Raise The Wage Tukwila
2022-10-01 11:00 - 14:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Seattle DSA has endorsed Raise The Wage Tukwila, a ballot initiative to raise Tukwila’s minimum wage to match the higher rate in SeaTac.
Transit Riders Union (TRU) which initiated this campaign is organizing canvasses every Saturday.
Join the canvass and help TRU reach every voter in Tukwila before ballots drop.
RSVP here.

Build the Fightback! POSTER: RALLY to Defend Abortion Rights
2022-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA members and others – all are welcome! – to spread the word about the upcoming Seattle Rally to Defend Abortion Rights as part of the Women’s March Weekend of Action. We’ll be meeting up at 12NOON, this Saturday, in front of the Ballard Library on 5614 22nd Ave NW.

Community speakout: ¡Rosie Jiménez, presente! Reproductive Justice for all!
2022-10-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Westcrest Park
Community Speakout: ¡Rosie Jiménez presente!
Reproductive Justice for all!
Co-sponsored by La Resistencia and the Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
We demand
• No forced sterilization!
• Repeal the Hyde Amendment;
full access to abortion!
• End racism in reproductive
health care!
• Affordable childcare;
reunite immigrant families!
• Uphold the Indian Child
Welfare Act!
• Solidarity against
bigotry & homophobia/
transphobia!
Westcrest Park
in South Park
9000 8th Ave SW, Seattle
Information: 206-722-6057, PugetSoundMobe@gmail.com,
ReproJusticeNow.org, FB @PugetSoundMobe
________________________________
(Español)
Mitin Comunitario: ¡Rosie Jiménez presente!
¡Justicia reproductiva para la gente!
Patrocinado por La Resistencia y Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice
Exigimos
¡Que no haya esterilizaciones obligatorias!
¡Que se rechace la Enmienda Hyde y que
exista acceso fácil al aborto!
¡Que no exista el racismo en el cuidado
médico reproductivo!
¡Que haya guarderías asequibles y
que se reúnan de nuevo las familias
de inmigrantes!
¡Que se mantenga la Ley para el
Bienestar del Niño Indígena!
¡Que exista la solidaridad en
contra de los prejuicios y la
homofobia/transfobia!
Sábado 1 de octubre, 3pm
Westcrest Park
en South Park
9000 8th Ave SW, Seattle
Información: 206-722-6057, PugetSoundMobe@gmail.com,
ReproJusticeNow.org, FB @PugetSoundMobe

Kirkland Tenant Protections Canvass at Asbury Park Apartments
2022-10-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join us to help inform Kirkland renters of new tenant protections and fight even more of them!
Make sure to RSVP for the address and more information:
RSVP Here

Starbucks Solidarity Meeting
2022-10-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join us to plan solidarity actions!
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-solidarity-subcommittee-6

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-10-03 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. 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.

Build the Fightback! POSTER: RALLY to Defend Abortion Rights
2022-10-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Victrola Coffee (411 15th Ave E), 411 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, United States
Join Seattle DSA members and others – all are welcome! – to spread the word about the upcoming Seattle Rally to Defend Abortion Rights as part of the Women’s March Weekend of Action. We’ll be meeting up at 6pm, Tuesday, in front of Victrola Cafe on 411 15th Ave E in Cap Hill.

Seattle DSA Political Education Working Group Monthly Meeting
2022-10-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Cafe Solstice (Capitol Hill), 925 E Thomas St, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States
Monthly meeting of the SDSA Political Education Working Group. If you’re interested in working on member political education efforts, come on by! Look for us at the reserved table in the back or upstairs.

10/6 Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join us for the next meeting of Seattle DSA’s Reproductive Justice Working Group! We need help to organize a local rally during the national Day of Action (Oct 8) called by the Women’s March. We need help to ensure that we have attractive socialist intersectional class-struggle picket signs, a banner, and a literature table at the rally so we can convince more people of socialist feminist ideas and attract new members to sign up with DSA.
Please RSVP here to get the zoom info
And mark your calendar to join us!

Seattle Defends Abortion Rights! National Rallies called by the Women's March
2022-10-08 13:00 - 15:30 | Cal Anderson Park, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Republican Party and the Right are waging an all-out assault on the rights of women and LGBTQ people. The ultra-conservative majority on the Supreme Court opened the floodgates for Republican-dominated states to attack abortion rights. And they aren’t stopping there. Republicans are going after transgender rights, voting rights, workers’ rights, and more. 195 Republicans in the House already voted against making access to contraception a federal law! We need to fight back!
To win bodily autonomy, abortion rights, and LGBTQ liberation, we need to build an independent multi-gendered, multi-racial, grassroots movement of everyday people and young people. That’s why it is so important that every organization and individual actively participates in this National Weekend of Action called by The Women’s March. We need a strong mass movement to beat back the Republicans and pressure Democrats to implement:

The Women’s Health Protection Act (which would legalize abortion nationwide, overriding state bans)
The end of the Senate filibuster
Expansion of the Supreme Court with pro-choice judges
Medicare for All, including 3 elements:

Free, legal, safe abortions
Free contraception, birth control, & reproductive services
Free gender-affirming healthcare

Affordable universal childcare & paid family leave
Living wages & affordable housing for all

Mark your calendar now! Invite friends and organizations to join us!
Sponsored by Seattle DSA
Endorsed by: The Women’s March, UNITE HERE Local 8, United Auto Workers Local 4121, Service Employees International Union 1199NW Staff Union, Puget Sound Mobilization for Reproductive Justice, Labor for Black Lives, Radical Women – Seattle Branch, Socialist Alternative, Seattle Green Wave, Freedom Socialist Party, Whole Washington, Seattle Peace Chorus Action Ensemble, Seattle Revolutionary Socialists
To endorse, collaborate, get flyers, or volunteer: (206) 930-2010, info@SeattleDSA.org
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/seattle-defends-abortion-rights-national-rallies-called-by-the-womens-march/

Ballot Initiative Planning Meeting
2022-10-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Planning meeting for an SDSA ballot initiative. Check Slack for an agenda! If you haven’t already, fill out the ballot initiative ranking worksheet (see Slack for details).
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/ballot-initiative-planning-meeting/

Starbucks Solidarity Meeting
2022-10-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Organize solidarity actions for local labor campaigns.
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-solidarity-meeting/

Class Struggle Unionism - October General Membership Mtg w/special guest speaker!
2022-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Southside Commons, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
The October Seattle DSA General Membership Meeting will feature…

Class Struggle Unionism with special guest speaker author and labor activist, Joe Burns
On the Frontlines of the Labor Surge: Salting (at Amazon) & Peppering- Presentation from Portland DSA Labor Committee
An important bylaw amendment to vote on

Please read the bylaw amendment being proposed so you are prepared to discuss and vote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17xSoJ9hZ5CxllWjKSl50EZtxzHIE6epWs2M20u7a22g/edit
RSVP HERE
Hybrid: In-person & online October General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, Oct 11 7pm
NEW In-Person location:
Southside Commons 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA 98118
**Note: new location! 5 min walk from Columbia Light Rail Stop and bus #7,9,50, 106**
***If you’re coming in-person, please arrive early for check in!***

A surge in strikes have swept the country, igniting a resurgence in the labor movement.From Starbucks workers, Amazon warehouse workers, HomeGrown workers to educators, nurses, carpenters, and railroad workers – to name a few.
This upswing in activity is showing no signs of letting up as more workers win unionization elections and the UPS contract and potential strike of 330,000 workers is looming in 2023. Big business is determined to maximize profits and will try to force working people to pay for inflation through attacks on already battered living standards.
Seattle has been an epicenter of the strikes fueling this wave. And Seattle DSA has played an important role with our strike support, members playing a leading role in unionization drives, and developing community support. However, the more this surge continues, the more we must grapple with the state of the labor movement, the labor bureaucracy, how to defeat business unionism, how to win strong contracts, and the role of socialists in the labor movement.
We’re excited to have Joe Burns, author of Class Struggle Unionism, as a special guest speaker. Joe Burns is a veteran union negotiator and labor lawyer with over 25 years experience negotiating labor agreements. He is currently the Director of Collective Bargaining for the Association of Flight Attendants, CWA. His book was featured both at Labor Notes and the Socialism Conference and is a top seller at Haymarket books. Recently, in our own chapter, educators had a study group on it.
We’ll also have an exciting presentation from one of the Portland DSA’s Labor Committee on Salting (in Amazon and elsewhere) & Peppering (Peppering is the labor term for a person who chooses a union job for the purpose of strengthening that union.)
RSVP HERE

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-10-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 10/13, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe for a second discussion of the last chapter of Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency by Andreas Malm (chapter entitled “War Communism”). We’ll add a related article, “Socialism with An Anarchist Squint” (heads up it’s fairly long). 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.
For an epub of the Malm book, please email hildreth@seanet.com.

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-10-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join us for the next meeting of Seattle DSA’s Reproductive Justice Working Group!
RSVP here for meeting link.
And mark your calendar to join us!

The Electoral Working Group Outdoor Social
2022-10-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Private Home near Hillman City, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for the first (annual?) outdoor picnic for the DSA Electoral Working Group! Bring a snack or your fave flavor of LaCroix (please don’t bring the LaCroix actually, or we’ll have way too much).
Music, friends and activities will be provided. But you should also bring your own friends.
*LOCATION UPDATE*
We’ll be at a private home in Hillman city, RSVP for details or message Fernando in Slack.
RSVP Here

DSA Mega-Canvass for Raise The Wage Tukwila
2022-10-15 11:00 - 14:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Seattle DSA has endorsed Raise The Wage Tukwila, a ballot initiative to raise Tukwila’s minimum wage to match the higher rate in SeaTac.
Transit Riders Union (TRU) which initiated this campaign is organizing canvasses every Saturday.
On October 15 Seattle DSA (south KC branch) is organizing a large canvass of our members, in coordination with TRU — right before ballots drop.
Let’s help TRU reach their goal of knocking every door in Tukwila.
Please make an extra effort to show up for our mega-canvass. 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.

Starbucks Solidarity Meeting
2022-10-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Organize solidarity actions for local labor campaigns.
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Labor Committee Meeting
2022-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Come join us for the October labor working group meeting. Look for the agenda in the labor channel on slack!
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-committee-meeting-25/

Housing Justice Working Group [Hybrid Meeting!] --UPDATED LOCATION--
2022-10-26 17:30 - 19:30 | Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave S #5813, Seattle, WA, 98144, United States
Seattle DSA’s Housing Justice Working Group!
Home of the Peoples Breakfast.
Working towards a massive expansion of publicly-owned green social housing.
We are running a hybrid meeting format!
Join us in-person in the meeting room at the Beacon Hill Library starting at 5:30pm! Please arrive and be ready to start the business portion of the meeting by 6pm! Following the meeting, we’ll probably go sit down somewhere in North Beacon Hill if we’re feeling it!
For those who can’t make it in-person, join us on Zoom for the business portion of the meeting starting promptly at 6pm!

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Social Housing will be on ballot for the February 2023 Special Election in the City of Seattle
VOTE YES ON I-135 ON FEB 14th!

Starbucks Worker Solidarity Table & Sip-in
2022-10-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Starbucks 5th and Pike, 425 Pike S, Seattle
This week 4,000 Starbucks District Managers from across the country are converging on Seattle for a convention. Undoubtedly they will be discussing how they can further undermine, disrupt, and crush, utterly, Starbucks baristas’ union drive.
They are the ones who fly to stores as part of a rapid response anti-union campaign. They counsel the store managers on how to grind the workers down. They put iron in the spines of store managers to drop the hammer on the baristas. They’re the ones who flood stores during known union drives, lord over the workers, and lead the management intimidation meetings.
Join us this Thursday (10/27) at 5pm (we’ll be out there until at least 7pm) at the Starbucks on 5th and Pike to talk with customers and passerbys about Starbucks union-busting and what the baristas are fighting for.

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Join us for the next meeting of Seattle DSA’s Reproductive Justice Working Group!
Check back here for the RSVP link to get meeting details.
And mark your calendar to join us!

2022-10-29 11:00 - 14:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Seattle DSA has endorsed Raise The Wage Tukwila, a ballot initiative to raise Tukwila’s minimum wage to match the higher rate in SeaTac.
Transit Riders Union (TRU) which initiated this campaign is organizing canvasses every Saturday.
Ballots have dropped, and it’s time to remind voters to vote YES on Tukwila Ballot Initiative 1.
On October 15 Seattle DSA showed up big for Raise The Wage Tukwila canvassing. Let’s help with one last push before the voting deadline.
No training required. Just bring appropriate clothes, comfortable walking shoes, a fully charged phone, and your positive attitude!
Please RSVP here and spread the word!

Without Apology Ch. 1&2 - Book Club With Reproductive Justice Working Group
2022-10-30 13:00 - 14:30 | Optimism Brewing Company, 1158 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
From the Jane Collective to the Army Of Three to The radicals of Redstockings, What lessons can we Learn from the Abortion access struggles that came before Us? Join us to read Without Apology by Jenny Brown to learn, discuss and Build Today’s Feminist Rebellion.
Get the print or digital edition of Without Apology by Jenny Brown here.
RSVP here.
We’re meeting at Optimism Brewery at 1158 Broadway, Seattle​. They serve non-alcoholic drinks and you can bring your own food if you like.

Stop the Sweeps Rally
2022-11-02 16:30 - 18:30 | Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
Stop the Sweeps and allied groups are holding a rally outside city hall to protest Mayor Bruce Harrell’s abusive anti-homeless policies and pressure city hall not to allocate more funds to it in the coming budget. Come and show city hall that we don’t support wasting public funds on violence against the poor!
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Member Engagement Committee meeting
2022-11-02 17:30 | On Zoom, WA, United States
The Member Engagement Committee (MEC) is the group within Seattle DSA that works to ensure people who join Seattle DSA feel welcomed into our community and find a meaningful way to participate in the life of the chapter. At this meeting, we’ll be talking about some ideas for new projects to accomplish this important goal — hope you can make it!
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D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-11-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades Thursday 11/3, 6:30 at Urban Luxe Cafe for a discussion of “Understanding what sustainability is not – and what it is” . The article explains that “Ecologically sustainable development”, adopted by the UN WCED and other institutions as a guiding principle, is impossible to implement. Instead “sustainable development” provides psychological comfort, maintains the status quo of neoliberal capitalism, and provides rewarding employment for the professional class. The article convincingly promotes sustainable eco-socialism on ‘spaceship’ Earth through relational application of the formula of “from each according to their ability to each according to their need”.
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.

House Our Neighbors I-135 Canvass: Rainer Playfield
2022-11-05 12:00 - 15:00 | Rainier Playfield, 3700 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Join House Our Neighbors for their first door knocking canvass to get the word out about I-135 ahead of the February 14th election.

Need a refresher on I-135?

Publicly owned forever and governed by renters, community members, labor, and subject matter professionals.
Mixture of income levels from very low to moderate income, with permanently affordable rents (less than 30% monthly income) independent of rental market.
Restorative conflict resolution prior to the start of any eviction procedures, and no evictions based on changes to household income.
Built Union, Built Green to Passive House standards.
Should use a lottery-based, minimal barrier, no-fee or background check application process which doesn’t discriminate based on immigration status.
Should include daycares, communal kitchens and/or other community resources

If that gets you hyped, help make it happen!

Signup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNauEupgNyQeYf-0Njhsw-V0Vkz6cWJY4ePVenBYsbfbYlrw/viewform

Make Seattle Abortions Free! People's Budget Rally!
2022-11-05 14:00 - 17:00 | New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 124 21st Ave, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
Each year, the Seattle City Council decides what Seattle’s multi-billion-dollar public budget will be spent on. For nine years, our socialist City Council office has campaigned for a People’s Budget — putting forward an alternative to the status-quo, pro-big-business budget of the political establishment.

This year, our People’s Budget campaign is fighting to fund free abortion for ALL paid for by increasing the Amazon Tax, funding for renter organizing, funding for new Tiny House Villages, and raises for human services workers on the front lines of addressing the needs of our homeless neighbors.

We’re also demanding that the City Council Democrats reject the so-called ShotSpotter technology for Seattle Police, which has proven to be a completely useless waste of money in cities around the nation. The People’s Budget is urging that the million dollars that ShotSpotter would cost be instead used to fund the most essential human services our city needs.

Join us at the People’s Budget Rally!

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/500568045298137/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%2252%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22share_link%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%22invite_link_id%5C%22%3A845694376445316%7D%7D]%22%7D

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Seattle DSA Labor Movie Night: Harlan County, USA
2022-11-05 17:00 - 19:30 | The Beacon Theater, 4405 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
Saturday, November 5 at 5PM
The Beacon Cinema, 4405 Rainier Ave S
In the summer of 1973, the coal miners of Harlan County, Kentucky went on strike. Over the next thirteen months, their lives were turned upside-down by the company’s violent attempts to break it.
Join your Seattle DSA comrades, fellow workers and friends for a screening of Barbara Kopple’s Oscar-winning 1976 documentary about the strike, Harlan County, USA at the Beacon Cinema in Columbia City! After the movie, we’ll head to a bar to hang out and discuss what it can teach us about our own labor struggles.
This event is open to the public, and will be great for new and prospective members to get to know each other — so be sure to invite your friends!
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Local Council Meeting
2022-11-07 16:30 - 18:00 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
The Local Council (LC) is the elected leadership body which serves the members of Seattle DSA. Members are welcome to observe LC meetings by signing up here.

If there’s something specific you’d like to bring to the Local Council, please fill out the LC Request Form which can be found on the private resources page of our website.

If you are a member that has not yet been added to our Slack (which is required to log in to the private resources page), you can request to be added here.

Please note that on rare occurrences, LC meetings will be cancelled due to holidays or unusual circumstances and these changes may not always be reflected on this calendar — if you show up to the meeting and aren’t let in by 4:35, that is almost certainly what has happened.

Starbucks Solidarity Meeting
2022-11-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Organize solidarity actions for local labor campaigns.
RSVP Here:https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-solidarity-meeting-3/

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

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Raise The Wage Tukwila Election Night Watch Party
2022-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Transit Riders Union is holding an election night watch party in Tukwila.
Food & drinks provided, including beer and wine.
RSVP here (required)

Puyallup Canyon Crossing Starbucks Solidarity Table & Sip-In
2022-11-09 12:00 - 16:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Meet up with fellow Seattle DSA members to show Puyallup Starbucks workers solidarity in their fight for living wages and healthcare by forming a union. We’ll order water or drip coffee under the name “Union Strong” (and leave big tips!) to show workers we support their fight. We’ll also be tabling outside the store to talk with customers and passerbys about Starbucks draconian union-busting and what the baristas are fighting for: living wages, healthcare, and stable and guaranteed schedules.
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2022 Midterm Elections Breakdown: A Socialist Analysis - November Chapter Meeting
2022-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Southside Commons and online, 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
You’re invited to the OPEN TO THE PUBLIC November In-Person/Online Seattle DSA Chapter Meeting on…
2022 Midterm Elections Breakdown:
A Socialist Analysis
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All are welcome to come discuss the results of the midterm elections, what they mean for the working class, the climate, abortion rights, anti racism, and our work building movements and DSA.
If it’s a bloodbath for the Democrats, with the GOP taking the House and even the Senate, does this mean that the US working class is hopelessly right wing? Why would they vote for the Republicans? What can we learn from this? What do the results mean for struggle? Will we enter a period of demoralization or one flourishing with movements and struggle? What should DSA focus on?
Typically Seattle DSA meets for our general membership meeting on the first Tuesday of the month. However, given the importance of the midterms, the Local Council voted to change the date to Thursday, Nov. 10.
We have an impressive lineup of speakers who will talk about national as well as local results.

Liza Featherstone is a columnist for Jacobin, a freelance journalist, and the author of Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart. Her most recent Jacobin article predicting a major loss for the Democrats this November can be found here.

John Nichols is the national affairs correspondent for The Nation and the author of multiple books including Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis (Verso); The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics (Verso); Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America (Nation Books) among many others.

Katie Wilson is executive director of Transit Riders Union, which spearheaded the ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in Tukwila to match that of Seatac, effective 2023. This may be one of the few silver linings in this bleak election year.

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