Marxist Reading Group
2022-08-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-09-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-09-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2022-10-02 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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!
2022-08-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-09-11 14:00 - 16:00, 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 | 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
2022-08-21 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-09-18 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.

Local Council Weekly Meetings 2022
2022-08-22 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-08-29 16:30 - 18:00, 2022-09-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Seattle DSA local council meets every week day at 4:30Pm to 6:00PM.
Per our bylaws, “The Local Council is the democratically elected leadership body. It serves as the second highest legislative and judicial body, below General Membership. The Local Council manages the day-to-day affairs of the Local between General Meetings. This includes handling finances, accounts, member data, as well as voting on resolutions as it sees fit.”
All members in good standing are free to attend. Find registration info in the announcements channel on slack.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-08-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapters 3-4 (3: Finance Capital and the Financial Oligarchy, 4: Export of Capital)
RSVP Here.

Healthcare Working Group Meeting
2022-08-24 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-09-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-09-21 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-10-05 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!

District 4 Mutual Aid
2022-08-25 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-09-01 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-09-08 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-09-15 16:30 - 17:30, 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 | 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🌹: NW Seattle edition
2022-08-25 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-5/

Gamers Rise Up (PC / Crossplay)
2022-08-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-09-01 20:00 - 22:00, 2022-09-08 20:00 - 22:00, 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 | 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.

Peoples Breakfast: UDistrict
2022-08-28 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-04 08:00 - 11:00, 2022-09-11 08:00 - 11:00, 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 | 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!

Starbucks Solidarity Tabling - Summer Market Series: West Seattle
2022-08-28 11:00 - 13:00 | West Seattle Farmers Market, California Ave SW & SW Alaska, Seattle, WA, 98116, United States
Come join fellow SDSA members in tabling in solidarity with the local Starbucks unionizing campaign! If you’d like to poster instead, we’ll have some available as well. Let’s spread solidarity via summer market vibes!

We’ll be near California Ave SW & SW Alaska, in the heart of the West Seattle Junction, 98116. Find us at a table near the market with Starbucks solidarity posters.

RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/starbucks-solidarity-tabling-summer-market-series-west-seattle-farmers-market/

Help Plan DSA Table at Trans Pride!
2022-08-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Join us Sunday, August 28th at 5pm to plan the DSA table at Trans pride this upcoming Friday, September 2nd.
We need your ideas, your willingness to volunteer, and also your enthusiasm! See you on Zoom on Sunday and then at Trans pride in person next week!

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

Labor Committee Meeting
2022-08-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Online (Zoom Call), WA
Come join us for the August labor working group meeting. Look for the agenda in the labor channel on slack!
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-committee-meeting-23/

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades in person outdoors at Urban Luxe (details below) on Thurs 9/1 to talk about The Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber–through Chapter 4 section 4.2 “Agents and Automatons”. Relax and join the conversation with or without reading that far. For an epub version of the book, please email 3eshaw@gmail.com. All are welcome!

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-09-01 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 Weekend of Action (Oct 7-9) called by the Women’s March! We also need help preparing to have attractive socialist intersectional class-struggle picket signs, a banner, and a literature table at the rally, convincing people of socialist feminist ideas, and attracting new members to sign up with DSA.
Please RSVP here to get the Zoom info.
And mark your calendar to join us!

Community Event: Support Kent Striking Teachers!
2022-09-02 08:00 - 14:00 | Kent Meridian Highschool, 10020 SE 256th St, Kent, WA, 98030, United States
Teachers in Kent are going on strike not just for better wages, but for dignity, and to better serve their community.
Teachers have mentioned that they can use all the community support they can get! It will help keep their spirits up and motivate them to continue the fight. Join them on the Picket Line Friday, September 2nd!
We will meet up at 8AM at Kent Meridian Highschool. Make sure to show up in Red DSA Gear or your union swag! If you don’t have a car or would have a hard time getting to Kent, we will be setting up car pools there! Check out the form below.
Please RSVP HERE

Day 3 of Kent teachers’ strike: No school on Monday, Aug. 29

Seattle Socialist Teachers social and political discussion
2022-09-02 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-09-16 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-09-30 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.

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

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

Starbucks Worker Solidarity: NATIONAL SIP-IN
2022-09-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Starbucks Roastery, 1124 Pike St,, Seattle
Over 220 Starbucks stores have voted to unionize with hundreds more in the pipeline. Starbucks is continuing its remorseless campaign to defeat Starbucks workers central demands of a living wage, guaranteed healthcare and stable hours. Just this last week Starbucks filed a lawsuit to overturn ALL the successful elections across the country. The Starbucks Workers are responding in kind with a National Sip-In campaign this weekend for Labor Day.
Here in Seattle the workers have asked us to talk to customers and community members outside the Seattle Starbucks Roastery this Sunday from 12-2pm. Join us to hand out fliers and talk with folks about what the workers are fighting for and the vicious campaign by Starbucks to undermine and crush their efforts.

Starbucks Workers Solidarity: NATIONAL SIP-IN
2022-09-05 12:00 - 14:00 | Starbucks 5th and Pike, 425 Pike S, Seattle
Over 220 Starbucks stores have voted to unionize with hundreds more in the pipeline. Starbucks is continuing its remorseless campaign to defeat Starbucks workers central demands of a living wage, guaranteed healthcare and stable hours. Just this last week Starbucks filed a lawsuit to overturn ALL the successful elections across the country. The Starbucks Workers are responding in kind with a National Sip-In campaign this weekend for Labor Day.
Here in Seattle the workers have asked us to talk to customers and community members outside the Starbuck on 5th & Pike this Monday from 12-2pm. Join us to hand out fliers and talk with folks about what the workers are fighting for and the vicious campaign by Starbucks to undermine and crush their efforts.

Marxist Reading & Discussion Group
2022-09-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuck’s Hop Shop (Central District), 2001 E Union St, Seattle, WA, 98122, United States
The Marxist Reading & Discussion Group is welcome to new and seasoned readers of Marxist literature! Please join us as we work through and discuss some of the seminal works of foundational leftist thinkers, with regards to how they pertain to modern political struggles. All discussions are based on works that are broken down into shorter, digestible chunks with no prior experience (or attendance) needed, so feel free to drop in as your schedule permits. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
We will be meeting on the patio at Chuck’s Hop Shop in the Central District. Our meeting format is currently in person, with the reading discussion starting at 7pm! Feel free to come a bit earlier (6:30pm) to get settled, order a food or a drink, and introduce yourself! Please be respectful of fellow attendees by assessing your COVID risk, and consider taking a test before attending or wearing a mask if that risk seems high!
Discussion and Readings for this week: Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, Chapter 5 (“Division of the World Among Capitalist Associations”) and Chapter 6 (“Division of the World Among the Great Powers”)
RSVP Here.

Seattle DSA Political Education Working Group Monthly Meeting
2022-09-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-05 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.

3rd Discussion on Hiring SDSA Staff
2022-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Please join Seattle DSA for a 3rd discussion on the proposal for our chapter to hire 2 part-time organizers. The proposal is for the organizers to help with 3 priorities:

Strengthen DSA’s public and media communications (including trying to develop a Seattle Socialist publication)
Make it easier for members and supporters to plug into our activist campaigns
Get DSA better organized

This resolution has been discussed at 2-3 chapter meetings, Local Council meetings, and individual discussions. The resolution has been improved after hearing criticism and feedback, and now it will be discussed and debated at this meeting on Thursday, September 8. The resolution will then be discussed and debated again at the General Membership Meeting the following Tuesday, September 13 at 7 pm. Then the chapter will vote over email (Opavote).
Please RSVP here to get the Zoom link for this discussion on hiring staff.
Please read or re-read the resolution: Strengthening Our Chapter’s Capacity by Hiring Staff
We also wrote these answers to questions about staff that came up at the last GMM.
If the resolution and these answers do not answer any questions you may have, feel free to submit a question here. The staff resolution authors would love to hear suggestions or amendments to improve the resolution, and we will try to get back to you in writing or verbally at a meeting.

DSA Day of Solidarity for SEA
2022-09-09 08:30 - 15:30 | Orca K-8 School, 5215 46th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98118, United States
The Seattle chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) stands 100% in solidarity with the Seattle Education Association. We are organizing a *DSA Day of Solidarity* when DSA members will go to the Orca K-8 School picket line this Friday, September 9 at 8:30 AM to provide breakfast and solidarity. From the Orca K-8 School picket line, we will carpool to additional schools together. Join us at 8:30 AM at 5215 46th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118!
Why SEA Educators Are on Strike

The Seattle school district is proposing to cut multilingual supports and special education when we need to increase investments! Staff need manageable caseloads!
The Seattle school district is proposing to control and restrict when workers can take paid time off.
The Seattle school district is proposing to cut teachers’ salaries. (The proposed “raises” won’t keep up with inflation.)

RSVP Here.

Raise The Wage Tukwila Campaign Launch
2022-09-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Sullivan Center, Tukwila, 14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila, WA, 98168, United States
Seattle DSA has endorsed the Raise The Wage Tukwila ballot initiative spearheaded by Transit Riders Union, which will be on the November ballot in Tukwila.
TRU is launching their voter outreach campaign with a canvass on September 10.
DSA will be actively supporting this campaign and using it to continue rebuilding our presence in south King County.
We encourage all DSA members, especially those from south KC cities, to get active with this campaign.
You can RSVP on the TRU web site.

Seattle DSA South King County Organizing Committee Launch Party
2022-09-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Renton Liberty Park, 1101 Bronson Way N, Renton, WA, 98057, United States
Seattle DSA has officially launched its South King County Organizing Committee – aimed to further the ties between our mostly-Seattleite DSA membership and South King County communities, assisting and providing support with volunteers, utilizing our electoral capacity and influence, and expanding DSA membership. We are hosting our first kickoff meeting on Sunday, September 11th @ 6:00PM at Renton Liberty Park.
Food, drink, good music and good vibes provided!
Please RSVP today to help us ensure we have enough goodies for everyone.
We will be discussing the various campaigns that will require strong South King County support whether it is Washington State’s Universal Healthcare Initiative, Tukwila Raise the Wage Initiative, or expanding Starbucks unionization efforts in South King County. We invite you to provide your own perspectives on where we ought to focus our organizing efforts.

Starbucks Leafleting at the Broncos v Seahawks Game
2022-09-12 16:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
Mellody Hobson, a Starbucks board member, recently became a part owner of the Denver Broncos and workers are putting public pressure on Mellody to stop the union busting. Seattle DSA labor is headed to the Broncos game on 9/12 to leaflet outside the game in order to drum up some media attention and get as many folks as possible to contact Mellody and tell her to stop the union busting! It’s the opening day of the season too so it’s a great time for action!
RSVP
Meet your fellow DSA members across from the Northwest Entrance. Look for the “Starbucks Stop Union Busting” table.

September General Membership Meeting
2022-09-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
More details on this event soon
General Membership Meetings are the events in which the largest number of members come together to hear about what the chapter has been up to recently, learn what is on the horizon and how to get involved, discuss ideas, and vote on how we should use our collective resources of money to achieve our goals. RSVP here to let us know you are coming.
RSVP HERE

Organizing Within Racial Capitalism
2022-09-14 17:00 - 19:30 | Member’s Home text number above for address, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Seattle DSA comrades in viewing an event from DSA’s National Political Education Committee, in collaboration with comrades in the national Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus. This session is part two of an educational series, and will focus on what racial capitalism means for our work, and how race and class impact people’s role in the struggle.
We will gather at a comrade’s home in the University District, where we will observe social distancing with ample ventilation, drinks and snacks, and where we will be able to discuss together. Direct message Sue H in the Seattle DSA Slack for address and please bring a mask. OR, you can zoom in on your own by registering here. The national on-line event begins at 5:00 but arrive as early as 4:30 to watch it together and stay a bit to discuss after it ends.

September 2022 Electoral Committee Meeting
2022-09-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Eightball Cafe in Everett, 2727 Colby Ave, Everett, WA, United States
The Monthly DSA Electoral Committee meeting!
Please RSVP for Zoom entry and meeting agenda.

D4/D5/Ecosocialism Reading Group
2022-09-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Urban Luxe Café, 6105A Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115, United States
Join northeast Seattle comrades again, Thursday 9/15 at 6:30, at Urban Luxe Cafe, 6105 Roosevelt Way NE, indoors or outdoors negotiable. We will finish Class Matrix by Vivek Chibber (Sections 4.3 thru 4.5 and then Chapter 5). Anyone is still welcome to join or sit in on the conversation. You don’t have to be in District 4 or 5, and if you want an epub of this GREAT book, please email 3eshaw@gmail.com.

SDSA Reproductive Justice Working Group Meeting
2022-09-15 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 Weekend of Action (Oct 7-9) 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.
Join us every other Thursday from 7 – 8:30 pm!
Zoom info:
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Mark your calendar to join us, and coordinate with us on the Slack reproductive justice channel

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.

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!

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!

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
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(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.

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!
