Seattle Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the Martin Luther King Labor Council stand in support of the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon warehouse workers’ unionization effort on February 20.
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Due to their limited impact, Seattle DSA tends to avoid paper endorsements, which are nothing more than a permission for a campaign to use our name and logo on their web site and an encouragement to our members to volunteer with the endorsed campaign. Instead, we focus on a smaller number of quality endorsements where … Read more
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In 2019, Seattle’s 1% blatantly attempted to purchase a city council seat. Working people all over the city recognized this, fought back, and won, re-electing Kshama Sawant by thousands of votes. Now the rich are at it again. They think the left is going to fall asleep now that Biden has been elected President – … Read more
Seattle DSA preparing to canvass in support of the Sherae for State campaign.
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Endorsements and voting guide from Seattle DSA for the 2020 General Election are as follows: Electoral Endorsements Sherae Lascelles for 43rd Legislative District Members overwhelming voted to endorse Sherae Lascelles for 43rd legislative district. They are running on a progressive platform against veteran Democrat, Frank Chopp. Their platform includes: create alternative first responders to reduce incidences of … Read more
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The movement for Black Lives scored a significant victory on Tuesday in the fight to defund the Seattle Police Department, when the City Council overrode Mayor Durkan’s veto! Back in August the movement pressured the City Council to cut 3% of the budget of the SPD. However, even these modest budget cuts were vetoed and … Read more
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By Justin Ward In a resounding victory for the Seattle Defund movement, the city council voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to override the mayor’s veto of the proposed 2020 budget re-balancing. If the veto had been sustained, the alternative so-called compromise bill would’ve all but eliminated the relatively small cuts to the SPD budget as well … Read more
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J. Buck, member of SDSA’s Ecosocialist Caucus, writes about the intersection between the uprising for Black lives and climate justice, and the strategic necessity of defunding the police for a just climate future. Note from the author: this piece was written before the recent Guardian article revealed that the fossil fuel industry extensively funds law … Read more
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While seven out of nine council members have verbally agreed to defund SPD by 50%, we need to keep up the pressure to make sure they follow through! Contact your Seattle City Council with the sample script below, put together by Decriminalize Seattle. You can call, email, or tag them on social media! And make … Read more
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by Connor Rauch On Friday evening, over 200 people gathered in Jimi Hendrix park for a “Poets in the Park” event organized by Black Collective Voice (BCV) and Pay the Fee Tiny Library. Participants listened to beautiful and thought provoking spoken word poetry from artists of color and engaged in conversation with Omari Tahir-Garret and … Read more
On Tuesday, June 30, Mayor Jenny Durkan wrote a memo to Seattle City Council president Lorena González calling on her to remove Councilmember Kshama Sawant from office for supposed “disorderly and contemptuous behavior.” Her letter cites Sunday’s peaceful March for Accountability, in which a coalition of BIPOC organizations and allies, as well as the family … Read more
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By Deepa B., Seattle DSA member When Katrina Johnson’s cousin, Charleena Lyles, was killed by Seattle Police officers in 2017, Johnson refused to accept that officers pumped seven bullets into her cousin out of self-defense. Yet neither the City of Seattle nor King County has given Johnson and her family the justice they’ve sought. Last … Read more
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