Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, November 18 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Tuesday, November 18 (12:00 PM – 2:00 PM): Keep Market Street Car Free Petition Delivery + Public Comment (In person at San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl)

🌹 Tuesday, November 18 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, November 19 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): 🐣 What Is DSA?  (In person at Senator Milton Marks Branch Library, Richmond District, 351 9th Ave)

🌹 Wednesday, November 19 (6:45 PM – 8:30 PM): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (Zoom and in person at 438 Haight St)

🌹 Wednesday, November 19 (7:30 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 Richmond District Social (In person at Lost Marbles Brewery, 823 Clement St)

🌹 Thursday, November 20 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, November 20 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM):  🐣 DSA from NY to SF: Our Time 2 Win! (In person at 2868 Mission St)

🌹 Thursday, November 20 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, November 21 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Friday, November 21 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM): Labor Movie Night: Finally Got the News (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, November 22 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (In person at William McKinley Monument, Panhandle)

🌹 Saturday, November 22 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM): RV Outreach Event with the Coalition on Homelessness (Garfield Square Park & Recreation Center, 3100 26th St)

🌹 Saturday, November 22 (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM): What It Takes to Win: Power Mapping Session (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, November 23 (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM): 🐣 Public Bank Lit Drop (Meet at McCoppin Square Park, 1200 Taraval St)

🌹 Sunday, November 23 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Consumer Pledge Canvass (Meet at Clement & Arguello St)

🌹 Sunday, November 23 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): 🐣 SF Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Flyering (Meet at Nopa, 560 Divisadero St)

🌹 Sunday, November 23 (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM): 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, November 23 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, November 24 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, November 24 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, November 30 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM): 🐣 Growing Community: DSA Goes to Hummingbird Farm (In person at Hummingbird Farm, 1645 Geneva Ave)

🌹 Monday, December 1 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x SF Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Local Meeting (Zoom and in person 1916 McAllister St)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

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Keep Market Street Moving

Today, November 18! DSA SF is joining the Keep Market Street Moving campaign for two actions at City Hall where we’re supporting the Citizens Advisory Committee’s call to close the loophole that allows Waymo and other TNCs on car-free Market Street between Steuart and 10th. Join us for  a rally and petition delivery at 12:00 PM and public comment shortly around 1:00 PM. RSVP here.

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🚕 Ask: RDU Picnic!

Show some solidarity for the members of Rideshare Drivers United, come to our picnic today, November 18th from 12:00-3:00 PM at Bayside Park (1125 Airport Rd, Burlingame)!

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🗳 DSA From NY to SF: Our Time to Win

New York City didn’t elect Zohran Mamdani overnight. NYC DSA spent years building coalitions, training members, and forging a socialist path in NY’s halls of power.

But DSA SF is no stranger to this work. Join us on Thursday, Nov 20 for DSA From NY to SF: Our Time to Win. You’ll get a crash course on how electoral politics work in SF and how socialists can tap in. We’ll be joined by two DSA members: D9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder and former D5 Supervisor Dean Preston!

Let’s keep building the movement that can win our own Zohran-scale victories.

📍 Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts (2868 Mission St)
🕖 Thursday, November 20, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
🔗 RSVP

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Labor Movie Night: Finally Got the News

📰 HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS? 📰 On Friday, November 21 at 7:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St, DSA SF’s Labor Board is showing FINALLY GOT THE NEWS, a documentary on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers working in the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement and footage shot in the auto plants, the film documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that, unlike the UAW, will respond to worker’s problems, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry. Join us for a screening and discussion about how we can learn from the revolutionary workers who came before us!
RSVP here!

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Apartheid-Free Bay Area Consumer Pledge Canvassing

Our next consumer pledge canvass will be on Sunday, November 23 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Clement Street Farmers Market! We’ll meet at Clement and Arguello (by Breck’s). Let’s have a strong close for 2025 and build support for an apartheid-free SF!
RSVP here.

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SF Public Bank Coalition Lit Drop

Please join DSA SF’s Ecosocialist Working Group and the SF Public Bank Coalition in a lit drop event this Sunday, November 23 at 11:00 AM in McCoppin Square Park. We’re spreading the word about the opportunity for an upcoming public bank in San Francisco, which would be the first for any city in the US. Training, coffee, and snacks will be provided! RSVP here.

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DSA SF Goes to Hummingbird Farm

Come touch grass with Socialists on Sunday, November 30 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Hummingbird Farm in SF!

We will be working with the farm’s staff to learn about their approach to eco justice, urban agriculture, and community organizing. This will be a great opportunity for newcomers and veterans alike to come meet their comrades, get a little exercise, and connect themselves with the land.

Come prepared to get your hands dirty! RSVP here. More info on Hummingbird Farm is available on their website.

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🚊 Join DSA SF in Demanding Equitable Transit Funding

In response to Mayor Lurie’s office considering a parcel tax to address the Muni funding crisis, we joined Muni Now, Muni Forever, a coalition of community advocates and organizations, in demanding that the measure:

• Generate enough revenue to expand Muni service by 10%
• Be structured fairly, with a variable rate so smaller properties pay less and larger properties pay more
• Protect tenants from additional costs
• Scale with inflation and rising costs to prevent a similar crisis in a few years

Read the full letter here.
Make your voice heard by joining us in these demands: muniforever.org/speak-up

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (4:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Zohran Mamdani Election Night Party (in person at The Plough and the Stars, 116 Clement St)

🌹 Tuesday, November 4 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, November 5 (6:45 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenant Organizing Office Hours (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Thursday, November 6 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (zoom)

🌹 Thursday, November 6 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, November 7 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Friday, November 7 (7:00 PM – 11:00 PM): 🐣 Comrade Karaoke (in person at the Roar Shack, 34 7th Street)

🌹 Saturday, November 8 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Training and Outreach (meet at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, November 9 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (in person at William McKinley Monument)

🌹 Sunday, November 9 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM): Palestine Study: There is No Socialist Israel (in person at 1916 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA)

🌹 Sunday, November 9 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, November 10 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, November 10 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA / Zoom)

🌹 Monday, November 10 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board Meeting (zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, November 12 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM): 🌹 DSA SF General Meeting (zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Friday, November 14 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): Social Committee Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, November 15 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Homelessness Working Group Food Service (in person at Castro Street & Market Street)

🌹 Sunday, November 16 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): 🐣 SF EWOC Flyering (location TBD)

🌹 Sunday, November 16 (3:00 PM – 6:00 PM): 🐣 Organizing Mindset Training (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, November 17 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

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Take Action: Support a Green Public Bank for San Francisco 🌱🏦

San Francisco has the chance to make history by creating a green bank: a publicly-owned institution that invests in affordable housing, small businesses, and clean energy instead of Wall Street profits. A Green Bank Resolution was recently introduced by our Socialist in Office Jackie Fielder, and we need to show the Board of Supervisors and Mayor Lurie that San Franciscans support it.

A public bank would keep our money circulating in our communities, fund climate solutions, and help build a city that works for everyone — not just the wealthy.

Take two minutes to send an email to the Mayor and Supervisors using our email tool.

Want to help build the campaign? Join the #public-bank channel in Slack or email ecosocialist@dsasf.org to get plugged into organizing efforts and stay updated on next steps.

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NYC Mayoral Election Night Watch Party

Join us on tonight, November 4 to watch LIVE election night results for the NYC Mayoral race! DSA SF members are proud of NYC DSA member Zohran Mamdani and the tens of thousands of volunteers and comrades that have built the historic movement backing him. We will be cheering Zohran on from across the country as we watch for results. Solidarity!

📍The Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St
🕐 Tuesday, November 4, 4:00 – 8:00 PM

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🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation

Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every other week on Thursdays starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is November 6th!

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Comrade Karaoke Night

Come meet your friendly neighborhood socialists and blow off steam at Comrade Karaoke Friday, November 7 at 7:00 PM at the Roar Shack (34 7th Street). Whether you want to sing your favorite protest song or your favorite childhood banger, we’ve got you covered! No singing ability required, only enthusiasm! Drinks will be provided for cost and there’s a $10 suggested donation to help cover the venue and raise a little money for the chapter, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

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🇵🇸 No Appetite for Apartheid Training & Canvassing

No Appetite for Apartheid is a campaign aimed at reducing economic support for Israeli apartheid by canvassing local businesses to boycott Israeli goods. Come and canvass local businesses with the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group!

On Saturday, November 8 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, we will be doing a training on how to talk to stores in your neighborhood, then going out and talking with stores together! Meet at 1916 McAllister St. RSVP here!

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🇵🇸 Palestine Study: There is No Socialist Israel

How should socialists understand the topic of Labor Zionism with its many contradictions, and how does that understanding inform our resistance to the Zionist project?

Join DSA SF’s education series on Zionism + Imperialism as we debunk the myth of a “leftist Israel”.
RSVP here to join us Sunday, November 9 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St.

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✊ Organizing Mindset Training

Organizing is at the core of what we do as socialists — and it’s a skill that can be developed and practiced. Come join fellow comrades as we learn and discuss how we can incorporate organizing fundamentals into our day-to-day actions so that we can build stronger, more cohesive, and more active communities that can rally together against the unjust capitalist system. Whether it’s our neighbors, coworkers, friend groups, fellow transit-riders, or any other communities we interact with daily, we will always be stronger when we are organized, aligned on the most critical issues we are facing, and ready to act in unison and put our collective people power behind our demands.

Join us at 1916 McAllister St on Sunday, November 16th from 3:00 – 6:00 PM for the first iteration in what we hope will become a recurring, multi-part Organizing Mindset training. 🐣 All are invited and encouraged to attend, whether you are new to DSA, new to organizing, or a more seasoned member/organizer. This first session in particular is a great one to attend if you are interested in helping shape future iterations of this training. RSVP here!

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Join DSA SF in Demanding Equitable Transit Funding

In response to Mayor Lurie’s office considering a parcel tax to address the Muni funding crisis, we joined Muni Now, Muni Forever, a coalition of community advocates and organizations, in demanding that the measure:

• Generate enough revenue to expand Muni service by 10%
• Be structured fairly, with a variable rate so smaller properties pay less and larger properties pay more
• Protect tenants from additional costs
• Scale with inflation and rising costs to prevent a similar crisis in a few years

Read the full letter here.
Make your voice heard by joining us in these demands: muniforever.org/speak-up

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Reportback: Growing Community: Urban Food Production with Alemany Farm

This past Saturday, 20+ DSA members volunteered and learned at Alemany Farm (@alemany_farm on Instagram)! We cleared weeds from a plum orchard and hauled brush for compost, contributing our labor to a local producer of free, fresh fruits and vegetables. As SNAP benefits are cut and food security is put in jeopardy, it’s important to get involved with local efforts to feed the community and teach useful skills. Stay tuned for future community gardening and farming events led by the Ecosocialism working group! Thank you Alemany Farm for hosting us!

Get involved by reaching out to ecosocialist@dsasf.org or joining #ecosocialism on Slack.

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, October 21 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Tuesday, October 21 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 22 (4:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Zohran Debate Watch Party! (in person at The Savoy Tivoli, 1434 Grant Ave)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting 🌹 (zoom)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (6:30 PM – 9:30 PM): The Internet: Live & In-Person w/ Dean Preston! (in person at Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 24 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Saturday, October 25 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM): HWG RV Outreach Event (meet at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 26 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 29 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Tech Reading Group: Empire of AI by Karen Hao 🐣 (zoom and in person at 518 Valencia St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 29 (6:45 PM – 8:30 PM): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (zoom and in at person at Radical Reading Room, 438 Haight St)

🌹 Thursday, October 30 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” – TOWG Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 31 (2:30 PM – 4:00 PM): Keep Market St. Moving! Roundtable with Drivers (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, November 1 (1:00 PM – 5:00 PM): 🐣 Growing Community: Urban Food Production at Alemany Farm (in person at Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd)

🌹 Sunday, November 2 (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM): SF EWOC Lead Generation Strategy Session (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, November 2 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): HWG Reads  “Capitalism & Disability…” (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, November 3 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x SF EWOC Local Meeting (zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event in the calendar for more details.

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Zohran Debate Watch Party

Join us Wednesday, October 22, 4:00-7:00 PM to watch future New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani wipe the floor with Andrew “The Creep” Cuomo! We’ll watch party at Savoy Tivoli (1434 Grant Ave) with free food and fun!

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Apartheid-Free Bay Area Consumer Pledge Canvassing

Let’s build public support for stores that have pledged to go apartheid-free this Saturday, October 25 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM! We’ll meet at Dolores Park on 18th St and Dolores St. We will first train you, and then you will put that training into practice by collecting signatures in Dolores Park. RSVP here!

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RV Ban Outreach Event and Letter Writing Campaign

Join Homelessness Working Group this Saturday, October 25 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM to do outreach to RV residents on the city’s new oversize vehicle ban before it goes into effect November 1st. We’ll meet at 1916 McAllister Street to learn more about the ban before pairing up and going out to door-knock and speak with our neighbors living in vehicles about how they can get refuge permits. 

RSVP here if you’re able to come. Can’t attend? Send a letter to the Board of Supervisors here to tell them to do better!

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Stop The Threat Of US War On Venezuela! 🇻🇪

Stop The Threat Of US War On Venezuela! :flag-ve: Wondering how we got here? Want to understand why Trump is attacking Venezuela? Need to deepen your understanding of US-Venezuela relations? And most importantly: want to discuss how we can fight back?

Join the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialism working group in an educational forum on the history of Venezuela and the struggle against US imperialism.

🗓️ Tuesday, October 28
🕐  6:00-7:30 PM
📍 1916 McAllister
📝 RSVP here!

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📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” 

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 30.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

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📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, November 2. For more info, register here and check the events calendar for latest details.

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Reportback: UESF Teachers for a Fair Contract

United Educators of San Francisco (UESF) gathered the evening of October 14th at 555 Franklin St. to deliver more than 4,000 strike-ready signatures to the management of San Francisco Unified School District. Union organizers have been in negotiations since March trying to get a fair contract, with district management unwilling to budge on reasonable demands. Teachers are asking for a more balanced work load for special education instructors, health care for dependents, fair pay for their labor, sanctuary protections against ICE on school grounds – only to be met with unwillingness by management. This was enough to rile up a host of teachers, parents, students, and community members to come out and rally together. The picket line took over the whole block at its height, with everyone from babies to the elderly chanting and marching together, accompanied by an endless chorus of supportive car horns. DSA members across the city came out to support our community and march in solidarity with our fellow DSA members in UESF. Union power and love for public schools was on full display as district management and the union drew the line in the sand. The ball is now in management’s court – let’s make sure they do what’s right! Let’s support our educators and comrades in UESF! Fight for Public Education!

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Reportback: DSA SF at No Kings Rally

Dozens of DSA SF members mobilized for the recent No Kings demonstration this Saturday (10/18) afternoon, with a reported 50,000 San Franciscans taking to the streets to protest the authoritarian federal regime and their domestic military invasion. DSA SF coordinated a two-pronged approach, hosting a literature table at Civic Center Plaza and a contingent at the Embarcadero. Our marching contingent drew support from those around us through anti-ICE chants and chants against military occupation.  Meanwhile, comrades at the table (and their children) received a warm welcome from the public with people of all ages feeling a sense of community and a desire to get organized. Lots of interest was displayed towards the Oakland Arms Embargo and ICE Court Watch. Thanks to the efforts of other comrades who participated in Maker’s Night, dropped off or picked supplies, or who just came by for a few minutes, the table was able to stay operating constantly from 12 to 4 PM; we passed out a lot of literature, had many extended discussions about socialism and signed up new potential recruits. We expect there will be many more demonstrations and actions to come as Trump sets his eyes on San Francisco, so come get involved in building community today for a socialist tomorrow.

What do we do when fascism comes to town? Stand up and Fight back!

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Reportback: Palestine Study on Understanding Zionism and Imperialism

On Sunday October 19th, the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialism working group hosted the first part of our Palestine Study on Understanding Zionism and Imperialism. We packed the office with 38 attendees, all interested in deepening their knowledge of zionism, to better fight for Palestinian liberation!

The second part of our Palestine Study, November 9th, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, will focus on debunking the myth of a socialist Israel. Stay tuned for more details on the event.

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Reportback: Tenant Organizing Working Group

Sunday afternoon (10/19), DSA comrades joined with Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) for a rally to protest the eviction of three elders from their home in Noe Valley. A great ruckus was made as the comrades chanted in unison in support of the at-risk elders. Apparently, a nearby neighbor even called the police, according to posts on neighborhood social media, though no officers ever arrived at the scene. The rally was also featured in a segment by ABC7 News. When people have no control over their own homes they are vulnerable to the whims of their landlords, who might push them out of their homes of decades just to raise the rent back to market rate; however when we come together as a community in the spirit of collective action and socialism, it is the people who ultimately hold the power!

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Reportback: Learning from Seattle’s Social Housing Win

Did you miss our panel and Q&A on social housing efforts in Seattle and across California? Now you can read a transcript from that event in California Red!

In February, Seattle beat Big Tech and real estate opposition and passed a ballot measure to fund a municipal social housing developer, by more than 20 points. On October 3, the Ecosocialist Working Group hosted a panel and Q&A to learn how Seattle did it and the current status of efforts in California, featuring Seattle DSA/House Our Neighbors organizer Eric Lee, and DSA SF member/Tenants Together advocate Shanti Singh.

Read the transcript here, and get involved by reaching out to ecosocialist@dsasf.org or joining #ecosocialism on Slack.

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, October 14 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 15 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Thursday, October 16 (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM): Keep Market Street Moving Flyering (in person at Market St & Montgomery St)

🌹 Thursday, October 16 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” – TOWG Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 17 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Friday, October 17 (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 Maker Friday (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, October 18 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 HWG Food Service (Castro St & Market St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): Divestment Strategy Session (1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): 🐣 SF EWOC Flyering (in person at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley Park, 50 Fell St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (3:00 PM – 5:00 PM): Palestine Study: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism (1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): HWG Reads “Capitalism & Disability…” (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Monday, October 20 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Tuesday, October 21 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and on Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, October 22 (4:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Zohran Debate!! (in person at The Savoy Tivoli, 1434 Grant Ave)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (6:30 PM – 9:30 PM): The Internet: Live & In-Person w/Dean Preston! (in person at the Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St)

🌹 Thursday, October 23 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 26 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St and Zoom)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, October 27 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (in person at 1916 McAllister St and Zoom)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” 

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 16.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

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🎨 Maker Friday

On Friday, October 17 from 7:00 – 9:00PM we’ll be preparing for the No Kings protest! Join us at 1916 McAllister to make signs and flyers. 🐣 Everyone is welcome!

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Join SF EWOC to Organize the Unorganized!

The SF local of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) needs to get more workplace organizing leads so we can increase union density! We will have monthly regular strategizing and flyering events on the first and third Sundays of every month at 1PM. Our next flyering event will be  Sunday, October 19th at 1:00 PM at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley. RSVP here!

Our strategy sessions (held at the DSA SF office, 1916 McAllister) will determine what neighborhoods and tactics to use at the next flyering event. You don’t need to be a volunteer or organizer with EWOC to attend! Our next strategy session will be Sunday, November 2nd at 1:00 PM at 1916 McAllister. RSVP here!

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Palestine Study on Zionism: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism for Palestine Liberation

Join DSA SF on Sunday, October 19 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St for the upcoming Palestine Study exploring the foundations of Zionism and how we fight imperialism for Palestinian liberation. We will equip ourselves with a precise understanding of the history, foundations, aspirations, and contradictions of Zionism in order to fight for Palestinian liberation. Participants will walk away from this first session with a precise understanding of the forces that propelled the colonization of Palestine and how US imperialist interests continue the efforts today. This curriculum is designed especially for those new to DSA, the Palestine movement, or those deepening their commitment to being anti-zionist. RSVP here!

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📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, October 19. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd and check the events calendar for latest details.

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🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation

Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every other week on Thursdays starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is October 23rd!

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Ready to Build Real Power? Join the Organizing 4 Power Training!

Want to take your organizing skills to the next level? We are looking for at least 10 members interested to attend the upcoming Organizing 4 Power (O4P) training! O4P isn’t just another workshop. It’s a world-class, hands-on program used by organizers globally to win strong campaigns. This is your chance to gain proven tools to:

• Recruit & motivate members more effectively.
• Tell powerful stories that inspire action.
• Identify & develop new leaders from within our ranks.
• Build strategic campaigns that create real change.

This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to make a bigger impact—whether you’re new to organizing or a seasoned pro.

Interested in joining our cohort?
We need at least 10 people to sign up by Oct 18th!  Reach out to Erich Fiederer on slack or email labor board (labor@dsasf.org) to let us know!

The class will be 5:00-7:00PM at the office (1916 McAllister) on November 18th and 20th, then again on December 2nd and 4th.

Let’s invest in our skills and build our power together!

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Reportback: Hold Airbnb Accountable with DSA SF!

IFPTE Local 21, SEIU Local 1021, UNITE HERE Local 2, and over a dozen other unions and community organizations are protesting Airbnb as the tech giant sues San Francisco for $120 million! Companies like Airbnb use our city as their personal playground while not paying their fair share. At a time when public services are crumbling, budget cuts run rampant, and housing has become more scarce and expensive, Labor Board is endorsing this campaign in support of our workers.

This past Wednesday, October 8th kicked off the campaign with a press conference outside of Airbnb’s headquarters at 888 Brannan. Comrade Firas (of IFPTE Local 21) gave a strong speech condemning Airbnb’s corporate greed, displacement of workers, and reliance on the very same public services and beautiful city that they’re refusing to pay taxes for. Capitalism enables and encourages billionaires and corporations to avoid paying their fair share, and we will not let them get away with it!

Support this campaign by signing and sharing the pledge to boycott Airbnb, and coming to a flyering event!

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

🌹 Tuesday, October 7 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Tuesday, October 7 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Watch party: “Documenting Genocide: Gaza, Before and After October 2023” (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Tuesday, October 7 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Wednesday, October 8 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM): October General Meeting (Zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Thursday, October 9 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, October 9 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 10 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Saturday, October 11 (10:00 AM – 2:00 PM): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Training and Outreach (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, October 11 (12:45 PM – 4:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Outreach and Outreach Training (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 12 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (in person at William McKinley Monument)

🌹 Sunday, October 12 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, October 13 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹 Monday, October 13 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 15 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): 🐣 What Is DSA?  (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Thursday, October 16 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” – TOWG Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, October 18 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Homelessness Working Group Food Service (meet at Castro St & Market St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (3:00 PM – 5:00 PM): Palestine Study: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, October 19 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): Homelessness Working Group Reads  “Capitalism & Disability…” (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, October 20 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

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IFPTE Local 21 Comrades Protest Airbnb

Local 21 comrades have asked for our support in protesting Airbnb this Wednesday, October 8 at 12:00 PM at 888 Brannan St.Tech giant Airbnb is suing San Francisco for $120 million while using our city as their personal playground and not paying their fair share. At a time when public services are crumbling and budget cuts run rampant, Labor Board is endorsing this campaign in support of our workers. A pledge to boycott Airbnb will be soon to come, and our very own DSA member Firas will be a speaker at the protest.

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🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation

Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every other week on Thursdays starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is October 9th!

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No Appetite for Apartheid Outreach Training & Canvassing

No Appetite for Apartheid is a campaign aimed at reducing economic support for Israeli apartheid by canvassing local businesses to boycott Israeli goods. Come and canvass local businesses with the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group!

On Saturday, October 11 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, we will be doing a training on how to talk to stores in your neighborhood, then going out and talking with stores together! Meet at 1916 McAllister St. RSVP here.

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📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” 

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 16.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

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📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, October 19. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd and check the events calendar for latest details.

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Palestine Study on Zionism: Understanding Zionism and Imperialism for Palestine Liberation

Join DSA SF on Sunday, October 19 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St for the upcoming Palestine Study exploring the foundations of Zionism and how we fight imperialism for Palestinian liberation. We will equip ourselves with a precise understanding of the history, foundations, aspirations, and contradictions of Zionism in order to fight for Palestinian liberation. Participants will walk away from this first session with a precise understanding of the forces that propelled the colonization of Palestine and how US imperialist interests continue the efforts today. This curriculum is designed especially for those new to DSA, the Palestine movement, or those deepening their commitment to being anti-zionist. RSVP here!

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Reportback: EWOC Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) ran the four week Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing course this past September. Just like we did back in May, we got a group to take the course together and benefit from in-person discussions and activities (at 1916 McAllister). The four weeks covered developing worker leadership for Organizing Committee formation, the steps of the Organizing Conversation, what actions can constitute the arc of a campaign, and how to inoculate workers against the boss. Each plenary featured stories from ongoing organizing, with the discussion section giving time for participants to share about their own organizing experiences, ask questions about the material, and share strategies.

One of the sessions focused on Collective Action and Escalation, where we heard from comrades Elce R. and Phoebe G. about an ongoing campaign at Sesame Street Workshop, the nonprofit production company which produces Sesame Street and other programs for children. We learned that the workers at SSW didn’t want to run a confrontational campaign, preferring instead to organize around principles at home on Sesame Street such as inclusivity, playfulness, creativity. As a result, the first action in the campaign was a March on the Boss framed as “Delivering the Good News”—the good news being the existence of the union. Subsequent actions included gatherings and block parties to build community and show how the boss couldn’t celebrate their own decisions. Earlier this year, SSW workers voted to form their union and are currently in contract negotiations.

Our final session this past Monday (September 29th) focused on inoculation and responding to anti-union talking points from management, anti-union consultants, and coworkers. In the plenary session, we heard from comrades from Starbucks Workers United and Kickstarter United on how they inoculated their coworkers against anti-union propaganda from their bosses. We went through the most common anti-union strategies and talking points, such as framing the union as a third party, captive audience meetings, and fearmongering about union dues. We learned how important it is to respond to these common talking points with your coworkers before management even starts their anti-union campaign. After the plenary session, we talked through how we would respond to common anti-union talking points if they were raised in our workplaces.

If you’d like to get involved with the SF local chapter of EWOC, reach out to the lead coordinator Caitlin S or email labor@dsasf.org. The EWOC meetings of the Labor Board are the first Monday of every month at 7:00 PM, both in-person at 1916 McAllister and over Zoom. Anyone is welcome to attend, and we’re always looking for people interested  workplace lead canvassing, organizer trainings, and volunteer outreach. And if you’re interested in organizing your workplace and would like to be connected with an EWOC organizer, fill out the request form here.

Reportback: DSA SF at Oakland Arms Embargo March

This past Saturday, DSA SF, EB DSA and YDSA marched in Oakland to demand an arms embargo and an end to the genocide in Gaza. We also gathered 14 pages of signatures for the No Appetite for Apartheid consumer pledge!! 👏 Thank you to everyone who showed that the Bay Area will keep fighting back against genocide and Israeli war crimes, free Palestine 🇵🇸

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

🌹Tuesday, September 30 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE Out of SF Courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery)

🌹Tuesday, September 30 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Immigrant Justice Healing Circle (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 1 (6:30 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹 Thursday, October 2 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): TOWG Reading Group: “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” (In person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹Friday, October 3 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE Out of SF Courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery)

🌹 Friday, October 3 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Municipal Social Housing: Learning from Seattle’s Win (518 Valencia)

🌹 Saturday, October 4 (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM): DSA SF x EBDSA: No Space for ICE Canvassing (In person at Portsmouth Square Park, 745 Kearny St)

🌹Saturday, October 4 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM): International Day of Action: Oakland Arms Embargo Now! (In person at Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland)

🌹Saturday, October 4 (4:00 PM – 6:00 PM): Divestment Strategy Session (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹 Saturday, October 5 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): HWG Reads “Capitalism & Disability – Selected Writings by Marta Russell” (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹Monday, October 6 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board x SF EWOC Local Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Tuesday, October 7 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, October 8 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM): 🌹October General Meeting (Zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave)

🌹Thursday, October 9 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, October 9 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, October 11 (12:45 PM – 4:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Outreach and Outreach Training (Meet in person at 1916 McAllister)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates. Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

Municipal Social Housing: Learning from Seattle’s Win

Two DSA SF-backed ballot props in 2020 were meant to enable and fund social housing, but mayoral opposition has blocked the funds being spent for that purpose. Seattle’s victory offers a lesson in how we might beat that blockage. In February, Seattle’s House Our Neighbors passed a ballot proposition with dedicated funds for a social housing developer. The campaign won by 26 points over opposition from Seattle’s mayor and most of their city council.

Join us at 518 Valencia on Friday, October 3 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM for a conversation with Seattle organizer Eric Lee (House Our Neighbors, Seattle DSA) and our own Shanti Singh (Tenants Together, DSA SF).

RSVP here!

Stop the World for Gaza! Arms Embargo Now!

At least 280 shipments have left the Oakland Airport in the first 6 months of this year, carrying deadly military cargo to maintain Israel’s F-35 fleet. On Saturday, October 4th at 1:00 PM, we’ll link arms at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland and re-energize ourselves for the fight ahead and demand killer cargo out of OAK! If you’d like to join the DSA contingent, check out the #palestine-solidarity Slack channel.

DSA SF x EBDSA: No Space for ICE Canvassing in SF Chinatown

The DSA SF Immigrant Justice Working Group and East Bay DSA Migrant Defense Working Group are leaving No Space for ICE! Join us on Saturday, October 4, at 1:00 PM to distribute red cards and other Know Your Rights materials to businesses and community members in SF Chinatown. We will meet at Portsmouth Square Park to share materials and train before we canvass. You can RSVP for the event here! Wear DSA merch if you can, or put a DSA pin on a visible part of your clothing.

New to canvassing? No worries! There will be a brief how-to training before we go out in pairs or small groups.

Steal This Story, Please! at the Roxie

DSA SF is proud to be a community partner with the Bay Area Premiere of Steal This Story, Please!, a documentary about award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman. The film will be playing on Saturday, October 4th from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM at the Roxie Theater. Expected guests include Amy Goodman and the directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin.

Steal This Story, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the front lines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. Get your tickets here!

📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, October 5. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd and check the events calendar for latest details.

Save the Date📆: Palestine Study – Understanding Zionism and Imperialism for Palestine Liberation

What does socialism have to do with Palestine? What did the founding of Israel really look like? How do we fight the genocide in Gaza here in the Bay Area? Join DSA SF on Sunday, October 19th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM for the upcoming Palestine Study exploring the foundations of Zionism and how we fight imperialism for Palestinian liberation.

🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation

Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every other week on Thursdays starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is October 9th!

📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco”

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 2nd.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

🌹 Tuesday, September 23 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Tuesday, September 23 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, September 24 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 DSA SF Tech Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, September 24 (6:45 PM – 8:30 PM): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (Zoom and in person at 438 Haight St)

🌹 Thursday, September 25 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Thursday, September 25 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, September 26 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM): ICE out of SF courts! (in person at 100 Montgomery St)

🌹 Friday, September 26 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Kashmir: Partition, Nationalism, and Global Fascism (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Saturday, September 27 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (in person at William McKinley Monument)

🌹 Saturday, September 27 (1:30 PM – 3:30 PM): Divestment Strategy Session (1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Sunday, September 28 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM): 🐣 Market Street Transit History Tour (1 Ferry Building)

🌹 Sunday, September 28 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM): Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, September 29 (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM): EWOC Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing Training (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, September 29 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, September 29 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹 Tuesday, September 30 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Immigrant Justice Healing Circle (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Wednesday, October 1 (6:30 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 New Member Happy Hour (in person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹 Thursday, October 2 (7:30 PM – 9:30 PM): “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” – TOWG Reading Group (in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Friday, October 3 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Social Housing Q&A with Seattle Organizer(s) (location TBD)

🌹 Saturday, October 4 (10:30 AM – 12:00 PM): DSA SF x EBDSA: No Space for ICE Canvassing (In person at Portsmouth Square Park, 745 Kearny St)

🌹 Saturday, October 5 (5:30 PM – 7:15 PM): HWG Reads “Capitalism & Disability – Selected Writings by Marta Russell” (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates. Events with a 🐣 are especially new-member-friendly!

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ICE Out of SF Courts!

Join neighbors, activists, grassroots organizations in resisting ICE abductions happening at immigration court hearings! ICE is taking anyone indiscriminately in order to meet their daily quotas. Many of those taken include people with no removal proceedings.

We’ll be meeting every Tuesday and Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery. We need all hands on deck. The 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM window is when we most need to boost turnout, but if you can’t make that please come whenever works for you. 1 or 2 hours or the entire time! We’re also holding orientation sessions for folks, but that is not required to attend. See the 🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation event for more details.

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EWOC: Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is running a Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing course weekly in September (see below for schedule). Just like we did back in May, we’re getting a group to take the course together and benefit from in-person discussions and activities (at 1916 McAllister). If you’re interested, RSVP here! The goal is to have more people learn organizing skills, both for your own projects and for organizing with EWOC. The final session is from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM onMonday, September 29.

If you have any questions, reach out to labor@dsasf.org.

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📖 DSA SF Homelessness Working Group Reads: Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Join DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group as we read through Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell. We’ll be meeting every other Sunday evening starting in September for 4 or 5 sessions at 1916 McAllister. The next session is Sunday, October 5. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd and check the events calendar for latest details.

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Keep Market Street Moving Flyering

Stop the corporate takeover of Market Street! Help spread the word by handing out flyers. All materials provided, just show up!

Join us this Wednesday, September 24th at 5:00 to 6:30 PM at Market St & Davis St. RSVP here!

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Tech Reading Group with Kickstarter Union Founder Clarissa Redwine

Come join DSA SF and Rideshare Drivers United on Wednesday, September 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at 1916 McAllister for our monthly tech reading group. We’ll be reading an article by Clarissa Redwine about the Kickstarter Union Campaign that started in 2016. Clarissa will also be making an appearance on Zoom to answer questions about her experience. RSVP here!

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Bay Area Palestine Solidarity Reflection and Planning

Missed the People’s Conference for Palestine? Join the Palestinian Youth Movement’s report back on Thursday, September 25th at 6:00 PM at La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA)

At the end of August, DSA SF sent five delegates to the historic second People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit. On Thursday September 25th, join Bay Area comrades for Palestine Solidarity to reflect and build on the lessons of the conference.

📍 La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA)
 📅 Thursday, September 25
 ⏰ 6:00 PM

This will be an open space of reflection, discussion, and collective planning on how to bring the energy, strategy, and tools from Detroit back home to strengthen our organizing in the Bay Area. Our siblings in Gaza continue to endure bombardment, famine, and occupation. It is our duty to channel the momentum of the conference into action: to confront genocide, challenge imperialism, and grow a movement capable of transforming the conditions that allow this genocide.

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🐣 Immigrant Justice Court Action Orientation

Come one, come all to 1916 McAllister St for our court watch orientation! You’ll learn how we are resisting ICE , how you can help, and participate in a biweekly art build. Bring questions and anti-ICE slogans! This event will take place every-other week on Thursday’s starting at 7:00 PM and the next one is September 25!

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Kashmir: Partition, Nationalism, and Global Fascism

Nationalism is rising all over the world, and violence as always is accompanying it. Nowhere is the genocidal logic of the nation-state more evident than in Israel’s occupation of Palestine, but it is not the only example that we must learn from. The Partition of India in 1947 and subsequent conflicts in South Asia have many similarities, and some important differences. Come join the DSA SF as we investigate the Kashmir Conflict, which flared up violently this spring, and its relationship to Hindu nationalism and the global fascist movement. We’ll be meeting Friday, September 26 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at 1916 McAllister St.

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Apartheid-Free Bay Area Consumer Canvass

Let’s build public support for stores that have pledged to go apartheid-free this Saturday, September 27 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM! We’ll meet at Dolores Park on 18th St and Dolores St.

We will first train you, and then you will put that training into practice by collecting signatures in Dolores Park. RSVP here!

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Emergency Tenant Organizing Training

This month the comrades in the Tenant’s Organizing Working Group have been attending the Fall 2025 Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee (ETOC) training, offered by the DSA Housing Justice Commission!

In the last ETOC session, comrades learned about the specific tools and techniques that could be used to begin organizing a tenants’ association campaign, how to plan escalation actions to get demands met, and how to successfully keep campaigns from losing momentum.

We hope to see you join us for the upcoming ETOC session 4 on Saturday, September 27 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM either remotely via Zoom or at our watch party at 399 Webster St. at the Embassy. There will be snacks! All are welcome! RSVP here.

Please get in touch with us at tenants@dsasf.org if you’d like to explore the ETOC materials.

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Market Street Transit History Tour

This transit month, join our Ecosocialist Working Group as we explore Market Street, San Francisco’s main boulevard, through a socialist lens — who controlled the streets, and for what purpose?

We will be meeting at The Ferry Building on Sunday, September 28 at 2 PM. RSVP here!

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📖 DSA SF Tenant Organizing Reading Group – “Housing the City by the Bay: Tenant Activism, Civil Rights, and Class Politics in San Francisco” 

San Francisco has always had an affordable housing shortage, but solutions outside of the private sector have long been neglected or overlooked. Join us as we learn about the history of one proposed solution: public housing.

Our four-part reading group will meet every other Thursday at 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM hybrid in person at 1916 McAllister and Zoom with RSVP to discuss John Baranski’s book “Housing the City by the Bay”. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 2nd.

If you wish to join please RSVP here!

Behind the Scenes

The Chapter Coordination Committee (CCC) regularly rotates duties among chapter members. This allows us to train new members in key duties that help keep the chapter running like organizing chapter meetings, keeping records updated, office cleanup, updating the DSA SF website and publishing the weekly newsletter. Members can view current CCC rotations.

Interested in helping with the newsletter or other day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running? Fill out the CCC help form.