Category: News
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The Global Climate Strike is upon us!
The Global Climate Strike upon us! Join us on Friday September 20th as a contingent in the Global Youth Climate March. It’s no longer enough to wait for our politicians to act. As Greta Thunberg told Congress on Tuesday: “you’re not trying hard enough”. But we will. It’s time to…
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Labor Day: A Reminder of Strength in Union
Nothing is more important to the public weal than that the nobility of labor be maintained. -Lawrence McGann (D-IL), who sat on the Committee on Labor, argued for Labor Day in a Congressional report submitted on May 15, 1894 Labor Day is a celebration of the American worker movement. This…
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DSA SF Joins the No New SF Jail Coalition
DSA SF voted unanimously at the August general meeting to join the No New SF Jail Coalition. The coalition is a partnership between a growing number of activist and political organizations to permanently close the jail at 850 Bryant, which has been slated for demolition for over twenty years due…
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Billionaire Story Hour
Ever wonder about all those billionaires out there? Who’d they crush to get their money and what do they do with it all? Wonder no more as DSA SF’s Writing Committee hosts Billionaire Story Hour, an event to expose their dirty secrets and educate the masses! Join us for Billionaire…
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Where We’ll Go and Where We’ve Been: A Fundraiser & Celebration
Come commemorate two years of DSA SF this Friday! DSA is hosting a party at the Tenderloin Museum to celebrate the growth of our chapter these past two years. The event is free, but we’ll also be raising money to send our delegates to DSA’s National Convention this August. This…
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Delegates, resolutions, and more!
The 2019 DSA National Convention is right around the corner and DSA SF is getting ready to make the most of it. In our last general meeting we elected a diverse group of incredible organizers to represent us in Atlanta. Congratulations to Kaylah W., Darby T., Jennifer B., Jen S.,…
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DSA Replaces Brakelights in the Community
DSA SF’s Justice Committee held its second Brakelight Replacement Clinic of the year on June 8, 2019, at the San Francisco Christian School, located in the Outer Mission. Members of the committee and other volunteers replaced neighbors’ brakelights, free of charge, and conversed with neighbors about socialism. Earlier this year,…
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DSA’s Socialist Feminist Working Group Stands With Sex Workers
Members of DSA SF’s Socialist Feminist (SocFem) working group joined community organizers and sex workers at Oscar Grant Plaza on June 2, 2019, in a rally and celebration in honor of International Sex Workers Day, also known as International Whore’s Day. International Sex Workers Day, observed annually on June…
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Dean Debate Inspires D5 to Rethink What’s Possible
Supervisor debates tend to be sleepy affairs, especially six months before a special election. But last Monday over 200 people came out to hear Dean Preston and Vallie Brown in their first debate. Dean proposed doubling the amount of a housing bond from $500 million to $1 billion, buying up…
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May Day Events
What’s May Day? May Day is a day for workers to unite in solidarity across the globe. Although it started in the United States, it isn’t widely recognized here. The holiday emerged from the radical struggles of the nineteenth century and commemorates workers and activists who fought and died for…