Category: News
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Feminism for the 99%—SF International Women’s Day of Action and Rally
On March 8th, members of DSA SF’s Socialist Feminist working group joined a coalition of organizations[1] at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate International Women’s Day. Together we made ourselves loud and clear, wearing our red, waving our signs and being unapologetically vocal about women, LGBTQI, immigrant, people of color…
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Live from Death Row: A Conversation with Kevin Cooper
On February 10th the DSA SF Justice Committee at Koret Auditorium hosted a Q&A and discussion with anti-death penalty activist Kevin Cooper to talk about his case, the barbarism of the death penalty, the racism of California’s justice system, and the agony of being innocent on death row. Fourteen years…
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DSA SF Joins the SF Public Bank Coalition
The San Francisco chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is pleased to announce that our members have voted to formally join the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition (SFPBC), a collaboration of local left and progressive groups working to promote and shape a public bank for San Francisco. The final…
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Marching for Reproductive Justice
The Rally for Reproductive Justice will take place on January 27th – we begin at the Federal Building (90 7th St.) at 11:30 a.m to voice strong opposition to the Walk for Life, a hypocritically named movement backed by individuals who stand against reproductive justice for women. We ask you…
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2017: A Year In Review
Our chapter was started by a group of friends in the fall of 2016. They imagined they’d have a small discussion group that met once a month. Then the general election happened. The Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco chapter saw membership skyrocket to nearly 500 dues paying members. Now…
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Stop the #GOPTaxScam March
Trump and the GOP’s tax bill is the latest and most brutal attack on working people and the middle class. Bernie Sanders rightly characterized it as an act of ‘class war’. The plan will cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, while simultaneously raising the rate on the…
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DSA SF Calls for Day of Action Against GOP Tax Scam
Comrades, Last week, at the end of the disastrous first year of the Trump presidency, the GOP’s long-waged war on the poor reached its most egregious stage yet, exposing their ruthless agenda to millions of Americans. Capitalism, and the violence it begets, are poised for an unprecedented assault on our…
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SF Right To Counsel Ballot Measure Kickoff
A coalition of tenant groups, neighborhood leaders, and senior advocates gathered on December 2nd at the San Francisco Tenants Union to kick off the SF Right To Counsel Ballot Measure signature gathering. We’re working towards putting an historic initiative on the June 2018 ballot that would give all tenants faced…
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DSA SF makes early endorsements for June 2018 elections
On November 18, 2017, the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America (DSA SF) gathered in a special meeting to consider early electoral endorsements for the June 5, 2018 elections. The chapter voted overwhelmingly to endorse the No Eviction Without Representation city ballot initiative, the San Francisco Arts and Families…
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DSA SF Stands With Save Midtown
Midtown should have been a triumph. In its heyday, the unique community homeownership cooperative was a model for how cities and their less advantaged citizens could work together to find creative solutions to housing challenges. It was supposed to offer those things our capitalist, for-profit housing system so seldom provides:…