Events & Actions

🌹Tuesday, September 2 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE Out of SF Courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery)

🌹Wednesday, September 3 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM): 🐣 Court Action Orientation (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, September 3 (6:30 PM – 9:00 PM): 🐣 New Member Happy Hour at Zeitgeist! (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹Friday, September 5 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE Out of SF Courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery)

🌹Saturday, September 6 (11:00 AM – 1:30 PM) 🐣 Emergency Tenant Organizing Committee Fall Cohort Training Party (In person at the Radical Reading Room, 438 Haight)

🌹Sunday, September 7 (5:00 PM – 6:45 PM): Homelessness Working Group Reads “Capitalism & Disability – Selected Writings by Marta Russell” (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, September 8 (5:00 PM – 6:30 PM): EWOC Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing Training (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

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

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

🌹Tuesday, September 9 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)

🌹Wednesday, September 10 (6:45 PM – 9:00 PM): September General Meeting (Zoom and in person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)

🌹Thursday, September 11 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, September 11 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Immigrant Justice Office Hour  (Zoom)

🌹Saturday, September 13 (12:45 PM – 4:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Outreach and Outreach Training (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, September 14 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (In person at William McKinley Monument)

🌹Monday, September 15 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, September 15 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

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! 

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Court Action Orientation

Come out to the office at 1916 McAllister every Wednesday at 6:00 PM to help us make signs, learn about how we are resisting ICE, and discover how you can help. It’s a great time to meet like-minded people and ask any questions you might have before court actions!

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Say NO to AB 715! 

SAY NO TO AB 715! The California Senate Education Committee will be holding a hearing on AB 715, a very dangerous bill that aims to censor criticism of Israel from K-12 public education across the state. This bill comes straight out of the Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther playbook. Scott Wiener has been pushing this bill for several months now, and it is essential for comrades and allies in the pro-Palestine movement to turn out to oppose this draconian measure.

The hearing will now take place on the week of September 8 at 1021 O St, Sacramento with exact date TBD (note that the original tentative date of September 2nd or 3rd has been postponed). We still need to be ready to mobilize in large numbers to say NO. Please be ready to mobilize! If you are able to make this hearing to voice your opposition, please reply to this RSVP.

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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 at 1916 McAllister starting September 7th at 5:30 PM and running every other week for 4 or 5 sessions. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd

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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, fill out the form here! The goal is to have more people learn organizing skills, both for your own projects and for organizing with EWOC. Sessions run every week from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM on:

• Monday, September 8
• Monday, September 15
• Monday, September 22
• Monday, September 29

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

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Tech Reading Group with Kickstarter Union Founder Clarissa Redwine

Come join DSA SF, TWC, BAL4P, and RDU tech workers on Wednesday, September 24th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 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. This is a hybrid event, with in-person attendance at 1916 McAllister and remote attendance on Zoom. 

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, August 19 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St) 

🌹 Tuesday, August 19 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) DSA SF Tech Reading Group featuring author Mike Monteiro (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Wednesday, August 20 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM) 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Thursday, August 21 (5:30 PM – 7:00 PM) DSA SF x UAW 4811 – Organizing Against ICE: On and Off Campus (In person at Mission Hall UCSF, 550 16th St) 

🌹 Thursday, August 21 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Fun Committee Meeting (Location TBD) 

🌹 Friday, August 22 (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM) ICE out of SF courts! (In person at 100 Montgomery St) 

🌹 Friday, August 22 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Book talk with Jaz Brisack: Get on the Job and Organize (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Saturday, August 23 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) Divestment Strategy Session: Coalition-Building (In person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Saturday, August 23 (2:00 PM – 4:30 PM) Palestine Healing Circle (In person1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Sunday, August 24 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) Sip ‘n’ Stitch (In person at Rise & Grind Coffeehouse, 2598 Folsom St)

🌹 Sunday, August 24 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) 🐣 Physical Education and Self Defense (In person at William McKinley Monument) 

🌹 Monday, August 25 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate Ave) 

🌹 Monday, August 25 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Tuesday, August 26 (12:00 PM – 3:00 PM) DSA x RDU Food Serve and Social 🍽️🙋‍♂️ (In person at Bayside Park, 1125 Airport Blvd, Burlingame) 

🌹 Tuesday, August 26 (6:00 PM – 7:30 PM) Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Wednesday, August 27 (6:45 PM – 8:30 PM) Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (Zoom and in person at Radical Reading Room, 438 Haight St) 

🌹 Thursday, August 28 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM) 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting  (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Thursday, August 28 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Immigrant Justice Office Hour (Zoom) 

🌹 Friday, August 29 (6:00 PM – 7:00 PM) Ecosoc Plant and Seed Swap (Location TBD)

🌹 Sunday, August 31 (5:00 PM – 7:00 PM) Capital Reading Group (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St)

🌹 Monday, September 1 (6:30 PM – 8:00 PM) Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister St) 

🌹 Monday, September 1 (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

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! 

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DSA SF x United Auto Workers 4811 – Organizing Against ICE: On and Off Campus

The Immigrant Justice Working Group, Labor Board, and UAW 4811 are teaming up for a combination know your rights and union organizing training at UCSF!

Tired of seeing your immigrant neighbors and coworkers be terrorized by masked agents? How about of the fact that we are funding ICE instead of science? Come join union members Thursday, August 21, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at Mission Hall UCSF (550 16th St) to learn about how we can effectively organize and mobilize to protect our immigrant community.

• Learn how to handle questions from ICE officers and how to help your neighbors dealing with immediate immigration issues
• Protect your community from ICE raids
• Connect with UAW 4811 and DSA SF organizers
• Get involved in the fight to protect international workers

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No Appetite for Apartheid Follow-up Canvass

This Friday, August 22, we are having a follow-up canvass for our recent No Appetite for Apartheid work. Join a team of canvassers to follow-up with stores we have already canvassed, and build a stronger base of apartheid-free store owners! If you are interested, please drop a message in the #no-appetite-for-apartheid channel on Slack or email palestine-solidarity@dsasf.org.

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Palestine Healing Circle

This Saturday, August 23rd from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM at 1916 McAllister, DSA SF will be hosting a Palestine Healing Circle. We will be holding space for the anger, grief, and reverence related to this movement. Participants are asked to come with respect, an open heart, and an open mind. The circle will have a centerpiece for which the following contributions are welcome

• Unscented candle
• A flower or plant clipping
• Photos of lost loved ones
• Any small objects which hold meaning

At the end of the circle, there will be a potluck. Gifts of food and non-alcoholic drinks are encouraged if they fall within your means.

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🐣Sunday Sip ‘n’ Stitch ☕

Calling all artists for Sip N Stitch! Bring a craft while casually enjoying some drinks with comrades on Sunday, August 24th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Rise & Grind Coffeehouse at 2598 Folsom St. All are welcome! 

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Labor & Homelessness Working Group Food Serve and Rideshare Driver Political Education Event

Join Labor and the Homelessness Working Group for a food serve and political education event at Bayside Park near Burlingame on Tuesday, August 26th from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We need volunteers to help Homelessness Working Group with food prep and also helping with political education and serving! Pop into the #labor channel on Slack if you’re interested.

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People’s Conference for Palestine

Our chapter is sending a five-person delegation to join thousands of organizers, artists, students, and community members from across North America to the People’s Conference for Palestine, taking place August 29–31 in Detroit, Michigan.

With the guiding theme “Gaza is the compass,” the conference aims to deepen our collective strategy, convene us at a critical juncture, and strengthen the mass movement for Palestinian liberation in North America. Attendees will engage in plenaries, workshops, cultural events, and organizing sessions that reflect the urgency of this moment. Our organization is proud to endorse the conference and is actively mobilizing our members to attend. We see this as a critical opportunity to connect with others in the movement, share strategies, and reaffirm our commitment to justice for Palestine.

Although we’ve voted on our official delegation, you’re still able to attend if you’d like and join up with other Bay Area organizers!

For more information and to register, visit the official conference website: 👉peoplesconferenceforpalestine.org

📩 Can’t make it? Consider donating to support the cost of the Conference.

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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 at 1916 McAllister starting September 7th at 5:30pm and running every other week for 4 or 5 sessions. For more info, register here: bit.ly/martacd

Reports

August Chapter Meeting Recap

 On August 13, comrades packed into Kelly Cullen Community for our monthly general meeting. Jenbo and Carlos held it down as co-chairs and kicked things off by recognizing the Immigrant Justice Working Group for organizing weekly ICE protests alongside our allies and for their continued efforts to protect our people. The chapter also celebrated Hazel’s recent election to the National Political Committee, the highest elected body of DSA. We heard report-backs from our chapter committees and working groups — you can read more about their work in other sections of this newsletter!

Caitlin from our Labor Board led a training on how to have effective organizing conversations. Ellyn gave an update from the Steering Committee on recent meetings between the Steering Committee, Electoral Board, SiO, the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialism Working Group, and Divestment leads, focused on maintaining an anti-Zionist stance in City Hall. Specifically, not supporting resolutions that promote Zionism under the pretext of combating antisemitism.

The chapter voted to endorse the Keep Market Street Moving campaign, which will be led by our Ecosocialism Working Group. DSA SF is showing up to make our politics clear: Waymo off Market, power to Muni, and public transit for the people. To get plugged in, email ecosocialist@dsasf.org or join the Slack channel if you’re a member. That’s it for August — see you at the next meeting!

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Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialism Working Group

On Tuesday, August 12th, the Palestine Solidarity and Anti Imperialism (PSAI) working group along with other comrades in the chapter gathered with hundreds of protesters at Union Square to demand accountability for the targeted assassination of journalists in Gaza who sacrificed their lives to broadcast the truth of the ongoing US-Israeli genocide of Palestinians. Saturday, we organized another No Appetite for Apartheid canvas with our coalition partners Arab Resource Organizing Center (AROC) and the Neighborhood Business Alliance (NBA). We canvased 21 stores in the Excelsior and Bayview, continuing to build relationships and encourage store owners to pledge their commitment to deshelving products complicit in apartheid. Join us in the fight!

This Friday, August 22, we are having a follow-up canvass for our recent No Appetite for Apartheid work. Join a team of canvassers to follow-up with stores we have already canvassed, and build a stronger base of apartheid-free store owners! If you are interested, please drop a message in the #no-appetite-for-apartheid channel on Slack or email palestine-solidarity@dsasf.org.

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, July 15 (8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.): ICE out of SF Courts (In person at Immigration Court, 100 Montgomery St)

🌹Tuesday, July 15 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Tuesday, July 15 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Reading Group: The Housing Question by Friedrich Engels, Part 2 (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, July 16 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 🐣 What Is DSA? (In person at Potrero Branch Library, 1616 20th St)

🌹Wednesday, July 16 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): EWOC: Organizer Toolkit Workshop (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, July 17 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): 🍏 Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, July 17 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, July 17 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Office Hour (Zoom)

🌹Saturday, July 19 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Training and Outreach (Meet in person for training at 1916 McAllister, then head out to do outreach in the Bayview)

🌹Saturday, July 19 (10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.): 🐣 Tenant Organizing Canvass (Meet in person at Chan Kaajal Park, 3100 17th St)

🌹Saturday, July 19 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣 Homelessness Working Group (HWG) Food Service (In person at Castro & Market)

🌹Sunday, July 20 (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Capital Reading Group – Review (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, July 21 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Socialist in Office Subcommittee Regular Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Monday, July 21 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Monday, July 21 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Tuesday, July 22 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Social Housing Reading Group: SF Analyst’s Report (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, July 23 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tech Worker Reading Group: You Deserve a Tech Union (Zoom and in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, July 23 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Independent Outreach (Meet at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Thursday, July 24 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Friday, July 25 (5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): 🐣 Electoral Education: Zohran x DSA’s Victory (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Friday, July 25 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣 Maker Friday: Zine Edition (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, July 26 (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.): Cuba Reportback (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, July 27 (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.): 🐣 Oakland Ballers vs Northern Colorado Owlz baseball game + “Halloween in July Night” (In person at Raimondi Park, 1800 Wood St, Oakland)

🌹Monday, July 28 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)

🌹Monday, July 28 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board x Divestment Priority Meeting (Zoom and 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!

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Say NO to Seizing Homes!

Join DSA SF in writing the Board of Supervisors to oppose Mayor Lurie’s RV ban, which threatens to seize the homes of poor and working San Franciscans. Demand real, permanent solutions for our neighbors living in their vehicles. Email homelessness@dsasf.org with any questions.

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ICE Out of SF

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 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30  p.m. at Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery.  We need all hands on deck, even if you can only participate for 1 or 2 hours.

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Reading Group: “The Housing Question” by Friedrich Engels

Join us in reading the seminal text on the political economy of housing. Written in 1872, The Housing Question is Friedrich Engels’ critique of the housing market and the solutions promoted by his contemporaries. 150 years later, his work resonates just as much, if not more, with tenants’ current struggles.

This two-part series will have readers discuss the various historical attitudes and debates around housing and apply those lessons to our modern housing crisis.

Join us for session 2 at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister St. on July 15th at 7:00 p.m. A full PDF of the book can be found here.

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EWOC: Organizer Toolkit Workshop

Join us Wednesday, July 16 from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. for a workshop held by the San Francisco local of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC)! We’ll be going over how to generate workplace organizing leads and hold organizing conversations. This will be an interactive session for any and all levels of organizing experience. Whether you’re an organizer or volunteer with EWOC or simply someone who wants to start learning about workplace organizing, this workshop is a great place to join the conversation and plan work for the labor movement!

We’ll be meeting at 1916 McAllister Let us know if you can make it! Hope to see you there!

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Apartheid-Free Bay Area Canvass

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, July 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., We will be doing a training on how to talk to stores in your neighborhood, then going out and talking with stores together in the Bayview! Meet at 1916 McAllister.

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Tenant Organizing Canvass in the Mission

Help us build tenant power in SF! Tenant Organizing Working Group is hosting a canvass the Mission, in partnership with Tenant and Neighborhood Councils. We’ll meet July 19th at 3:00 p.m. at Chan Kaajal Park, near 16th St. BART station, and we’ll walk the neighborhood together, talking to tenants about their housing conditions and how collective action can help. This is a powerful way to build organizing skills and relationships within the community. We will start with a training, so no prior experience is required. Sign up here so we know you’re coming. See you there!

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Social Housing Reading Group

What could social housing look like in San Francisco, and how do we get there? Join DSASF for a reading of the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s report on how the city can build its own publicly owned, deeply affordable housing. We will also read the SF Berniecrats report, Housing for the 99%, which lays out a vision for social housing for all in San Francisco. Join us at 1916 McAllister Tuesday, July 22 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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DSA SF Tech Reading Group

On July 23rd from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., come join DSA SF and Rideshare Drivers United tech workers for our next monthly tech reading group.

We’ll be reading an excerpt from You Deserve a Tech Union by Ethan Marcotte. This event is hybrid with food provided at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister St.

RSVP here to access the link to the reading! See you there!

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Electoral Education: Zohran x DSA’s Victory

Join us Friday, July 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at 1916 McAllister for an open discussion about the very exciting Zohran campaign, how they did it, and how it’s shaping the national discussion about electoral politics in the United States and in our national organization! .

Audience: EVERYONE! Whether you’re new to movement or been following the Zohran campaign for a while, we hope this will be interesting for us all!

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Maker Friday: Zine Edition

Join us for Maker Friday: Zine Edition on July 25 at 1916 McAllister from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.! We will learn how to make zines, brainstorm ideas for them, and make them. All are welcome, no experience necessary, come connect with your fellow comrades while making fun content to pass out.

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Summer Social(ist) Events! ☀️

On Sunday, July 27th at 3:30 p.m. we’ll be going to the Oakland Ballers vs Northern Colorado Owlz baseball game + “Halloween in July Night” (at Raimondi Park) – RSVP here by July 13th so that we can put in a group order of tickets! Group tickets are are $15 per ticket, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

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📣 Support the Blue Bottle Independent Union

Nestlé is one of the biggest corporations in the world charged with decades of human rights violations in the global south. They’re now in our backyard intimidating baristas with surveillance, firing, and bad-faith bargaining. Last week, baristas in four Bay Area locations of Nestlé-owned Blue Bottle presented management with a super majority of union cards and demanded voluntary recognition. Instead, Blue Bottle fired one of the organizers, B.B. Young. This comes at an especially bad time for B.B. since their husband was also recently laid off.

Blue Bottle workers are asking for our support

• Donate at this GoFundMe page 
• Sign the petition to demand that the company voluntarily recognize the Blue Bottle Independent Union
• Join the Blue Bottle Independent Union email list  or follow on Instagram to stay in touch
• If you are an employee of Blue Bottle, fill out this intake form to get involved with organizing the union at your own store

Reports

Physical Education Training

On July 13th DSA SF held its second physical education training. Seven comrades got together in the park to learn and practice basic movement and self defense skills such as falling, quick get ups, rolling, human crutch carries, and basic stance work.

Stay tuned for the next one! If you’re interested in inclusive physical education and self defense strategies, please join #phys-ed on the DSA SF 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 newsletter, etc. Members can view current CCC rotations.

To help with the day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running, fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

🌹Tuesday, July 1 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Tuesday, July 1 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): Reading Group: The Housing Question by Friederich Engels (Part 1 of 2) (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Wednesday, July 2 (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣 New Member Happy Hour (In person at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia)

🌹Thursday, July 3 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, July 3 (5:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Socialist in Office + Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Saturday, July 5 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): 🐣 No Appetite for Apartheid Consumer Pledge Canvass (Meet at Harry Bridges Plaza)

🌹Saturday, July 5 (12:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): 🐣 Homelessness Working Group Outreach and Outreach Training (Meet at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, July 5 (1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.): Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee Training: Planning Sync (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Saturday, July 5 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): Phonebank to Stop the Billionaire’s Budget Attack on the Unhoused (In person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, July 6 (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Capital Reading Group (Zoom & in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Sunday, July 6 (10:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.): 🐣 Screening of The Room at the Balboa Theater (In person at Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa)

🌹Monday, July 7 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom & in person at 1916 McAllister)

🌹Monday, July 7 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Wednesday, July 9 (6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🌹 July General Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Thursday, July 10 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group Meeting (Zoom)

🌹Friday, July 11 (7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣 Comrade Karaoke (In person at The Roar Shack, 34 7th St)

🌹Sunday, July 13 (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.): 🐣 Physical Education + Self Defense Training (In person at William McKinley Monument, Panhandle Park)

🌹Monday, July 14 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣 Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)

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

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Reading Group: “The Housing Question” by Friedrich Engels

Join us in reading the seminal text on the political economy of housing. Written in 1872, “The Housing Question” is Friedrich Engels’ critique of the housing market and the solutions promoted by his contemporaries. 150 years later, his work resonates just as much, if not more, with tenants’ current struggles.

This two-part series will have readers discuss the various historical attitudes and debates around housing and apply those lessons to our modern housing crisis.

Join us for session 1 at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister St. on July 1st at 7:00 p.m. A full PDF of the book can be found here.

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Summer Social(ist) Events! ☀️

Mark your calendars for our Summer Social(ist) event series!

• July 6th @ 11:00 p.m. – Screening of The Room at the Balboa Theater! We’ll meet outside at 10:30.
• July 11th @ 7:30PM – Comrade Karaoke at the Roar Shack (34 7th Street) – Come hang out and do some FREE karaoke with your fellow DSA SF comrades or cool people you want to impress with your incredible singing voice! No songs refused, no entry denied! Suggested Donation: $10. Drinks: Wine + Beer Available / BYOB
• July 27th @ 1:05PM – Oakland Ballers vs Northern Colorado Owlz baseball game + “Halloween in July Night” (at Raimondi Park) – RSVP here by July 13th so that we can put in a group order of tickets! Group tickets are are $15 per ticket, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

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🇵🇸 Apartheid-Free Bay Area Consumer Pledge Canvassing

Help build public support for stores that have pledged to go apartheid-free 🇵🇸 at the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market, Harry Bridges Plaza, this Saturday, July 5 from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m.! You will receive basic training, and then you will put that training into practice by collecting signatures at the Ferry Plaza Building Farmer’s Market. Please sign up here. Bring a tote bag and make sure to wear your DSA merch. New members encouraged to join!

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Oppose the billionaire budget

Call your comrades to oppose the billionaire budget! Join the DSA SF Electoral Board this Saturday, July 5, 2:00 p.m. to – 4:00 p.m at 1916 McAllister to phonebank members and urge them to send letters opposing Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Billionaire Budget. The proposed budget forces austerity upon the most vulnerable San Franciscans by redirecting Prop C Our City Our Home funds away from effective solutions to homelessness to temporary measures which do not address the root causes of homelessness.

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EWOC: How to Talk About Organizing

EWOC (Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee) is a project of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and DSA working to build a distributed grassroots organizing program to support workers organizing at the workplace. To learn more about the work EWOC does, come by the DSA SF office to pick up a copy of Unite and Win or tune into the Labor Board’s weekly meetings every Monday at 7 p.m. on Zoom.

The next EWOC event hosted by DSA SF features EWOC staff members conducting a training on generating workplace leads and conducting organizing conversations on July 16th from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. Let us know if you can make it! Hope to see you there!

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📣 Support the Blue Bottle Independent Union

Nestlé is one of the biggest corporations in the world charged with decades of human rights violations in the global south. They’re now in our backyard intimidating baristas with surveillance, firing, and bad-faith bargaining. Last week, baristas in four Bay Area locations of Nestlé-owned Blue Bottle presented management with a super majority of union cards and demanded voluntary recognition. Instead, Blue Bottle fired one of the organizers, B.B. Young. This comes at an especially bad time for B.B. since their husband was also recently laid off.

Blue Bottle workers are asking for our support

• Donate at this GoFundMe page 
• Sign the petition to demand that the company voluntarily recognize the Blue Bottle Independent Union
• Join the Blue Bottle Independent Union email list  or follow on Instagram to stay in touch
• If you are an employee of Blue Bottle, fill out this intake form to get involved with organizing the union at your own store

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Social Housing Reading Group

What could social housing look like in San Francisco, and how do we get there? Join DSASF for a reading of the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s report on how the city can build its own publicly owned, deeply affordable housing. We will also read the SF Berniecrats report, Housing for the 99%, which lays out a vision for social housing for all in San Francisco. Join us at 1916 McAllister Tuesday, July 22 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Reports

Physical Education Training

On June 28th, DSA SF held its first physical education training. Five comrades got together in the park to learn and practice basic movement and self defense skills like falling, squatting, lifting, and palm striking. The next one will be held on July 13th at 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the William McKinley Monument in Panhandle Park. Join us for some fun and inclusive physical education, aimed at building the strength and flexibility to build a better world.

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Ecosocialist Office Gardening

The Ecosocialist Working Group held their first office gardening event last Tuesday, with 12 attendees, including 5 non-members. We discussed native plants in the bay area and the various tools to help with plant identification, and labeled our garden with popsicle sticks. Our comrade Lizzie even brought a microscope to take a closer look at petals and leaves.

Stay tuned for the next office gardening event! To get involved, join #ecosocialism on the DSA SF Slack, or reach out to ecosocialist@dsasf.org.

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 newsletter, etc. Members can view current CCC rotations.

To help with the day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running, fill out the CCC help form.

Events & Actions

🌹Tuesday, June 17 (5:50 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.): Socialist in Office + Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Tuesday, June 17 (6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Ecosocialist Bi-Weekly Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Tuesday, June 17 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group & East Bay DSA: Know Your Rights & Immigration 101 Training (In person at 1916 McAllister)  🌹Wednesday, June 18 (6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 🐣What Is DSA? (In person at 1916 McAllister)  🌹Thursday, June 19 (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.): Education Board Open Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Thursday, June 19 (7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): Book Talk on US-China Relations with Dee Knight and Kyle Ferrana (Zoom)  🌹Friday, June 20 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣Maker Friday (In person at 1916 McAllister)  🌹Saturday, June 21 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): 🐣Homelessness Working Group Monthly Food Service (In person at Castro & Market)  🌹Sunday, June 22 (12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.): 🐣Picnic (In person at Dolores Park, Dolores & 19th St)  🌹Sunday, June 22 (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.): Capital Reading Group (In person at Dolores Park, Dolores & 19th St)  🌹Monday, June 23 (5:50 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Socialist in Office + Electoral Board Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Monday, June 23 (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Tenderloin Healing Circle (In person at Kelly Cullen Community, 220 Golden Gate)  🌹Monday, June 23 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Homelessness Working Group Regular Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Monday, June 23 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Labor Board Meeting (Zoom)  🌹Tuesday, June 24 (6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): 🐣 Ecosocialism Office Gardening (In person at 1916 McAllister)  🌹Wednesday, June 25 (6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.): Tenant Organizing Working Group Meeting (Zoom & in person at Radical Reading Room, 438 Haight)  🌹Wednesday, June 25 (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.): 🐣 Screening of ‘They Live’ (In person at Roar Shack, 34 7th St)  🌹Thursday, June 26 (7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.): Immigrant Justice Working Group Meeting (Zoom)  Check out https://dev.dsasf.org/events for more events and updates.

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IJWG & EBDSA: Know Your Rights + Immigration 101 Training

Join the DSA SF Immigrant Justice Working Group and EBDSA Migrants Defense Working Group for a joint Know Your Rights + Immigration 101 training! We will be discussing the current political moment, a brief history of immigration in the U.S., and important Know Your Rights information, including the difference between a judicial and administrative warrant and how to exercise your rights or intervene as a bystander in various scenarios. The training will take place on Tuesday, June 17, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister St.

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Maker Friday on June 20 🎨

Join us for Maker Friday on June 20 at the DSA SF office at 1916 McAllister from 7:00 p.m. to  9:00 p.m.! Come make some art and connect with comrades. All are welcome. See you there!

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Apartheid-Free Bay Area Training & Canvassing

Join the Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Imperialist Working Group at 1916 McAllister St this Saturday, June 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. as we canvass Hayes Valley as part of the No Appetite for Apartheid campaign! This campaign aims to reduce economic support for Israeli apartheid by canvassing local businesses to boycott Israeli goods.

You will receive training on how to talk to stores in your neighborhood, then we will go out and talk to stores together! This is a great event for both beginner and experienced canvassers.

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Summer Social(ist) Events! ☀️

• June 22nd, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Picnic @ Dolores Park! Bring some food or drinks, bring your dog, bring your friends, bring your friend’s dog! We will be in the Northeast corner by the tennis courts.
• June 25th @ 7:00 p.m. – Screening of They Live at Roar Shack (34 7th Street) – Let’s watch the classic monster movie inspired by the scariest monsters of them all (Ronald Reagan and Capitalism)!
• July 6th @ 11:00 p.m. – Screening of The Room at the Balboa Theater! We’ll meet outside at 10:30.
• July 11th @ 7:30PM – Comrade Karaoke at the Roar Shack (34 7th Street) – Come hang out and do some FREE karaoke with your fellow DSA SF comrades or cool people you want to impress with your incredible singing voice! No songs refused, no entry denied! Suggested Donation: $10. Drinks: Wine + Beer Available / BYOB
• July 27th @ 1:05PM – Oakland Ballers vs Northern Colorado Owlz baseball game + “Halloween in July Night” (at Raimondi Park) – RSVP here by July 13th so that we can put in a group order of tickets! Group tickets are are $15 per ticket, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds!

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🌱 Ecosocialism Gardening

Come garden with our Ecoscocialism Working Group to talk socialism and get to know our garden! We’ll start with a discussion of the history of native plants in the Bay Area and then identify the native plants in our office garden. Join us Tuesday, June 24th at 6:30 p.m. at 1916 McAllister.

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People’s Conference for Palestine: Gaza is the Compass

📣 Come one, come all! We’re hoping to have a DSA SF delegation at the 🍉 People’s Conference For Palestine: Gaza is the Compass 🧭 from August 29-31 in Detroit, Michigan. Interested? We’re gauging interest, so please fill out this form by June 19th at 11:00 p.m. Limited financial aid may be available.

Reports

Chapter Convention

This past weekend we held our chapter’s Annual Convention. At Convention, we elect new leadership, charter our chapter bodies, consider bylaws amendments, and determine our chapter’s priority campaigns for the year. Here’s a recap from this year’s Convention!

Bylaws Amendments

We amended our bylaws to reduce the number of annual priority campaigns from up to 3 to only 2, now requiring one of those priorities to be an external-facing campaign and the other to be an internal organizing priority.

Priority Campaigns

• Our new priority campaign for the year is San Francisco Divestment: Confronting Israeli Genocide and Apartheid at Home. The priority campaign will be led by Christina W, Doc R, and Jayson V. You can read more about the goals for this campaign in the resolution we passed.
• Both of the priority resolutions up for consideration at Convention were external-facing campaigns, so we will have a single priority campaign for the year unless an internal priority is considered at a future chapter meeting.

Resolutions  Adopted

• Resolution for DSA SF to Take a Socialist Approach to San Francisco’s Overdose Crisis
• Resolution in Support of Christiana Porter, Demanding Justice and Accountability from the City and SFPD
• Resolution to Paint the Town DSA Red
• Editorial Policy Resolution
• Electoral Strategy Resolution

Chapter Bodies & Leadership

We rechartered several chapter bodies and elected new leadership for the first six-month term.

• Steering Committee – Aditya B, Annie R, Ellyn D, Jenbo, and Julian M
• Grievance Officers – Chloe J, Jenna L
• Electoral Board – Anya W-Z, Carlos C-R, Lizzie M, Harlo P, Jordan N
• Education Board – Matt R, Stephen A, Volo K
• Labor Board – Caitlin S, Erich F, James S, Reilly P, Sayuri F
• Ecosocialism Working Group – Rishav R, Sophie P
• Homelessness Working Group – Ben P, Keith H
• Immigrant Justice Working Group – Caroline G, Cindy R
• Palestine Solidarity & Anti-Imperialism Working Group – Andrew Y, Louise D
• Tenant Organizing Working Group – Dan E, Ellyn D

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Sunday Streets Tabling

DSA hosted a table at Sunday Streets this past weekend on June 15 which took place in the Tenderloin, right outside the DSA convention happening in Kelly Cullen Auditorium. We had a group of 4 helpers representing the healing circle who facilitated the activities and spoke with community members.

We handed out flyers for DSA SF and the Tenderloin Healing Circle, Know Your Rights cards, educational zines previously created by members, buttons with various comradely phrases and information on No Appetite for Apartheid; and shared the QR code in support of Jackie Fielder’s legislation to extend family shelter stays. We also ran a button making station, which was incredibly popular, and had chalk available, which was especially popular with the littles but appreciated by all ages.

We had a steady stream of folks of all ages at our table the entire time, asking questions about DSA and the different projects we were promoting, or even just stopping to chat about life for a few minutes. In the end, we handed out the entire original stack of healing circle flyers, and the button design with “Stand Up Fight Back” really seemed to strike a chord. We found this to be a very engaging and inspiring event and would strongly encourage the chapter to attend again in the future.

A few other moments to highlight:

• The first person to use the chalk was a young man who drew the blue and pink design – a passerby stopped to compliment the artist saying it looked like a unicorn
• A mom with her three daughters sat and each made a pin together with great enthusiasm while chatting with our helpers
• A father and his three young daughters took turns with chalk and expanded the mural in front of our table, running up to our table each time to retrieve new colors

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 newsletter, etc. Members can view current CCC rotations.

To help with the day-to-day tasks that keep the chapter running, fill out the CCC help form.