Author: DSA SF
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Debate: How to Relate to the Democratic Party
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By Ann Robertson The reason we have arrived at different conclusions about how to relate to the DP stems from the fact that we are operating in fundamentally different frameworks. Our side does not start with the category of the left but with the working class. We do not believe…
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What is Fascism?
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As we watched the January 6 attack on the Capitol along with everybody else, we at DSA SF had a foreboding sense of the attack’s present and future implications for the rising tide of fascism. Our chapter is no stranger to anti-fascist organizing, having participated in a local coalition of…
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The Paris Commune: Selected Readings for the 150th Anniversary
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The Paris Commune remains a major moment in socialist history and has inspired countless movements for a just society. Click here for selected readings in commemoration of the 150th anniversary.
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Housing is a right, not a political calculation
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Over the past couple weeks, we’ve seen our government carelessly allow the federal moratorium on evictions to lapse, all to have the CDC reinstate it through October 3 – an extension that will be challenged in courts. Will it survive potential challenges? What happens after October 3? Who knows? We…
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Why Capitalism cannot be reformed but must be abolished
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By Ann Robertson For lack of time I will not talk about the inherent connection between capitalism and imperialism, racism, sexism, and fascism. I want to begin with the arguments that have been raised in support of capitalism because when it was in its early stages western philosophers were wildly…
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Introducing the 1857 Introduction: Marx’s Method and Why It Matters
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Background The Grundrisse is a collection of notebooks Karl Marx wrote in 1857-58. As such, it forms a bridge between his philosophical writings that were heavily influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel from the 1840s and the critique of political economy culminating in the first volume of Capital in 1867. The Grundrisse,…
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DSA’s International Solidarity Work Must Go On
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ICYMI: Continue the Positive Direction of DSA’s International Solidarity Work! Three members of Red Star San Francisco, a revolutionary Marxist caucus in DSA SF, write in favor of DSA Resolution #14: Committing to International Socialist Solidarity, which will go before the DSA National Convention later this week. Read more on the Fog…
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Why Capitalism Must Be Abolished
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Capitalism is a global system of production and exchange that has expanded to nearly every corner of the world. It is a system that has been revered for its capacity to produce unprecedented amounts of food and wealth in human history. So then why in the richest country in the…
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Socialism and Capitalism Essay
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The following is a talk that was written for DSA SF’s monthly Intro to Socialism event. It was first delivered by Taylor B. on November 11, 2020. Socialism and Capitalism I have been asked to talk about socialism and capitalism. So we must ask: What is socialism? What is capitalism?…
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Supervisor Preston Casts Only Dissenting Vote on City Budget Which Increases Policing and Defunds Social Housing
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Last week, Supervisor Dean Preston was the lone “no” vote on a city budget that increases police funding and defunds the social housing we won at the ballot box in 2020. Many politicians in San Francisco talk about the need to look for alternatives to the police, but Dean was willing…
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Support the Rideshare Drivers’ Strike
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Support the Rideshare Drivers’ Strike Tomorrow, July 21 March and rally with Uber and Lyft drivers who are going ON STRIKE all day long tomorrow to protest unfair wages and working conditions from rideshare app companies, and to call for the passage of the PRO Act, which would protect gig workers’ rights…
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Solidarity With the International Community
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Comrades, As regime changes are forced in Haiti, protests in Cuba are amplified and distorted without context, and the socialist project in Venezuela is mystified by propaganda. It’s more important than ever to focus on the truth behind US interventions in these nations. To the people who manage the U.S.…
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Learn More About the Chapter at Intro to DSA
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Join us for Intro to DSA on July 7! Ready to get started with DSA SF? Have questions about socialism or our chapter? Or have you been a member but haven’t found the right way to connect with the chapter? Attending an Intro to DSA meeting is a great first…
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Strengthening Comradeship Against Capitalism
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Comrades, Last week, DSA SF held our annual picnic and many new members finally got to meet their comrades in person for the first time. After more than a year of Zoom meetings and quarantine, times like these help us remember why socialism will win: comradeship. As San Francisco opens up, it…