Author: DSA SF
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The War On Yemen Must End
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Biden Administration Signals End to Support of Yemen Genocide after International Day of Action On February 4, the Biden administration announced plans to end support for “offensive operations” by Saudi Arabia in Yemen. While many are skeptical of the details of the plan, Biden’s actions have signaled a stark departure from…
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There Is No Liberation Under Capitalism
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Comrades, As we begin Black History Month together, we invite each of you to rediscover the rich history of Black radicalism that has helped shape our movement. We also join you in reflecting on this nation’s foundations in slavery, imperialism, and white supremacy, and the way those structures’ legacies persist in today’s…
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The One Question On Our Minds
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When will I be able to get the vaccine? Privatized Healthcare System Leads to Fractured Vaccine Rollout As of this writing, only 27% of California’s vaccines have been administered, putting it at the bottom of the states. Every delay in vaccination costs lives and pushes back the day when we can…
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Our Demands Will Continue Under Biden
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Comrades, In less than 24 hours, an administration characterized by overt mendacity, cruelty, and incompetence will come to an end. But for those of us fighting for a socialist future, the struggle will not change. Racial justice is under assault from white supremacists, while standards and protections for labor are actively…
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Urgency: Now More Than Ever
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Comrades, Last week, we witnessed a fascist power grab that made the urgency of building an organized socialist movement ever clearer. Rightwing instigators stormed the nation’s Capitol building, showing how emboldened they’ve become. Law enforcement at the Capitol also demonstrated that they at best enable and condone the white supremacist…
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Continuing the Momentum Into 2021: DSA SF
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Comrades, Happy New Year! Can we be real with you for a second? 2020 was HARD. Within our state, as well as nationally and globally, we faced new and challenging threats. A global pandemic cast its long shadow over us, highlighting the inequities of wealth and health that we have seen for…
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DSA-SF 2020 General Election Roundup
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The dust has finally settled on the 2020 Election even as Trump continues to pursue litigation federally. Weeks ago, we demonstrated our power at the ballot box and DSA-SF would like to thank all the workers and volunteers who expended time and effort to help further Leftist politics, both locally…
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DSA Election Endorsement Guide: November 2020
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The Fall 2020 Elections are here. California has officially started sending mail-in ballots, as of the first week of October, to all registered voters for the 2020 General Elections. Voting has begun. For this November, DSA SF has backed a few local candidates and ballot measures in San Francisco and…
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DSA SF Adopts Three More Resolutions for November Elections
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DSA SF recently voted to endorse California State Proposition 15 and San Francisco Municipal Proposition E, and to oppose California State Proposition 22, in advance of the November 2020 election. Prop 15 aims to raise billions in new taxes to specifically fund schools, community colleges and local government services. The…
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DSA SF Endorses Dean Preston for District 5 Supervisor, along with Transfer Tax and Social Housing Ballot Initiatives
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At our July general meeting, DSA SF voted to endorse Dean Preston for District 5 Supervisor, along with two potential ballot measures Dean has introduced. An active member of DSA SF, Dean was elected as supervisor last year in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Mayor London…
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DSA SF Labor Organizing Zines
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DSA SF has produced a handful of zines that we think will be helpful to you and your co-workers as you start to organize on the job.
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Juneteenth 2020: Shut Down the Port for Black Lives!
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DSA SF’s Labor Organizing Committee is organizing chapter support for the black leaders of Locals 10, 34, 75, and 91 of the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) and the Movement 4 Black Lives, and their action to shut down the port of Oakland in defense of black lives. Join…
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DSA SF Justice Committee: Tell the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Defund and Disband the Police
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George Floyd. Tony McDade. Breonna Taylor. David McAtee. These are only the latest victims of police violence in the United States, where police kill over a thousand people a year and injure tens of thousands more. After decades of austerity and racism, these latest killings have touched off an uprising…
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DSA SF Calls Comrades to Action Against San Francisco Curfew
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The San Francisco chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America continues calling for justice of victims of unjust systems and state violence, including George Floyd and the victims of the San Francisco Police Department: Alex Nieto, Mario Woods, Amílcar Pérez-López, Luis Góngora, Jessica Williams, Kenneth Harding Jr., and Derrick Gaines. …
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DSA SF Steering Committee Statement: Justice for George Floyd and all Victims of Police Murder
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George Floyd’s death at the hands of police is yet another in a long series of extrajudicial killings of black people by American law enforcement. Predictably, the justified outrage of the black community is being painted by reactionary media and government voices as some kind of overreaction, while 1960s language…
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DSA SF Announces COVID-19 Platform
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DSA San Francisco has released a statement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and attendant economic recession that we believe to be on the horizon. Read our full platform of policy demands and organizational initiatives here. The COVID-19 pandemic is not just the defining crisis of the Trump administration, but…
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DSA SF’s Justice Committee Distributes Hand Sanitizer to SF Jails In Response to City’s Inaction
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On Saturday, March 28, members of DSA SF’s Justice Committee dropped off 900 bottles of hand sanitizer for people being held in San Francisco’s jails in an effort to address the city’s failure to release more people amid the COVID-19 crisis. The Justice Committee released the following statement: San Francisco…
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DSA Demands COVID-19 Response That Places People Over Profit
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The Democratic Socialists of America and its chapters are demanding a people-centered response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed many flaws in the United States’ emergency response systems and the healthcare industry at large. As noted by our local chapter’s Steering Committee, which recently issued a statement outlining its…
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Elections Are Only the Start— Join DSA SF Today!
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Yesterday’s primary confirms that San Francisco’s working-class and young voters are ready to embrace the bold democratic socialist vision that candidates like Bernie Sanders and Jackie Fielder are putting forward. But the primaries are only one part of the movement toward a democratic socialist future. As a part of…
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VOTE on TUESDAY: Why it matters
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Trump may not be on the ballot for removal this Tuesday, but that does not make the election any less important. Primaries matter for national offices, such as the President, and other state and federal races as well. The positions and policies at stake are important and primaries are a…