Author: DSA SF
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#NoTasersSF – Police Commission Vote
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Friday, November 3 marked the fifth vote on “conducted energy devices” in the last decade and a half, and perhaps the most contentious — met with large-scale protests from our chapter, the Frisco 500, Coalition on Homelessness, Do No Harm Coalition, and many more. After 7 hours of protest, public comment that was…
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North Bay Fire Donation Drive
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Starting October 8th, 15 wildfires broke out in the North Bay forcing 20,000 people to evacuate. We responded with a donation drive to bring material aid to evacuation shelters in Sonoma County. What started as a one day drop-off turned into a fully staffed four day effort that ended in…
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Fighting the pointless “chop shop” bill.
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We showed up to oppose the “chop shop” ordinance, introduced earlier this year. This bill authorizes the arbitrary confiscation of property from our most vulnerable citizens, those living on the city streets, and does nothing to stem bike theft. The bill continues to target individuals rather than organized operations, and…
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SFPD Does Not Need Tasers
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DSA SF has joined a coalition of community groups in standing up and fighting back against a push from the right-wing San Francisco Police Officer’s Association to equip the San Francisco Police Department with deadly Taser weapons, and we need your help! Reuters has reported that over 1,000 people have…
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KPFA radio
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KPFA radio (94.1FM and online at KPFA.org) features listener sponsored programming, much of which is relevant to the interests and goals of DSA. Programs of special interest include: Economic Update, hosted on Friday mornings at 10am PST by economics professor Richard D. Wolff. Professor Wolff and his guests “discuss the…
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The Good Neighbor Guide to Encampment Sweeps
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Download printable zine: The Good Neighbor Guide to Encampment Sweeps (PDF)
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Why is the rent in SF so expensive?
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Download printable zine: Why is the rent in SF so expensive? (PDF)
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Karl Marx: Selected Writings
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David McLellan (ed) A chronological collection of Marx’s writings http://jpkc.fudan.edu.cn/picture/article/279/76/9a/8af99476439580bd833660e809bf/39915539-2410-4cd2-8835-4d3b6a5f4a57.pdf
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Governing Madrid
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Eoghan Gilmartin https://jacobinmag.com/2017/06/ahora-madrid-manuela-carmena-podemos-austerity-spain
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Is America ready for a municipalist movement?
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Municipalism: A Reading List Alexander Kolokotronis https://roarmag.org/essays/us-anti-fascism-municipalism/
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Podemos and the ‘Democratic Revolution’ in Spain
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Raul Zelik http://www.globalresearch.ca/podemos-and-the-democratic-revolution-in-spain/5447917
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Spain: Masses cheer new mayors as right wing is wiped out from main cities
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Jorge Martin https://www.marxist.com/spain-masses-cheer-new-mayors-as-right-wing-is-wiped-out-from-main-cities.htm
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Grassroots movements sweep into Barcelona town hall
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Municipalism: A Reading List ROAR collective https://roarmag.org/essays/barcelona-comu-election-victory/
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A new grassroots movement is trying to take control of Barcelona’s government
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Barbara Speed http://www.citymetric.com/new-grassroots-movement-trying-take-control-barcelonas-government
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30,000 people have signed up to validate the municipal project Guanyem Barcelona
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Barcelona en Comu https://guanyembarcelona.cat/press/30000-people-have-signed-up-to-validate-the-municipal-project-guanyem-barcelona/
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Is this the world’s most radical mayor?
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Dan Hancox https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/26/ada-colau-barcelona-most-radical-mayor-in-the-world
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Why the municipal movement must be internationalist
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Kate Shea Baird, Enric Bárcena, Xavi Ferrer and Laura Roth https://medium.com/@BComuGlobal/why-the-municipal-movement-must-be-internationalist-fc290bf779f3
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America needs a network of rebel cities to stand up to Trump
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Kate Shea Baird, Barcelona en Comú and Steve Hughes, Working Families Party https://medium.com/@BComuGlobal/america-needs-a-network-of-rebel-cities-to-stand-up-to-trump-7c07202e7cc2
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Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
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David Harvey https://www.versobooks.com/books/1411-rebel-cities