Author: DSA SF

Comrades, As we prepare for the Chapter Convention in June, it’s time to reflect on our year organizing. In the second year of the pandemic, we have faced deep and bitter challenges as an organization. Many people have given up on politics as a force for change and many of…

Comrades, To hear the City tell it, the San Francisco Police Department has “reformed”, and they spend a lot of money telling it, apparently. This past week, DSA SF member and District 5 supervisor Dean Preston held a hearing on copaganda, revealing just how the City talks about SFPD, and…

Comrades, The news about SCOTUS potentially overturning Roe v. Wade is not only unconscionable but also part of an undemocratic system designed to protect the ruling class. Reproductive rights, abortion, and healthcare should not be up for debate – they should be protected at all costs. Reproductive justice means being…

Comrades, May Day is this Sunday – time to show up and show the bosses how strong we are when we’re all together! DSA SF will be part of the International Workers’ Day march this Sunday, May 1, and we want everyone to show up! The march will start at the Embarcadero…

Comrades, DSA SF was chartered five years ago and since then we’ve organized nonstop to paint the city red under the big banner of socialism. We’re finally taking a night off from organizing to celebrate our chapter with all of you at El Rio (3158 Mission Street in San Francisco)…

Comrades, We didn’t need a reminder, but we got one anyway – when democracy is in the clutches of capitalism, the battles are never just fought at the ballot box. San Francisco’s district map is being redrawn, and the process has been anything but democratic or transparent. It includes a…

The San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America demand that the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force reject politically motivated gerrymandering. As socialists, we are committed to democracy, both as a means and an end. We are building a mass movement of working class people to take back power from big corporations…

Comrades, You voted last summer to make running a ballot measure slate a priority for the Chapter and we wanted to give you an update on how our first ballot measure is doing. The ballot measure is a tax to fill San Francisco’s 40,000 empty homes, and we’re explicitly running this…

Comrades, In an effort to build a culture of appreciation and solidarity, we’re highlighting comrades and their contributions to the chapter. If you want to appreciate comrades, please email comms@dsasf.org to tell us a little about them 😊 The comrade we want to appreciate today is Melissa H, a current co-chair of…

Comrades, Our current climate crisis is the creation of capitalism. The unceasing drive toward growth for the sake of profits above all else puts burdens on the planet that cannot be alleviated by patchwork solutions like reduced consumption on a personal level and a slow increase in the use of…

Comrades,  It’s going to take sustained energy to make the Empty Homes Tax a reality. We know real estate interests are going to spend a lot of money trying to stop this ballot measure – that’s why Turnout Tuesdays are starting up! Help the Empty Homes Tax campaign keep up…

In an effort to build a culture of appreciation and solidarity, we’re starting a monthly feature to highlight comrades and their contributions to the chapter. If you want to appreciate comrades, please email comms@dsasf.org to tell us a little about them! This month, we’re featuring Chris T., an IFPTE member, former co-chair…

Comrades,We want to thank the nearly 200 folks who joined us at our Empty Homes Tax ballot initiative kickoff! DSA SF’s Electoral Board helped develop the Empty Homes Tax and we as a chapter have committed to pushing this powerful measure past the finish line. The tax will make speculators and…

Comrades,  The moment we’ve been awaiting has finally arrived: signature gathering for the Empty Homes Tax campaign starts this weekend! We’ll be gathering for a rally and mobilization on Sunday, February 27 at 12:30 pm at the corner of Hayes and Scott to officially start talking to our neighbors about…

Comrades,  “We’re all we’ve got” – words to live by, and a sentiment essential to socialism. Winning a world built around mutual compassion and support requires strong ties within our communities, and that starts within our own community here in DSA SF. This week, we’re launching a new Slack channel…

Comrades,  It’s an election year, and that means it’s time to brush up on how to get out there and get signatures to support our ballot measures! This week, the Electoral Board is holding two training events on the basics of canvassing, including how to gather signatures and how to…

Comrades, Black History Month is as much a time to reflect on past injustice as a time to dismantle the systems that allow that injustice to persist. The chapter’s Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty priority is doing that work, examining the ways we can break down systems of marginalization within the chapter…

Comrades,  With the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area, we have had to roll back many of our in-person events to being Zoom-only. While this is the safe decision from a health standpoint, our chapter cohesiveness has suffered because we are unable to have the free-flowing discussion that…

Comrades, Yesterday was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, where everyone came together to celebrate his legacy. But to better understand his perspective, we must not allow mainstream interests to sanitize his message for a broader audience. Find out more by joining East Bay DSA tonight at 6:30 p.m. and hear from…

Comrades, Another COVID wave emerging right after the holidays is causing calamity in the city, and too many of our neighbors are facing a looming eviction crisis. As usual, we’re all we’ve got – so if you’re able, join us in helping tell our neighbors how they can access rent…