Category: News
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Anchor Brewing Workers Vote To Join ILWU
Today, Anchor Brewing workers voted to join the ILWU. This victory has been the result of workers’ organizing to win control over their jobs and life, and DSA has been proud to organize with these workers every step of the way. The fight is far from over, on Friday, workers…
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Hands Off Venezuela! Rally and March
Hands Off Venezuela! March & Rally – No Coup; No War; No Sanctions march and rally was held on March 9 to protest US intervention in Venezuela. The US aims to continue it’s imperial domination of Latin America by overthrowing the current regime in Venezuela, waging economic warfare against the…
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#StopTheSweeps Board of Supervisors Hearing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors met for a hearing during a special meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services to discuss the city response to homeless residents during storms, on March 7th. Representatives of city agencies who defended policy delivered dubious testimony and left before public comment. Supervisor…
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DSA SF Chapter Statement on Proposed National DSA Bernie Sanders Endorsement
San Francisco DSA Calls on the DSA National Political Committee to Defer the Question of Endorsing Bernie Sanders to the 2019 National Convention and Reject the Previously Approved National Independent Expenditure Campaign Overview On February 19, 2019, Bernie Sanders announced that he is running for President of the United States.…
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DSA SF supports the Anchor Union
Listen to the interview with Anchor Union organizing committee member Patrick in Report Back, the DSA SF podcast. The collective power of a union is the strongest organizational tool that workers can use to shift the power balance in a workplace. We are proud to announce that DSA SF and…
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DSA SF Endorses Dean Preston for D5 Supervisor
At our February meeting, DSA SF voted to endorse Dean Preston for Supervisor in District 5 because of his consistent, unwavering work in tenants rights, affordable and social housing, and the many projects we’ve taken on together in San Francisco. Aside from leading countless fights against slumlords and being an…
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No Monster in the Mission Public Hearing
?Listen to the report back on the public hearing from DSA SF co-chair Shanti Singh in the DSA SF podcast Report Back. ? Thursday, February 7 members from the Plaza 16 coalition packed the San Francisco Planning Commission’s hearing for the building development planned for 1979 mission street, dubbed the…
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DSA SF statement against US backing of coup in Venezuela
The US White House’s statement supporting Juan Guaidó’s illegal government in Venezuela is another example in the long historical line of the US meddling in the affairs of Latin America. The Trump regime, largely backed by two major American political parties, is fomenting a coup in the Bolivarian Republic of…
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CPUC Emergency Meeting Protest
Listen to the report back on our new podcast: Report Back. Today members of DSA SF as part of the #NoPGEBailout coalition protested the California Public Utilities Commission’s emergency meeting to approve $5.5 billion in private funding for PG&E’s bankruptcy restructuring. Statement released by the #NoPGEBailout coalition: Dozens of Family…
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Women’s March 2019
There were 600 marches in different cities this year. The theme this year was the “women’s wave” to celebrate the 127 women elected to congress. In San Francisco, the rally was co-hosted by Planned Parenthood, and about 60,000 people turned out for the march this year. Last year there were…
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Welcoming New Steering Committee Members
In a special meeting in 2017, the chapter voted to expand the steering committee from 5 seats to 7 seats. We held elections for interim seats during our January 2019 general meeting. We welcome Matt McGowen and Ash Perry to the Steering Committee! Elections for full-term will be held during…
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DSA SF Endorsements – November 2018
As the largest socialist organization in San Francisco, DSA SF is proud to be selective in our electoral endorsements. We don’t endorse in every race, and we consider endorsement only if a significant number of members express interest. Campaigns undergo a thorough process of research and debate before we ever…
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New Blood: Welcoming Our Incoming Steering Committee
At our June 27th General Meeting, DSA SF elected a new Steering Committee! We want to thank our outgoing Steering Committee for their tireless work in helping this fledgling chapter get off the ground and grow into the healthy, productive organizing space that has become. Here’s a statement from the…
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In Solidarity with Sex Workers: Come March with Us!
On June 2nd a group of sex workers is organizing a protest in Oakland. They outline five goals: to make the Bay Area and local media more aware of the systematic violence against sex workers, legal and otherwise; to make it clear that sex workers’ concerns are intersectional concerns; to…
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Stop Imperialist Wars
The bourgeoisie is laying a trap. For the past five years, in some form or another, the forces of global capital, which take (in part) the form of the governments that form the EU and the USA, have been calling for a war of annihilation upon the people of Syria.…
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DSA SF Announces Endorsements for June 5, 2018 Election
On March 4, 2018, the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America gathered in a special meeting to consider endorsements for local and statewide ballot initiatives appearing in the June 5, 2018 elections, as well as an early endorsement of the November 2018 statewide Affordable Housing Act ballot initiative, which would…
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Feminism for the 99%—SF International Women’s Day of Action and Rally
On March 8th, members of DSA SF’s Socialist Feminist working group joined a coalition of organizations[1] at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate International Women’s Day. Together we made ourselves loud and clear, wearing our red, waving our signs and being unapologetically vocal about women, LGBTQI, immigrant, people of color…
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Live from Death Row: A Conversation with Kevin Cooper
On February 10th the DSA SF Justice Committee at Koret Auditorium hosted a Q&A and discussion with anti-death penalty activist Kevin Cooper to talk about his case, the barbarism of the death penalty, the racism of California’s justice system, and the agony of being innocent on death row. Fourteen years…
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DSA SF Joins the SF Public Bank Coalition
The San Francisco chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is pleased to announce that our members have voted to formally join the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition (SFPBC), a collaboration of local left and progressive groups working to promote and shape a public bank for San Francisco. The final…
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Marching for Reproductive Justice
The Rally for Reproductive Justice will take place on January 27th – we begin at the Federal Building (90 7th St.) at 11:30 a.m to voice strong opposition to the Walk for Life, a hypocritically named movement backed by individuals who stand against reproductive justice for women. We ask you…