Category: News
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2017: A Year In Review
Our chapter was started by a group of friends in the fall of 2016. They imagined they’d have a small discussion group that met once a month. Then the general election happened. The Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco chapter saw membership skyrocket to nearly 500 dues paying members. Now…
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Stop the #GOPTaxScam March
Trump and the GOP’s tax bill is the latest and most brutal attack on working people and the middle class. Bernie Sanders rightly characterized it as an act of ‘class war’. The plan will cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, while simultaneously raising the rate on the…
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DSA SF Calls for Day of Action Against GOP Tax Scam
Comrades, Last week, at the end of the disastrous first year of the Trump presidency, the GOP’s long-waged war on the poor reached its most egregious stage yet, exposing their ruthless agenda to millions of Americans. Capitalism, and the violence it begets, are poised for an unprecedented assault on our…
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SF Right To Counsel Ballot Measure Kickoff
A coalition of tenant groups, neighborhood leaders, and senior advocates gathered on December 2nd at the San Francisco Tenants Union to kick off the SF Right To Counsel Ballot Measure signature gathering. We’re working towards putting an historic initiative on the June 2018 ballot that would give all tenants faced…
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DSA SF makes early endorsements for June 2018 elections
On November 18, 2017, the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America (DSA SF) gathered in a special meeting to consider early electoral endorsements for the June 5, 2018 elections. The chapter voted overwhelmingly to endorse the No Eviction Without Representation city ballot initiative, the San Francisco Arts and Families…
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DSA SF Stands With Save Midtown
Midtown should have been a triumph. In its heyday, the unique community homeownership cooperative was a model for how cities and their less advantaged citizens could work together to find creative solutions to housing challenges. It was supposed to offer those things our capitalist, for-profit housing system so seldom provides:…
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#NoTasersSF – Police Commission Vote
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
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.
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
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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DSA Joins with Bay Area Community to Reject Fascist Rallies
DSA SF along with DSA chapters from all over the Bay Area joined a broad coalition of activists, union members, community groups and religious leaders to protest white supremacy at a pair of fascist rallies last weekend in San Francisco and Berkeley. On Saturday, August 26 the alt-right group Patriot…
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There can be no compromise on reproductive justice
San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America’s Socialist Feminism Committee drafted the following statement about reproductive justice, subsequently ratified by the chapter at our July meeting, in response to discussion both within and outside of the DSA surrounding the Omaha, Nebraska mayoral race. The statement affirms our commitment to reproductive justice…
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DSA SF July General Meeting draws record crowd
It was standing room only this week at the San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America July General Meeting, the first such meeting organized by our newly elected Steering Committee. All told 119 comrades both new and known gathered to participate in radical democracy, and a number of important things were…
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DSA SF hosts Northern California summit ahead of national convention
On Sunday, delegates to the national convention from 5 Northern California DSA chapters gathered to discuss the issues to be decided at the convention. In attendance were delegates from Silicon Valley, East Bay, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Sacramento. DSA SF was pleased to host these Chapters here in…
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DSA marches for queer liberation and against rainbow capitalism at SF Pride
On Sunday, June 25, DSA SF marched a contingent in the SF Pride parade, calling for queer liberation and economic justice rather than rainbow capitalism and police violence. With signs, chants, and zines, DSA demonstrated to the audience that socialists are in solidarity in the fight to end violence and…
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DSA shows up to #LegalizePizza and fight the criminalization of the homeless
On June 13, DSA SF joined the Coalition on Homelessness to rally in support of Daniel, a homeless senior who was fined $234 simply for eating pizza at a bus stop. The COH organized a Pizza Party to Stop Unfair Fines and Fees, and DSA SF donated pizza and showed…
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DSA SF campaigns to end anti-homeless encampment sweeps
On Sunday, seventeen members of DSA SF’s Homelessness Working Group gathered at UN Plaza to disseminate an educational pamphlet to fellow San Franciscans as they browsed the weekly Farmer’s Market. The pamphlet provided information about the realities of homelessness in San Francisco, warned of the dangers of involving police in…
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Creating Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
How are cities being fearless when it comes to its immigrant and undocumented citizens? Is San Francisco calling itself a Sanctuary City enough, or how can we change our city to be fearless in the face of xenophobia? A policy roundtable entitled Sanctuary and Refuge Cities was presented on the…
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Stop the deportation of Rodrigo and Hugo
Hugo and Rodrigo are beloved fathers, workers, and community volunteers. Their families and communities are suffering without them. Rodrigo and Hugo both have deep roots in the Bay Area and have lived in the US for over 15 years. Rodrigo and Hugo are long-time construction workers. Last month, they reported…