Category: News

Comrades, Want to help get the word out about the rad stuff the chapter gets up to? Join the Comms Committee! We’re looking for help with planning and creating posts for the chapter’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok accounts, fielding comms requests from other folks in the chapter, and editing…

Comrades, Now that the Empty Homes Tax has successfully gotten on the ballot, we need to get the word out to the rest of the city! If you’re looking to get involved, the chapter is organizing weekly lit drops every Saturday at noon, with folks meeting up this coming Saturday, August…

Comrades, Our August chapter meeting is coming up, and we’ve got lots to talk about! Next Wednesday, August 10 at 6:45 p.m., we’ll be getting together to talk chapter business, get updates from our priority campaigns, and discuss a few things we’ll need to vote on as a chapter. We’ll be…

Comrades, This week, we want to celebrate one of the foundational members of DSA SF – Jenbo! Jenbo has helped build the chapter and champion socialism locally and nationally since DSA SF got started in 2017, serving on Steering Committee in 2018-2019 before representing the chapter on the DSA National…

Comrades, DSA SF is keeping the Empty Homes Tax campaign momentum going tomorrow night with a rager of a fundraiser party! Come to the Make Out Room tomorrow night, July 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – there will be live music from Afterthought, Angalo, and Family Not a Group DJS,…

Comrades, It’s time to show solidarity with our working class comrades  – let’s build class unity and consciousness with our labor brothers and sisters! Members of AFSCME 829 are going on strike on Monday, July 18 and need strike support from DSA. The strikers are Sequoia hospital workers in Redwood City, and…

Comrades,  The need for struggle is both clear and daunting – it is difficult to imagine a better future when that future seems more distant by the day. All the more important, then, is that we rise in rage and hope, making clear to those in power that the people…

Comrades,  After months of hard work (and some barbecues!), we’ve finally hit our signature goal to get the Empty Homes Tax on the ballot! Big thanks to everyone who helped get us here and push this campaign forward, from our Signature Captains on down. We’re that much closer to making…

Comrades, Last weekend we held our annual chapter convention both in person and over zoom. At the meeting we took stock of how far we’ve come over the last year. The hardships that come with organizing during a pandemic within a settler empire were reflected honestly in the reports from…

Comrades,  This is a democratic organization. That means we make the rules. More than nearly every other institution in our lives, we have the power to change our chapter. This responsibility means every single DSA member should feel pride in our achievements this last year and should feel a drive…

Comrades,  Sanctions as a weapon of war are always most keenly felt by those who are most vulnerable – not billionaires with yachts. On Wednesday, June 8 at 7:00 p.m. at 518 Valencia, we’ll have a very special opportunity to hear from three Venezuelan feminists about their experiences living under…

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 Sam R., who dedicates her organizing…

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…