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Outreach Working Group Meeting
Outreach Working Group Meeting
August 4, 20227:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Weekly meeting for the GRDSA Outreach Working Group.
The Fall Recruitment Drive is where we launch and train organizers to start new chapters at their schools, revitalize smaller chapters, and expand our existing chapters to take political power and build solidarity.
At this call we’ll hear from experienced socialist organizers including DSA elected-officials, DSA organizers, and YDSA chapter leaders on their experience building socialism in our time as well get a sneak peak at what’s coming for the trainings on the call.
The Victory of the Nobodies: The Electoral Victory of the Left in Colombia in Historical Perspective is hosted by the International Committee, Americas Working Group
For over 70 years, Colombia has been mired in violence that has taken the lives of more than 700,000 people. This violence can be understood as having two phases: the first phase is a consequence of the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in 1948, which unleashed a wave of violence between liberals and conservatives called the Bogotazo.
The second phase is ushered in by a conflict between revolutionary forces and a state captured by a powerful oligarchy, in which those in power have resorted to using every means at their disposal to maintain their control, including the use of political assassinations, paramilitaries and even narcotraffickers to shut out the left from any viable legal or civil path to power. This entrenched oligarchy has been extremely successful in not yielding an inch of power to any elements of the left or popular forces, thus an armed conflict arises between the peasants in the countryside and their urban allies forming a militant and armed left in the FARC, ELN and EPL.
In the context of this violent class conflict, the electoral victory of Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez is a testament to the power of decades of organizing and resistance to an oligarchic-controlled state.
Event hosted by National DSA Political Education Working Group
RSVP Here Join DSA’s National Political Education Committee (NPEC) in collaboration with comrades in the Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color Caucus on Wednesday, August 24th at 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT for part two of our race and class series: Organizing Within Racial Capitalism. Last session we learned about the concept of racial capitalism. This session, join our panel in discussion on what racial capitalism means for our work and how race and class impact people’s role in the struggle. Local chapters are encouraged to hold viewings and post-event discussions with their fellow chapter members. Send in your questions on the topic of organizing within racial capitalism to politicaleducation@dsacommittees.org, or reach out for more information.
DSA: Lessons From The 2022 National Protest In Ecuador
DSA: Lessons From The 2022 National Protest In Ecuador
August 25, 20227:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Event hosted by National DSA International Committee RSVP Here
For 18 days in June 2022, the people of Ecuador, led by the indigenous and poorest, fought austerity to a halt. Tens of thousands barricaded highways, paralyzed the capital and much of the nation. Eight people were killed and hundreds injured by police.
Led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), poor and working people won major economic and political concessions, and other demands are in negotiation.
Top leaders of this "Paro Nacional" and grassroots organizers from the indigenous communities will explain how they did it and what happens next.
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