DSA San Francisco Presents: The Priority

The event focused on the limits of policy work under capitalism and the potential for mass organization and mobilization in the face of crisis. In this episode, Andy M. addresses Alex Lee’s social housing proposal for San Jose, the major issues of America’s affordable housing programs, systemic barriers to Berlin’s Housing Expropriation Initiative, and Stomp Out Slumlord’s successes in organizing and mobilizing tenants during earlier stages of the pandemic.

This episode is a recording from the second installment of the Empty Homes Tax educational series on A Socialist Answer to the Housing Question. This event focused on Engel’s The Housing Question, its relevance for DSA SF’s Empty Homes Tax campaign, and how it might inform our larger socialist efforts in addressing the housing crisis. If you feel inspired by what you hear and want to get involved in our campaign work, please check out the campaign site www.fillemptyhomes.com, where you can register for signature gathering events or donate. In order to get this measure on the ballot, we need to get 14,000 signatures by this July, so if you can, please come join us for signature gathering.

DSA SF member Andy M interviews D5 Supervisor and fellow DSA SF member Dean Preston on the Empty Homes Tax campaign, how similar taxes have been implemented in other cities, and the specific conditions underlying San Francisco’s current housing crisis. If you would like to get involved in the SF Empty Homes Tax campaign, go to fillemptyhomes.com to sign up for signature gathering events or donate. We need 14,000 signatures by this July, so any support helps!

DSA SF member and Electoral organizer Avery Yu gives an introduction to the world of field organizing - list building, contact strategy, and more!

As part of our chapter's Labor Circles priority campaign, we held an introduction to the basic unit of labor organizing: the organizing conversation.

Take the labor census at https://dsasf.org/census to get involved in our Labor Circles priority campaign!

A recording of a panel held by DSA San Francisco's Labor Organizing Committee discussing the work of Jane McAlevey, author of "No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age"

Take the labor census at https://dsasf.org/census to get involved in our Labor Circles priority campaign!

A recording of a panel held by DSA San Francisco's Labor Organizing Committee discussing the work of Jane McAlevey, author of "No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age"

Take the labor census at https://dsasf.org/census to get involved in our Labor Circles priority campaign!

Alisha F discusses the chapter Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty campaign, including the chapter's internal audit and political education program.

Interview the chapter’s Communications Committee Co-Chair and Mobilizing Lead of the chapter’s International Solidarity Organizing Committee Savannah K.

Alisha F discusses the chapter Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty campaign, including the chapter's internal audit and political education program.

Interview the chapter’s Communications Committee Co-Chair and Mobilizing Lead of the chapter’s International Solidarity Organizing Committee Savannah K.

Special guest Shaun Scott joins DSA SF to discuss "Forward Thrust," a 1968 and 1970 ballot measure package campaign in Seattle.