In East Bay DSA, hundreds of volunteers work together to build a socialist future.
As a chapter we are involved in the following campaigns:
Priority Campaigns
Divest From Apartheid
At our 2026 convention, our chapter voted on the Divest From Apartheid campaign as our top priority for 2026-2027. Since June 2024, the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America has prioritized local support for the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. EBDSA’s Divest from Apartheid campaign, working with a coalition of partners, achieved a major victory in 2024 by getting the Alameda County Treasurer to divest $32 million in Caterpillar bonds, and in 2025 by getting the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to adopt Ethical Investment Criteria that will prohibit other treasury investments in companies that facilitate human rights abuses in Palestine and around the world.
We are not stopping with these major victories! Our work is only beginning and we want YOU to be a part of it. We'll be working on getting more local governments to divest from human rights abusers and we need our community to help with that work. Learn more about EBDSA’s Divest from Apartheid Campaign
Universal Childcare
The Oakland Unified School District serves over 35000 students across over 75 school sites and is well-positioned as the largest East Bay school district to support a universal childcare program through its existing pre-K and Early Childhood offerings, expanded state TK funding and the potential for new funding sources for the District to be implemented in coming years. EBDSA is fighting to expand OUSD's current childcare offerings and to fund full pre-K and Early Childhood in Oakland. To achieve this, we are working to re-elect EBDSA members to the OUSD school board, building coalitions, and planning a ballot measure campaign to expand staff and pay for necessary site improvements.
Tax the Rich
At the March 2026 East Bay DSA General Meeting the members voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution to form a Tax the Rich Working Group. Its purpose: to support two progressive tax initiative campaigns headed for the November state election ballot—the Billionaires Tax, and the Education and Health Care Act of 2026. The Billionaires Tax is a wealth tax calling for a one time, five-year 5% tax on assets of 213 people—the richest people in California, who collectively hold two trillion dollars in wealth. It is meant to fill the hole of federal Medi-Cal cuts coming our way thanks to the fascist Trump regime’s Big Ugly Bill. The Billionaires Tax will raise an estimated $100 billion, or $20 billion a year, for that purpose. Without this tax, millions of the poorest Californians will lose their health care coverage, and tens of thousands of health care workers will lose their good union jobs. The Education and Healthcare Protection Act (an income tax on the top 2% of taxpayers, people who make at least $360K per year) supports all state services in California. K-12 schools, community colleges and higher education together get 50% of the revenue with the rest split among health care, transportation and other social services. It already exists (since 2012), providing $14 billion for the state budget in 2025, but it’s a temporary tax and will expire in 2030, which will cause reductions to the services the multiracial working class uses and needs along with thousands of public sector jobs.
From the earliest days of the socialist movement taxing the rich has been one of our central demands. Why? As long as the capitalist class extracts surplus value from the labor process it will continue to grow richer at the expense of the working class. Economic inequality has reached Gilded Age proportions. Progressive taxation is an essential means of clawing back some of the wealth created by the working class so that we may fund vital public services and provide the basis for a more egalitarian and democratic society. Campaigning for it provides an opportunity to raise class consciousness as well. The Tax the Rich campaign will join with our allies in the labor movement and community to educate ourselves and the public, canvass, and help get out the vote for these two important measures. We meet every other Tuesday at 6 pm on zoom. If these ideas are compelling to you, join our Working Group.
If you want to get involved, go here to sign up.
Other campaigns
DSA for Nate
East Bay DSA is running Nate Adams for Oakland City Council. We are creating party-like infrastructure to win future elections, present a clear socialist platform, and channel working-class demands into City Hall. Join us as we present a positive, democratic vision for our town as we fight against Empower Oakland's vision for a tech oligarchy in our city.
Get involved in the campaign here
Stop California Forever
The Solano/Napa Branch of EBDSA is on the frontline of a class struggle against billionaire investors who are trying to profit from an unprecedentedly massive land flip, and tip the political balance in favor of tech broligarchy. Connect with us to fight back!
Find out more about the Solano/Napa Branch
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East Bay DSA Block Cop Nation Working Group
The goal of the Stop Cop Nation Working Group is to build militant abolitionist knowledge and organizing in the DSA chapter and the East Bay, specific to our communities. We host skill sharing and political education events centered on radical anti-carceral organizing history and skills for today’s organizers, provide mutual aid in Oakland for our houseless community members, and have prison letter writing nights for nearby carceral sites and U.S. political prisoners. We partner with other militant Bay Area abolitionist organizations to build relationships and strengthen East Bay DSA’s abolitionist organizing capacity.
Contact: [email protected]
East Bay DSA Disability Justice Working Group
Disability Justice Working Group hosts skill sharing and political education events accessible in sign and spoken languages centered on radical disability justice. We aim to train and develop disabled leaders and organize mutual aid in the East Bay for disabled community members who face healthcare and employment crises. We also advance accessibility within EBDSA by providing ASL/English interpretation, screen reader-accessible materials, written transcriptions for Braille, and wheelchair access for member meetings, protests, and workshops. We partner with other Bay Area organizations to strengthen East Bay DSA’s organizing capacity within healthcare and labor solidarity. Long term, we plan to build cross-solidarity relationships with radical intersectional communities facing similar class struggles.
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Organize Your Workplace
The East Bay Workplace Organizing Committee (EBWOC) supports non-union workers in any industry to organize with their coworkers and win lasting change on the job. Connect with a workplace organizer to learn how you and your coworkers can improve your working conditions.