October 19, 2018
Republican billionaires and their enablers continue to flood AD15 with pro-Buffy moneyBy Frances ReadeVoters in AD15 received a deluge of political mailers this week, so one in particular probably didn’t stick out. It's a glossy, 8.5" x 11" sheet with a huge picture of a frothing Donald Trump and...
October 15, 2018
A close look at the candidates’ housing planks shows Jovanka Beckles alone is serious about solving our housing crisisBy Nick FrenchThe San Francisco Chronicle’s recent endorsement of Buffy Wicks for California Assembly District 15 is heavy on strategic omissions, half-truths, and downright false...October 12, 2018
On September 26, East Bay DSA hosted "Striking Against Austerity," a special event centered around the recent (and possibly upcoming) teacher strikes across the country. DSA members as well as members of a local teachers' union, Oakland Education Association (OEA), filled the Niebyl-Proctor libra...October 09, 2018
Mark your calendars! Beginning in October, East Bay DSA will hold general membership meetings (GMs) on the second Sunday of every month at 1 p.m. This schedule begins Sunday, October 14, at the Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Avenue in Oakland. These meetings are the highest governing body of our org...
October 06, 2018
By Mark DrexlerThere are flies in the operating room at Highland Hospital. Patients regularly wait for hours, sometimes days to be seen, and the Emergency Department alone is short twenty full time staff. Nurses routinely open drawers to find them empty when they should be stocked with lifesaving...September 20, 2018
On Saturday, September 8, DSA members took to the streets for San Francisco's Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice march to send a clear message: the fight against climate change cannot be won without meaningful system change. East Bay DSA's Climate and Environmental Justice Caucus (informally kno...September 14, 2018
This weekend, East Bay DSA successfully held our second electoral endorsements vote of the 2018 election cycle. Our monthly general meetings regularly draw over 150 members, and this weekend was no exception. We had a robust and fruitful electoral endorsements debate. However, there has been some...September 08, 2018
With less than two months until election day, it’s crunch time for our chapter’s two major campaigns: Elect Jovanka Beckles and Yes on Proposition 10. On September 1, East Bay DSA members and likeminded comrades from outside the chapter gathered at Strawberry Park and spread out through Berkeley ...September 06, 2018
The latest labor social was held on a mild Thursday evening, and saw over 30 people involved or interested in labor’s struggles come together to meet and talk about their experience with organizing in their place of work. Teachers, nurses, graduate students, technicians, and workers of all kinds ...September 02, 2018
Next Saturday, September 9, from noon–3 p.m. at Omni Commons, East Bay DSA will be having a very important Special Meeting. We need all members to come, debate, and vote! We'll be deciding how to respond to a number of candidates seeking our endorsement ahead of the November elections, and we'll ...