December 02, 2018
Issued by the East Bay DSA Steering Committee and Social Housing CommitteeWe demand social housing for all. We will win it by joining in the unprecedented working class movement for universal rent control, and organizing towards the clear horizon where we win a secure, permanently affordable home...
November 19, 2018
People displaced by the Camp Fire shelter in a Chico Walmart parking lot. Nov 18, 2018.By Nick FrenchAs of Monday, November 19, huge fires are still burning across California. The most destructive fire, by far, is the Camp Fire in Butte County, which has killed at least 85 people. Over 993 peopl...
November 09, 2018
When our chapter endorsed campaigns leading up to this midterm election, we did so with four goals in mind. First was to develop the class consciousness of working people in the East Bay. Second was to strengthen bonds with other progressive and working-class political forces. Third was to elect ...November 09, 2018
PRESS RELEASEEast Bay Democratic Socialists of AmericaFor immediate releaseNovember 8, 2018Democratic Socialists vow to continue the fight for people, not profit, as votes are counted in Assembly District 15, celebrate wins in 6 out of 9 races and 3 out of 4 ballot measuresOakland, CA – The East ...
November 01, 2018
AD15 voters will choose between Buffy’s weak, Obama-lite vision, or Jovanka and Bernie’s vibrant political revolutionBy Nick FrenchWhen Bernie Sanders visited Berkeley on Saturday for a rowdy, packed Get Out the Vote rally with Barbara Lee and Jovanka Beckles, and then endorsed Beckles for the AD...
October 25, 2018
In the era of Trump, California must lead with politics for the many, not the few. Buffy Wicks' professional history shows she'll only lead us to the right.By Nick FrenchThe candidates competing in the California State Assembly District 15 race both bill themselves as progressive Democrats. But i...
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...