News and Updates




Striking Against Austerity

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...
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October Monthly Meeting

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...
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Unsafe and Unfair: The Alameda Health System Nightmare

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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...
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DSA Rise for Climate March

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...
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Post Endorsements Statement from East Bay DSA Chairs

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...
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Multi-Campaign Canvasses Continue

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 ...
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Beer, Roses, and Back-to-school: DSA Labor Social Recap

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 ...
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September Special Meeting agenda and information now available

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 ...
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