News and updates
Committing to Black Liberation in February
Comrades, Black History Month is as much a time to reflect on past injustice as a time to dismantle the systems that allow that injustice to persist. The chapter’s Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty priority is doing that work, examining the ways...
Talking Socialism
Comrades, With the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area, we have had to roll back many of our in-person events to being Zoom-only. While this is the safe decision from a health standpoint, our chapter cohesiveness has suffered...
Remembering MLK and His Call to Action
Comrades, Yesterday was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, where everyone came together to celebrate his legacy. But to better understand his perspective, we must not allow mainstream interests to sanitize his message for a broader audience. Find out more...
Eviction Protections Are Here to Stay in the New Year
Comrades, Another COVID wave emerging right after the holidays is causing calamity in the city, and too many of our neighbors are facing a looming eviction crisis. As usual, we’re all we’ve got – so if you’re able, join us...
Our statement on Mayor Breed’s police state in the Tenderloin
Comrades, Mayor London Breed recently announced a declaration of a state of emergency with proposals and claimed that they will “make Tenderloin a safer, healthier neighborhood”. Given her history of overpolicing and criminalizing the unhoused and poor, DSA SF strongly...
Our Statement on Mayor London Breed’s Declaration of a State of Emergency in the Tenderloin
DSA SF strongly condemns Mayor London Breed’s latest winter police state occupation of the Tenderloin and supports the recent condemnations by Defund SFPD Now, Coalition on Homelessness, and many others. We call on the Board of Supervisors to reject ratification...
A Summit for Democracy with fascist regimes? Not a mountain we want to climb.
Comrades, To bring about a just world, the fight for socialism is just as vital here in San Francisco as it is anywhere else in the world. This past week, DSA SF took action against international and local injustices –...
When we organize, we win!
Comrades, Last week, DSA-endorsed District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston’s housing appropriation PASSED with a veto-proof majority in the Board of Supervisors! This a huge victory for socialism and DSA SF, because it consolidates our victory at the polls last year with Prop I. While...
D5 is an Eviction-Free Zone 🌹
Comrades, News about the emergent omicron variant of COVID-19 puts a clear truth into focus – there is no post-COVID era. We are still living through a pandemic, our lives are still being disrupted, and our friends, family, neighbors, and...
Thankful for Our Comrades 🌹
Comrades, While many of us are going to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families and loved ones, we must also recognize that we occupy the ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone people, and it’s important to learn from Indigenous leaders about...