Democratic Socialists of America – San Francisco

Tag: Statements

  • DSA San Francisco Opposes Mayor Lurie’s Power Grab: No on D, E and F

    DSA San Francisco stands in strong opposition to Mayor Lurie’s three proposed charter amendments for November 2026 which seek to limit San Franciscans’ ability to place measures on the ballot, reduce democratic oversight over city spending, and further centralize power under the Mayor. The measures are funded by a set…

  • Justice for Lyle Prijoles and the Negros 19!

    On April 19th, Lyle Prijoles, a long-time Bay Area organizer and SFSU alum, was killed by the Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP), in Toboso, Negros Occidental, Philippines. The AFP displaced hundreds in Negros and massacred eighteen others, including a fellow Filipino American organizer from Washington, Kai Sorem, and Filipino…

  • DSA SF Statement on Police Violence Directed at the LGBTQIA+ Community Over Pride Weekend

    DSA SF unequivocally condemns the police violence directed at our fellow San Franciscans in the LGBTQIA+ community this past Pride weekend. Thousands gathered for San Francisco’s Trans March to celebrate trans joy and stand in defense of trans lives amid escalating attacks on our communities locally and nationwide. The march…

  • Juneteenth Statement 2026

    Many of us have misconceptions about Black history in amerika… Among the most common lies are that Lincoln freed the slaves, that the Civil War was fought to free the slaves, and that the history of Black people in amerika has consisted of slow but steady progress, that things have…

  • Analysis of the Current Condition of Democracy

    Ballots have already begun arriving in the hands of San Francisco voters, and as we muddle through long lists of voter guides, candidates and propositions, we will ask ourselves many questions.  But will we be asking the right ones? It is a privilege, and wholly inadequate, to deliberate over which…

  • Capitalism Thrives on Human Exploitation: From Chattel Slavery to Modern Human Trafficking

    The crimes of Epstein, Trump, and their ilk are only the most recent representatives of a class that has profited from the exploitation and abuse of human bodies since the rise of chattel slavery and the capitalist system that it sustained. While the law and moral attitudes have changed over…

  • DSA SF Stands in Solidarity with Survivors of Trafficking and Sexual Abuse, Demands Justice Against Sexual Exploitation

    As more information from the Epstein files come to light, we learn with outrage, sadness and disgust about only some of the atrocities inflicted on women and children by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, who notably include sitting U.S. president Donald Trump, himself a convicted criminal abuser of women.  These…

  • From San Francisco to Caracas: Solidarity Against U.S. Imperialism

    Overnight, the United States imperialist forces launched airstrikes in Venezuela. This marks a dangerous escalation in the United States’ continued illegal war on the Venezuelan people. DSA San Francisco condemns the Trump regime’s latest act of imperialist aggression against the Latin American Left.  The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro…

  • The City Moves When We Move: Transit Month in San Francisco

    San Francisco runs on transit. Every morning, the city’s pulse flows through its veins: buses, streetcars, and trains. This network is more than just transportation, it represents the motion of our daily lives, how our nurses, teachers, builders, and clerks reach their posts to keep the city living and growing.…

  • DSA SF Statement on the Recall of Joel Engardio

    This week, the residents of the Sunset District removed Joel Engardio from the Board of Supervisors. DSA SF didn’t lead the recall, but we didn’t try to stop it. Engardio is anti-worker, pro-cop, landlord-first, and fully backed by GrowSF and the real estate elite. He ignored the demands of working-class…