Tag: Statements
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One Year Later — DSA SF Demands Justice for Christiana Porter
On July 29, 2024, Christiana Porter, a 34-year-old Black single mother and domestic violence survivor, was brutally attacked in broad daylight by SFPD Officer Josh McFall. Without warning, Officer McFall slammed Christiana’s head against a wall so hard that she suffered a concussion and a separated shoulder, apparently for “walking…
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San Francisco is About to Defund Solutions to Homelessness
After a late-night session on June 26, the Budget & Appropriations Committee of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is moving forward with a set of proposed resolutions regarding the budget. This includes one key provision proposed by Mayor Daniel Lurie to reallocate tax revenue raised from 2018’s Local Measure C,…
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Chapter Statement on ICE Activity at SF Immigration Court
On June 4, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained at least 15 individuals, including a 3-year-old and other children, at court check-in appointments in San Francisco. This attack on our community members came just a week after the arrest of four asylum seekers after their hearings at S.F.…
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Chapter Statement on the Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
On March 8, two plainclothes agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a Columbia University apartment building and arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate. Khalil was a prominent leader of the Gaza solidarity encampment protesting the genocide in Gaza and the university’s ties to Israel. Initially, the agents…
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DSA SF’s Statement on the 2024 Presidential Election
Many people are rightly horrified by the election of Donald Trump, which will mean renewed attacks on immigrant, Transgender, Indigenous, Latinx, and Arab/Muslim communities and other oppressed groups. But the outcome of this presidential election was far from inevitable. The Democratic Party ran an unpopular candidate who abandoned working class…
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DSA SF Statement on AOC, Anti-Zionism, and our National Organization
DSA SF condemns the DSA National Political Committee (NPC) for their recent vote to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). Though the NPC put conditions of a stronger commitment to Palestinian liberation for her endorsement, these conditions were established without expectation of commitment from her end. On July 10th, the NPC’s endorsement…
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Our Statement on Grant’s Pass
On Friday, June 28th, the most reactionary and right wing Supreme Court in modern history rolled back civil rights protections for hundreds of thousands of unhoused people nationwide by overturning a key decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson. This ruling, supported and celebrated by London Breed and every other single…
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Our Statement Regarding Terry Williams
Yesterday, a fire burned the Williams family home in the Alamo Square Park neighborhood – this follows a series of vile racist attacks on Terry and his family. DSA SF expresses solidarity with Terry Williams and the Williams family as they recover from the fire and targeted racist attacks. An injury…
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DSA San Francisco Stands With UAW 4811 Academic Workers
DSA San Francisco stands with UAW 4811 academic workers in their Stand Up Strike because an injury to one is an injury to all, and the unprecedented repression of pro-Palestine speech and protest happening at UCs and across the country must be defeated. UC has failed to resolve multiple unfair…
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San Francisco Demands a Ceasefire in Gaza
DSA SF is proud to stand behind our socialist-in-office D5 Supervisor Dean Preston, who led the way for San Francisco to become the largest city in the country to pass a ceasefire resolution. We are honored to have worked with and followed the lead of tireless organizers from coalition partners…