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The teachers' strike wave has reignited the flame of working class struggle around the country!

Join us, Education Austin, Young Active Labor Leaders - YALL in Austin, and Underpaid at UT on International Workers' Day and hear from Eric Blanc! Eric has covered the strikes for Jacobin Magazine and is the author of "Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics" which will be out soon on Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2955-red-state-revolt #redfored

Come hang out with Austin DSA members in a low-stakes environment. No agenda! No work! No canvassing! Just an opportunity to hang out, have something to eat or drink, and get to you know Austin's most social socialists

We're continuing our discussions to plan campaigns and education events. Please come if you want to help contribute to outward-facing educational events and our upcoming general body meeting on the Green New Deal. We will also continue planning our campaign for Austin environmental justice. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions!

With over 2,000 people experiencing homelessness in our city, Austin has three city ordinances that criminalize the extreme poverty faced by those living without shelter.

- No sit/no lie: prohibits sitting or lying in public.
- No camping: prohibits camping in public.
- No solicitation: prohibits asking for money in public or panhandling.

A 9th circuit court ruling recently deemed similar ordinances cruel & unusual and thus unconstitutional, and for good reason. These ordinances criminalize those most profoundly harmed by capitalism and waste city resources on policing rather than housing our homeless community. When you have nowhere else to go because the number of people made homeless by skyrocketing rents far exceeds the number of shelter beds, the solution is not to push more of these folks into hiding where they are harder to reach and harder to help.

Please join us in a canvass asking folks to urge city council to overturn these immoral ordinances. No canvassing experience or prior knowledge necessary - we will pair new folks with experienced canvassers, and we will have a training on the ordinances and talking points at the beginning. We have the chance to right an egregious wrong in our city - let's step up in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness.

https://www.facebook.com/events/412142806291650/

Join us and hear from Fred Glass, DSA member and former Communications Director of California Federation of Teachers! This talk will provide an overview of a few key events from the history of the labor movement, leading to some ideas about what working class tactics and strategies are most relevant to activism and movement politics today.

Please let us know if you use a wheelchair or need any accommodations! We welcome people of all abilities in our canvassing.

With over 2,000 people experiencing homelessness in our city, Austin has three city ordinances that criminalize the extreme poverty faced by those living without shelter.

- No sit/no lie: prohibits sitting or lying in public.
- No camping: prohibits camping in public.
- No solicitation: prohibits asking for money in public or panhandling.

A 9th circuit court ruling recently deemed similar ordinances cruel & unusual and thus unconstitutional, and for good reason. These ordinances criminalize those most profoundly harmed by capitalism and waste city resources on policing rather than housing our homeless community. When you have nowhere else to go because the number of people made homeless by skyrocketing rents far exceeds the number of shelter beds, the solution is not to push more of these folks into hiding where they are harder to reach and harder to help.

Please join us in a canvass asking folks to urge city council to overturn these immoral ordinances. No canvassing experience or prior knowledge necessary - we will pair new folks with experienced canvassers, and we will have a training on the ordinances and talking points at the beginning. We have the chance to right an egregious wrong in our city - let's step up in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness.

Austin DSA stands with Education Austin, the local teachers union, in support of a 10% raise for ALL school workers! Join us at 6pm for a massive rally—with pizza!

Monthly Committee Meeting

Petition to sign & share:
https://grassrootsleadership.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=80&reset=1

Please let us know if you use a wheelchair or need any accommodations! We welcome people of all abilities in our canvassing. With over 2,000 people experiencing homelessness in our city, Austin has three city ordinances that criminalize the extreme poverty faced by those living without shelter.

- No sit/no lie: prohibits sitting or lying in public.
- No camping: prohibits camping in public.
- No solicitation: prohibits asking for money in public or panhandling.

A 9th circuit court ruling recently deemed similar ordinances cruel & unusual and thus unconstitutional, and for good reason. These ordinances criminalize those most profoundly harmed by capitalism and waste city resources on policing rather than housing our homeless community. When you have nowhere else to go because the number of people made homeless by skyrocketing rents far exceeds the number of shelter beds, the solution is not to push more of these folks into hiding where they are harder to reach and harder to help.

Please join us in a canvass asking folks to urge city council to overturn these immoral ordinances. No canvassing experience or prior knowledge necessary - we will pair new folks with experienced canvassers, and we will have a training on the ordinances and talking points at the beginning. We have the chance to right an egregious wrong in our city - let's step up in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness.