Juan Carlos Ruiz is co-founder of the New Sanctuary Movement, a network of churches and synagogues that offer resources to undocumented immigrants in New York City. He began his career as a Catholic priest, but was excommunicated after getting involved with leftist politics in the Catholic Worker Movement. In this far-reaching interview, he discusses his work with immigrants in the Trump era, the effect that US intervention coupled with corporate interests have had on Mexico and Honduras, and the role that history should play in our discourse around immigrant rights. If you're interested in what Ruiz has to say, also check out his op-ed in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/17/undocumented-immigration-stories-human-rights-mexico-how-i-got-here Also, if you’re a fan of Religious Socialism, please visit our Patreon page and support our podcast. From each according to their ability, or give us what you can! https://www.patreon.com/religioussocialismpodcast

Date March 20th

Location: Xanadu, Idaho Burners Alliance

Time: 7 PM

Boise DSA is holding its first election! We are electing 4 positions:

• 2 Spokespersons

  • Primary contacts for media

• Treasurer

  • Responsible for tracking chapter finances

  • Chair of the Finance Committee

• Secretary

  • Responsible for archiving committee minutes and other important records

  • Chair of Records Committee

All elected members must participate in the Steering Committee

Nominations will be accepted at the election. Members may nominate themselves. Elections will use the the Schulze Method.

New York Times Article:

war_begins_nyt.pdf

Minutes:

Boise Democratic Socialists of America

Special Election Meeting

Burner’s Alliance Xanadu Building

3/20/2018, 7pm

Facilitator: Rachel

Scribe: Alex

Present: Andrew, Ashley, Rachel, Marr, Chris, Robert, Sammi, Kent, Ty, Alex, Ryan

MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:17pm

AGENDA WAS APPROVED

GENERAL DISCUSSION

Ashley: we have a direct contact with the field director with Reclaim Idaho and have discussed what other chapters are doing with Medicaid. Because of commonly shared values, we propose the establishment of a working group for Medicaid.

Passed

We propose a meeting to be held in the next month for Medicaid expansion

Passed

Update: Governor candidate open forum BSU Student Union building 5:30-6:30

Andrew, Ashley, Rachel: We propose the formation of an education working group

Passed

12th of April 7pm Boise Public Library for first meeting

Kent: I propose the formation for a direct action working group.

Passed

Proposal in conjunction with other socialist organizations around the nation, we hope to distribute literature to the migrant working community.

Sammi: NSP reading update: we finished “Kill All Normies”. We are now reading Engel’s Utopian and Scientific Socialism.

Alex: Do we want to join the DSA bioregional chapter?

Amendment: tread lightly and push for consensus voting process. Boise DSA members participate on a volunteer basis.

Passed

Matt: Action item proposal: In three weeks, on the weekend, start on one end of the greenbelt, clean up waste, and hand out fliers for the DSA.

Passed

Sammi: We can also clean up table rock and other landmarks

Andrew: Steering committee meetings will be held on the first week of every month. The next will be on April 4th at Goldy’s Corner in Boise at 7pm. Working Groups will coordinate and report to the steering committee

EXPLANATION OF VOTING PROCEDURE

Andrew: We have four positions open. Ashley created the ballot. We will select our nominations by rank through mathematical symbolization of inequalities. The votes will then be put into an algorithm that will select the median representative.

OPEN NOMINATIONS

Treasurer

Chris- Nominated by Robert

Rachel- Nominated by Ashley

Secretary

Andrew- Nominated by Ashley

Spokespersons

Sammi- Nominated by Dave

Ashley- Nominated by Andrew

Alex- Nominated by Dave

RESULTS

Treasurer: Rachel

Secretary: Andrew

Spokesperson: Sammi, Ashley

NEXT MEETING:

4/17 Xanadu, Time TBA

IRAQ INVASION DISCUSSION:

Andrew led discussion for the critique of the Invasion of Iraq on the anniversary.

Date March 31st

Movie + Social

Location Xanadu, Idaho Burners Alliance

Time 8-11 PM

We will be watching the movie Trumpland: Kill All Normies based on the book Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle. Bring drinks, snacks, and friends to watch and discuss the movie. How culturally and politically powerful is the Alt-Right? How accurate is Nagle's analysis of the left's role in fueling the Alt-Right? How can the left create a rival movement? Join us!

Description of Kill All Normies from Zero Books:

Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground is the internet. On one side the "alt right" ranges from the once obscure neo-reactionary and white separatist movements, to geeky subcultures like 4chan, to more mainstream manifestations such as the Trump-supporting gay libertarian Milo Yiannopolous. On the other side, a culture of struggle sessions and virtue signalling lurks behind a therapeutic language of trigger warnings and safe spaces. The feminist side of the online culture wars has its equally geeky subcultures right through to its mainstream expression. Kill All Normies explores some of the cultural genealogies and past parallels of these styles and subcultures, drawing from transgressive styles of 60s libertinism and conservative movements, to make the case for a rejection of the perpetual cultural turn.

Date February 24th

Canvas

Location: Library! at Bown Crossing, Eberle Room

Time: 12:30 PM

Join us to gather signiatures for Medicaid for Idaho!

Our state lawmakers have balked at the idea of Medicaid expansion, but the vast majority of Idaho voters say they are disappointed with the failure of the Idaho Legislature to address the Medicaid issue. A recent Boise State survey found that 70 percent of Idahoans favor legislative action to close the Medicaid gap. Medicaid expansion has enjoyed substantial support from voters in both parties. Eleven states led by Republicans have expanded Medicaid.

We can win. Last summer, when we joined the statewide conversation about the need to close Idaho’s Medicaid gap, we found widespread support all across Idaho. Today, a grassroots movement led by people in every corner of the state is taking action to expand access to affordable healthcare. We hope you’ll join this movement.

Movie + Social

Location Xanadu, Idaho Burners Alliance

Time 4 PM

We will be watching the movie 13th.

Date February 21st

Location: Xanadu, Idaho Burners Alliance (5015 Bond St)

Time: 7:00 PM

Agenda

• Action: Assign Roles of Facilitator and Scribe

• Intro to Boise DSA and Tonight's Agenda

• Report from Denver DSA / Emily / 5 minutes

• Medicaid for Idaho / Ashley / 10 minutes

• Bylaws Overview / Bylaws Committee Member / 10 minutes

• Background of Bylaws and Consensus Process / Chris and Robert

• Action: Consensus Process to Approve Bylaws

• March Election of Steering Committee

• Action: Sing Solidarity Forever

• Action: Folding Flyers and Discussion Groups

Find Boise DSA Bylaws here

Minutes

Mark It Down Paste or drag and drop rich content from a webpage or a text editor in the first box (no HTML tags should be visible), then press "Convert" to convert to Markdown. Scribe-lings

Start 7:20pm

Night goal - pass bylaws. Yuup

New attendee - Josh!

Introductions and Denver DSA Report

Medicaid for Idaho 7:45pm

December meeting vote

Active! Campaign launch, one-on-one meeting with Luke, canvassing

ACA background on issue.

Sign petition

Distribute petition

Canvass - practice having conversations around issue with strangers

District 16 (Garden City) / Robert Chris

District 18 / Ashley

Levy and Bond elections March 13th. Need volunteers for 4 hour shifts

Bylaws 7:55pm

Basics, starting point

Looked at Portland and East Bay as examples (larger numbers)

Meeting Types: General (all included, decisions made), Conventions (elections, direction), and Regular (new proposals), Informational (educational, committee reports, social)

Point of Order Proxy voting - signed written message versus texted or messaged

Explanation of Schulze Condorcet.

Point of Order: Call, text, in addition to email announce general?

Facilitator training

Qualification of “Block” and

Glossary for organizing, “local” “quarter”

Roles of Spokespeople

Dave has ideas for later additions to bylaws

Bylaws passed as is 8:36pm

Organize Regional

Alex

Ty

Ashley

Kenneth

Sammi

Dave

Robert

Chris

...

March Special Election

Tuesday the 20th 7pm, Xanadu

Nominate beforehand?

Define Roles

Various

Proposal: Table at Treefort. Political?

DSA Canvass for Medicaid for Idaho at Tree Fort

Pins! Other markers

Alex Speech! Community! Leadership!

Proposal: Online / digital communications

Start 7:20pm

Night goal - pass bylaws. Yuup

New attendee - Josh!

Introductions and Denver DSA Report

Medicaid for Idaho 7:45pm

December meeting vote

Active! Campaign launch, one-on-one meeting with Luke, canvassing

ACA background on issue.

1. Sign petition

2. Distribute petition

3. Canvass - practice having conversations around issue with strangers

   1. District 16 (Garden City) / Robert Chris

   2. District 18 / Ashley

4. Levy and Bond elections March 13th. Need volunteers for 4 hour shifts

Bylaws 7:55pm

Basics, starting point

Looked at Portland and East Bay as examples (larger numbers)

Meeting Types: General (all included, decisions made), Conventions (elections, direction), and Regular (new proposals), Informational (educational, committee reports, social)

Point of Order Proxy voting - signed written message versus texted or messaged

Explanation of Schulze Condorcet.

Point of Order: Call, text, in addition to email announce general?

Facilitator training

Qualification of “Block” and

Glossary for organizing, “local” “quarter”

Roles of Spokespeople

Dave has ideas for later additions to bylaws

Bylaws passed as is 8:36pm

Organize Regional

Alex

Ty

Ashley

Kenneth

Sammi

Dave

Robert

Chris

...

March Special Election

Tuesday the 20th 7pm, Xanadu

Nominate beforehand?

Define Roles

Various

Proposal: Table at Treefort. Political?

DSA Canvass for Medicaid for Idaho at Tree Fort

Pins! Other markers

Alex Speech! Community! Leadership!

Proposal: Online / digital communications

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Avi Garelick wears many hats: he runs a Hebrew school associated with the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York city, he is active in Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale, an anti-gentrification group focused on Washington Heights and Inwood, and he's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. In this interview, Garelick describes participating in a rent strike when his landlord turned off the heat, how his socialist philosophy informs his role as a manager at his job and how the Jewish concept of redemption guides his social justice activism. Photo by Noah Benus.

We are the Snohomish County chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America

Everett DSA is a local of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people.

The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, founded originally in 1982. DSA’s members are building progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic socialist presence in American communities and politics.

At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end. As we are unlikely to see an immediate end to capitalism tomorrow, DSA fights for reforms today that will weaken the power of corporations and increase the power of working people. For example, we support reforms that:

• decrease the influence of money in politics
• empower ordinary people in workplaces and the economy
• restructure gender and cultural relationships to be more equitable.

We are activists committed to democracy as not simply one of our political values but our means of restructuring society. Our vision is of a society in which people have a real voice in the choices and relationships that affect the entirety of our lives. We call this vision democratic socialism — a vision of a more free, democratic and humane society.

You can find us on Twitter and Facebook.

Date February 7th

Location: Boise Public Library, Main Branch, Simplot Room

Time: 7:30 PM

Agenda

• Review Bylaws

• Plan next General Meeting

Date January 20th

Location: Boise State University, Student Union, Farnsworth Room

Time: 4:00 PM

Join Boise DSA and NSP for the ABC's of Socialism!

Find a digital copy here

There's no way to be informed without devoting effort to the task, whether we have in mind what's happening in the world, physics, major league baseball, or anything else. Understanding doesn't come free. It's true that the task is somewhere between awfully difficult and utterly hopeless for an isolated individual. But it's feasible for anyone who is part of a cooperative community...a community — an organization — can be a basis for action, and while understanding the world may be good for the soul (not meant to be disparaging), it doesn't help anyone else, or oneself very much either for that matter, unless it leads to action.

• Noam Chomsky