This summer the IPCC released another devastating report on the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel capital, as like most of the country, we saw the impacts of climate change right here in NYC with heat waves and record rain. Tonight we’ll talk with Ecosocialist comrades Brittany Allen and Gustavo Gordillo about how DSA is taking the climate fight to one of the most essential yet resource deprived institutions across the country - our schools- with the Green New Deal for Public Schools campaign.

To join the national campaign for a Green New Deal for Public Schools: https://greennewschools.com/join

To join NYC-DSA Ecoscialists:  https://ecosocialists.nyc/join-us/

Follow NYC-DSA EcoSocialist Working Group on  Twitter: @NYCDSA_Ecosoc

Follow NYC-DSA EcoSocialist Working Group on  Twitter: @NYCDSA_Ecosoc

Even with Cuomo out of office, our state still faces a housing crisis. This week, The Supreme Court has issued a temporary injunction against the  "Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act," also known as the New York State's Eviction moratorium. This immediately suspends the eviction protections for tenants included in that law. Up to 40 million Americans could face eviction due to the ending of the eviction moratorium. For some, it's fifteen months worth of back rent- and in more expensive cities like NYC or Portland where rents have skyrocketed after the 2008 mortgage crisis, that can mean up to $31,500 - due immediately.

As the Delta variant surges with 619,000 deaths in the last 30 days and hospitals filled to breaking point from Florida to Texas (including 90,000 hospitalized children in the last week alone), the pandemic is certainly not over. And with only 71% of adults vaccinated and children under 12 ineligible for a vaccine, it won’t be ending any time soon either.

Tonight, we hear from State Senator and NYC-DSA member Jabari Brisport about the plans from the DSA Socialists in Office in New York State's legislature to fight for housing as a human right - and the right for all of us to stay at home during COVID 19.

Here are resources via the Met Council on Housing on what to do if you are facing eviction:

DO NOT SELF-EVICT! DO NOT MOVE OUT! It is extremely important to remember that evictions proceedings are long and there are other anti-eviction laws in place.

How can you protect yourself now?

1)  Apply for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP): If you apply for this program, your landlord cannot move forward with your eviction. This is the strongest protection we have to keep people in their homes.

2) Sign up for the federal CDC moratorium: The federal government has extended its moratorium to October 1st. It is not as strong as the NY State Eviction Moratorium but if you sign the CDC declaration of hardship, it will provide you with a defense in court if your landlord tries to evict you

3) Join your building’s tenant union, or reach out to CASA, Crown Heights Tenant Union or Met Council on Housing for housing help, resources to start your own tenant union or you can also call 311 for available city resources.

We here at RPM stand in solidarity with tenants across the country. 

We, the West Suburban Illinois chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America stand in solidarity with IAMAW Automobile Mechanics Union Local 701 in their ongoing strike. We resolve not to patronize the following car dealerships until the action is called off:

LIST OF NCDC DEALERS ON STRIKE AS OF AUGUST 2, 2021

Advantage Chevrolet
Advantage Chevrolet Bolingbrook
Apple Chevrolet
Arlington Heights Buick
Berman Nissan/Infiniti of Chicago
Berman Subaru of Chicago
Bill Kay Buick-GMC
Bill Kay Chevrolet
Bill Kay Ford
Bill Kay Nissan
Bill Stasek Chevrolet
Golf Mill Chevrolet
Bredemann Ford
Community Honda
Ettleson Cadillac/Buick/GMC
Ettleson Hyundai
Golf Mill Ford
Haggerty Buick/GMC
Hawk Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep
Hawk Ford Inc.
Heritage Cadillac, Inc.
Highland Park Ford/Lincoln
Honda on Grand
Jack Phelan Chevrolet
Jack Phelan Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Ram Jerry Haggerty Chevrolet
Kelly Nissan
Kingdom Chevrolet
Lexus of Naperville
Marquardt of Barrington
Max Madsen’s Aurora Mitsubishi
Metro Ford
Mike Anderson Chevrolet of Chicago
Mike Haggerty Buick/GMC, Inc.
Nissan of South Holland/Nissan on 94 Happy Hyundai
Oak Lawn Mazda
Oakbrook Toyota in Westmont
Packey Webb Ford
Patrick Volvo
Patrick Cadillac
Phillips Chevrolet
Pugi of Chicagoland (Hyundai,Mazda,VW) Ray Buick
Rogers Auto Group
South Chicago Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Ram Sunrise Chevrolet
Toyota of Naperville
Victor Ford
Volkswagen of Oak Lawn
Webb Chevrolet Oak Lawn
Webb Chevrolet of Plainfield
Western Avenue Nissan
Westfield Ford, Inc.
Westmont Lincoln
Woody Buick/GMC

Senator Julia Salazar of NY-18 was elected in 2018 after winning an insurgent, grassroots campaign powered by NYC-DSA as well as many movement allies. Three years later, she’s serving her second term in Albany as the chair of the Women’s Issues Committee and the chair of the Crime Victims, Crime, and Corrections Committee.

On tonight’s show, we speak with Senator Salazar as well as her Organizing Director and fellow NYC-DSA member, Ramon Pebenito. Dismantling the carceral system requires all of us to exercise our power to slow, stop, or mitigate the harms of police and prisons, or to throw “sand in the gears” of the machine of bureaucratic state violence wherever we are. In this episode, we hear from Senator Salazar on her surprise visits to NY State correctional facilities and from Ramon on over-policing in New York’s district 18. 

You can find Senator Salazar on Twitter @SalazarSenate or visit her official website: 

https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/julia-salazar.

We may be across a “state” line from each other, but organizers in New York and New Jersey know what unites us is much more than what divides us. On tonight’s show, we’re joined live by our comrades from North New Jersey DSA to discuss their chapter’s organizing to abolish ICE and close immigrant detention facilities, conduct mutual aid and harm reduction work with their communities, and elect socialist and union leader Joel Brooks to City Council in Jersey City. 

To learn more about Joel Brooks’ campaign for City Council, visit https://www.joelbrooksforjerseycity.com/ or follow @VoteJoelBrooks.

You can reach out the North New Jersey Mutual Aid Working Group at: nnjmutualaidwg@gmail.com or contribute to their fundraiser for the Ramapough Lunaape Turtle Clan’s Munsee Three Sisters Medicine Farm in Newton, NJ: https://www.gofundme.com/f/RLsolidarity

Click here to learn more about the North New Jersey Immigrant Justice Working Group: https://linktr.ee/ImmigrationNNJ

To learn more about North New Jersey DSA, visit  https://north.dsanj.org/ or follow @NorthNJDSA.

“I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised/ People all over this world are getting organized”

Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote those words in 1944 and here in 2021 they ring truer than ever. The far-right is on the rise globally and socialists, communists, feminists, anarchists, and unionists are joining forces to fight back. Join Revolutions per Minute host Amy Wilson for an hour of antifascist story and song, featuring recordings from the DSA National Antifascist Working Group introductory call on July 11. We’ll hear from DSA members from Long Island, Chicago, Kansas City, Houston, and Portland on what they’ve done to build antifascist response in their community and the lessons they’ve learned. We also hear classic antifascist folk songs recorded specially for Revolutions per Minute. 

To learn more about the DSA National Antifascist Working Group, please visit https://www.dsausa.org/working-groups/anti-fascist-working-group/ or follow @DSAAntifascist on Twitter.

Special credits for this episode go to Rob G for audio production, SAREEN for audio composition, and Dan Wyman of Sing in Solidarity, NYC-DSA’s music working group, for musical performance. We send our thanks as well to comrades who participated in this episode who would prefer to stay anonymous, and all those organizing to oppose the rise of fascism where they are.

Coulee DSA cares about creating a connection amongst our members, where we can form bonds that uplift one another, and our greater community. And there is no better way to build connections than spending time with one another!

Come join Coulee DSA for a late afternoon potluck at Chad Erickson Park, Sunday July 25th at 4 PM! (Facebook event here) It’s been a long year, and we hope that relaxed time together outside and with a good meal will help us connect!

CDSA will be providing the main course (vegetarian options also available) and we’d love for members and friends to bring sides, sweet treats, and drinks to share, as they are able.

If you have questions about the event, or upcoming socials and service activities through Coulee DSA, e-mail couleedsa@gmail.com

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On June 22, the name India Walton skyrocketed into the mainstream after the DSA-endorsed candidate won the democratic primary for the Mayor of Buffalo. Walton was endorsed by Buffalo DSA and National DSA, as well as the DSA slate in Albany. When elected in November she will be the first socialist Mayor of a large city since 1960, but she joins a number of socialist, like Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee, who are winning elections in the rust belt. Today we'll be joined by Steven Jackson from Buffalo DSA to talk about India Walton’s incredible victory and the rise of socialism in the rust belt.

Follow Buffalo DSA on Twitter at @BuffaloDSA  and on Instagram and Facebook

Visit www.IndiaWalton.com to support India's campaign

Join the Gas Bill Strike against National Grid's North Brooklyn Pipeline at www.nonbkpipeline.org/strike

Thursday, July 8th, 2021, Newark NJ

This weekend in Newark, the North New Jersey Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will be kicking off a very socialist summer. Local DSA members and their comrades will be leading a host of events across the city on Saturday, July 10th, and Sunday, July 11th. Between political education discussions and rallies, to tenant organizing and mutual aid, we’re painting Newark red. Here’s what’s going on, and how to get involved:

Friday, July 9th

Start the weekend off early and join our #FreeThemAll phonezap, hosted by DSA organizers and coalition partners across New Jersey and New York. Build up to Sunday’s immigration justice rally by targeting the politicians that allow ICE detention to continue in NJ jails. 12:00pm over Zoom.

Saturday, Juy 10th

North NJ DSA member and Newark activist, Chigozie Onyema, is kicking off his candidacy to represent the West Ward in Newark’s City Council! The campaign launch will be from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Akwaaba Gallery.

And our Caucus of Rank-and-file Education Workers (CREW) is meeting to discuss getting cops out of schools. Join teachers and organizers in Branch Brook Park from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.

Sunday, July 11th

At noon on Sunday the 11th, DSA is organizing a rally with the Abolish ICE NY-NJ coalition to demand releases, not transfers, of people from ICE detention. While the state legislature approved a bill to ban future ICE contracts, the current ICE jails in NJ are dangerously transferring people to other detention centers around the country. Join us in the fight to unite the working class against the racism and nationalism of our borders! 12:00pm at the Rodino Federal Building.

Meanwhile, our housing justice working group continues its efforts to build a tenants union and confront the landlord of Ivy Hill Apartments, which is the largest, privately owned housing complex in the state. It is rife with building issues like rodents and roaches, security issues, and tenant harassment by management, including illegal evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. DSA is joining with Homes for All Newark, Brick City Mutual Aid, and Newark Water Coalition to canvass the buildings, distribute know your rights materials, get tenants to sign a petition, and join an organizing committee. Join us at 1:00pm!

And Brick City Mutual Aid will be conducting its regular monthly food and resource share at Peter Francisco Park! We share food, water, hygiene, and self care products unconditionally with the community as well as engage people on issues happening in and around the city. On our tables you can also find water from Newark Water Coalition, Naloxone kits and fentanyl test strips, zines on police abolition, tenant’s and immigrant’s rights, where to get vaccinated and more. Come say what’s up on the second Sunday of every month. 12:00pm to 2:00pm.
Newark has long been home to radical thinking, activism, and community organizing. The North NJ DSA is grateful to play a part in this legacy today, learn from the Newark community, and grow the movement for democratic socialism together. Next weekend is just the start to what will be another summer of socialism! With so much going on, stay up-to-date by following @NorthNJDSA on Twitter and @north_nj_dsa on Instagram.

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