DSA Growing Strong!

DSA held it's 2017 Convention in Chicago Aug. 3-6th, after growing past 25,000 members, making DSA the largest socialist organization in the U.S. since WW II.  And got lots of good press:

Democratic Socialists of America Hit 25,000 Members: Here's Why this Could Mark a Political Turning Point

The Democratic Socialists of America Have Actual Political Power. What Will They Do With it?

The Socialist Movement is Getting Younger, Thanks to One 75-Year Old

Can the Growing Democratic Socialists of America Build a Coherent Left?

America Has a Long and Storied Socialist Tradition. DSA is Reviving it

Are the Democratic Socialists of America For Real?

The First Priority for the Resurgent U.S. Socialist Movement? Single-Payer Healthcare

DSA Endorses the #PeoplesPlatform

Democratic Socialists of America endorses the #PeoplesPlatform

Tell House Democrats-- resistance isn’t enough, we must move our country forward with a bold, progressive agenda. Co-sponsor our #PeoplesPlatform when Congress returns to session in September.

Join us as we urge House Democrats to support:

1. Medicare for All: H.R. 676 Medicare For All Act
2. Free College Tuition: H.R. 1880 College for All Act of 2017
3. Worker Rights: H.R.15 - Raise the Wage Act
4. Women’s Rights: H.R.771 - Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017
5. Voting Rights: H.R. 2840 - Automatic Voter Registration Act
6. Environmental Justice: Climate Change Bill - Renewable Energy (More details soon!)
7. Criminal Justice and Immigrant Rights: H.R. 3227 - Justice is Not For Sale Act of 2017
8. Taxing Wall Street: H.R. 1144 - Inclusive Prosperity Act

The status quo isn’t working. This summer, let’s work together to get House Democrats to back our #PeoplesPlatform.  

SIGN THE #PEOPLES PLATFORM PETITION

LGBT Pride Month

Memphis DSA Presents a public screening of the fantastic movie PRIDE!

PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all..

Celebrate LGBT Pride with Memphis DSA!

Tuesday June 13th (6:30 –8:00 PM)

Out Memphis (FKA MGLCC)

892 S. Cooper

Facebook Event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/322416981513072/

DSA has a  new Queer Socialist Working Group  

DSA's (Updated) Statement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Rights

May Day

Join Memphis DSA at the Memphis Day Without Immigrants March and Rally, Monday May 1 5-7 pM

https://www.facebook.com/events/312021379215829/

DSA has endorsed the Day Without Immigrants May Day Strike

For more information

http://www.lahuelga.com

April 8th Medicare for All Rally

Rally for (Improved) Medicare for All

Sat. April 8th 2 PM

UT Healthcare Sciences Center

Pavillon on Union

Part of the Campaign for Guaranteed Health Care

We believe health care is a human right and we demand

UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL

We Must Demand Medicare for all

How Trumpcare's Failure Sets the Stage for Single-Payer

What is Single Payer? (PNHP)

Healthcare-Now!

Fight for $15 March on Memphis (April 4)

Memphis: It’s time to fight.

We are still fighting for The Dream.

This year marks 49 years since Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, but white supremacy and corporate greed continue to work together against families forced to struggle to make ends meet.

On April 4, thousands of activists with the Fight for $15 and the Movement for Black Lives will take to the streets in two-dozen cities across the country to continue the fight for racial and economic justice. 

RSVP to join us in Memphis on April 4. 

What: Fight for $15 National Protest
Where: Memphis City Hall, 125 N. Main St, Memphis, TN
When: April 4, 2017 at 5 pm CT

RSVP 

March 18: Beyond Obamacare: From the Affordable Care Act to (Improved Medicare for All)

BEYOND OBAMACARE:

From the Affordable Care Act to (Improved) Medicare For All

Memphis DSA will be showing THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE and have guest speaker Dr. Roger LaBonte with Physicians for a National Health Program discuss how an Improved Medicare for All should replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Sat. March 18, 2 PM

First Congregational Church (1000 S. Cooper)

(Conference Auditorium upstairs)

Like and share our Facebook Event

https://www.facebook.com/events/1672129429470131/


The Movement for Single-Payer is Growing