Young Democratic Socialists DC Metro Chapter

Who hates Dick Cheney?

There will be a ceremonial staging/protest at Dick Cheney's office this Monday headed by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. We will be dropping off petitions in protest of Dick Cheney's "oil contract." There will be MEDIA COVERAGE and our very own Dick Cheney mask. We plan for this to take place at either 12 noon or 5pm.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED: Email Nandini at pajammi88@netscape.net

I WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS AS THEY COME TO ME

Come join an excellent cause and maybe be on TV? 

 

And  TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

 

 

The National Student Labor Week of Action is fast approaching!  Standing side-by-side with workers and their unions is central to the struggle for social and economic justice.  The National Student Labor Week of Action is a perfect opportunity for us to raise awareness on our campuses and in our communities about corporate greed and capitalist globalization, the need to strengthen the labor movement at home and abroad, and the principled role that youth and students can play in building solidarity, working on local campaigns and fighting for a better world. 

Visit http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/v11LzJp1nPvE/ to see what's being planned in your city for the National Student Labor Week of Action.
Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this.
http://www.unionvoice.org/join-forward.html?domain=slap&r=Pp1LzJp1sqva

 

Also, here is a link to an article that may be useful or interesting to some of you:

The Case for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=41&ItemID=7301

YDS DC Metro
Discussion Meeting

What can we do as young
people to fight for justice?

Wednesday, February 16th
6pm, Cafe Mawonaj
624 T St. NW
(Shaw/Howard metro stop)

All are welcome!

ydsdcmetro@gmail.com

YDS will be facilitating workshops at two different conferences this
weekend in DC.  Come on down!

National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR)
American University
Workshop discussing the similarities and differences between anarchist
and democratic socialist thought.

Begins at 2 pm on Saturday.

http://www.organizedresistance.org/

 

Conference on the Genocide in Darfur
Georgetown University
Workshop in  general activism and skills for student organizing,
including strategic campaign design.

Washington DC Metro Chapter
Young Democratic Socialists
www.ydsusa.org

So what days and times work best for everyone to meet?  Our fist meeting was this past Sunday, and we are going to experiment with maybe having meetings during the week. 

Also, this weekend is the National Conference on Organized Resistance.  We will have a table there and will be attending a few of the workshops.  For more info check out http://www.organizedresistance.org/index.shtml

Oh, and don't forget to sign up for our listserv.  Email us at ydsdcmetro@gmail.com to sign up and let us know about the most convienent meeting times.  Leaving a phone number would also be very helpful.

Thanks everyone!

Do you believe in:

Peace,
Healthcare for all,
Feminism,
Civil rights,
Workers’ rights,
Gay rights,
Immigrant’s rights,
Youth and student rights,
(Rights in general),
Affordable housing,
Environmental justice,
Civil liberties,
International solidarity,
Ending poverty by challenging the myths of capitalism,
And having faith in humanity once we take power back
from the corporations…?

Then you might be a Democratic Socialist!

Try the next Young Democratic Socialists discussion meeting and learn more. 

Sunday, January 30th, 6-7:30pm
Café Mawonaj,  624 T St. NW
Shaw Metro, Howard U. exit 

If you can, support the Café’s help to the DC activist community by buying something to munch on.

We’re a group of young people, some in college, some not, working for social justice and educating ourselves and others about how to win true political and economic democracy.

For more info, contact us at ydsdcmetro@gmail.com
or check out www.ydsusa.org.

With thousands of activists coming to DC to participate in various forms of protest on Thursday the 20th, there are tons of fun events to attend.

This is the YDS plan for the next few days, for anyone who wants to come:

Wed., Jan. 19th, 9pm-1am
Underground Hip Hop and MC Battle Against
the Inauguration and the War
Cada Vez, 1438 U St., NW
(nearest metro stop: U St.)
$10 (no one turned away), All Ages
Benefit for Empower DC, a grassroots
organizing empowerment organization that
advocates for affordable housing, tenant
rights, section 8, inclusionary zoning, etc.,
and PVN Youth Camp, which takes children on
trips within and out of the U.S. to learn
about different cultures and struggles.


Thurs., Jan. 20th, 9am-12:30pm
DC Anti-War Network permitted rally and march
against the inauguration.
Meet at Malcolm X Park (Meridian Park on maps),
16th and Euclid St., NW
(nearest metro stops: U St. and Columbia Heights)
March begins around 11:15am, down 16th St.
towards the White House ending at McPherson Sq.
Park (15th and I St. NW) around 12:30pm.
Afterwards we may attempt to protest along
the inaugural parade route.
http://www.dawndc.net/ for more info


Thurs., Jan. 20th, 7-9:30pm
Film screening and panel discussion
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Provisions Library, 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW,
2nd Floor
(nearest metro stop Dupont Circle, north exit)
$8
Bayart Rustin played a seminal though
little-acknowledged role in the civil rights movement.
An African American Quaker,
socialist, and openly gay man, he was
profoundly influential on Martin Luther King
Jr.’s evolving philosophies about peaceful
social change. The organizer of the historic
1963 March on Washington, Rustin’s sexual
orientation prevented him from having a more
visible leadership role in the movement.


Fri., Jan. 21st-Sun., Jan. 23rd
Progressive Democrats of America Summit
School of Law Auditorium, University of
the District of Columbia
(nearest metro stop Van-Ness/UDC)
$25 student/senior/low-income
For those of you not quite sure you’re a
democratic socialist, but sure that you’re
at least a liberal Democrat. YDS will
have a table at the Summit.
http://www.pdamerica.org/summitDC2005/index.php



Feel free to email us or comment with any questions.

Hello fellow Democratic Socialists. This community has been created to help spread the word that a new chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists has been formed in the DC area. I'll be posting our activities and some discussion pieces for anyone who wants to broaden their knowledge of Democratic Socialism.

Go visit www.ydsusa.org for information from our national chapter, and to find out some more information about who we are and what we believe. Then join, because the next few years promise to bring lots of action and discussion.