Events

Join us for a meeting to reactivate Pittsburgh DSA's Labor Committee. We will be discussing the current labor situation in Pittsburgh, our own organizing efforts, and how we as a chapter can get involved in advancing a socialist labor movement. No experience with union organizing necessary - just a willingness to build and fight for workers' rights!

https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-committee-meeting-070324?source=direct_link&

ETOC is a national program to build an outward-facing tenant unionization effort by training and mentoring DSA members & their comrades participating in tenant organizing all across the United States. We're organizing an ETOC cohort here in Pittsburgh to build tenant unions and leverage our working class power in everyday struggles against landlords, developers and other real estate capitalists. Want to help us build tenant power? The group will meet every 2nd Tuesday and 4th Sunday at 6 pm on Zoom.

Hello comrades, join us for the first session of our Learnin' with Lenin group! We will be reading excerpts from both What is To Be Done?, Lenin's 1902 tactical treatise for the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, and Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder, a critique from 1920 of the strategy many young communist organizations from abroad were pursuing at the time. For this session, we will be reading sections 3.1, 3.3, and 3.5 from What is To Be Done?, which are on the integration of political and economic struggle.

Check out marxists.org if you need a copy: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/

And please, sign up for this Perusall class. It will let you make comments on the book if you have any questions about any of the content. I or someone else will make sure to answer them. https://app.perusall.com/join/pope-3ljfv.

Lastly, if you don't know the historical context for this piece, it is highly recommended that you listen to episodes 24-28 of season 10 of the Revolutions podcast. That can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sXAVJd2py6gNze58DTHjQ.

Hello comrades, please join us for the July meeting of the Political Education Committee! We will be discussing the design of the upcoming Capital group and the accompanying pregame material, determining the book that would serve as the basis for a new reading group, electing a new librarian, brainstorming introductory material that can serve as the basis for a new zine, and so much more. Be sure to join if you have an interest in political education!

DSA will be tabling at this community event to share resources about our community pantry and garden in Wilkinsburg.

This event is a coalition of many organizations working to build up knowledge of medical resources and debt support in the greater Pittsburgh area.

Join DSA comrades at Big Dog Coffee (South Side location) for some leftist brunch vibes! Everyone is welcome, you don't need to be a member.

This meeting will be a chance for chapter and committee leaders (both elected and not) to talk about how the chapter and committees are doing, collaboration opportunities, support/training/tech access needs, share suggestions and best practices, etc. All Pittsburgh DSA members are welcome to attend, especially if interested in getting involved more deeply in the leading committees or the chapter. RSVP for zoom link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/chapter-leadership-meeting-july-2024/

Hello! Join us to plan our upcoming Capital Reading Group, coming up in September but with some preliminary reading in August.

Join Pittsburgh DSA for our July General Meeting! At 6 PM there will be a Potluck and social hour before the meeting business starts at 7:00. Bring friends and family who want some free food and drinks.

Once the meeting gets going we will have committee report backs, a political education segment, and discussion over any business brought to the chapter internally and externally.

After the meeting ends there will be a post-meeting hangout at the Evergreen Café (7330 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208)

This meeting will be hybrid--the in-person portion will be at Community Forge, 1256 Franklin Ave., Wilkinsburg, PA 15221. To access the virtual portion, RSVP for the Zoom login!

Come enjoy the great outdoors with your comrades by hiking at a different park each month! For July we will be at Riverview Park meeting at the Activities Building then hiking several trails around the park!
Be sure to pack water and a snack, wear appropriate footwear, and temperature appropriate clothing. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Hello comrades, join us for the first session of our Learnin' with Lenin group! We will be reading excerpts from both What is To Be Done?, Lenin's 1902 tactical treatise for the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, and Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder, a critique from 1920 of the strategy many young communist organizations from abroad were pursuing at the time. For this session, we will be reading sections 1.4, 2.1,2.2, 3.4 and 3.6 from What is To Be Done?, which serve as a critique of a spontaneity-based strategy and which highlight the importance of a theoretically-equipped vanguard formation. It seems like a lot of reading, but some sections are just a few pages of mostly polemic between the gold.

Check out marxists.org if you need a copy: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/

And please, sign up for this Perusall class. It will let you make comments on the book if you have any questions about any of the content. I or someone else will make sure to answer them. https://app.perusall.com/join/pope-3ljfv.

Lastly, if you don't know the historical context for this piece, it is highly recommended that you listen to episodes 24-28 of season 10 of the Revolutions podcast. That can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sXAVJd2py6gNze58DTHjQ.

At this meeting, we will discuss ways to be a part of local Palestine solidarity actions, support our comrades in Cuba, as well as some ideas toward prison and police abolition. More details to follow soon!

So that we know how best to contact you and the ways in which you would like to take part in the committee, take the interest survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14_GXsZ9Ygo_zDTqlZCSrLeMxCCFQ-AbBDBncPcxXu7o/edit

Pittsburgh DSA “Abolition and Anti-Imperialism” committee charter - https://docs.google.com/document/d/117DSVEI4s43t09l5XgNnidmyQIIQtoEV6HAU7HQNoxU/