We know that DSA, our political home, is our membership. As comrades, we disagree with each other often but know that we are only as strong as our solidarity. That is what it means to be in an organization that values democratic decisions and trusts the leaders we elect.
Today, the "original" Starbucks at Pike Place Market in Seattle, is announcing they're organizing their union. ✊
Read the letter workers addressed to CEO Brian Niccol about why they're joining thousands of workers nationwide fighting for a better Starbucks:
it’s fucked up that it took this happening to an American for this to get attention. They’ve been treating Okinawans like shit since they’ve been there, there’s a large movement to expel the military from the area because American troops habitually sexually assault women and trash property belonging to local people.
Hilton Americas Houston hotel workers started their second month on strike today, a historic milestone for the first ever hotel strike in Texas history! #OneMonthStronger
🪑Organizing meetings aren’t glamorous (often the opposite). But behind the daily routines of meetings, one-on-one conversations, and follow ups, there is a real joy in having a say in decisions that impact your life. Pull up a chair.
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Read the full, nightmarish thread:
Last week, 15 rescuers coordinated with the Israeli army to retrieve people wounded in an Israeli attack on Rafah. Soon all contact was lost with them. The rescuers were found today buried in the ground beneath their crushed rescue vehicles.