Ep52 - The DSA NW Unity Conference (Part 1)

Check out part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/ep52-part-2-the-dsa-nw-unity-conference -- The 1st-ever NW Unity Conference for the Democratic Socialists of America was held in early April, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. Members from chapters around the NW(from Anchorage to Billings to Eugene and more) converged on a cold rainy weekend to chat and plot and socialize. I talked to Ashley Gallagher, Portland organizer of the event, and members from the Seattle, Tacoma, and Whatcom County chapters. What are people working on? What are they excited about? Tenant organizing, ecosocialism, support local candidates, and all. This is the first 1/2 of the conversation. The 2nd part will be released later on, but you can hear the whole thing by supporting us on Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic Mentioned: The Hellhole, Seattle DSA's newsletter -https://seattledsa.org/dispatches/hellhole/ Shaun Scott, campaigning for District 4 in Seattle: -https://twitter.com/ElectScott2019 -https://scott2019.com/ Chanan Suarez, campaigning for Bellingham City Council: -https://twitter.com/ChananSuarez The Tacoma Tenants Organizing Cmte: -https://www.facebook.com/TacomaTenants/ The Bellingham Tenants Union: -https://bellinghamtenantsunion.org/ Rightwing Uncle Sam on I-5 in Chehalis: -http://www.chronline.com/life/i--s-uncle-sam-billboard-years-and-still-ticked/article_0aa401c4-b8df-11e7-b2d8-034b8858abfb.html -https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6002?offset=5 the Uncaged Antology -https://www.ashleywarrenwrites.com/uncaged D20 Dames - An all-ages D&D podcast handcrafted by witches. -https://twitter.com/d20Dames -https://d20dames.com/ DM of None - https://www.dmofnone.com/podcast/ - Special thanks to Roy Zhang for additional editing help. - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: [email protected] - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - http://Twitter.com/givingthemic/ - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.