The CDC has enacted an eviction moratorium nation-wide as an attempt to offset the compounding health crisis posed by a rise in homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we have seen that people in Houston are still being evicted from their homes due to non-payment. Join us Tuesday 9/29 at 7pm to discuss further actions […]

As we respond to the aftermath of the upcoming election and the numerous crises unfolding during 2020, we often seek to work with allied organizations to build capacity, reach, and campaign effectiveness. This training will teach members about the types of coalitions, how to join existing coalitions or start new ones, and the best practices […]

The Democratic Socialist Labor Commission’s DSA4USPS subcommittee is hosting a series of educational webinars on the United States Postal Service. This webinar will explore how current attacks on USPS – a beloved, iconic American institution with potential to be a socialist exemplar – include bald attempts at voter suppression. A panel of postal workers and […]

As the November elections draw near, we’re hosting a get-out-the-vote (GOTV) during COVID-19 training! Learn from DSA chapters who successfully engaged in pandemic-safe GOTV in the primaries to use in upcoming electoral fights!

For the month of October, the Houston DSA Reading Group will be scheduled a little differently. We will be reading The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon. But, instead of reading a couple of chapters every week, we will be meeting every Monday and discussing one chapter each meeting. So, for our first meeting […]

Interested in DSA but haven’t joined yet? Looking to get involved in the fights to stop evictions, win Medicare for All, and defund the police, but unsure how to get started? Join Cori Bush – Organizer, Democratic nominee for Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in St. Louis, former national Bernie surrogate, and featured in Netflix’s Knock […]

Houston DSA’s monthly general meetings are where the membership comes together to be in community and discuss the activities going on within our own chapter and the national DSA. It is also where we conduct chapter business like elections, votes, or resolutions. For the duration of the pandemic, meetings will be conducting virtually via Zoom. […]

This People’s Indigenous Day, join the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group (IRWG) for a webinar: Immigrants’ Struggles in the Time of Covid/La lucha en los tiempos de Covid! We will be joined by comrades on the front lines of the immigrants’ rights movement and find out ways to get involved! Join us for an evening of discussion. […]

We continue our discussion of The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon, this week covering Chapter Two. Remember, we will be meeting every Monday and discussing one chapter each meeting, so make sure to read Chapter Three for next week. Recaps and detailed notes will be provided, so you can attend even if you […]

We’re glad to have you in DSA! A better world is possible, and we’re working towards it everyday. Join Houston DSA for an orientation to our chapter and our socialist movement, and hear from chapter leaders on current projects and how you can get involved!

The presidential election, amidst a pandemic and deep economic crisis, has opened a number of questions for leftists. On the one hand, we are seeing high levels of organizing and uprising, both in the workplace and outside of it. On the other hand, state repression has met this increased political activity and threatens to worsen […]

Houston DSA stands in solidarity with teachers and families in Houston ISD and across Houston facing dangerous reopening plans. From HFT: We are being pushed to our limit by Gov. Abbott's rush to reopen. We are gathering to let the public, Gov. Abbott and TEA know that we won't be silent and we are united […]

At the last DSA convention, our members voted on a goal of growing our multiracial, working class socialist organization to 100,000 members by 2021. To achieve this, the NPC voted to establish an ambitious five-week Recruitment Drive running from October 1st to November 7th —to bring in 5,000 new members, grow every chapter by 10%, […]

We continue our discussion of The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon, this week covering Chapter Three. Remember, we will be meeting every Monday and discussing one chapter each meeting, so make sure to read Chapter Four for next week. Recaps and detailed notes will be provided, so you can attend even if you […]

Let's discuss how Houston DSA can be part of the national and local climate and environmental conversation! Madeleine will give a quick update as to what National DSA and other chapters are up to, where we can fit in, and what other local environmental orgs are doing, and then we will brainstorm and strategize how […]

The Houston DSA Reading Group and Arts Collective are proud to present a screening of the film The Battle of Algiers. This movie retells the story of the titular battle during the Algerian war of independence, fighting against their French colonizers. This ties in to our Reading Group's current subject, Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of […]

We’re glad to have you in DSA! A better world is possible, and we’re working towards it everyday. Join Houston DSA for an orientation to our chapter and our socialist movement, and hear from chapter leaders on current projects and how you can get involved!

We continue our discussion of The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon, this week covering Chapter Four and Five, finishing it. Recaps and detailed notes will be provided, so you can attend even if you miss a session! As once-colonized African countries struggled for independence, and African-Americans struggled for civil rights, Fanon articulated a […]