Socialism on a Living Planet

A report from the California DSA Eco-socialist Working Group

California DSA eco-socialists gathered in January at our quarterly meeting to share current chapter projects and to explore possibilities for state-wide campaigns. 

We looked into four buckets of eco-socialist work, did some Mentimeter surveying to determine interest, and broke into small groups to discuss:

• Building for Power
  Several chapters have public transit projects coordinating with DSA’s campaign for labor & community organizing for green union jobs. We urge all comrades to check out the Building for Power campaign training videos. 

• Eco-socialism for Palestine:
  East Bay and San Francisco comrades participated in Chevron out of Palestine, working in coalition with environmental and Palestinian Liberation organizations. (Photos here) Members in several chapters continue to build connections with Palestinian Liberation, labor, anti-war and environmental organizing in response to the war on Gaza.

• California vs Big Oil Referendum
  Fossil fuel lobbies have bought a referendum on the November 2024 ballot to overturn legislative restrictions on drilling. Let’s organize a working class, union supported campaign to fight big oil’s pollution in our neighborhoods and in our elections.

• Ecos-ocialist Political Education
  Be sure to continue reading California Red, and check out San Francisco DSA's next Eco-socialist Book Club pick: Environmentalism From Below - How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet.

As always, we invite all DSA members in California to join us. You don’t need to be a California DSA delegate. Our next meeting will be in April. Date and more details will be on the California DSA calendar.