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June 2020
FSP online meeting – Coronavirus demands global solidarity: Reject xenophobia — workers of the world unite!
In the face of a devastating pandemic, when global cooperation is urgently needed, reactionary nationalism is on the rise. This discussion will take an internationalist view of Covid-19’s impact and feature reports about how the response to the virus is unfolding in two key parts of our region, India and Indonesia. Share news of collaboration and working class resistance from all corners of the globe. Explore how, rather than putting up the shutters, a global perspective will be essential to…
Find out more »Charleena Lyles Remembrance Vigil
Stand in solidarity and continue to Say The Name of Charleena Chavon Lyles. On this day the 3rd anniversary of her murder by Seattle Police Department, her family's fight for justice continues. Facebook event page Call 206-722-2453 to meetup for this event.
Find out more »Discussion: Activists of color speak out on solutions to police violence and Covid-19
Saturday, June 20 - 1:00-2:30PM EDT Followed by Join the FSP Q&A from 2:30-3:00PM EDT Click here to register on Zoom Confronting tear gas and rubber bullets, protesters of all colors have filled the streets all over the U.S. and the world to say “no more!” to police killings of Black people, and to brutality against demonstrators and militarization of our communities. Black, Latinx and Indigenous peoples were already suffering disproportionate rates of Covid-related illness and death as well as…
Find out more »March with FSP at the Queer Liberation March!
Join the Freedom Socialist Party as we march in the 2020 Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality. Our contingent is calling to: Defund, Demilitarize and Disarm the NYPD! Fight Back with an ECRB! (Elected Civilian Review Board) Last year, activists in the Reclaim Pride Coalition had a hugely successful split from the corporate-riddled Heritage of Pride parade to reclaim the militant spirit of queer liberation. This year, the coalition is back in the streets in solidarity…
Find out more »Socialist Feminist Contingent at “Pride is a Riot” March
FSP Bay Area is organizing a Socialist Feminist contingent to participate in the autonomous multiracial trans/queer "Pride is a Riot" march and we invite you to join us. Stonewall was a riot! Now we need a revolution! March with a Socialist Feminist Contingent and Demand Queer Liberation! For a multiracial movement to disarm, demilitarize, and defund the police! Over 50 years ago, Black trans women led other LGBTQ folks in defending the community against police terror at NYC’s Stonewall Inn…
Find out more »Neighborhood protest to end police violence #BlackLivesMatter
Columbia City neighborhood sidewalk demonstration protesting the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Charleena Lyles and, in Tacoma, Mannie Ellis. #SayTheirNames.
Find out more »Online Study Group: How to save a world in crisis? Reform vs. Revolution
The global pandemic, impending economic collapse, and the survival of the earth itself at risk—with stakes this high, how do we focus our organizing? Can the course reversal we need be achieved through piecemeal reforms and voting in democratic socialists? Or will it take a complete transformation of the current capitalist system? In this remote access-study group, we’ll discuss the current crisis and concrete steps toward moving humanity through it. Historic debates over the relationship between battling for vital social…
Find out more »July 2020
Online Study Group: What Will It Take to Save a World in Crisis? Reform vs. Revolution
The global pandemic, impending economic collapse, and the survival of the earth itself at risk—with stakes this high, how do we focus our organizing? Can the course reversal we need be achieved through piecemeal reforms and voting in democratic socialists? Or will it take a complete transformation of the current capitalist system? In this remote access-study group, we’ll discuss the current crisis and concrete steps toward moving humanity through it. Historic debates over the relationship between battling for vital social…
Find out more »Defund the NYPD & Fight Back with an Elected Civilian Review Board Rally and March
Join us, our sister organization Radical Women, and coalition partners in the March to Defund the NYPD and Fight Back with an Elected Civilian Review Board (ECRB). An independent, elected board would give our communities a tool to hold police accountable and curb cop violence. To win it in NYC would be a significant step forward in the battle for a national reckoning on the role of the police in perpetuating systemic racism. The Freedom Socialist Party also calls to:…
Find out more »Demand Radical Reforms: A Discussion on Reining in the Police
Working people are rebelling against police repression and brutality throughout the world. The murder of George Floyd ignited another round of protests. Communities are unified in their demand for substantive change to rein in the terror that cops perpetuate. Calls are being raised to defund, disarm, abolish, and/or demilitarize the police, kick the cops out of the union movement, and create an elected civilian review board. What do each of these demands mean and what would they accomplish? Join the…
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