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August 2021
BBQ Picnic at Seward Park
Let's get back together in person! Enjoy the environs of Seward Park and Lake Washington. Bring blankets, chairs, water floaties, running shoes, outdoor games. Times are tentative. Seward Park, Shelter #2 More details to come. Sign up here.
Find out more »Public educational meeting—Make Rebellion the New Normal
Fighting for Working People’s Needs Post Pandemic With the brutality of the profit system fully exposed during COVID, working people fought back despite the pandemic. Led by youth of color and women workers, this latest upsurge provides a map for what “new normal” life will look like. Essential worker and revolutionary socialist feminist activist Norma Gallegos discusses how the demands of the vast majority can be won by combining the increased political awareness with stepped-up movement activism sparked by last year’s protests…
Find out more »Study group — Patriarchy: Where it came from and how to smash it!
Study group — Patriarchy: Where it came from and how to smash it! Alternate Weds. starting June 2. Dinner 6:30pm, program 7pm. Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick • 03-9388-0062; radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au.
Find out more »Imagine an education system that is free – Let’s talk about how to make it real!
Freedom Socialist Party online meeting The COVID-19 pandemic has desecrated the lives of workers, students and teachers across the globe. When the pandemic hit Australia universities panicked, slashing staff to compensate for the staggering loss of revenue. As the crisis lingers, chancellors continue their offensive while the Coalition government shifts the burden onto students. How did we move from a country with free education in the 1970s to the tyranny of neoliberalism with its casualised workforce and universities run as…
Find out more »Sidewalk Rummage Sale
Housewares • Books • Toys • Office supplies • Jigsaw puzzles • Décor • Tools And much more! Sat. Aug. 21, 10am – 4pm half-price sale: noon -2pm bagtime: 2pm - 4pm (all you can fit in a bag for $3.00) The sidewalk in front of New Freeway Hall 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle (wheelchair accessible) Donations of your tabletop saleable items welcome. Drop boxes off at New Freeway Hall Monday – Friday, 10am to 6:30pm (No furniture, computers, TVs,…
Find out more »Women’s Rights Day Online Event – The inspiring global fight for reproductive justice
Speakers include Paula Carbajal of Mujeres por la Libertad in Neuquén, Argentina, an educator, historian, and abortion rights activist; Ellen Dillon of Limerick, Ireland, a poet, teacher, and organizer in the movement to repeal anti-abortion law; and Susan Massey of U.S. Radical Women in Phoenix, Arizona, a feminist mathematician in health research, Radical Women. Chairing will be Nga Bui, an anti-fascist organizer in New York City. Sat., Aug. 28, 1pm PT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET Register at https://tinyurl.com/WRD-RW Sponsored by Radical…
Find out more »September 2021
Freedom Socialist Party study circle: What history tells us about the revolutionary potential of Marxism versus Anarchism
Anarchists and Marxists both want to send the capitalist system to the grave. Both want a stateless and classless society. But Marxists and anarchists have very different views about how to get there. There’s vast difference on questions of leadership, methods of organising and tactics to use to achieve these goals. This seven-session study circle will examine Marxism and anarchism in theory and practice from the 19th century to today. Starts 7 pm, Wednesday, 8 September and then every second…
Find out more »Campaign for an Elected Civilian Review Board Meeting
Join FSP at the monthly meeting of the Campaign for an Elected Civilian Review Board, a coalition of organizations and individuals fighting for the passage of the Community POWER Act, legislation in the NY City Council to establish a workingclass board and independent prosecutor empowered to hold police accountable. Email nycfsp@gmail.com to register for the meeting.
Find out more »Doorbell Against Charter Amendment 29
Doorbell in Columbia City every Wednesday evening to show voters why voting No on Charter Amendment 29 is the right thing to do. The Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Seattle Association have adopted phony compassionate language to sell the same failed approach of repeated displacement that has been carried out in our City for years, while denying that new resources are needed to address the homelessness crisis. Their “solutions” are not based on research or reality, and the proposed charter…
Find out more »12-week public study group – Revolutionary Integration: Linking the struggles for Black freedom and socialism
How can we get rid of systemic racism? In a study of Revolutionary Integration: A Marxist Analysis of African American Liberation and other readings, areas covered will include the connection between the Civil Rights and labor movements; the need for radical Black leadership and role of women and LGBTQ+ folks; and how to build a multiracial movement powerful enough to win fundamental change. Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30pm August 25 through November 17 In-person meetings with zoom accessibility Freedom Hall, 113 W. 128th St, Harlem, NY #2 or…
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