March 2020
Online Study Group: What will it take to save a world in crisis? Reform vs. Revolution
Register here! 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…
Find out more »April 2020
Open Organizing Meeting: Fight for Frontline Workers with the 30-for-40 Demand
Come to this online meeting to discuss launching a city-wide campaign to shorten the work week with no cut in pay for frontline workers. This reform effectively gives a 25% hazard pay increase, a shortened work week to relieve brutal conditions, and would boost employment in the city. We’ll outline how the reform would work, and strategies for winning it for essential workers in NYC. This meeting will take place on Zoom. Register here!
Find out more »June 2020
Public Study Group – Ecosocialism: The Solution for Earth’s Survival
Email nycfsp@socialism.com for more information
Find out more »Campaign for an Elected Civilian Review Board Meeting
Join FSP at the monthly organizing meeting of the Campaign for an Elected Civilian Review Board, a coalition of organizations and individuals fighting for a working class board empowered to hold police accountable. More info at stoppoliceviolencenyc.org/ **New members, please join at 12:30 to learn more about the campaign! MEETING STARTS AT 1 PM Zoom meeting link Tech or accessibility questions? Shoot us a message! stoppoliceviolencenyc@gmail.com
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 »July 2020
Online study group: State and Revolution
A tidal wave of protest against racist police violence coinciding with a deadly pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression are presenting social activists with urgent and profound political challenges.How do we understand and expose the role of the police and legal system in sustaining white male supremacy and class exploitation? What demands will most challenge the capitalist status quo, create meaningful change, and empower working and oppressed people? What will it take to transform protest in…
Find out more »August 2020
Sacrificing the Vulnerable: Politicians’ Draconian Response to NYC’s Economic Crisis
Police accountability activist Melissa Miccio describes the massive layoffs and deep cuts to social services threatening communities already most harmed by the crisis. Join in discussion of how to fight back! Also featured: Short Video: Defending Portland Protestors Against Federal Repression Followed by open discussion of strategies for resistance. Saturday, August 1 - 1:00PM-3:00PM EDT Click here to register
Find out more »October 2020
Monthly Online Open Branch Meeting
Join the Freedom Socialist Party for our October monthly meeting. We’ll discuss and dissect current events from a socialist feminist perspective, form policy in our mass movement work, and organize ourselves to hit the streets. All are welcome. To register, email nycfsp@gmail.com
Find out more »December 2020
Online discussion – The confounding 2020 election: analysis and next steps for action
Online public forum and discussion: • Why voters made the choices they did and the roles played by gender and race • “Lesser evil” politics – a winning strategy? • How workers can survive the pandemic and fight the deepening economic crisis Speakers: Annaliza Torres, Seattle FSP Organizer, Comrades of Color Caucus member, unionist, and anti-fascist stalwart; and Jed Holtz, New York City FSP Organizer and campaigner against the far right and police brutality. Hosted by Freedom Socialist Party –…
Find out more »February 2021
Online Open Branch Meeting
Join the Freedom Socialist Party for our open branch meeting. We’ll discuss and dissect current events from a socialist feminist perspective, form policy in our mass movement work, and organize ourselves to hit the streets. All are welcome. To register, email fernandanycfsp@gmail.com
Find out more »Online Open Branch Meeting
Join the Freedom Socialist Party for our open branch meeting. We’ll discuss and dissect current events from a socialist feminist perspective, form policy in our mass movement work, and organize ourselves to hit the streets. All are welcome. To register, email fernandanycfsp@gmail.com
Find out more »March 2021
Online Open Branch Meeting
Join the Freedom Socialist Party for our open branch meeting. We’ll discuss and dissect current events from a socialist feminist perspective, form policy in our mass movement work, and organize ourselves to hit the streets. All are welcome. To register, email fernandanycfsp@gmail.com
Find out more »April 2021
Branch Meeting: Medical Racism – Fighting for systemic change in the COVID era
Guest Speaker Yolanda Alaniz, Chicana feminist and immigrant rights activist in Los Angeles, will talk about the long and sordid history of race-based neglect, abuse, and experimentation by the profit-driven U.S. medical system. Discussion will highlight how advocates are fighting for systemic solutions to guarantee racial equity in all aspects of healthcare, including current challenges of the COVID pandemic. Date: Saturday, April 3 - Time: 1pm EDT Register here
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