Below you will find a brief description of each of our working groups. If you would like to learn more about our working groups or lend a hand, check out our events page and join us for an upcoming meeting.
Ecosocialist Working Group
Our Ecosocialist working group seeks to address the root of the climate crisis – global systems of capitalism, imperialism, and oppression – that cause and exacerbate ecological crises. We organize locally to implement, expand, and sustain universal public services that meet the needs of our communities while making a meaningful improvement to the health and happiness of people and the planet. We are currently campaigning to expand a sustainable local food system through our Food Sovereignty campaign; to lower San Diegans’ electric bills and rapidly transition away from fossil fuels by replacing SDG&E with a public not-for-profit utility in our Public Power campaign; and to expand the public transit system to decrease pollution and fossil fuel dependence.
Electoral Working Group
Our Electoral Working Group runs campaigns to support candidates and ballot measures endorsed by our Chapter, and also publishes a Voter Guide each election with recommendations on other races. If you’re interested in getting involved with the Electoral Working Group, join the #wg-electoral Slack channel and reach out to the Working Group’s elected mentor, Aldo. Feel free to message them on Slack directly.
Labor Working Group
San Diego DSA Labor Working Group strives to assist workers in organizing their workplaces, support organized and unorganized workers, build solidarity between DSA and labor unions, and promote labor education and awareness. Our work currently supports Ride United in their efforts to form a local app-enabled taxi worker cooperative. We also engage in local strike support and actively encourage workers to act collectively to take back their power from the capitalist class. We also hold a Labor Book Club during which we discuss labor issues and literature through a socialist perspective. We encourage our members, union members, pro-labor activists, and individuals interested in forming a union or cooperative to join our monthly meeting every second Thursday.
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Palestine Solidarity Working Group
Our Palestine Solidarity working group organizes in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation. We seek an end to the genocide in Gaza, the occupation, and the apartheid system, and we fight for the Palestinian right to self-determination and the right of refugees to return to their homeland.
As citizens of the United States, our mission is to end the complicity of our government and local institutions in these injustices. We organize through labor solidarity for an arms embargo, participating in the Boycott Chevron campaign, community education and outreach, and building coalitions with local organizations.
We believe that Palestinian liberation is intrinsically tied to our collective liberation. Join us in building the movement here, at the heart of the empire, to help end this genocide and win a free Palestine.