Delco DSA & Philly DSA PoliEd present a multi-session book reading of "Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care," by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba. Our initial, in-person discussion will touch on major themes of the book and be facilitated by David Kaib.

ADA accessible. Please email DelcoDSA@gmail.com for any questions or concerns.

Malcolm X Memorial Park picnic pavilion
5100 Pine St
Philadelphia, PA 19143
United States

Google map and directions

We will be extending a Philly DSA campaign to Delco by making Corsi-Rosenthal air filters. The goal is to gradually expand this by making two and then as we raise funds and expand our contacts, go from donating the filters we make to individuals, to partnering with schools in Delco who need them. We will meet this Saturday, August 19th at 2 PM, in Yeadon Community Park, on South Union Avenue in Yeadon.

We will also ask for any donations you may be willing to make that will allow us to buy supplies for the next round of builds. Everyone is welcome. If you know any groups that might be interested in getting involved or have contacts in neighborhoods and schools that will allow us to expand the operation, please invite them or reach out to us at DelcoDSA@gmail.com. If you have any questions or need information on Saturday, you can text Joe at (513) 716-4602.

Join us for our August Branch Meeting. We will be continuing our discussion of campaigns and chapter business.

Political reading material:

Two Faces of Privilege

Every inch won should lead us to demand more

Ep. 2: David Kaib: On US politics, abolition, political education, and more...

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Join us for our June Branch Meeting. We will be continuing our discussion of campaigns and chapter business. All are welcome.

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Join us for our April Branch Meeting. We will be continuing our discussion of campaigns and chapter business. All are welcome.

We will discuss the results of the recent election: Philadelphia Mayor’s race, 163rd district.

This will be held virtually, zoom link below.

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Join us for our April Branch Meeting. We will be continuing our discussion of campaigns and chapter business. All are welcome.

Political Education Suggested Readings:

Jeff Brown drew criticism for his debate comments about trash. What is Philly’s role in Chester’s controversial incinerator?

Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning

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Join us for our March Branch Meeting. We will be continuing our discussion of campaigns and chapter business. All are welcome.

Political Education Topic: Delco Juvenile Attention Center

https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-county-juvenile-detention-center-public-input/

https://whyy.org/articles/allegations-of-physical-sexual-and-psychological-abuse-rock-delco-juvenile-detention-center/

https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-county-juvenile-justice-center-grand-jury-report/

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NOTE: initial date/time incorrect - this will happen Thursday, January 12 at 7:30

Join us as we discuss Chester City’s ongoing bankruptcy and asset sales. Chester filed federal bankruptcy in November, and there is the potential that the city government will be dissolved. What does this mean for residents and how will it impact municipal assets? Please see reading links below:

Chester’s receiver files for bankruptcy

Chester’s stunning economic decline: How it went from a factory boom town to bankruptcy

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Act 12 is a reckless 2016 bill that opened the door for private companies to buy up public water and sewer utilities. Aqua seeks to acquire Delcora, the county’s regional wastewater system. Reading links below on this issue:

Aqua Pa. is fighting for a $276 million deal in Delco after Bucks deal went sideways

Chester Receiver Michael Doweary has filed suit against the Delaware County Regional Water Control Authority

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Zero Emissions Isn’t Enough. ​We Need Climate Repair.

Jacobin Article Reading Link

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The End of Policing: Chapter 3

The End of Policing PDF file

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In August, we will explore the consequences of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the authority of the EPA. Below are links to a guardian article and the actual text of the majority opinion.

US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions

Text of the Ruling

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Chapter Two of “The End of Policing”, entitled The Police Are Not Here to Protect You

https://files.libcom.org/files/Vitale%20-%20The%20End%20of%20Policing%20(Police)%20(2017).pdf

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Ecosocialists know that greenwashing is a deceptive form of marketing commonly used by corporations world-wide to convince the public that their practices are climate friendly and not environmentally harmful.  Waste-to-energy has been promoted by the companies that profit, as the answer to increased demand for landfill space and as a better alternative to landfills which are known to emit greenhouse gasses that contribute to climate change.  But when you look closely you will find that trash incineration provides comparatively little power, releases more carbon to the atmosphere than landfills, and exposes the largely poor communities in which incinerators are located with heavy metals and particulates.  However, that has not stopped corporate interests from convincing regulators in some areas to label waste-to-energy as “renewable”, with all the perks and incentives that go along.  

Please join us on June 22 at 8:00 pm Eastern as we debunk the greenwashing, explore the science behind trash incineration, hear from communities that are on the frontlines of this environmental justice issue and discuss Socialist solutions. You can register for the event here:

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We will tackle the facts around “trash-to-energy”:

GAIA-Facts-about-WTE-incinerators

Energy Justice Net Facts

Plastic Recycling Myths

“The End of Policing” Chapter 1:

https://files.libcom.org/files/Vitale%20-%20The%20End%20of%20Policing%20(Police)%20(2017).pdf

Join us for our April Reading Group. We continue with policing issues, reading and discussing community alternatives to policing. Here are the links for the reading materials:

Candace Avalos column: Stop calling the police and call your neighbors instead

Don't Call The Police: Community-based alternatives to police in your city

Join us for our March Reading Group. We continue with policing issues. We’ll be reading Chapters 10 and 16 in the following link for our next reading group as we explore more alternatives to policing. We will talk through some of what we’ll discuss more in March.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/joe-macare-maya-schenwar-and-alana-yu-lan-price-who-do-you-serve-who-do-you-protect#toc68

Join us for our January Reading Group. We will return to policing issues and look at examples of alternatives to police in the community. The first reading is Chapter 15 in the book “Who do you serve, who do you protect?”. The book is a collection of essays by organizers, legal activists and progressive journalists that take us beyond the 'few bad apples' theory of police violence. The second reading is a in-depth article about one of the programs highlighted in the book chapter.

Chapter 15: Community Groups Work to Provide Emergency Medical Alternatives, Separate From Police by Candice Bernd in “Who do you serve, who do you protect” (book link)

An Alternative to Police That Police Can Get Behind: In Eugene, Oregon, a successful crisis-response program has reduced the footprint of law enforcement—and maybe even the likelihood of police violence. By Rowan Moore Gerety

Join us for our December Reading Group. We will learn about the Colfax massacre of 1873, the legal rulings that stemmed from it and relate it to the “Racecraft” reading group we had in September. In addition, the facilitator had the opportunity to visit Colfax this summer and will have pictures of the notorious white supremacist monument located in the town. Colfax was noted as “The bloodiest single instance of racial carnage in the Reconstruction era, the Colfax massacre taught many lessons, including the lengths to which some opponents of Reconstruction would go to regain their accustomed authority,” according to historian Eric Foner. Subsequent legal rulings in the Colfax case effectively ended reconstruction and ushered in the Jim Crow era.

The 1873 Colfax Massacre Crippled the Reconstruction Era

Join us for our November Reading Group on the 14th at 7:30PM. We will be reading and discussing articles on DSA electoral work:

Breaking Bad: How Obsession with an Independent Workers’ Party Hurts the Socialist Electoral Project

DSA Needs a Party-Building Model

House progressives and moderates united to pass a massive infrastructure deal

Join us for our October Reading Group on the 14th at 7:30PM. We will be reading and discussing an essay published in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields. We will be discussing Chapter 4, which is pp 111-148 in the pdf link of the book.

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Comrades, the September reading group has been postponed to October, due to the facilitator having an unforeseen conflict.

Join us for our July Reading Group on the 8th at 8 PM. We will be reading and discussing the Chapter Platform Planks that passed at our annual convention including, Building a Fighting Labor Movement Through Class Struggle Unionism, Fighting for Medicare for All in the Age of COVID-19, Fighting for Racial Justice & Collective Liberation, Recommit to Electing Socialists for Class Struggle at the Ballot Box, and Tax the Rich to Fund Public Services and Public Sector Union Jobs and what they mean for our organizing in Delco.  You can read them all here.

We will be discussing union organizing.

Primary readings:

Want a union? Here are some things to know.

Inside the Alabama Amazon Union Drive: An Interview with the Lead Organizer

Suggested additional readings:

Forget Your Middle-Class Dreams

Jane McAlevey on How To Organize for Power

Organizing Through the Anxiety

Join us for our next branch reading group. We will focus on police and prison abolition. Zoom link and reading material below:

Main Discussion Resources:

Hope Is a Discipline: Mariame Kaba on Dismantling the Carceral State

Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind

Secondary Discussion Resources:

https://mdcdsa.org/nightschool/resources/police-abolition/

https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/towards-horizon-abolition-conversation-mariame-kaba

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/arresting-the-carceral-state/

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/against-carceral-feminism/

https://micahherskind.medium.com/resource-guide-prisons-policing-and-punishment-effb5e0f6620

https://transformharm.org

Join us for our next branch reading group. We are going to continue reading Jacobin's "The ABC's of Socialism." We will conclude our reading of Jacobin's "The ABCs of Socialism" with the final two essays, "Why do Socialists talk so much about workers?" and "Will Socialism be Boring?". This will be held virtually, zoom link below. All are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member or have read the material.

Here is a link to the pdf of the book

Join us for our next branch reading group. We are going to continue reading Jacobin's "The ABC's of Socialism." In January we continue, starting with the chapter “Wouldn't a more democratic world just mean a bigger environmental crisis?". This will be held virtually, zoom link below. All are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member or have read the material.

Here is a link to the pdf of the book

Join us for our next branch reading group. We are going to continue reading Jacobin's "The ABC's of Socialism." We will read and discuss the chapters “Is socialism a Western concept”, “What about racism? Don’t socialists only care about class?”, “Aren’t socialism and feminism sometimes in conflict?” and “Wouldn't a more democratic world just mean a bigger environmental crisis?". This will be held virtually, zoom link below. All are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member or have read the material.

Here is a link to the pdf of the book