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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

5 weeks to win or lose two endorsed elections! We were out talking to the community last weekend and will be out every weekend up to November 4th! Join us for an upcoming canvass! RSVP using our linktree in bio.

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

Read the full Weekly Update here: mdcdsa.org/chapterupdat...

Love & solidarity,

The MDC DSA Publications Team (7/7)

October 10, 2025 - Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America

OCTOBER 10, 2025 Sign up to have the update emailed directly to your inbox This is the weekly newsletter of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (MDC DSA), which is produced by local members ...

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

Find all this and more at the link in bio + sign up to get the Weekly Update dispatched to your inbox every Friday morning. Covering the District, Northern Virginia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County with action notices, campaign updates, good reads, and news of allied events. (6/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

+ A Socialist Night School focused on the road to public power in DC; a rally in solidarity with FEMA workers; the Metro DC DSA October GBM; No Kings, No Fascists, No Billionaires; and even more ways to plug in! (5/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

And in this week’s DMV Left Community Bulletin: a screening of Cracked Shells hosted by @one_dc and a KYR session hosted by @freedcproject, both TONIGHT! (4/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

A ceasefire marks a step forward in the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation, not the conclusion, and the “peace plan” devised by Trump and Netanyahu has been condemned by the Progressive International as a recipe for further colonization. (3/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

...and the NoVA Mutual Aid Working Group is hosting their first distro on October 12th.

The first phase of a ceasefire deal in Gaza has been reached. Though the details remain unclear, Palestinians in Gaza took to the streets to celebrate the prospect of peace and safety. (2/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

Catch the socialists in the streets this weekend! The Abolition Working Group is wheatpasting for their upcoming coat distribution, @frankieforgreenbelt and @meet.omodamola's teams are canvassing in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties for the final stretch of their electoral campaigns...(1/7)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

This event is intended for federal workers to build community & solidarity with one another over shared food & labor struggle. If you are a current or former federal worker or contractor, you can RSVP here to participate: actionnetwork.org/events/feder...! (2/2)

Federal Workers Circle

Join me at FUN DMV's Federal Workers Circle on Sunday, October 19!

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

CALLING ALL FEDERAL WORKERS & CONTRACTORS (Current & Former)!

The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) and Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) will be holding a potluck at 12PM, followed by a workers’ circle at 1:30PM, on October 19th at Malcolm X Park in DC. (1/2)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

This is mutual aid in action — building community power and providing for our neighbors through direct care.

Love and solidarity,

MDC DSA Abolition Working Group (3/3)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

We’re providing coats to anyone in our community who needs one ahead of the winter — no barriers, no questions asked!

Share this event with anyone you know who might benefit from receiving a coat this year! We’ll have sizes from children to adults and all coats will be clean and ready to wear!(2/3)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 1d

INVEST IN COMMUNTIES, NOT COPS

Join the Abolition Working Group for a free coat giveaway on Saturday, November 1st from 1-5pm at Open Door Baptist Church (5600 Central Ave SE — right near the Capitol Heights Metro!).

RSVP for the event at bit.ly/3VU4Lxv (1/3)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 2d

New times for the Omodamola Williams canvasses this weekend! RSVP: linktr.ee/mdc_dsa

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 4d

TONIGHT! RSVP: bit.ly/428q0zi

Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 12d

INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, NOT COPS

Metro DC DSA’s Abolition Working Group is hosting a fundraiser for our coat drive!

🗓️ Tuesday, October 7th | 6–9PM
📍 Electric Cool Aid | 512 Rhode Island Ave NW

Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 5d

Come out this weekend to canvass for Metro DC DSA’s endorsed candidates, Frankie Fritz and Omodamola Williams!

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Bodily Autonomy Working Group @bawg-mdcdsa.bsky.social · 6d

👻Ghouls Just Want Abortion Access👻

Join BAWG on Saturday, 10/18 from 8-10pm at as you are. DC for a fundraiser for the DC Abortion Fund! We’ll be hosting a dance party with DJ Byte Back, our own block-printed merch, and more!

bit.ly/BAWG_Ghouls (1/6)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

Covering the District, Northern Virginia, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County with action notices, campaign updates, good reads, and news of allied events.

Read the full Weekly Update: mdcdsa.org/chapterupdat...

Love & solidarity,

The MDC DSA Publications team (8/8)

October 3, 2025 - Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America

OCTOBER 3, 2025 Sign up to have the update emailed directly to your inbox This is the weekly newsletter of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (MDC DSA), which is produced by local members o...

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

And in this week's DMV Left community bulletin, attend @savechinatowndc's Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow afternoon.

Find all this and more at the link in bio + sign up to get the Weekly Update dispatched to your inbox every Friday morning. (7/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

...are welcome to attend the religious socialist solidarity service on October 12.

Coming up... No Kings, No Fascists, No Billionaires! Stand up and fight back with our contingent on October 18. (6/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

Other ways to plug in... Support your neighbors at Abolition's coat distribution fundraiser happy hour on October 7, celebrate the Socialist Feminist Section's new stewards at their happy hour on October 9, and all faiths and those seeking spiritual community... (5/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

Its skyrocketing rates leave many in utility debt, it sends thousands of residents shutoff notices each month, and it still sources the majority of its energy from fossil fuels. But there is another way! Learn more on October 15 at 6pm. (4/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

...fights in other sites of struggle against capitalism.

In a couple of weeks, join the chapter's Political Education and We Power working groups for a hybrid Socialist Night School on public power. Most of us know that Pepco sucks. (3/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

Also happening this weekend, a three-day Insider Organizer School in Alexandria, led by workers who spearheaded the Starbucks union campaign. Advancing an emboldened labor movement is one of the best ways to fight back against the powers of capital and backbone... (2/8)

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Metro DC DSA @mdcdsa.org · 8d

Stay vigilant. This weekend, socialists are hitting the streets in Greenbelt and Gaithersburg in the final stretch of Frankie Santos Fritz and Omodamola Williams' electoral campaigns, who are fighting to support working people in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties. (1/8)

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