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Join Las Vegas DSA’s Racial Justice Committee to learn how socialists can get involved in building Indigenous empowerment. Special guest Teresa Melendez, Vice Chair of the Nevada Statewide Native American Caucus, will go over priorities for this legislative session and key action items. Q&A will follow the presentation.

Las Vegas DSA’s Labor Committee has started a reading group to discuss Jane McAlevey’s book ​”No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age.”​ The book goes over how and why unions need to focus on building “actual power” through organizing rather than “pretend power” through advocacy and mobilizing.

Las Vegas DSA’s Socialist Feminist and Racial Justice committees have started a reading group to discuss How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

January 14th @ 7pm PT: We lay out some unique features of fascism and explore the relationship between fascism, capitalism, and socialism. Then, we discuss the debate involving whether Donald Trump and his supporters constitute a fascist movement.

December 10th @ 7pm PT: LVDSA's Socialist Feminist committee is taking over this month's Socialist Night School with a look at sex worker's rights and a discussion of how socialists should get involved in the fight.

Join Las Vegas DSA as we sit down with current Nevada Assembly District 21 representative, Ozzie Fumo, to talk about why his current race for Nevada Supreme Court is such an important one for Nevada and why leftist groups like DSA should support him.

Formerly known as our weekly Fireside chats, LVDSA will be hosting recurring Poolside chats on Zoom every Monday night at 6:30 PM for the duration of our COVID-19 crisis efforts.

Our Annual General Meeting will take place May 21st at 6:30 PM.

As long as you're a DSA dues-paying member, you are eligible to run for any of the open LVDSA Executive Board positions.