We are a group of socialists, anticapitalists, and environmentalists who are trying to coordinate a large conference call on September 13th, which we're hoping will provide an opportunity for like-minded leftist groups to get together in one digital space and devise a strategy to pool our resources and start working in concert to make some serious change. We are hoping that you or anyone else involved in your group would be interested in attending to represent your group in this discussion.

The first-ever meeting of the Democratic Socialists of Vancouver (DSV) was held at Trout Lake in East Vancouver on Sunday, July 26. Over 20 people attended throughout the afternoon, comprising activists from a range of movements and at least 13 different campaigns or groups from across the Lower Mainland.

Come on out for a sunny Saturday meet and greet with socialists of all stripes from across Vancouver. We are non-sectarian, inclusive, and accepting of leftists who reject the rigged economic system imposed by capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequities throughout our economic, political, and social systems. Perhaps nowhere is this injustice more pronounced than in our jails, prisons, and detention centres.

The Democratic Socialists of Vancouver join in condemning the murder of George Floyd and in expressing our solidarity with local and worldwide movements committed to alleviating state violence against Black and other racialized peoples. Police violence serves to enforce the rules and laws that allow capital to continue its oppressions of racialized and working class people. The movement against systemic racism and police violence is an essential part of fighting for a better world.

Bernie’s historic campaign and all the potential for transformation it carries has only made it as far as it has because of people like this chipping in whatever they can.