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Across San Mateo County, your comrades are building power to take on the capitalist class. Are you in?

Join DSA!

A better world is possible: You don’t have to settle for a half-life under the boot of fascist oligarchy!

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the United States because we’re a member-driven mass movement, not a donor-managed party or nonprofit.

As a political and activist organization, we believe that workers should run both the economy and civil society. We show our commitment to this democratic principle by being an organization of, by, and for the working class.

After all, the people have the knowledge–and the labor power–to build a shared future where everyone can

Want to get involved with Peninsula DSA? Join us!

Since its founding in 2017, Peninsula DSA has been run by comrades volunteering their time, skills, and dollars to the cause of collective liberation. When you join our chapter, our Membership co-chairs will connect you to our local organizing work and invite you to the PDSA Discord server, our virtual HQ for coordinating between meetings and events.

Meet Your Comrades!

Whether you join us in person or online, we look forward to organizing with you! Peninsula DSA’s confirmed meetings and social events–plus community meetings and more–can all be found on our

:rose: General Meetings

Our chapter’s monthly general meetings, usually held on 3rd Sundays at 4-6pm, are key to coordinating our organizing efforts. We host presentations on socialist topics, hold democratic discussions (and vote!) on chapter priorities, and always share updates from our Steering Committee and working groups. If you’re a chapter member, attending general meetings is the best way to stay engaged and up-to-date!

  • Chapter meetings are usually held virtually on the PDSA Discord: #general.

:rose: Reading Group

The people who came before us have a lot to teach us! Our political reading group meets at least once a month to discuss socialist books and articles democratically chosen by participants. We read everything from Karl Marx to Malcolm Harris.

  • Read more here or on the PDSA Discord: #reading-group.

:rose: Working Groups

Our working groups organize socialist campaigns and/or join coalitions around issues that empower the working class. They each have their own leadership structure and meeting schedule.

:earth_africa: Ecosocialism

Our Ecosocialism working group continues to organize for building energy justice and holding PG&E accountable for its dirty, dangerous, and unreliable fossil-fuel energy. We have run workshops on making DIY air purifiers to protect against wildfire smoke and airborne pathogens, and have distributed money-saving energy efficiency tips to renters.

  • Read more here or on the PDSA Discord: #ecosocialism

:hospital: Healthcare Justice

Our Healthcare Justice working group continues to organize for Medicare for All. We endorse and support the California Nurses Association’s (CNA) statewide universal healthcare campaign, CalCare. Though AB 1690 and then AB 2200 didn’t make it to the floor of the California legislature, Guaranteed Healthcare for All bill will be back again soon—and we’ll be there to fight for it.

  • Read more here or on the PDSA Discord: #healthcare

:city_sunrise: Housing

ACTIVE! Our Housing working group seeks to fight corporate greed and guarantee dignified housing for all. We’re organizing with Faith in Action Bay Area’s coalition to win rent control and tenant protections in Redwood City through a 2026 citizens’ ballot measure campaign.

  • Read more here or on the PDSA Discord: #housing and #affordable-rwc

:fist: Labor

Our Labor working group continues to show solidarity with local unions–especially AFSCME Local 829, AFT 1493, and Teamsters Local 2785—-on the picket line, at board meetings, and anywhere we’re needed.

  • Read more here and join your labor-minded comrades on the PDSA Discord: #labor

:station: Public Transit

ACTIVE! With a mandate from our chapters 2024 convention, Peninsula DSA is developing our own Transit 4 All campaign in coalition with Transbay Coalition.

  • Read more here and join your public transit-loving comrades on the PDSA Discord: #transit

:children_crossing: Universal Preschool

Our Universal Preschool working group, which spearheaded the Yes on Measure DD / Preschool for All South San Francisco ballot measure campaign (2022), continues to organize for universal preschool in San Mateo County.

  • Read more here or on the PDSA Discord: #universal-preschool

:rose: Social Events

I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy.
– Emma Goldman, Living My Life (1931)

First Fridays: Socialize with Socialists!

Come join your comrades after work to talk about socialism! Each month, we alternate between bayside and coastside locations, and usually pick a venue (with outdoor seating) where under 21s are welcome.

Play & Praxis: Socialist Game Night!

Defy capitalist productivity by engaging in revolutionary play! Our socialist game nights create space to practice agency and imagine a collective, liberated future through cooperative games. Favorites have included Strike! The Game of Worker Rebellion and Co-opoly (both designed by the worker-owned cooperative TESA Collective). We’ve also played Bloc by Bloc: Uprising and The Resistance.

  • Read more on the PDSA Discord: #play-n-praxis