MAJORITY

News for the East Bay's diverse, working-class majority.

Brought to you by the Democratic Socialists of America, East Bay chapter.

East Bay DSA
October 30, 2020

With Prop 15, a COVID schools recovery for all students

Distance learning is exacerbating learning gaps between students. But funding from Prop 15 could provide the wraparound services we need for an equitable recovery for all students.

October 29, 2020

AC Transit workers and riders won free PPE for every rider. But bigger fights are on the way.

Workers and riders pressured AC Transit into providing free masks and hand sanitizer for all riders. We’ll need more popular pressure like that to save our public transit system.

October 27, 2020

Billionaires are trying to buy the Oakland school board… again

Billioniares have dumped more than $1m into the Oakland School Board race. Here’s what they want and how you can vote to stop them.

October 22, 2020

Los inmigrantes indocumentados se enfrentan a Covid sin una red de seguridad social

David Cremins, con asistencia en la traducción por Isaac Harris Adelaida Ríos es una trabajadora de salud comunitaria en La Clínica de la Raza, donde ha ayudado a dirigir un centro de pruebas Covid en el barrio de Fruitvale en Oakland desde mayo. Su equipo administra más de 100 pruebas al día, mientras cambia entre […]

October 22, 2020

Oakland’s immigrants face Covid without a safety net

Excluded from federal relief bills and abandoned by Gov. Newsom, immigrants in Oakland are facing Covid without protections.

October 05, 2020

Profiles in solidarity: AC Transit workers stand with striking AHS workers

Majority spoke with AC Transit workers about their support for the Alameda Health System workers’ strike.

September 28, 2020

Big Tech is the enemy of public transit

Tech billionaires can’t solve the problems with our transportation system. We need a working-class movement to win high-quality, sustainable public transit for all.

September 28, 2020

Prop 15: A reform with revolutionary implications

Big corporations are fighting to stop Prop 15, which would tax them fairly to fund schools, hospitals, and parks. Teachers, nurses, and socialists are fighting back.

September 24, 2020

AHS #StrikeReady Profiles

We photographed and interviewed East Bay DSA members who are patients of AHS, as well as members of our union partners in the Alameda County Coalition for Healthy Communities, about why they are supporting the upcoming strike.

September 01, 2020

We can afford to get rid of bus fares — permanently

Our public bus service is facing cuts of up to 30%. But we need to expand public transit — and make it fare-free, as AC Transit Board candidate Jovanka Beckles proposes.