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REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Campaign Coordinator
Membership Coordinator
Secretary
Treasurer
EWOC

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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FOCUS CAMPAIGNS

Campaigns shall be strategically focused, with specific goals to advance socialism and build power for the working class. They should involve organizing for power and mass mobilization of WCU's membership and the broader working class in San Joaquin County. Campaigns represent significant long-term commitments of time and resources by WCU. At any given time, WCU shall maintain no more than two active priority campaigns.

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Goals of Working class unity

Build solidarity among the SJC working class

“Solidarity is not the same as support. To experience solidarity, we must have a community of interests, shared beliefs, and goals around which to unite to build Sisterhood. Support can be occasional. It can be given and just as easily withdrawn. Solidarity requires sustained, ongoing commitment.” – Bell Hooks

Rebuild the social fabric – socialism is not just about elections and policy
Through collective organization, we can create mass protagonists

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RENEW FOCUS CAMPAIGN: �TENANT UNION

Finished canvassing CalVilla Townhomes
If reauthorized, need to schedule the following ASAP:

A time/location for the First Meeting
Two days to canvas in person
One day to do an online outreach to previously contacted tenants
A Focus Campaign Meeting to draft first meeting material (a week before meeting)

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PROPOSAL FOR FOCUS CAMPAIGN: �FREE PALESTINE

Proposal: The Free Palestine Focus Campaign should primarily be focused on three strategies:

Specifically targeting Rep. Josh Harder for his stances & votes
Pulling people away from the Democratic Party and building capacity/coalitions
Developing new methods and strategies for building working class power

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Target Josh harder

Educate the public about Josh’s role in Congress and enabling Israel
Develop tactics that can be used against enemies in the future

Researching who his support structures are
Undermining leadership of other organizations/institutions that may support him by reaching out to the rank-and-file membership

North Valley Labor Federation has endorsed Harder again

SEIU 2015, AFSME, CWA, UHW, Teamsters

Building coalitions outside of left-wing circles

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Building a new party

Voting for the lesser evil has not worked for over half a century here

Both major parties represent different shades of capitalist interests
Democrats shift to the right, inadvertently strengthening right-wing forces
Popular fronts give them credibility and cost us credibility

We need an independent socialist movement

One that does not compromise its principles in the face of limited and false choices presented within a capitalist framework
Requires setting goals that are years down the line, not the next election cycle

We need international solidarity between socialist movements/parties to prevent ongoing and future genocides

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New methods and strategies

Previous anti-war movements, from SDS and the Vietnam War and the large anti-Iraq War protests, were largely unsuccessful

In the end, the Vietnamese defeated the United States, and the United States was forced to come to a mutual agreement with the Taliban

Foreign policy has moved further and further away from public control
We cannot keep repeating dead rituals
Analysis > Action

The United States has not slowed down Israel even a little so far

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Dead rituals

Public meetings and rallies
Selling newspapers
Petitions
Leafleting
Pickets
Lobbying legislatures
Pacificist marching

Random sit-ins and street closures
Withholding tax
Posting online
Using the media
Running in elections
Solidarity campaigns

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Concrete actions

Central valley unions – Pushing Your Local to Support Ceasefire
Teach-in about the current Palestine/Israel situation
Article: Josh’s Connection to Bessemer Venture Partners
Phone bank Josh’s donors
Publicly pressure Democratic Party members
Continue to phone bank supporters

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PROPOSAL FOR FOCUS CAMPAIGN: �FREE PALESTINE

Vote to authorize focus campaign will be on February 1st

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SIDE-QUEST: Free Palestine

Teach-in about the current Palestine/Israel situation

Clarification on wanting a democratic country with true equality
Explain how other countries buy their military weapons
How does it affect people at home? (military intervention = austerity)

Article: Josh’s Connection to Bessemer Venture Partners
Publicly pressure Democratic Party members
Hold another rally that is more mass teach-in?

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BYLAW MODIFICAITON

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SECTION 2: DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL OF NON-CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES
A non-campaign activity can gain democratic approval by being brought as a proposal to the general body at a General Meeting. The proposal will require a simple majority of general meeting attendees. For urgent actions between General Meetings, any member can bring a proposal with five co-signers to the Steering Committee. Should the Steering Committee vote not to approve the proposal or judge it to be non-urgent, it can still be approved at the next General Meeting

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BYLAW MODIFICAITON

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SECTION 2: DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL OF NON-CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES��A non-campaign activity can gain democratic approval by being brought as a proposal to the general body at a General Meeting. The proposal will require a simple majority of general meeting attendees.

For urgent actions between General Meetings, any member can bring a proposal to the Membership. The action can be approved with quorum plus one approving the action, or three members in good standing, whichever number is higher. Steering Committee members cannot make up half or majority of the votes. If approved, the Steering Committee, Membership Committee, or a delegation will be in charge of accomplishing the action.

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ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Steering Committee WhatsApp

Select and vote to approve a communication channel for Steering Committee that is open and available to the Membership

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IRS Form 1024-A

Vote on a day for Treasurer and interested Members to complete the 1024-A form in order to complete the

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Financial Report

Campaign Coordinator
Membership Coordinator
Secretary
Treasurer
EWOC

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