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Organizing to prevent evictions in the largest apt building in DC! ¡Organizándonos para evitar los desalojos en el edificio de apts más grande de DC!

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Peoples Defense DC and the Woodner Tenants Union will host a joint moving screening of Which Way Home on Saturday, October 24th @ 1:30 pm est hosted at the Woodner Tenants Union office (Room B441) in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month/Indigenous Peoples Day and to answer the call of the Anti-Imperialist League to resist US imperialism in Latin America, which is the root cause of displacement and migration of all Latin Americans in this country who are subjected to terror everyday, whether in the workplace by the boss or in the neighborhoods by ICE. We say enough! We also plan on having pizzas and sodas, so prepare to attend with a little appetite.

📍3636 16th St NW, Room B441
📅 Saturday, October 24
🕝1:30 PM

Yankees out of Latin America!

Stop the attack on immigrant masses!

Fight and Resist ICE terror!

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El Comité de Defensa Popular y el Sindicato de Inquilinos del Woodner organizarán una proyección conjunta de la película *Which Way Home* este Sábado 24 de Octubre a la 1:30 p.m. en la oficina del sindicato (Sala B441). Este evento se realiza en honor al Mes de la Herencia Hispana y al Día de los Pueblos Indígenas, y para atender el llamado de la Liga Antiimperialista a resistir el imperialismo estadounidense en América Latina; este imperialismo es la causa raíz del desplazamiento y la migración de todos los latinoamericanos en este país, quienes sufren terror a diario, ya sea en el trabajo por parte de los jefes o en sus vecindarios por parte de ICE. ¡Decimos basta! También habrá pizza y refrescos, así que vengan con buen apetito.

📍 3636 16th St NW, Sala B441
📅 Sábado 24 de octubre
🕝1:30 p. m.

¡Yankees fuera de América Latina!

¡Alto al ataque contra las masas inmigrantes!

¡Lucha y resiste el terror de ICE! by @woodnerunion

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2 days ago

D.C. tenant rights came from struggle!

Tenant organizations from across D.C. joined the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Woodner Tenants Union on Sunday for a group study of the D.C. Tenant Bill of Rights and the history of working-class struggle that created these protections. At a time when landlords are funneling millions into supporting politicians and initiatives designed to weaken these protections, it's all the more important for us to assert that housing is a human right that we will fight to secure and defend! by @woodnerunion

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12 days ago

DC Tenants: Know Your Rights!

DC tenant rights are under attack! Join PSL and the Wooder Tenant Union for a group study of the DC Tenant Bill of Rights, how we won the tenant protections we have, and how we can defend them now from landlords, far-right politicians, and Trump’s pro-billionaire class agenda. All are invited, whether you’re part of a tenant union already or looking to start one!

🗓 Sunday, October 4
🕒 3PM
📍 DC Liberation Center
337 H St NE by @woodnerunion

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24 days ago

DC Landlords Demand Congress Overturn Home Rule to Attack Renters

Washington, D.C.’s significant tenant protections were won by the same mass struggle that defeated Jim Crow segregation in D.C. and secured Home Rule and other progressive victories. It’s no coincidence the ruling class is attacking both of them now.

A group of D.C. landlords calling themselves the “DC Housing Recovery Coalition” represented by CEO and landlord Dean Hunter has published a letter to far-right Rep. James Comer calling on the federal government to overturn local tenant protections. Its targets include rent stabilization, “Just Cause” eviction laws, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), Emergency Rental Assistance, DCHA Housing Vouchers, expedite the eviction process, and more. Many of these have already been chipped away at by pro-landlord Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration in recent years.

For a landlord, a house or apartment is just another way to make money - and something to deny to those who can’t pay. But for working people, a house isn’t a business asset - it’s the place they live!

It’s no coincidence that D.C.’s tenant rights are protected by Home Rule - or that both are now the enemies of the ruling class that supports both Trump and Bowser. Working-class Black Washingtonians fought for and won both of them through a struggle for Black freedom that tore down Jim Crow apartheid in D.C. and across the country. The only way to secure all our rights is to pick up the fight for D.C. Statehood and for socialism - a system where the government answers to the needs of the people - not the demands of private profit! by @woodnerunion

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Office Team got us extra organized today! 🥰🧹🖇📑🖊 by @woodnerunion

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This Sunday, SAI joined our comrades at the Woodner Tenant's Union office for our final session of Summer Against Imperialism!

Readings included Chapter 4 of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, as well as "The Necessity of Organization: The League of Revolutionary Struggle and the Watsonville Canning Strike" by Peter Shapiro.

The bare-minimum tenant's rights and worker protections we take for granted today were won decades ago by revolutionary organizers. Those rights are under attack. Just this month, Dean Hunter and Mayor Bowser moved to encroach on tenants' hard-won rights. Our study informed our discussion about how the working class—by organizing as tenants, laborers, and students—can build power to fight back and win a better, more democratic world.

In addition to the @woodnerunion, this summer we were joined by dozens of comrades, including some from the @gucoalitionforworkers and the @gwlaborcouncil. We look forward to continuing to learn together and strengthening our movement. If you are interestedly in getting involved, come to SAI's next group study event! by @woodnerunion

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2 months ago

🗣️GUARD OUT OF DC!

🗓️SAT. AUGUST 15
🕓12:00 PM
📍14th & U Street NW

One year on, and Donald Trump’s occupation of Washington D.C. has been a total disaster. Billions in taxpayer money have been used to create a state of terror and violence on working-class and immigrant communities. Out-of-state governors, Republican and Democrat, have assisted in Trump’s deployment with their national guard, attacking the home rule of the District.

The people of Washington, D.C. have resisted these attacks: by defending our neighbors from federal agents, speaking out against racist policies of the White House and Congress, and taking to the streets to demand no business as usual. On the year anniversary, let’s demand a D.C. that is for its residents — not a stage for Trump and the right-wing! taken in Washington, DC by @woodnerunion

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2 months ago

This one's been a long time coming. After 6 years, our union members are finally getting cards!!! And we've got special ones for the neighbors who've lived here for 10+ years. Yay! by @woodnerunion

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Join SAI and the Woodner Tenant Union for SAI's last week of Summer Against Imperialism!

SAI is very grateful for the partnership we have been able to build with the WTU. We recognize the importance of building relationships with organizations and communities off campus, as students attending a university that has facilitated the gentrification of much of DC. Studying in solidarity with each other is crucial to building a stronger movement.

DC tenants are under attack. Dean Hunter and his “D.C. Housing Recovery Coalition” are lobbying the federal government to strip away tenant rights and take over DC housing. Mayor Bowser is pushing a new housing “Investment Protection Act” to further fast-track evictions. The housing crisis will escalate as long as capitalism persists — the fight for socialism is the fight to abolish the system that prioritizes profit over human rights.

Texts for discussion will include:

Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis
by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis
Chapter 4

“The Necessity of Organization: The League of Revolutionary Struggle and the Watsonville Canning Strike”
by Peter Shapiro

Join us on Sunday, August 16, at 6pm. RSVP in bio! by @woodnerunion

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2 months ago

Multilingual pals! This only happens once a year, so don't miss it! This is a special offering in collaboration with our wonderful neighbor @spanishwithariel!

In this weekend intensive, you will have the opportunity to gain the foundational skills for doing consecutive and simultaneous language interpretation. We do this once a year to promote language justice in community settings and to raise some funds for our union!

Times: Saturday August 1st, from 12pm to 6pm, and Sunday August 2nd, from 9am to 4pm.

The cost for the 10-hour certification is $300, and includes training from a professional interpreter and educator and great food prepared by local vendors. And you get to see our cute union office! Sliding scale and limited scholarships are available. Visit our bio to register. SPREAD THE WORD! by @woodnerunion

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3 months ago

TENANT POWER GETS THE GOODS!

After decades of undemocratic developer rule in DC, we are now set to have a Mayor who has stood with tenants on rent strike and a Ward 1 Councilwoman who has helped organize a rent strike herself. We are so proud to have been a part of this movement, and are so proud of every tenant and neighbor who has contributed to this fight over the last 10 months. A particular shout-out goes to the Woodner Tenants' Union and the Tivoli Gardens Tenants Association, which gave historic electoral endorsements for Aparna Raj. The struggle against the landlords continues, but we've taken a great step forward.

VENCEREMOS! taken in Washington D. C. by @woodnerunion

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4 months ago

Siguiendo el poema de Shirley de la semana pasada, ¡otro vecino Chris lo adaptó al español!

¡Ven a unirte a nuestra pequeña marcha para votación mañana a las 12! ¡Encuéntranos en el lobby!

Following up on Shirley's poem from last week, another neighbor Chris adapted it to Spanish!

Come join our little march to the polls tomorrow at 12! Meet at the lobby! by @woodnerunion

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