Kitchen Brew Beer Tasting
Join us at the Kitchen Brew brewery in Allschwil for a tour of the facilities, a tasting, and a Bavarian pretzel!
DACH Basel has arranged this exclusive tour for our members and we would love to see you there.
Additional glasses of beer can be purchased at cost from the brewery.
Proceeds from this event will be used for our Get Out the Vote efforts.
DA Discussions: Partisan Tribalism and the 2020 Elections
DA Discussions is back! This month our theme is:
Partisan Tribalism and the 2020 Elections
Suggested Readings:
- American politics is tribal. Are we ready to admit that? - Shadi Hamid, The Guardian
- The Threat of Tribalism - Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, The Atlantic
- Trump, the politics of fear and racism: How our brains can be manipulated to tribalism - Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation
- Does American "Tribalism" End in a Compromise, or a Fight? - Laila Lalami, The New York Times Magazine
- "Tribalism" doesn't explain our political conflicts - Adam Rothman, The Washington Post
- The Trump Era's Tribalism Discourse: Reflections on a "Weird Euphemism" - Charles McCrary, The Revealer
- Why Trump Has Such a Hold on His Followers (And what you can do about it) - Karin Tamerius, Medium
- A Cure for our tribal politics - Devaka Premawardhana, Newsday
- With impeachment, America's epistemic crisis has arrived - David Roberts, Vox
- Hidden Tribes: A Study of America's Polarized Landscape - Stephen Hawkins, Daniel Yudkin, Miriam Juan-Torres, and Tim Dixon
About DA Discussions:
We examine various facets of democracy in group discussions facilitated by political scientist Michael Contarino, Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire.
Contarino founded and directed the Politics and Society program at UNH-Manchester, the UNH-in-Italy program, and the UNH-Manchester Florence program at Palazzo Rucellai. He has taught World Politics; US and World Affairs; International Relations Theory; Politics and Society; Dictatorship and Democracy; Politics and Propaganda in Film; The Politics of Food; and Business, Government, and Society, among other topics.
Each event will cover a different topic and offer complementary readings. The readings are intended to provide insight into the topic at hand but are completely optional.
All are welcome!
This event is free of charge, but we will gladly accept donations from any US citizens who attend the event. Democrats Abroad Switzerland is a volunteer organization that relies on donations to be able to provide outreach, voter education, and voter registration services.
RSVP to Kristen to receive the Zoom link.
DACH Geneva Book Club - October 2020
For October, we will be reading and discussing The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss. This is part of a Swiss-wide DACH celebration for the 19th amendment ratification. We are encouraging members from around the country to join and are extremely excited to announce that Elaine Weiss will be joining our meeting!
Interested in participating but haven't read the book? We have a supply of both versions of the book available for CHF 15. Please contact vice-chair@democrats.ch if you would like to obtain a copy!
Additional information about this (and future) event(s) can be found here.
The October meeting will be held via Zoom. If you are not already on the Geneva Book Club mailing list, please send Sam an email letting him know you would like to be included.
Tex-Mex Cooking Course Fundraiser
Join Stacy Streuli of Lone Star Kitchen for a Tex-Mex Cooking Course, with funds being raised to support Democrats Abroad. Learn to make Guacamole, Fajitas, Enchiladas and more. Guests may join you at the end to enjoy your creations!
- Participant: CHF 75
- Guest of participant: CHF 45
DACH Zurich Potluck Picnic
The new DACH Zurich leadership was psyched to welcome our members to a potluck picnic as our first chapter meeting! The food was great (and plentiful - very American) and the company was even better! Please join us at our August meeting!
DACH Zurich Democratic Debate Watch Party
This was a great event which inspired a lot of discussion among the attendees. We were disappointed in the short 15 second answer times available to the candidates. We felt the candidates weren't able to give much substance in such a short time.
The food and company were top notch, however, and we hope you can join us for our next watch party!
