🗓 What's Going on This Week? 🗓
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Want to get more involved? Attend a committee meeting or upcoming event!
Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆
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⚡ TODAY: Strike Ready Phonebank! ⚡
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🛩 Thursday: Delta AFA Rally 🛩
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Join Atlanta DSA in showing solidarity with organizing Delta flight attendants! We'll be meeting at the airport at 10 am Thursday 5/25. We strongly suggest taking MARTA and connecting with other attendees by emailing [email protected]
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🛑 Stop Cop City Organizing 🛑
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This Wednesday May 24th, Atlanta City Council's Finance/Executive Committee will vote on whether to move forward $31 million in public funding for Cop City construction. Join Atlanta DSA and allied organizations for a press conference at 11am on the steps of City Hall as we urge City Council to Vote NO on Cop City!
If the proposal moves forward, it is likely to come to a full City Council vote on Monday June 5th. Sign up here to get involved with DSA's work to oppose Cop City over the coming weeks, as part of a broader coalition campaign called the "People's Campaign to Stop Cop City."
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📋 Stop Cop City Canvassing 📋
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Join Atlanta DSA as we campaign to pressure the City of Atlanta to vote NO on Cop City and invest the $31 million in community not cops! We're reaching out to Atlanta residents who live near the proposed Cop City construction site in order to discuss how they feel about the project, and to inform them about the upcoming City Council vote planned for June 5th.
We're meeting up in the park behind Frederick Wilson Benteen Elementary School. Wear a mask and bring a friend. Make sure to download the free MiniVAN canvassing app ahead of time (App Store / Google Play). No experience needed. This event will happen rain or shine, so please bring an umbrella and raincoat in case of rain.
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🌹May General Meeting Recap 🌹
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This past Saturday, we held our monthly General Meeting at the local Teamsters 728 union hall. We heard from UPS Teamsters workers on their contract demands and how we can be strike ready!
We also held elections for delegate to the 2023 DSA National Convention, with more than seventy-five Atlanta DSA members voting. Congratulations to Sumter A, Kelsea B, Wendell B, Olivia H, Ramion H, Barbara J, Nate K, Julie L, Brandon M, Christopher-Robin M, Kirby M, Matt M, Matthew N, Marco O, Avik P, Brian R, and Gabriel S for being elected delegate and to Owen H and Nicole P for being elected alternate! Great job by all comrades who participated in the election process and good luck to those going to Chicago!
Finally, we unanimously passed a resolution to join the People’s Campaign to Stop Cop City. Read the full text of the resolution at atldsa.org/res23-9.
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Atlanta DSA's Book Club explores a range of topics in socialist theory. We discuss big picture ideas about history, economics, and politics. Our next meeting is Thursday June 1st at 7PM This week we’re reading Chapter 5, "The Political Economy of Late Imperial America". of Prisoners of the American Dream by Mike Davis. We encourage everyone to read ahead of time, but all are welcome to join the discussion! join our next meeting!
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✈️ Fair Wages For Airport Service Workers ✈️
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We are making our voices heard and marching to Delta Headquarters to demand that essential airport service workers wages are raised to $15/hr.
Join us on June 3rd, 2023, at 10:30 AM (March will start at 11:00 AM) at Holiday Inn & Suites Atlanta Airport-North. 1380 Virginia Ave, Atlanta GA, 30344
If you're interested in attending with ATL DSA, please email our labor committee at [email protected]!
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⚡Donate to Support Strike Solidarity! ⚡
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Militant labor actions are spreading like wildfire! With WGA on strike and the Teamsters preparing for a potential nationwide strike in August, we need all hands on deck to stand with workers in these fights!
ATL DSA is fundraising for food, drinks, and supplies for the picket line! DONATE NOW to our labor solidarity fund to help purchase snacks, drinks, and other materials for our labor solidarity work.
Plus, commit to join Atlanta-based WGA workers on the picket line and support their strike efforts if and when they plan actions in Atlanta buy signing on here!
If you or anyone you know is a WGA member who'd like to get involved, please reach out to our labor commit at [email protected].
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📝 Fill Out the 2023 Labor Survey 📝
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At the 2022 Atlanta DSA Chapter Convention, members decided to prioritize our Chapter's labor work. We are building the labor movement by showing up for workers on the picket line, building relationships with rank-and-file union members, and helping our own members organize their workplaces.
But to do this, we need your help! Fill out our 2023 Labor Survey to tell us about yourself, your workplace, and the ways you'd like to help get involved in our work.
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💸 Donate to the GoFundMe for fired Amazon workers 💸
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Amazon workers in Atlanta, GA decided to exert their right to organize for better wages and working conditions. However, instead of listening to their concerns, the company responded with many forms of retaliation - including firing two workers.
As we continue the fight against Amazon's retaliatory practices, we are reaching out to you to ask for help in financially supporting a few of the fired ATL6 workers during this tough time.
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Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America - atldsa.org
Fighting for the many, not the few
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