Want to get more involved? Attend a committee meeting or upcoming event!
** Email to receive Zoom meeting links.
Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆
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📣 6/5: Pack City Hall to Stop Cop City! 📣
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On Monday June 5, City Council will vote on whether to fund Cop City with $30 million of taxpayer dollars! Atlanta DSA is mobilizing our members to pack City Hall on June 5th alongside the scores of other organizations that will be in attendance. We call on City Council to vote NO on Cop City and fund Atlanta's working-class communities instead!
Schedule:
11am - Public Comment Signup Opens
1pm - City Council Meeting Starts, Public Comment Signup Ends
2pm - Public Comment Starts
We're staying until the meeting's over!
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✊ DSA Stands with Solidarity Fund Organizers ✊
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This past Wednesday, three organizers with the Atlanta Solidarity Fund were arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on charges of “money laundering” and “charity fraud” in an apparent effort to develop a RICO-like case against the Stop Cop City protest movement. These charges against civil rights organizers represent yet another scare tactic and unwarranted escalation by the same elite forces conspiring to build Cop City. Atlanta DSA stands with the defendents and calls for the immediate release of the arrested organizers with all charges dropped.
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Join ATL DSA's labor committee for an in-person workplace roundtable at 711 Catherine St SW Monday, June 12th from 7:00-9:00 PM.
This roundtable will be an informal discussion on workplace organizing strategies, and what challenges people are facing in their own workplaces. Be prepared to introduce yourself, and share your experiences and advice with comrades on having workplace organizing conversations, strategies, and more! This event is open to members and non-members of all levels of experience!
This month, we will review Lesson 1 of Secrets of a Successful Organizer, which you can purchase at your next DSA event for $15.
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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 15th at 7PM, where we're reading Prisoners of the American Dream by Mike Davis. We encourage everyone to read ahead of time, but all are welcome to join the discussion!
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🎳 Bowling over the Capitalists🎳
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Get ready for a little fun competition! We'll have a bowling night in north Decatur, Friday, June 16, 2023 • 6:00 -10:00 PM at the Comet bowling lanes (1458 Church St suite E, Decatur, GA). The winners will get a prize of some Atlanta DSA swag (and possibly more...)
Come talk, play, and shoot the lanes with us. Drop in any time between 6-10pm -- and be prepared to rent your own bowling shoes.
Most importantly... RSVP AHEAD OF TIME! That way we know how many lanes we'll need to book.
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🎓 NPEC Foundational Political Education Series 🎓
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The DSA National Political Education Committee is excited to announce the premier run of our new Foundational Political Education Series, made up of three parts, including: "What is Capitalism?", "What is Socialism?", and "Why the Working Class?" Each session will include a DSA speaker, followed by discussion time in a small group and comradely atmosphere. The three sessions will run an hour and a half, with a 30-minute presentation and an hour for discussion.
These sessions are limited to 25 participants, so please RSVP early!
All sessions will be 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
June 10th "Why the Working Class?" with Eric Blanc
June 17th "What is Capitalism?" with Sanjiv Gupta
*Zoom links will be emailed out to participants who have RSVP'd
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🎸Labor Solidarity Fundraiser Show! ⚡
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Enjoy some tunes and fund raise for labor solidarity at our #Strike Solidarity fundraiser concert at Innerspace in Underground Atlanta.
Doors at 7, Music Starts at 8
Entry: $15-$25 sliding scale
To get in, show your receipt of donation to our solidarity fund or pay at the door.
Set list:
Hostage Pit
Broke
Phantom Limb
Alley Rainy
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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 by 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 committee at [email protected]. Plus, if you or anyone you know works in the film industry, you can submit tips on filming locations to [email protected]!
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🎨 ATLDSA T-Shirt Contest 🎨
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Your art deserves to be seen by more people, and should serve a purpose. Does that sound like you? Make a submission to the Atlanta DSA T-Shirt contest and make it a reality! Help Atlanta organizers rep justice, democratic socialism, and good trouble wherever we go. Submissions can be submitted at here and are due by June 15th. If you have questions, get in touch!
Note: Designs submitted to the Atlanta DSA T-Shirt Contest become the property of Atlanta DSA if selected as a winning submission. The winning designs will be used, printed, and distributed on clothing by Atlanta DSA, and only Atlanta DSA.
The contest will run from June 1st thru July 15th, and final winners will be chosen on July 22nd by the General Meeting.
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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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🍽 2023 Douglas Debs Dinner 🍽
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Each year since our Atlanta DSA chapter formed in 2006–except for a two-year pandemic gap–we have invited Atlanta’s progressive community to our Douglass-Debs awards dinner, to help us honor outstanding role models and leaders, celebrate our accomplishments during the previous year, and enjoy an evening of comradeship. Last year’s dinner resumed this tradition with great success
In keeping with our tribute to organized labor, we will host the 2023 Douglass-Debs Dinner in the IBEW Hall Auditorium at 153 Richardson Street SW in downtown Atlanta on Friday, August 26, 2023.
The dinner is a great opportunity to meet with other community activists and hear from inspiring speakers. Ticket sales and patron contributions will raise funds for our coalition partners, local community organizing, labor union strike support. Reduced-cost tickets will be available for students and other low-income comrades. For more information contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you there!
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