Eat, Drink, and Be Marxist this Thursday!

🗓 What's Going On this Week? 🗓

Want to get more involved? Attend a committee meeting or upcoming event!

*🌹 = Great for first-timers! 

 

Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆

 

🌹 November General Meeting 🌹

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Join us for Atlanta DSA's monthly General Meeting Nov 18th at CWA 3204 Hall, 279 Logan St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312! We will hear the latest from our chapter's campaigns and committees, discuss current events in the chapter, and debate and vote on resolutions. All members are encouraged to attend, and interested non-members are welcome!

 

This meeting will be held in person, with an informal potluck/social starting at 1PM, and business running from 2:00-4:00 PM. So bring your favorite dish, and a friend that's curious about getting involved with DSA.

 

Agenda (updated approximately one week before meeting): atldsa.org/agenda.

 

Please wear a mask! For the health and safety of all, all ATL DSA event attendees must be fully vaccinated.

 

🍻 Eat Drink, & Be Marxist 🍻

Eat, Drink, and Be Marxist is BACK! Every Third Thursday, DSA members will gather at Red's Beer Garden to socialize, make connections, and discuss the upcoming business for Saturday's General Meeting.

 

Be prepared to meet someone new, and drink responsibly! This event will officially end no later than 9pm, but may end earlier -- however, the beer garden stays open until 10.

 

Since COVID is still a risk, we ask that you only attend if you're fully vaccinated. We'll be meeting up in the outdoor patio area!

 

✊ Stand with Starbucks Workers Nov. 16:
Red Cup Rebellion ☕

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Starbucks workers are calling on customers and allies to stand in solidarity with them on Red Cup Day - the company’s biggest sales day of the year - and demand that Starbucks respect workers’ right to organize a union.

 

Join us on November 16 at 10:30 AM for Red Cup Rebellion to make sure Starbucks hears worker demands loud and clear. We’ll meet outside of the Starbucks with banners, signs, and flyers to engage customers and passerby in support of Starbucks workers.

 

🗣 Workplace Roundtable 🗣

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Ever thought about organizing your workplace, but don't know where to start? Join ATL DSA's labor committee for an in-person workplace roundtable at 711 Catherine St SW on Monday 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!

 

🧤Volunteer for ATLDSA's Winter Clothing Drive!❄️

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Atlanta DSA is organizing our annual Winter Clothing Drive, and we need your help! The Winter Drive will run Oct. 30-Jan. 30, and comrades will be collecting blankets, masks, medical supplies, hand warmers and more during November and December to distributed to folks in need around metro Atlanta. Sign up here to be a Winter Drive Captain, and be responsible for a donation drop box location in the Metro Atlanta area! All members in good standing across Metro Atlanta are encouraged to sign up!

 

In the coming weeks, we'll make public a list of drop box locations. In the meantime, if you'd like to donate clothing or supplies to the drive, drop them off at our office at 711 Catherine St SW the next time you attend a DSA meeting, or donate to fund supplies at atldsa.org/donate.

 

Work for Atlanta DSA!

Atlanta DSA is hiring! We are currently looking for a part-time Staff Organizer who can support our members in their political organizing by developing grassroots fundraising, managing our office and supplies, and improving internal communication and data management. Read the job description here and apply here.

 

📕 Political Education Book Club: Revolutionary Theory 📕

We meet on Zoom every Thursday, 6:30pm – 8pm. Newcomers are always welcome! We read a different text every week, so missing weeks is okay!

 

We’ll be reading Weekly Reading Packets from the “Revolutionary Theory Reader” in Book Club for the rest of 2023.

 

This week's reading for Nov. 16. is Lenin (B): What is a workers’ government?

 

✊ No Money for Massacres. Stand with Palestine! ✊

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The recent events in Gaza are alarming, and risk spiraling into further violence and death. Last night, Israel ordered the evacuation of 1.1 million people from the northern part of Gaza in preparation for a possible ground invasion, per a UN spokesperson. Right now, US Congress is preparing to use our tax dollars to fund a genocide of Palestenian people. Please take action NOW to urge Congress to support a ceasefire and de-escalation in Gaza!

 

 

🦃 Turkey with a Side of Organizing? 🦃

If you plan on getting together for Thanksgiving dinner, and wondering how to react when things get political, we recommend reading this article on Jacobin.

 

"Nobody wants to share a Thanksgiving table with a sanctimonious leftist jerk. If you’re going to talk politics over turkey, do it the right way. Here’s how."

 

-- Jacobin, "How to Organize Your Friends & Family on Thanksgiving"

 

Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America atldsa.org

Fighting for the many, not the few