We are now Atlanta DSA - what should our new Thursday email name be? We'll be trying out options over the next several weeks. Let us know your favorite!
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The Atlanta DSA Medium is a collection of individual member op-eds, educational blogs, and other thoughts from the Left. Opinions expressed on our Medium are those of the author only.
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Why we don't call ourselves "liberal"
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By Nikhil P
If there’s one thing both parties always agree to in American politics, it’s degrading the quality and stakes of political debate. Americans aren’t stupid, but our political leaders treat us like we are. Anyone paying attention to the Georgia runoffs would lose count of the times Republicans smeared Raphael Warnock as a “radical liberal socialist” — three political adjectives with completely different meanings. And Democrats aren’t much better — Michael Bloomberg called Bernie Sanders a “Communist” for saying workers have a right to stock benefits.
The point isn’t to make meaningful and coherent critiques. When voters hear words like “Communist” and “radical liberal”, the goal isn’t to engage voters on the merits of these philosophies. It’s to generate feelings of fear, or disgust, or anger. The media thrives, and most importantly, profits, on sensationalism and outrage. Straightforward discussions of politics and its real material stakes don’t bring in revenue.
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This Saturday: Do you work for a non-profit?
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Are you employed by a non-profit? Do you want to chat with others in the field about the woes of non-profit work, and even more importantly, what we can do about those woes? Then join the non-profit organizing circle; one of ATL DSA's pilot circles as part of our Labor Campaign group on Saturday Feb 20 at 7pm.
Register now
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Take the Rainbow Roses survey
Rainbow Roses (our Queer Socialism Caucus) is starting the new year with a survey of our members and potential members from the chapter. If you're currently in Rainbow Roses please remember to fill out our Caucus Survey, and if you're LGBTQIA+, haven't heard of us or had the chance to join a meeting yet, and are interested in working in Rainbow Roses in the future, please feel free to fill it out as well! Even if you can't make our meeting Thursday at 7pm to discuss the results, this information is gonna be vital in making sure our meeting cadence is sustainable, our meeting times accessible, and the topics we cover interesting and informative.
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Not finding what you're looking for here? If you’re a member, you’ve got access to the Slack channel. (Email [email protected] if you have questions about your access to the Slack). There’s no faster way to get plugged in to committees, working groups, and find answers to your questions.
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