🎉 Atlanta Wins a City Abortion Fund 🎉
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This Monday – following a coordinated push from Amplify Georgia, reproductive justice advocates, and on-the-ground community outreach by Atlanta DSA – the Atlanta City Council passed a $300,000 abortion fund resolution. This fund will be allocated toward ARC Southeast, and go towards covering abortion care and logistics costs for those who can't afford it. This victory represents one step towards the larger goal of securing the right to abortion and winning Medicare for All!
We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped canvass, gather petition signatures, and do outreach for this campaign! Thanks also to the organizers who attended the Monday City Council meeting for public comment. Watch footage from Monday's meeting here!
To get involved in our abortion rights organizing work, check out atldsa.org/abortion and email [email protected] to attend a weekly Electoral Committee meeting Thursdays at 6:00 PM.
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⚖ Read: Fighting Their Court From Below ⚖
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The Supreme Court’s last term ended with a batch of extreme right-wing opinions. The Roberts Court has lurched sharply to the right, but the Supreme Court’s fidelity to conservative elites is nothing new. Of all the counter-majoritarian mechanisms in our constitutional system (Senate, Electoral College, etc.), none has protected the minority of the opulent as reliably as the Supreme Court has. The only way to protect our rights is through mass mobilization outside of the legal system.
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🎧 Mainline Podcast: Amazon Walk-Out! 🎧
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Hear the latest from the Mainline podcast on the Prime Day Amazon walk-out in Doraville, GA. Mainline speaks with Amazon and DSA organizers on their organizing efforts, working conditions, the recent unionization wave across the U.S., and specifically what it means for the South!
Mainline has made this Patreon-Exclusive talk available for free for the next week! Listen now while it's still available and make sure to donate to support independent journalism in Atlanta.
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✨ Monday 8/8: Workplace Canvassing Training ✨
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From Starbucks to Amazon, workplace union drives are popping up all around the country! Aside from organizing our own workplaces, how can we as DSA support the labor movement and show solidarity with these workers challenging some of the biggest corporate giants?
Join ATL DSA's Labor Committee for a workplace organizing canvassing training Monday, August 8th at 7 PM at the AFSC Office (711 Catherine St. SW). Come learn how to canvass workplaces to find organizing leads, speak to workers about union organizing, and help workers gain access to the resources and support they need. We'll discuss canvass raps and how to have effective organizing conversations.
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🌹Abortion Rights Strategy Roundable 🌹
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Republicans are banning and restricting abortion across the country, and Biden is hardly fighting back. Why is this happening when the overwhelming majority of Americans support abortion rights and the Democrats run the federal government? How should Socialists fight back at federal, state, and local levels of government? And what can ordinary people do to win back abortion rights? Join us for an Abortion Rights Strategy Roundtable Thursday August 11th - 6:00 PM at 711 Catherine St. SW to discuss these questions and more!
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📕 Marxism & Politics Reading Group 📕
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Join us for a fun and engaging discussion of Marxist ideas!
Our Marxism & Politics Reading Group is having our next meeting Thursday, August 11, 8pm – 9pm
Our discussions focus on big picture ideas, unpacking fundamental concepts of historical, political, and economic analysis.
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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 8/15 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!
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💖 Virtual Self-Managed Abortion Info Session 💖
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Join us August 17th at 7:00 PM for a virtual information-sharing session about self-managed abortion. Abortion pills are safe, effective, and private! In this session, we'll go over what a medication abortion is, talk about the history of self-managed abortion with pills, and share the publicly available World Health Organization protocols for individuals self-managing their abortions. This session is not medical or legal advice!
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🌹 Emergency Workplace Organizing Training 🌹
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The eighth series of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee's Organizing Training Series starts virtually on Wednesday, August 10th at 8 PM and continues weekly every Wednesday until August 31st. Topics discussed include Analyzing Your Workplace, Bringing Coworkers Together, and Getting Over Fear and Taking Action. Support for workplace organizing is also available before August 10th, so if you need one-on-one assistance, don't hesitate to sign up!
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Fighting for the many, not the few
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