💪 Read: Socialists Can Build Something Great –
In the Labor Movement 💪
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The 2022 Labor Notes Conference, a gathering of “troublemakers” and labor activists from across the United States and beyond, took place in Chicago during a mild mid-June weekend. Attendance was a jam-packed whirlwind of panels, workshops, training sessions, and socials. Over 4,000 organizers and activists commingled – including educators, baristas, newsroom workers, Amazon warehouse organizers, and Teamsters.
Labor Notes marked an unforgettable four days of learning, connecting, and building solidarity between wildly diverse groups, and the lessons I learned from comrades across the country will stick with me for years to come. Below, I recount the experiences from Labor Notes, then outline a path forward for Atlanta DSA in light of them. [Read the full article at RedClayComrade.org]
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🌹Tonight @ 6PM: Abortion Rights Strategy Roundtable 🌹
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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 this 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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Our Marxism & Politics Reading Group is having our next meeting this 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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🌹 Emergency Workplace Organizing Training 🌹
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The eighth series of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee's Organizing Training Series starts virtually on this 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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🤝 8/13: Georgia Worker Power Workshop 🤝
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Are you fed up with low wages, bad working conditions, and no respect or voice on the job? Are you ready to do something about it?
Come learn how to organize your workplace at Raise Up the South's Georgia Worker Power Workshop in Atlanta on Wednesday, August 13th! Fast food, healthcare, retail, and other low wage workers are coming together across the south to make a change on the job– you in?
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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 next 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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🎉 Atlanta Wins a City Abortion Fund 🎉
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On Monday August 1st – 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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Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America - atldsa.org
Fighting for the many, not the few
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