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• Monday, Jun 2, 6-8PM: Office Hours 🌹
• Monday, Jun 2, 6-8PM: Phonebank - Kelsea Bond for Atlanta 🌹
• Saturday, Jun 7, 10AM-1PM: Pride Canvass - Kelsea Bond for Atlanta 🌹
• Saturday, Jun 7, 1-3PM: Volunteer Picnic &Tie Dye Party - Kelsea Bond for Atlanta
• Sunday, Jun 8, 11AM-1PM: "On Marxism" Group Reading
• Sunday, Jun 8, 7:30-9PM: Labor Movie Screening of Norma Rae 🌹

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In years past, Pride Month has been marked by widespread displays of “rainbow capitalism,” in which corporations co-opt the message of LGBTQ+ Pride and exploit queer workers in order to turn a profit. They may display Pride flags or even have sponsored floats in Pride parades, but as socialists, we understand that these performative actions do nothing to benefit the queer liberation movement and are an insult to the working class.

Under the second Trump administration, as more companies roll back DEI programs and initiatives, we are likely to see less rainbow capitalism. Corporations no longer believe these empty displays to serve their bottom lines. Fewer financial institutions, police departments, and major companies giving their logos rainbow treatments, promoting LGBTQ+ content, or selling Pride-inspired products for the month of June only drives home the point that true queer liberation cannot be achieved without dismantling capitalism and achieving economic justice for the multiracial working class and all oppressed people. With the growing threat of fascism and violent attacks on queer and trans rights here and around the world, this fight is more urgent than ever.

As members of Atlanta DSA, we are organizing to build a world in which our queer and trans siblings never experience employment or housing discrimination, have bodily autonomy and access to free life-saving, gender-affirming healthcare, and can live safe, authentic, and fulfilling lives. This month and every month, we celebrate and fight for our many LGBTQ+ comrades!

Atlanta DSA Labor Committee is showing the classic labor-themed drama Norma Rae (1979) this Sunday, June 8 from 7:30–9:30PM at 711 Catherine St SW. The film tells the story of Norma Rae (Sally Field) as she works at an exploitative textile factory and organizes her coworkers to form a union. Bringing snacks to share is encouraged.

The Kelsea Bond Campaign appreciates all its volunteers! Join the campaign after the Pride kickoff canvass for a tie-dye party and picnic. We will bring all the food and tie dye supplies, just bring yourself and a white shirt you want to dye!

We will meet this Saturday, June 7, 1PM-3PM, at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park, at the corner of Jackson and Irwin Street.

Support Kelsea Bond's campaign for Atlanta City Council by volunteering to phonebank every Monday and canvass every Saturday. Make calls on Mondays at 6PM and knock doors on Saturdays at 10AM. Sign up to help out with the ATLDSA-endorsed campaign to win an Atlanta for the 99% NOW!

In 2022, Atlanta Starbucks workers made history by winning their first union election in the state of Georgia. Since then, Starbucks Workers United has organized 12 stores in Georgia, and Atlanta Starbucks workers have become a vibrant force in the growing Atlanta labor movement.

Now, after a over a year of dragging their feet at the bargaining table, the billion-dollar company has taken things to a new low and threatened to close Ansley Mall Starbucks, one of the strongest union stores in the South. This is no coincidence. Starbucks realized they can't beat workers fair and square, so now they're trying to demoralize workers, hoping they give up the fight. We can't let them do this.

It's time to show Starbucks corporate that Atlanta is a union town! Please use our easy letter writing tool at atldsa.org/ansley to email Starbucks management to let them know closing Ansley Mall is unacceptable. Our friendly baristas at Starbucks work hard, day in and day out to keep Atlanta caffeinated. All they're asking for is a good union contract.

Send your email NOW to tell Starbucks to STOP union busting, and let them know the community wants to keep Ansley Mall Starbucks OPEN!

Join the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) at Kennesaw State University in telling their University administration that the elimination of important academic programs and initiatives that help underrepresented and marginalized students is unacceptable! 

Sign the petition to the KSU administration below!

Local:

• Report: 'Downtown' ATL among national leaders in post-pandemic apartment construction - Urbanize

State:

• ‘Too much power’: PSC hopefuls across party lines take aim at Georgia Power - Atlanta Civic Circle

National:

• Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government - AP News

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