🌹 This Week in DSA 🌹 

Are you a member of ATL DSA looking to get more involved? 👀 The best way to do that is to attend one of our weekly committee meetings! Click the links above to email the committees and request the meeting link and passcode. Looking for more events? See our monthly calendar! 📆

Come out this Saturday 12/17 from noon-2:00 PM support the newest organizing Starbucks location in Alpharetta! We'll meet up for the sip-in outside the Starbucks at 12330 Crabapple Rd, Alpharetta, GA, then line up inside to order coffees under the name "Union Yes" to show support for the workers. Bring a friend, wear red, and remember to leave a 💰 CASH TIP! 💰

Sign up here to join the book club! Every meeting, we review and discuss different readings about socialism. We encourage everyone to read ahead of time, but all are welcome to join the discussion! 

We are currently reading Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns. Socialists face a lot of questions on how to rebuild the labor movement. How do we relate to the union establishment which often does not want to fight? Should we work in the rank and file of unions or take staff jobs? And most critically, how can we revive militancy and union power in the face of corporate power and a legal system set up against us? Join us in the coming weeks to discuss these issues and more! We're meeting Thursday, December 15th at 7pm.

On December 10th, National DSA's Multiracial Organizing Committee (MROC) held a conversation with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, author of Elite Capture and Reconsidering Reparations, Associate Professor at Georgetown University, and member of Metro DC DSA and Pan-African Community Action.

Together with Táíwò, attendees discussed identity politics and the horizon for building mass, multiracial, socialist political space and movements. Watch the stream on Facebook Live!

Click here to get involved with National DSA's Multiracial Organizing Committee (MROC)!

This Emergency Workplace Organizing article entitled "No Union? You Still Have A Right to Strike" explains how the law applies to workers who wish to strike without joining a union and provides a step-by-step guide on how to conduct such actions.

"Last year there were 87 strikes by non-union workers, according to Cornell’s Labor Action Tracker, accounting for one-third of all work stoppages in the U.S.

Even without a union, you have the legal right to organize strikes, job actions, and various protests—and your employer is banned from retaliating against you.

Despite the law, though, many employers will fire troublemakers if they can get away with it. That can bring organizing to a halt.

So if you’re organizing without the protection of a union contract, it behooves you to know your rights and how to enforce them.

With a little practice, you won’t even need a lawyer. You and your co-workers can develop and submit your own unfair labor practice (ULP) charges to the Labor Board."

Read the article to learn more!

Atlanta DSA needs your help with our day-to-day programming! Apply to join or volunteer with one of our many Committees below.

Committees are where we organize our events and actions. Ever wonder who writes these emails, plans a canvass, or organizes strike support? A Committee! Most of our organizing happens through our 6 main committees: Electoral, Labor, Education, Communications, Operations, and Membership. Click here for more information on each committee's work. 

If you're looking to help out in a leadership capacity with Atlanta DSA, or just looking to volunteer, sign up to volunteer with a committee today!

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