❄️Happy Holidays from Atlanta DSA! ⛄
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2022 is winding down and so are we! After a year of knocking doors, fighting for abortion rights, organizing with Starbucks workers and more, Atlanta DSA is signing off until the New Year. So relax with friends and family 🥂, get some well-deserved rest 😴, and jump right back into organizing with us the first week of 2023 ✊🌹
Not a member? Make it your New Years Resolution to join us in the fight to build a democratic society run by and for working people! Sign up to join DSA today and get organizing to win Medicare for All 🏥, Good Union Jobs 👷♀️, a Green New Deal 🌍, and Free Abortion on Demand 💖
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🍑Read: 3 Takeaways from GA's Runoffs🗳
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The Georgia runoff election is an important window into the political trends of both Georgia and the country at large. Although the individual characters of Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock are important, it is equally important to understand the larger movements at play, in order to inform a political strategy that advances the interests of the working class.
Raphael Warnock is not a socialist. His voting pattern has been squarely in line with the record of Democratic Party leadership, although he has taken notably progressive stances on specific votes such as student loan forgiveness. However, it is significant that the Republican Party did its best to portray him as the imagined radical socialist of which they caricature even the most milquetoast Democrats. This strategy ultimately failed.
Read the full article at RedClayComrade.org 🌹
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☕Starbucks Workers United in the News📰
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Hear from DSA and our comrades organizing at Ansley Mall Starbucks in this article from Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Starbucks workers are still working toward formalizing a union!
From 4:30 a.m. onward, Amanda Rivera is busy on her opening shifts. First, she drives to the houses where she pet-sits and lets out the animals in the dark. Then, she rushes over to the Ansley Mall Starbucks to start everyone else’s day. After 10 years as a barista, Rivera moves quickly around the predawn cafe, arranging pastries in the display case and brewing five-pound bags of coffee. Before opening the doors, she takes a few minutes to have a cup herself. “I usually do a cold-brew,” Rivera says. “I need something that’s going to keep me awake.”
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🏥 Free COVID Testing Kits 🏥
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The Post Office is providing another round of four free COVID at-home rapid tests for every residential household. Please stay safe this winter by ordering some free at-home tests!
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❄️ Donate to our Winter Clothing Drive ❄️
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We’re collecting winter coats and other items to distribute for the colder months! Items needed include: Jackets, Coats, Blankets, Socks, Shoes, PPE (Masks, Hand Sanitizer, Gloves), Hygiene Products (Soap, Tampons, Sanitary Napkins, Toothpaste, Tooth Brushes, Deodorant, Wipes, etc.)
To coordinate, please email [email protected], drop off at the drop-off box at 711 Catherine St SW. The drive will continue into January.
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Atlanta DSA needs your help with our day-to-day programming! Sign up to get plugged in to one of our many Committee!
Committees are where we organize our events and campaign work. 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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Fighting for the many, not the few
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