Mainline contributor and researcher Sylvia Johnson speaks with fellow Mainline contributor and organizer AJ and community organizer Miriam Barcenas to begin to address the necessity for solidarity within communities, across racial and class…
To the Left: Common Truths Read More »
In this week’s episode of “Mainline Presents: To the Left,” Aja & co-conspirator Ryan in Marketing are joined by event and music labor organizer Chris Tollack in Atlanta and Phillip Golub of the Musicians Workers Alliance in New York City. The four…
To the Left: Manufacturing consent, labor organizing, & the PRO Act Read More »
Aja and Sylvia discuss the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin trial, and what lies ahead. Contains notes on abolition, prison industrial complex, Atlanta’s city jail, Matthew Zadok Williams, the siege on journalism in Minnesota, ongoing police violence,…
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This article was published on April 20, 2021. ATLANTA — On Mon., April 19, Atlanta City Council was flooded with over six hours of public comment calls from constituents. A majority were calling about the same thing: the fate of
Last week, Aja co-hosted a panel about the PRO Act and Organizing in the South along with Nolan Huber-Rhoades, as presented by Atlanta DSA. Aja & Nolan interview labor organizers from Communication Workers of America, Kellie Morgan (Political…
To the Left: The PRO Act & Organizing in the South Read More »
This past week, Georgia police killed two people in less than 24 hours. One victim was shot and killed during a police chase in Carroll County, and the other was shot in his home in DeKalb County. Matthew Zadok Williams, 35, was found dead in his…
Ep. 38: Defund the police, decarcerate our prisons, abolish rape culture. Read More »
RAUOL, GA. — On Fri., April 9, the Southern Center for Human Rights issued a letter to Warden Murray Tatum of Lee Arrendale State Prison, the largest women’s facility in Georgia. The human rights organization outlines concerns with multiple abuses,
Inhumane and illegal conditions uncovered at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia Read More »
ATLANTA — On Thurs., March 25, Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 202, Georgia’s newest voter suppression bill, alongside six white male legislators underneath a framed image of a plantation. While Kemp signed the bill behind closed doors, which is against
The voter empowerment bills that didn’t make it in Georgia Read More »
In this episode, Aja is joined by Angela Jiang, a member of the AAPI community and Democratic Socialists of America, and W.F. Thomas, a grad student researching the far-right. Jiang and Thomas offer their on-the-ground perspectives in Atlanta…
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The nation is alarmed by the bill’s provisions criminalizing activities like providing water to voters in long lines — but the bill contains plenty of other provisions that warrant sustained attention ATLANTA — What has arguably been one of the
The dangers of SB 202, Georgia’s latest voter suppression bill Read More »
