Atlanta's First Really Really Free Market. April 30th Noon to 4PM, Candler Park, Atlanta GA

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Atlanta's First Really Really Free Market. April 30th Noon to 4PM, Candler Park, Atlanta GA 

MAYDAY ATLANTA EVENTS

Activities for May Day Weekend

A whole weekend of radical fun, vegan food, education, really free market and protest! Follow May Day Atlanta on Twitter for the latest updates and breaking info. 

Friday April 29th 6pm
Critical Mass
@ Woodruff Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Mass

Friday April 29th 8pm 
Anarchist Deep Friday
(Totally rad radical social event involving all kinds of deep fried vegan and vegetarian goodies plus banner making party for Sunday's rally)
232 Wilbur AVE SE  Atlanta GA 30316

Saturday April 30th 12pm
Really Really Free Market
Candler Park

FAQs for Really Really Free

http://www.reallyreallyfree.org/

http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/reallyreally.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Really_Free_Market


Saturday April 30th 7pm
Film Screening plus a brief history of May Day.
Location: The Cut which is on the corner of Stovall ST SE and Mauldin ST SE.


Sunday May 1st 3pm
Protest and Rally at Freedom Park
Moreland and Freedom


Carnival against Capitalism: TBA

A Message from The Atlanta Solidarity Network

ASOL Mission Statement

The Atlanta Solidarity Network seeks to defend both workers and tenants in the Greater Atlanta area against economic exploitation.

We are passionately committed to ensuring the integrity and well-being of the working people, a class with which most of us in the network identify. We have no tolerance for businesses that union bust, discriminate across gender/sexual orientation/race lines, or pay their employees anything less than a living wage. We have no tolerance for anyone having to settle for substandard living conditions or suffering the constant fear of eviction. Of course, what we take to be intolerable is terribly widespread.

We thus recognize the need for direct action, and we have no time to fret over the trivial inconveniences that the ruling class may experience in the fight for social justice. We are not violent, but we are not acquiescent. We do not speak the jaded language of our oppressors--we will impose a new discourse. We do not operate under the anti-humanist set of practices of our oppressors--we will impose a new way of living. 

We advocate horizontally organized workers councils, and we will push as far as we can to reach this objective. We advocate a world without slumlords—a world without rich landowners amassing more wealth simply by sitting on the wealth they've already stolen from us. We will push as far as we can for affordable housing and egalitarian living communities.

The Atlanta Solidarity Network desires to be inclusive as possible, so long as potential members and affiliates understand both the radical and dire nature of our goals. Aside from direct action tactics and demonstrations, we desire help in the ways of education, community building and legal council. The Atlanta Solidarity Network expects to grow rapidly, in both strength and numbers.

There is a specter haunting Atlanta.

What is a General Strike?

A General Strike: The Ultimate Tool of Change

What exactly is a general strike? A general strike is a strike involving workers across multiple trades or industries that involves enough workers to cause serious economic disruption.

In essence, a general strike is the complete and total shutdown of the economy. A general strike can last for a day, a week, or longer depending on the severity of the crisis, the resolve of the strikers, and the extent of public solidarity. During the strike, large numbers of workers in many industries (excluding employees of crucial services, such as emergency/medical) will stop working and no money or labor is exchanged. All decisions regarding the length of the strike, the groups of workers who continue working, and demands of the strikers are decided by a strike committee.

Past victories won by general strikes are:

· Chicago, New York, Cincinnati, and elsewhere, 1886 – First victory in the fight for an eight-hour day

· Toledo, OH, 1934 – First successful unionization of the auto industry.

· San Francsico, CA, 1934 – Unionization of all West Coast ports of the United States.

· Poland, 1980 – Began the process of democratic reforms that led to the end of Soviet control over the country.

· Egypt, 2011 – Brought the 30-year reign of an autocratic despot to an end.

If enough of us act together, we’ll see some serious changes, and quick. That’s the “general” part of a general strike. We’re all divided up by race, religion, gender, and political affiliation. In a general strike, people come together in large numbers across those divisions and unite around our struggles as workers.

Freedom Park

12:30 PM