Weekly Roundup, Vol. 3
Happy Friday, comrades! It’s that time again. Get the weekend started with LVDSA’s Weekly Roundup. Let’s catch up with what we’re reading, thinking, and planning this week:
Food For Thought
The day police bombed a city street: can scars of 1985 Move atrocity be healed? [10 min]
These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a Movement [18 min]
Cancel the Rent [20 min]
Reality Check: We Need Class-Struggle Elections [8 min]
Thousands of Americans Have Become Socialists Since March [7 min]
Racism and COVID-19: Black Lives Don’t Matter to the Capitalists [9 min]
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying [15 min]
Adventures in Digital Organizing With Mariame Kaba [Audio, 73 min]
Local Issues
Local restaurant chain Nacho Daddy rescinds employee ‘COVID-19 waiver’ after backlash
Unemployment program for independent contractors to begin taking applications Saturday
Upcoming Events
Socialism Night: Nabka Day Presentation
May 15th @ 7pm → register
LVSA Labor Committee Meeting
May 17th @ 4pm → register
LVDSA Fireside Chat
May 18th @ 6:30pm → register
Mass Liberation Monday: A Conversation with Judicial Candidates
hosted by Mass Liberation Project NV
May 18th @ 7pm → register
LVDSA Annual General Meeting & Elections
May 21st @ 6:30pm → register
LVDSA Debates “What Is To Be Done?”: Electoralism
May 23rd @ 7pm → register
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