Join the East Atlanta Village Neighborhood Assembly for a field day in the park! The fun of a field day will be interwoven with discussion around hyper-local neighborhood organizing efforts, why they matter, and what they can look like in our communities. It’s a potluck, so bring something to share! All ages welcome.

A Writers Workshop In this 1.5 hour workshop, we will talk about writing. We will discuss the most common assumptions about writing, identify some common errors, and explore some solutions. Learn how to write effectively while retaining your voice and style. Presented by an auto-didact with lots of writing and editing experience. Feel free to bring unfinished […]

Reading TBA You are invited to a zine reading group! We are a loose group of comrades who have been reading and discussing collectively chosen zines together once a month for about six months now. Come read and discuss with us! We hope that attendees will see how low-pressure, easy, and rewarding something like this […]

Atlanta Resistance Medics is piloting a public access AED, Naloxone, and bleeding control kit program and would like to train you to use the kit to save a life during several life threatening medical emergencies. We will cover recognizing cardiac and respiratory arrest, performing CPR, AED use, recognizing and treating opioid overdoses, and recognizing and […]

a workshop where we will learn a framework that comes from somatic practice called SIBAM, which refers to 5 channels of our experiences–sensation, image, behavior, affect and meaning. we will explore these channels to both build flexibility in our nervous system and provide source material for writing poems. we will practice somatic and poetic techniques […]

Come learn the basics of wheatpasting printed or handmade stenciled posters. Leave with everything you will need to make the world around you speak your politics.

A place for women, trans people, AFAB nonbinaries, etc etc to come together in a space exclusive of the Dominant Gender to discuss: -we are seeing a rise of misogyny in America. What are the particular issues we are facing today? what ideas about women drive our society? and how can that be resisted? -where […]

Atlanta Resistance Medics is piloting a public access AED, Naloxone, and bleeding control kit program and would like to train you to use the kit to save a life during several life threatening medical emergencies. We will cover recognizing cardiac and respiratory arrest, performing CPR, AED use, recognizing and treating opioid overdoses, and recognizing and […]

A presentation on what contemporary filmmakers can learn from the legacy of leftist third world cinema and the LA Rebellion & why it is important to archive the collapse of empire and create visual possibility models for a liberated material reality CreateAtl in the library space

Come out for a screening of the 1981 classic film “Reds”, which portrays the lives of John Reed and Louise Bryant. Reed and Bryant traveled to Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution and covered the events in a number of articles and texts including Reed’s famous book “10 Days that Shook the World”. Both committed political […]

Parenting is an act of political hope – that it is worth bringing new humans into the time that lies ahead. Please join us for an open community discussion about parenting on the left. All are welcome. Parents, and those who grew up as children in politically active homes, are especially encouraged to come and […]

Poetry Reading and Conversation A two-part event, especially for readers and writers of poetry!  First, a reading featuring 5 poets from Atlanta and across the broader South. Second, a discussion circling what it means to be a poet within movements. This is not a panel discussion, but a conversation that all in attendance are invited […]

A discussion with healthcare workers about our role and responsibilities in the era of ICE. We invite all healthcare workers to meet one another and strategize towards action.

Write letters to political prisoners with IWOC. Supplies provided, no experience needed!

Located in the rough-and-tumble peripheries of Mexico City, Acapatzingo is one of the largest urban autonomous territories in the Americas. Over the past 30 years, the roughly 5000 residents — members of a revolutionary housing movement known as the Panchos — have transformed a barren plot of land into a self-organized community where everyday needs […]

in this informal discussion learn about abortion access in georgia/ southeast in relation to ourselves and the rest of the world. it’s chill. this info is important if you or a loved one can get pregnant. all are welcome <3 may 20th, 7pm, sbcprobably there will be tea

We Make History but Not As We Please: Class Struggle in the Atlanta ForestPresented by Sasha Tycko Thursday May 21st, 4pmSouth Bend Commons When the movement to Defend the Atlanta Forest began, it had two development projects as its target: a police training center (“Cop City”) and a campus of movie soundstages that would be […]

Representatives from a range of U.S. cities will come together to compare short reports on recent neighborhood organizing efforts. I invite us to consider absolute numbers, local and larger timelines, successful projects, specific struggles, and useful lessons. We will hear from organizers from Bloomington, Pittsburgh, Austin, Atlanta and Tucson.

In this afternoon-long seminar, we will trace the lives and ideas of a number of European revolutionaries across several decades in order to understand the emergence of Marxism and anarchism. Socialism, communism, and anarchism came into their own as social movements in the revolutionary ferment of the 19th century. Starting with the debates among philosophy […]

All across the country, people have risen up to stop ICE raids in their cities. From the summer flashpoint riots in Los Angelos, to the street mobilizations in Chicago, to the robust rapid response networks in Minneapolis, each major ICE operation has seen new innovations of popular resistance. This panel will feature strategic reflections from […]

In 2025, the flotilla to Gaza movement grew from a decades-long campaign of maritime activism to a sudden mass movement of many organizations, dozens of boats, and hundreds of participants. A sailor from last round’s flotilla will give a short presentation on the movement’s history, the different organizations involved today, and discuss reports from the […]

The hyper exploitation of non human animals is integral to capitalism. Anarchists across the globe have strategically organized and enacted actions in solidarity with animals, beyond the known cases of the ALF, the ELF and SHAC. We will be unpacking contemporary case studies from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Chile and Costa Rica to survey the diversity of […]

All movements that challenge the ruling order will ineveitably be repressed. Repression can’t be avoided, but we can mitigate its harm. Repression seeks to demobilize and isolate elements of movements from their broader support. Moreover, repression provides movements the opportunity to activate the community, to uplift the demands of social struggles, and to direct skepticism […]