rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/building-rank-and-file-power-to-fight-fascism?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-building-rank-and-file-power-to-fight-fascism' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Southern Workers Assembly https://actionnetwork.org/groups/southern-workers-assembly https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/events/photos/001/926/714/normal/fl_webinar_graphic.png Join the Southern Workers Assembly and Bill Fletcher, Jr., for a discussion on the role of building rank and file worker power in the South to fight the rise of fascism. The right wing has been consolidating power on the local, state, and federal level, and has been launching furious attacks against every section of the working class – from abortion rights to scapegoating migrant workers, public education and LGBTQ students and workers, voting rights, rolling back meager worker protections and making it more difficult to organize, among many others. In many respects, these attacks are most pronounced in the U.S. South, where a reactionary ruling white power structure has never been fully overthrown. In light of the upcoming 2024 elections, there has been much discussion around what can be done to push back against the right-wing from further consolidating their power and implementing perhaps some of the most regressive policies we’ve seen in our lifetimes. This discussion will focus on how building rank and file worker power, both historically and today, has been and can be the antidote to building a powerful movement that can change our workplaces and decisively counter the rising tide of fascism. Bill Fletcher, Jr. – a longtime labor organizer, strategies, and author of Solidarity Divided: The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice – will lead the discussion. Additionally, there will be discussion on a new program launched by the Southern Workers Assembly to get workers rank and file jobs in strategic sectors across the region to build power and organization. https://actionnetwork.org/events/building-rank-and-file-power-to-fight-fascism