--- title: "Exclusive - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/exclusive/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/exclusive/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Scattrbrain-1-1024x683.jpg)](/tickets/) [ May 20 2026 ](/tickets/) ## [Mainline Music Fest returns this fall](/tickets/) Our annual music fest returns for its third year with more artists and venue partners Buy tickets here!   Mainline Music Fest will return for its third year in Atlanta this September, featuring 22 bands across three days at four […] [ Mainline Music Fest returns this fall Read More »](/tickets/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/media-training-recording-labor-organizing-in-the-media-with-national-writers-union/) [ Oct 15 2025 ](/media-training-recording-labor-organizing-in-the-media-with-national-writers-union/) ## [Media training recording: Labor organizing in the media with National Writers Union](/media-training-recording-labor-organizing-in-the-media-with-national-writers-union/) Today, Elena came through to talk about NWU and labor organizing efforts in the journalism field. I got an alert 10 minutes into our conversation that my computer ran out of disk space, so I had to upload to the [ Media training recording: Labor organizing in the media with National Writers Union Read More »](/media-training-recording-labor-organizing-in-the-media-with-national-writers-union/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/mainline-podcast-former-staffers-speak-on-the-dissolution-of-the-abolitionist-teaching-network-movement-capture-and-the-counterinsurgency-of-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/) [ Sep 8 2025 ](/mainline-podcast-former-staffers-speak-on-the-dissolution-of-the-abolitionist-teaching-network-movement-capture-and-the-counterinsurgency-of-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/) ## [Mainline Podcast: Former staffers speak on the dissolution of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, movement capture, and the counterinsurgency of the non-profit industrial complex](/mainline-podcast-former-staffers-speak-on-the-dissolution-of-the-abolitionist-teaching-network-movement-capture-and-the-counterinsurgency-of-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/) In this episode, we speak with two former employees of Abolitionist Teaching Network (ATN), a now-defunct organization that was suddenly shuttered in late 2024 after staff reportedly raised concerns about the founder and Board.  In this conversation, using ATN as [ Mainline Podcast: Former staffers speak on the dissolution of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, movement capture, and the counterinsurgency of the non-profit industrial complex Read More »](/mainline-podcast-former-staffers-speak-on-the-dissolution-of-the-abolitionist-teaching-network-movement-capture-and-the-counterinsurgency-of-the-non-profit-industrial-complex/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1-1024x1024.jpeg)](/mainline-broadcast-recording-mon-aug-18/) [ Aug 21 2025 ](/mainline-broadcast-recording-mon-aug-18/) ## [Mainline Broadcast recording, Mon. Aug. 18](/mainline-broadcast-recording-mon-aug-18/) Hey subscribers, Here is our playback from our first live Mainline Broadcast that aired on Monday! For this one, due to some technical issues and the fact that attendees requested to not be identifiable in video recordings, we are sharing [ Mainline Broadcast recording, Mon. Aug. 18 Read More »](/mainline-broadcast-recording-mon-aug-18/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/new-podcast-unpacking-the-rampant-ice-raids-and-l-a-protests/) [ Jun 15 2025 ](/new-podcast-unpacking-the-rampant-ice-raids-and-l-a-protests/) ## [New podcast: Unpacking the rampant ICE raids and L.A. protests](/new-podcast-unpacking-the-rampant-ice-raids-and-l-a-protests/) This week, we are joined by Nashville-based organizer and author Cecilia Guerrero to discuss our current political moment, grounded in crucial class and political analysis to make sense of it all. 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