Georgia the socialist being collected (8)
I believe the answer is:
gathered
'being collected' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'georgia the socialist' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'GA' (abbreviation for the US state).
'socialist' becomes 'red' (socialism is often associated with the colour red).
'ga'+'the'+'red'='GATHERED'
(Other definitions for gathered that I've seen before include "Gleaned" , "Picked up" , "Collected - inferred" , "Drew" , "The grade (anag.)" .)