3rd Sunday - Committee meeting. Committee and time to be set by committee on first Sunday or the collective on the 2nd. Usually at 7pm.
4th Sunday - Fort Worth and Surrounding Areas local meeting. This is a good meeting for new interest to come out to! 7 PM
5th Sunday - There will be fun events scheduled for months that have 5 Sundays!
All meetings are currently held at 1919 Hemphill St. in Fort Worth.
The above is subject to change if more interest comes from Arlington, the mid-cities, Denton, Dallas or in between.
Dallas, Denton, and Arlington to be scheduled soon!
Who Can Join the IWW?
-Anyone who does not have the ability to hire or fire at work can join and is encouraged to do so. You don't even have to pay dues to help out and be involved in most decisions.
IF YOU WORK AT A RESTAURANT, A FACTORY, A RETAIL STORE, A MINE, A HOTEL, AN OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVICE, OR ANY JOB WHERE YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS YOU CAN JOIN US. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A WORKER WHO WANTS DEMOCRACY AT WORK.
Industrial unions don't mean unions for factory laborers, they mean unions between workers in the same industry. This includes the service industry as well as the others.
If you work at Grocery Store A we'd like you to be in a union with workers in other grocery stores; Another Grocery Store A, Grocery Store B, C, D, etc. because you're grocery workers and if all the grocery workers go on strike other grocery workers won't take their jobs.
It is much more effective this way.
We see class as access to decisions more than particular income (though one definitely affects the other!), so when we talk about the working class this should not exclude those with family members who may be bosses. Noone wants to hurt anyone, we just don't want to be taken advantage of. Revolution is to make life better for everyone, not worse.
-Womyn and people of color strongly encouraged to join. Sexism and racism are directly related to capitalism.
DIY politics, directly democratic union!
Preamble to the IWW Constitution
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life.
Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth.
We find that the centering of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever growing power of the employing class. The trade unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers.
These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all.
Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system."
It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with capitalism. The army of production must be organized, not only for everyday struggle with capitalists, but also to carry on production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new society within the shell of the old.
I'm looking for one more punk, marxist and/or anarchist political ideological band to play at Reno's Chop Shop on May 8th, to celebrate May Day.
I'm with Sleep As The Enemy, who will be playing with Division Of Power and, possibly, Just Another Consumer. Please respond quickly, as this is next month and I need time to promote.
On Saturday, November 8th the NSM plans to hold a demonstration against undocumented peoples at Tyler’s town square, in what they call an event “showcasing [their] growing strength”. The rally is set to take place at 2 PM. The NSM has a track record of inciting and instigating violence in the communities they invade, relying on police protection to spread their vile messages of hate and their anticipated “race war”. They are calling for support from whatever scum will show out, and they have reported that they will be marching in conjunction with the dixie rangers, the aryan nations, and the ika. If these miserable wastes of life are able to pull the numbers they boast, we will need all available support to send them home sad.
Damn. I hope you show that history of the Wobblies movie again sometime because I really want to see it. I would go but we're doing State VS Reed that night.
Come join the weekly Fort Worth Protest , Wednesday 4-6 p.m. in front of the Civil Courts Bldg, 9th & Throckmorton (next to the Federal Bldg and across the street from city hall).
A multimedia producer for MTV's Choose or Lose campaign will be there doing interviews and filming for their MTV state-based reports on youth and politics.
Thanks for everyones' awesome work! In 72 hours all events on the calendar will be erased. So if need be copy them down and relay to your own personal myspace and groups.
Also, this email is being sent out for everyone to understand |UA| is on hiatus till atleast the end of summer. We may not even be doing the dinner on the 14Th. Information T.B.A a.s.a.p in regards to that.
Appreciate the support. You guys and gals keep doing your thing.
BIG EXXON ENOUGH PROTEST IN DALLAS WED, MAY 28TH REPOST!
There have been talks of Dentonites riding bikes from Fry Streets and Hickory all the way to the EXXON protest in Dallas. As of yet, confirmations and details have yet to be layed out in regards to this. Tommorow discussions will be made and details to be posted on www. myspace. com/unitedaid ... as a blog.
Either way, if Dentonites don't ride bikes, many in Denton will be attending this even in full force.
Organizations in Denton to be at the Dallas EXXON Protest: |UA| United Aid and its coalition of S.D.S Denton, IWW Denton, Peace Action Denton, and more groups T.B.
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Here are the details: EXXON Protest!
Wednesday, May 28 Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St.
, Dallas
8:00 a.m. – The War Profiteering/Global Warming News Conference: A news conference will be held on Iraq war-profiteering, ExxonMobil’s dangerous goal in Iraq, excess profits and high gas prices; and on ExxonMobil’s lack of investment in clean renewable energy the morning of the ExxonMobil shareholders’ meeting.
Meanwhile – The entire coalition, victims of refinery pollution and high cost of gas, as well as all in favor of ending war will gather with banners to loudly voice objections to the way ExxonMobil is doing business.
Exxon Enough!
For more info: www. DallasPeaceCenter. org/Exxon or www. myspace. com/unitedaid
last regular |ua| meeting at teets house- 321 thomas street. as you all know. |ua| is moving to what its original intention was going to be, a true coalitionals ganthering. at first this was challenging but our movement has grown so we can take it to the next phase. these |ua| meetings will now be once a month for peace action denton, s.d.s, iww, and somtimes maybe dallas peace center, and local activists, as one big activist, organization meeting concerning social justice issues. from time to time we'll weave in appropriate organizations and leaders according to the participatory descision making of the group.
today, saturday 3:00PM, eli gemini (police activist) will be coming over, and curtis ben edwards. s.d.s, peace action denton, and current |ua| folks will be there as well. call teets if you need directions or have questions.: 817.455.3787.
SATURDAY at 4:30 meet at Kerr Beach to go on a bike ride to:
-Promote bike rides as a way to build community; -Promote alternatives to cars (cars being pollutive, expensive, dangerous, exclusive and reliant on oil); -Protest illegal occupations of sovereign countries for their oil; -Promote health and exercise that isn't confined to gyms or competitive sports; -Raise awareness that riding bikes on the street is legal
Come out and fucking ride this Saturday!
4:30 Meet at Kerr Beach; approx 4:50 leave going east on Eagle; make a left at Dallas; veer to the left at Bell and take Bell to University; make a left on Carrol; make a right on Oak; left on Fry; end at Cool Beans for delicious veggie burgers!
Meet in Denton at the corner of Fry Street and Hickory for a march to the square for a rally with speakers, music, and radical literature
Historically May 1st has been a day to commemorate the victories of the workers struggle worldwide. While CEO’s rake in their millions, we are rewarded with unaffordable healthcare, rising food and housing costs and an unending war that drains our tax dollars. Productivity is high, wages are low, and immigrant workers who search for a better life are met with misplaced hostility. People want change, and only the people can force a change. Come out this May Day and see what solidarity looks like.
Historicamente el 1 de Mayo ha sido un dia conmemorando las victorias de los trabajadores que han luchado por todo el mundo. Mientras CEO se califica en sus millones nosotros nos recompensan con malos seguros edicos, nos aumentan el nivel de vida y con nuestras taxas mantienen una guerra interminable.
Todos los productos estan muy caros y nuestros salarios muy bajos los inmigrantes que buscan por sobrevivir para una mejor vida solo se encuentran con injusticias. La gente quiere un cambio y solo la gente puede exigir ese cambio. Sal este primero de Mayo y veran lo que es la solidaridad.
BEYOND FEAR-TOWARDS HOPE: AN EXHIBITION ON THE HUMAN COST OF THE IRAQ WAR
April 27th 8am to 8pm at 1700 block of S. University Dr by the Fort Worth Zoo April 28th 8am to 8pm at the Fort Worth Federal Building 1000 Throckmorton April 29th 7am to 8pm at General Worth Square, Houston Street and Main Street
As the exhibit makes its appearances across the country, families and friends come to grieve for lost loved ones and strangers honor those who gave their lives to a cause far from home.
Brought to you by the *American Friends Service Committee, "We wanted to speak not only to those who oppose the war, but to those who support it. We wanted to create a space where the two could come together to reflect, find common ground."
Come and pay tribute to those who have given so much. As more people become aware, may it bring us closer to peace.
Support by local Organization: CodePink Fort Worth Contact information: Nel LaBar: 817.868.0667, Darryl Fairchild 937.239.0688
Please do not bring any protest signs of any kind. This is a memorial for those that have fallen and we believe the boots will speak for themselves.
*AFSC is a Quaker Organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. www. afsc. org
