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Summer Study Group: Revolution, She Wrote

Posted Fri, 05/17/2013 - 5:40pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
See details below - Manhattan and Brooklyn
Contact: 

Betty Maloney - 212-222-0633

Through columns, essays and speeches spanning 40 years, Clara Fraser’s book provides a compelling exploration of the meaning of socialist feminism, linking the power of Marxist theory and working-class feminism. Selected readings will illuminate the interconnections of racism and sexism, lessons from battles for queer rights and free speech, and strategies for overcoming obstacles to revolution.

Monday nights, 7:30-9pm
May 20 – September 16
Snacks served at 7pm for $5 donation • Study group free

Two Locations
Manhattan:

Link: 
http://www.socialism.com/newyorkcity

March on Wendy's for Farmworker Justice!

Posted Fri, 05/10/2013 - 12:17pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: 
Union Square (14th Street)
Contact: 

claudia@sfalliance.org

2:00 UNION SQUARE (14th STREET)

Join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies for a spirited, art-filled action demanding justice for farmworkers in Wendy's supply chain!

As Wendy's shareholders convene their annual meeting in New York, farmworkers are calling on allies to take to the streets.
Let's send the message loud and clear: it's time for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program and help put an end to "old-fashioned exploitation".

http://www.ciw-online.org/

FOR BACKGROUND READ FULL EVENT

Link: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/481268208611653/?fref=ts

Sweatshop and Labor Organizing in Bangladesh, Haiti and Central America

Posted Wed, 05/08/2013 - 11:17pm by wnu
Date: 
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 6:00pm
Location: 
CWA Local 1180, 6 Harrison Street (basement), Manhattan (bet. Hudson and Greenwich Sts.)
Contact: 

212-781-5157

This Friday, May 10 at 6pm there will be an important forum on sweatshop and labor organizing in Haiti, Honduras and El Salvador. There will also be a report by Virgilio Aran, of the "Hot and Crusty" struggle in NYC, detailing the slave like conditions of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic.

This program is sponsored by the Haiti Anti-Sweatshop Committee.

The Haiti Anti-Sweatshop Committee views the forum as part of an ongoing effort to unite the anti-sweatshop movement in the spirit of labor internationalism. Join us Friday!

From Shantel Davis to Kiki Gray: Why is NYPD Murder on the Rise?

Posted Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:38pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 
890 Flatbush Ave
Contact: 

E-mail: nycbrooklyniso@gmail.com Phone: 347-770-2476

From Shantel Davis to Kiki Gray: Why is NYPD Murder on the Rise?
featured speakers:
Natasha Davis, sister of Shantel Davis
Thenjiwe McHarris, anti-police brutality activist
Evangeline Byars, activist at Medgar Evers College
Gina Sartori, Shantel Davis Organizing Committee and ISO member

Tue., May 14, 7 pm
Flatbush Reform Church
890 Flatbush Ave
B/Q to Church Ave

Link: 
http://nycsocialist.org/archives/1424

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

Posted Sun, 05/05/2013 - 10:01pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 7:30pm
Location: 
Madison Av. at E. 100th St., 13th Floor
Contact: 

(212) 485-6235

A Conversation with TIME Magazine's Steven Brill
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us
Steven Brill
Co-CEO, Journalism Online
Writer, Time, Newsweek, New Yorker, New York Times Sunday Magazine
Founder, CourtTV and American Lawyer magazine
Tuesday, May 7 at 7:30 pm
NOT OUR USUAL LOCATION!
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hosp. Annenberg Building
1468 Madison Avenue at E.100th St., 13th floor, Rm 1301
#6 train to 96 St.; M96 or M106 cross town bus, both via 96th; buses via Madison or 5th or Lex: bus map http://ow.ly/6SK4u

TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP MONTH OF ACTION PLANNING MEETING

Posted Fri, 05/03/2013 - 12:34am by Anonymous
Date: 
Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 10:00am - 6:30pm
Location: 
Barnard College's Diana Center, Room 504 (north of 116th Street on the West side of Broadway in Manhattan - see map at http://barnard.edu/sites/default/files/images/inline/campusmap.png)
Contact: 

TradeJustice New York Metro (718) 218-4523 / info@tradejustice.net

TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP
MONTH OF ACTION PLANNING MEETING

Join TradeJustice New York Metro, a coalition of grassroots groups from diverse movements for social justice and environmental protection for a day-long meeting to plan lobby visits, protests, teach-ins, and other actions to drag TPP out of the shadows and let Congress know that we will not tolerate another backroom trade deal for the 1%!

Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 10AM-6:30PM
Barnard College's Diana Center, Room 504
3009 Broadway on the Barnard Campus
(north of 116th Street on the West side of Broadway in Manhattan)

Link: 
http://tradejustice.net

"Les Contis": TALES OF THE 1% FILM SERIES

Posted Mon, 04/29/2013 - 5:15pm by Brecht Forum
Date: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 7:30pm
Location: 
The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts): A, C, E to 14 St. (south exits to 14th & 8th Av.; L to 8th Av. (at 14th); #1, 2, 3 to 14 St.(south exits to 12th St. & 7th Av.); PATH to Christopher St. (nr. Hudson St.); F, M to 14 St (at 6th Av.); B, D to W. 4 St. (north exits to Waverly & 6th Av.); maps below)
Contact: 

212-242-4201, brechtforum@brechtforum.org ; directions http://bit.ly/bierxE ; map http://bit.ly/bzOKJp

May 8th, 2013 7:30 PM
TALES OF THE 1% FILM SERIES
Les Contis
Discussion with Rust Gilbert & Michael Lardner

Dir. Jérôme Palteau | 97 min | France | 2012
On March 2009 Continental Tire announced it was closing its plant near Paris. The 1200
workers suddenly facing a jobless future decided to wage a mass fight against management’s
plans. Hundreds of workers democratically organized their actions in regular meetings of their
rank and file assembly. Their militant job actions included demonstrations linking up with

Link: 
http://brechtforum.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12492

"Building for May Day - Strengthening Our Struggle": Queens Forum

Posted Sat, 04/20/2013 - 8:32am by wnu
Date: 
Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Diversity Center, 76-11 37th Avenue, #206, Jackson Heights
Contact: 

aaron s. amaral, amaral1871@gmail.com

Building for May Day - Strengthening Our Struggle

Saturday, April 20, 2013 @ 7PM

Diversity Center, 76-11 37th Avenue, #206, Jackson Heights

Groups below are uniting together to build May Day and to strengthen the networks of struggle. We welcome ideas, participation, endorsements of other groups and individuals who share these goals.

Protest at the GAP: End Sweatshop Death Traps Now!

Posted Wed, 04/17/2013 - 5:16pm by mbralow
Date: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: 
GAP Store, Herald Square, 60 West 34th St., NYC

Protest at the GAP: End Sweatshop Death Traps Now!
Join a Bangladeshi factory fire survivor for a protest at the GAP!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM

GAP Store, Herald Square at 60 West 34th Street [btw 5th & 6th Aves.: N, Q, R, B, D, F, M to 34 St.-Herald; #1, 2, 3 to 34 St.-Penn (at 7th Av.); A, C, E to 34 St.-Penn (at 8th Av.); M34 or M16 bus, both via 34th; buses via 6th or 5th]

Narrating Labor Struggles: Storytelling

Posted Wed, 04/17/2013 - 5:16pm by mbralow
Date: 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: 
The Center for Place Culture and Politics, 365 Fifth Avenue New Y ork, NY 10016

Narrating Labor Struggles: Storytelling
Christine Lewis, Mark Nowak, Nilita Vachani and Sujatha Fernandes
Wednesday April 17th, 6:00pm in Room C197

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