December Newsletter
Fellow Workers,
Welcome to the December edition of our e-newsletter! Feedback and collaboration are always encouraged. Simply reply to this email with comments or questions.
In addition to the events listed below, you can always check the Google Calendar of the NYC General Defense Committee (GDC) for more happenings. If you would like to submit radical events in and around New York City to the calendar, email details to [email protected].
UPCOMING BRANCH EVENTS
Every day at various times: We need Fellow Workers to participate in consumer education. Please email FW Frank if you would like to sign up for a shift. We have also started a Slack to coordinate our consumer education shifts - please email Frank if you would like to get added to our channel.
Tuesday, January 8 at 6:30 p.m.: Attend an orientation for new members of the NYC GMB. The orientation will take place prior to our monthly branch meeting and acquaint you with the history of the IWW, current NYC GMB campaigns, rules for how the monthly meeting proceeds, and more. For location details, email [email protected].
Tuesday, January 8 at 7 p.m.: Attend the monthly meeting of the IWW NYC GMB. For location details, email [email protected].
Saturday and Sunday, January 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m: The IWW NYC GMB is holding an organizer training. Capacity is currently full, but things may change as the date gets closer. Please email [email protected] to get more details and to find out if space becomes available.
Sunday, January 20 from 10 a.m to 8p.m.: The IWW NYC GMB is cosponsoring Yiddish Anarchism: New Scholarship on a Forgotten Tradition - a conference discussing the, mostly forgotten, history of Yiddish anarchism at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (15 West 16th St). RSVP here.
Saturday, January 26: IWOC is hosting a welcome home party for those who have been affected by raids. Please reach out to [email protected] if you can help out with outreach or logistics before the event (time and location TBD).
WHAT WOBBLIES READ AND LISTEN TO
“Somali Workers in Minnesota Force Amazon to Negotiate” NY Times
“When ICE Comes to Town” Rolling Stone
“You Don’t Hate Mondays, You Hate Not Being Yourself” Medium
“You Don’t Hate Mondays, You Hate Not Being Yourself” Medium