Saturday, May 4, 7:30 PM

May Day Celebration—Clara Fraser: The original socialist feminist

A public celebration of the international working-class holiday honors the remarkable contributions Clara Fraser made to the arsenal of Marxism and feminism. The daughter of Russian immigrants, Fraser founded the first revolutionary socialist feminist party in the world and taught new generations how to stand together to fight discrimination and exploitation.

Speakers: Andrea Bauer, environmentalist, queer rights rebel, and Fraser’s student in Marxist economics and Dennis Sanders, anti-capitalist analyst and writer on international affairs.

Come early for Mike’s Louisiana Chicken and Andouille (or Vegan) Gumbo dinner at 6:00pm for $10 donation. The program starts at 7:30pm, $3 donation requested. Work exchanges available for students, strikers or the unemployed.

The event will be held at New Freeway Hall, address and travel information are above.

For information 206-722-2453 or FSPseattle@mindspring.com. To request childcare please call three days in advance.

Friday, April 19, 7:00 PM

Amnesty, Equality & Workers Rights: The real immigration reform we need!

How will the 11 million undocumented workers in this country be impacted by the new immigration proposals put forward by President Obama and Congress? How should union activists respond to AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka’s recent endorsement of guest worker programs? A panel of labor and community organizers will tackle these questions and discuss what meaningful immigration reform should look like and how to win it.

Speakers

Pedro Olguin – Organizer with Teamsters Local 117* and a member of the local’s Latino Caucus. He has experienced firsthand, both here and in Southern California, how U.S. immigration laws undercut workers ability to fight for justice on the job.
* For identification purposes only

Christina López – Author of Estamos en La Lucha: Immigrant Women Light the Fires of Resistance. Raised in Arizona, López returned there last year to participate in Tuscon’s Freedom Summer. She is a vocal opponent of guest worker/Bracero programs.

Lois Danks – Coordinator of Stop The Checkpoints, a coalition of residents across the Olympic Peninsula, which has mobilized against Border Patrol harassment of immigrants, the spread of private detention centers, and the militarization of the borders.

Doors open at 6:30, $3 donation requested ($1 for students). Snack plates served for a $6 donation.
Work exchanges available. Spanish translator will be present. Wheelchair accessible venue.

The forum will be held at New Freeway Hall, address and travel information are above.

For more information: 206-722-2453, FSPseattle@mindspring.com or facebook.com/FSPseattle.
To request a work exchange or childcare please call in advance.

Viernes, 19 de abril a las 7:00 PM

Amnistía, igualdad y derechos para los trabajadores: ¡La reforma migratoria que realmente necesitamos!

Conferencistas

Pedro Olguin es organizador del Teamsters Local 117* y miembro del Consejo Latino local. Ha sido testigo, tanto aquí como en California del Sur, de la forma en que las leyes de migración de EEUU han mermado la habilidad de los trabajadores para luchar por la justicia en el trabajo.
* Sólo para propósitos de identificación

Christina López es autora de Estamos en La Lucha: Immigrant Women Light the Fires of Resistance. Criada en Arizona, López regresó allá el año pasado para participar en el Verano de Libertad de Tucson. Es una contundente opositora a los programas de trabajadores invitados y del Bracero.

Lois Danks es coordinadora de Stop The Checkpoints, coalición de residentes de toda la Península Olímpica, la cual se ha movilizado contra el asedio de la Patrulla Fronteriza hacia los inmigrantes, contra la diseminación de centros de detención privados y contra la militarización de las fronteras.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle
Sobre la línea #7 de autobús cerca de la estación Columbia City del tren ligero

$3 a la entrada, estudiantes $1 * $6 el plato especial de bocadillos * Las puertas abren a las 6:30pm

Patrocina el Partido de Libertad Socialista
Para cuidado infantil o intercambio de trabajo, por favor llama con tres días de antelación. Para más información: 206-722-2453, FSPSeattle@mindspring.com o facebook.com/FSPSeattle.

Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 PM

Race, MAP tests, and privatization: the fight for equality in public education

Bring your thoughts and opinions to a public forum with

Special guest speaker Dr. Steven Strauss
is a Baltimore-area neurologist and a Ph.D. linguistics scholar. As a speaker and writer on education issues, he brings an anti-capitalist analysis and the passion of a parent with two children educated in public schools. In 2011 he marched with Save Our Schools in Washington, D.C., to protest corporatization and high-stakes testing.

Also featuring Matt Carter
who is a 4th/5th grade teacher and one of 12 staff members at Orca K-8 who are boycotting the MAP test. He is a shop steward for the Seattle Education Association and a member of Social Equality Educators. As the parent of a son and a daughter at Orca, he has opted them out of the MAP test as well.

Doors open at 6:30pm, $3 donation requested, $1 for students, snack plates served for a $4 donation.

The forum will be held at New Freeway Hall (address and travel information are above).

For information 206-722-2453 or FSPseattle@mindspring.com. To request childcare please call three days in advance.

Mondays, beginning January, 6:30 PM (ongoing)

Public Discussion Circle on Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain by Felix Morrow

This incisive account of Spanish Civil War by Felix Morrow, a U.S. revolutionary, was written as events unfolded between 1936-39. The Spanish workers and peasants overthrew the monarchy and were on the verge of establishing a worker-controlled government when they were betrayed by their leaders. How did this massive uprising, which inspired support across the globe, end in tragedy, with the fascist General Franco taking power? The group will explore the differing strategies and debates among communists, anarchists and Stalinists involved at the time and draw lessons from this heroic but failed revolution.

Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain by Felix Morrow is available at class or online at http://www.marxists.org/archive/morrow-felix/1938/revolution-spain/

The discussion group is free. Snacks will be available for a small donation.

It meets at New Freeway Hall (address and travel information are above) and will occur every Monday, starting August 6.

For information contact Adrienne Weller at 206-713-8056 or adrienne.w@earthlink.net.