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Public Welcome to Upper-Midwest WobFest

The annual Upper-Midwest WobFest. June 25-26-27
Agenda
Friday, June 25 Social, Registration and our Diversity Workshop. 1908 S. Halstead, Chicago.
Saturday, 10:00 AM ti 10:00 PM UE Hall, 37 South Ashland Ave. Chicago. Workshops, Singing, Poetry etc.
Sunday: Picket at Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S Michigan, Chicago. Gathering at Graceland Cemetary, Joe Hill's resting place. Picknic at Frest Home Cemetary. Des Plaines Ave. Forest Park, IL.
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Friends,

The annual Upper-Midwest WobFest is an opportunity for friends and members of the IWW from the Midwest Region of North America to get togehter, share experiences and skills, and make plans for building of the IWW in our region and throughout the world.

The overall theme of this year's WobFest is "Diversity". How can we build a diverse revolutionary workers movement and culture? ow do we overcome the multiple barriers to workingclass consciousness and solidarity; such as sexism, racism, nationalism, homophobia, regionalism, full-time vs. part-time, temporary and unemployment, skilled vs. unskilled. The list could go on. A number of workshops during this years Fest will go into these issues.

Here is the agenda (thus far, and subject to ammendment)

Friday June 25 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM - Wobblie Social, WobFest WobFest Registration and Our first diversity workshop: Class Struggle and Sexual Liberation, 1908 S. Halstead, Chicago.

Saturday June 26 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM - Upper Mid-West WobFest, UE Hall, 37 South Ashland Ave.

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Setup, Registration and Introductions all around.

11:00 AM to 1:30 PM Organizer Training - Organizer Training Committee - IWW

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM - First Round of Workshops
1. Labor and the Environment
2. Direct Action - Led by the Milwaukee General Membership Branch - IWW

12:30 to 1:30 Lunch

1:30 to 3:00 PM Second Round of Workshops
1. Ckass Struggle and National Liberation - Led by Tanuja
2. Class Struggle and Sexual Liberation

3:00 PM to 3:15 - Break

3:15 to 4:45 - Third Round of Workshops
1. Class Liberation, National Liberation, Sexual Liberation - How do they relate (or not)? - Led by Penny Pixler and Dan Price. Chicago GMB
2. Cultural Diversity and Union Solidarity led by Janet Miller, Chicago GMB

4:45 PM to 5:00 PM Break

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM - Fourth Round of Workshops
1. Solidary Unionism vs. Service Unionism - Led by Mike Hargis. Chicago GMB

6:30 PM Break for for the day and dinner.

Sunday June 27 (IWW's 99th Birthday) - Picket, Labor History Tour and Picnic (Drivers needed)
8:00 AM - Join the picket line at Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S Michigan Ave. Where workers have been on strike for a year and still hanging tough.

10:00 AM - Gather at Graceland Cemetary (corner of N. Clark St. and W. Irving Park Rd.) - site of Joe Hill's cremation and last resting place of many of Chicago's robber barons - to being tour - Led by Penny Pixler.

12:00 Noon - 16:30 - Picnic/gathering at Forest Home Cemetary on Desplaines Ave. In Forest Park IL p- Site of the Haymarket Martyr's Monument - Easily accessible via the Forest Park Blue Line (EL). Directions will be provided. Besides giving us a chance to commune with our fallen fellow workers this gathering will also give us a chance to critique weekend's events and talk about the IWW's Centenial Celibration in 2005.

We are asking for a registration fee of from $10 to $15 (sliding scale) but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Members of the Chicago GMB who can provide housing for visiting Wobs are urged to get in touch with the WobFest Organizing Committee - e-mail michaelhargis (at) netscape.net.

If anyone is willing to provide transportation for Sunday's Labor History Tour, contact Penny Pixler 773 509-1999.

Workshops

All Workshops will take place at UW Hall. 37 South Ashland Ave. Chicago on Saturday June 26, 2004 (Except where noted).
 
 

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