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March 2019
Public sector workers speak-out! Drawing the lessons from a 5-year pay and conditions battle
Public servants have been locked into a bargaining stoush with the government for five years. In June 2014, for the first time in years, the end dates of enterprise agreements aligned across agencies. This gave the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) immense potential for coordinated action. Saddled with a restrictive bargaining framework and facing a government at war with its own workforce, CPSU members responded with mass meetings, bans, strike action and a string of decisive votes against unacceptable…
Find out more »April 2019
“High Voltage Women” Book launch featuring groundbreaking electrical tradeswoman Megan Cornish
The pioneer utility electrician will discuss her experiences as one of the path-breakers profiled in High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light by Ellie Belew. This new history tells the story of women’s fight to gain entry into the male, largely white, electrical trades at Seattle’s public utility. Free. Light refreshments available. Hosted by: Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party Information: 212-222-0633, nycfsp@gmail.com, www.RedLetterPress.org
Find out more »Branch Meeting
Join the NYC branch for our monthly open meeting, where we'll discuss our movement work plus unfolding national and international events with a socialist feminist analysis. Freedom Hall, 113 w. 128th St. Email nycfsp@gmail.com for more information.
Find out more »Rebel Reading Circle: The Fight Against Fascism in the U.S.A.
The Fight Against Fascism in the U.S.A. Lessons From the 1930’s – 40’s Ongoing series, beginning January 28 Delve into gripping first-person accounts by anti-fascist organizers from the Great Depression era. The rise of fascism in Europe has been well-documented, but the home-grown Nazi movement it inspired is rarely discussed. This booklet is a compilation by participants who mounted successful campaigns to counter burgeoning fascist movements in New York, Minneapolis and Los Angeles, where they confronted organizations like the German-American…
Find out more »Art exhibit outing to Yəhaw̓ at King Street Station!
Yәhaw̓ is an Indigenous-led exhibition that is the inaugural exhibition for ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle’s new public cultural space. Free. Yәhaw̓ is an Indigenous community-based project. Curated by Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole), Asia Tail (Cherokee), and Satpreet Kahlon, this project series will celebrate the depth and diversity of Indigenous art made in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more at yehawshow.com The title Yәhaw̓ is a Lushootseed word that means “to do the work”, drawn from a Coast Salish story of…
Find out more »Walk for Justice for Refugees
March with FSP and RW! 2pm, State Library. Contact for details: 9388-0062 freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com
Find out more »Study group – High Voltage Women
Starts April 2. Alternate Tuesdays 7-8:30pm and Thursdays 4:30-6:00pm. For additional information contact: 415-864-1278 bafsp@earthlink.net
Find out more »End Homelessness Now – LA Campaign General Meeting
Over 50,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles County. They are disproportionately Black and Latino, and the fastest growing age group is over 62 years old. End Homelessness now is a grassroots campaign to pressure city and county governments to deploy their unused and underused land and buildings to build, own, and run permanent supportive housing, shelters, and safe parking areas for people living in cars and trailers. The campaign was sparked by the City Council’s recent refusal to renovate…
Find out more »The Escalating Assaults on Abortion Rights
Laws restricting access to abortion, threats to clinics including Planned Parenthood, and Trump’s support for opponents of reproductive rights—all are alarmingly on the rise. Especially endangered are poor women’s ability to have this medical treatment legalized by Roe v Wade. What is the strategy of proponents of abortion rights? How can we revitalize a grassroots movement to defend this precious right? Add your thoughts in a discussion at this monthly Freedom Socialist Party meeting. Home-cooked lunch will be served at 12:15…
Find out more »Rebel Reading Circle: Fascism & Big Business
In the mid-1930’s, French radical Daniel Guerin studied the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany and its relationship with the ruling capitalist families there. His work Fascism and Big Business will be the basis of this study group. We’ll also examine Steve Bannon’s tour in Europe to unite the ultra-right. The first meeting will discuss “Fascism: What it is and how to fight it” by Leon Trotsky available online. Free. Guerin’s book available for sale at the group. Light snacks. All are welcome. Sponsored…
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