100 Inmates in Shakopee, Minnesota, Wear Blue to Support Demands Made by LGBTQ Prisoners
Submitted by R Totale on Jun 25 2019 17:37
Inside Shakopee Prison on Saturday 25th June, prisoners wore blue - the only color they can wear without getting in trouble - to protest in favor of changes demanded by LGBTQ prisoners. This story was first published by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.
What is a workplace? Race, workplace struggle, and the IWW
Submitted by OliverTwister on Aug 10 2017 18:37
Factory committees, shop floors, collective bargaining, contracts. What do those words mean to you? Well, it depends on your life experience, of course. To me and other workers in my industry, those words have been associated with folks who have “real jobs.” You see, even though I work a real job in a real industry, all industries are not treated equally.
Al Ditty – Working Class Hero
A tribute to a white Minneapolis sanitation worker who was fired and committed suicide after leaking plans for a police raid on the Justice for Jamar Clark protest encampment outside the 4th Precinct police station in North Minneapolis.
Unionism and Anti-Fascism - Twin Cities General Defense Committee
Statement on Opposing All Oppression from the Twin Cities GDC Local 14 on the importance of fighting fascism and all of the oppressions faced by different sections of the working class.
Shooter of unarmed anti-racist walks free; authorities silent
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 29 2017 20:58
An update on the shooter of the Seattle Anti Fascist.
Building Working-Class Defense Organizations: An Interview with the Twin Cities GDC
Submitted by Kdog on Dec 9 2016 06:47
First of May Anarchist Alliance interviewed Erik D., Secretary of Twin Cities IWW-General Defense Committee (GDC) Local 14. The GDC which has grown to approximately 100 members in Minnesota has become an important pole of struggle for pro-working-class revolutionaries on a number of different fronts, most significantly the year-long struggle against police killings and brutality.
More and Better Organizers: Advice for Revolutionary Workers (Review of ‘Weakening the Dam’)
A quick review of impressions and the content of the pamphlet on organizing skills and strategy from the Twin Cities IWW.
