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fuck the SEIU

By shag carpet bomb • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Labor Struggles

I really really really really want to love the SEIU, but this takes the cake.
April 17, 2008
Marchel Smiley, President SEIU National AFRAM Caucus 1673 Columbia Road NM # 100 Washington, DC 20009
RE: SEIU Exploits African American Women and Children at Labor Notes Conference
Dear President Smiley:
In Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday, April 12, 2008, SEIU staffers invited […]


on the global waterfront

By shag carpet bomb • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: Announcements, Books, Class, Labor Struggles, On the Global Waterfront, Racialization

Monthly Review Press has just published a book by Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger, titled “On the Global Waterfront.” It details an important laobr struggle on the Charleston, SC docks and tells us much about the US labor movement, racism, global capitalism, and the heroism of dedicated. mostly black, dock workers.
“On the Global […]