socialism

On July 20, 2008, around 15-20 armed men shot and killed Alberto “Bito” Yusi, president of Samahan ng mga Anak ng Magsasaka ng Famosa, Incorporated (SAMFAI), an organization of landless peasants that petitioned for the distribution of the 490-hectare Ticao Agro-Industrial Development Incorporated (TAIDI) landholding situated at Barangay Famosa, Monreal, Masbate.

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Event Info
Host: Workers International League
Type: Party - Barbecue
Location: Sons of Rest Pavilion in Tower Grove Park
Street: 4256 Magnolia Avenue
City/Town: Saint Louis, MO

Contact Info
Phone: 13144352493
Email: jl@newyouth.com

Do you know the origins of Fair St. Louis? Everyone has heard of the fair,
but few remember that it was originally established as the "Veiled Prophet"
Parade, a celebration of the crushing of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877,

The Third World

Asia

(a) SOUTHEAST ASIA. Only in China’s traditional “sphere of influence” has the People’s Republic given consistent material support to powers abroad – to North Korea and North Vietnam – and verbal support to movements against governments with which it has friendly diplomatic relations.

All Locations on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa are TBA shortly:

Friday, April 18

Evening Meet and Greet/Assign Housing Party, 7:30pm-1am with guest speakers:

Frank Cordaro, a christian anarchist with the Des Moines Catholic Worker and Karen Kubby, director of Iowa City Emma Goldman Clinic and member of U.S. Socialist Party. Kubby was asked by the USA Green Party in 2004 to run for President but declined because she said running the local Emma Goldman clinic was more important.

Saturday, April 19

Come out with us and celebrate the life and legacy of Mother Jones. There will be words spoken, words sung, and then we will have a picnic. Bring your own food and drinks. Also, you should consider checking out the documentary film we will be showing the night before on SIUE's campus: http://siue.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10828036738

Mother Jones Request for Burial Site:

We will be showing Rosemary Feurer's new documentary about the life of Mother Jones and having a discussion of her legacy after the film. You can read about the documentary here: http://motherjonesmuseum.org/DVD_page.htm

Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman

Produced and Directed by Rosemary Feurer and Laura Vazquez

This documentary "should be shown in schools all over the country."
Howard Zinn, author of The People's History of the United States