This Monday at the Mandolin (04.21)

Come to Socialist Alternative Meeting on MONDAY at 6.30pm,
Mandolin Cafe, Tacoma
3923 S 12th St.

(Socialist Alternative meeting is held at table at back of the Cafe)

With the Olympics coming up this summer in China, and growing protests about China's clampdown in Tibet disrupting the carrying of the Olympic torch, this is a great opportunity to review how socialists analyze China:

Is China Communist?
Is it capitalist?
Will China supplant the US as the world's most powerful nation?

These are some of the questions we will discuss in our lead-off discussion.

We will also get updates on the important ILWU May Day protest against the war.

We will also review the last week's activities, and upcoming events and discuss any other items of interest.

This Monday at the Mandolin Cafe (04.14)

Come to Socialist Alternative Meeting on MONDAY at 6.30pm,
Mandolin Cafe, Tacoma
3923 S 12th St.
(Socialist Alternative meeting is held at table at back of the Cafe)

This week we will examine the announcement of the ILWU that they will strike
on May 1 against the war, and the developing debate in the ILWU about this proposal.

A member of the union will give an introduction on the ILWU, the importance of May 1 for workers, and the proposed action for May 1.

Last week we discussed the WASL and are proposing to do a campaign on this during the coming months. More information about the WASL campaign will be available as it develops.

We will also review the last week's activities, upcoming events, and discuss any other items of interest.

Workers’ Assembly on Immigration

Tacoma Socialist Alternative endorses the following event:

Workers’ Assembly on Immigration

Fri & Sat, April 11th and 12th, 2008
(4:30 pm to 8:00 pm Friday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Saturday)
The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus
1210 Sixth Avenue Tacoma, Washington

The Assembly is for workers to talk to one another about immigration, how it affects working families in all of our communities, and what we can do to stop exploitation on the job and in the streets.

“How are children in immigrant communities dealing with the ongoing terrorizing of their families by some municipal law enforcement and ICE. How can community allies help?”

“How can workers, immigrant communities and their supporters respond to ICE raids?”

“How can we overcome stereotypes and myths about each others’ communities to create a stronger power base and solidarity?”

*Childcare and Transportation will be available -please call for more information

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT e-mail bocanegj@evergreen.edu

Assembly Organizers: Labor Center at The Evergreen State College and El Comité Pro Reforma Migratoria y Justicia Social

Sponsors: American Friends Service Committee, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Laborer’s Northwest Regional Organizing Coalition, Service Employees Int'l Union Local 6, Washington State Labor Council, Teamsters 117, UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, MEChA SU, NO! SIR, IUPAT District Council 5, CASA Latina, Orgullo Pu’repecha, MEChA TESC, UFCW 21, LCLAA, UNITE-HERE Local 8, WPEA UFCW Local 365, OPEIU Local 8, Martin Luther King Jr. County Labor Council, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Which Way Forward Committee and Other Community-Based Workers' Organizations.

"The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds." - Abraham Lincoln