Ralph Nader in Tacoma

Tacoma SA Proudly Presents the Following Event:

Ralph Nader speaks in Tacoma!
Wednesday, May 14th
1:30 PM
Tacoma Community College
Building#3
6501 S. 19th Street
Tacoma 98466
$10 contribution/ $5 student/low-income (No one turned away)

Why support Nader?
A recent poll showed 81% of Americans think the country is headed on the wrong track. Obama has inspired millions of people by speaking out against the war and claiming to refuse money from corporate lobbyists. It's clear ,the overwhelming majority of Americans are yearning for a change from eight years of Bush's corporate war-mongering. But the question is: Can the Democrats deliver the change they are promising?

Beneath Obama's and Clinton's rhetoric, their actual records reveal that they have repeatedly voted to keep the troops in Iraq, and they have received millions upon millions of dollars from big corporations. Come hear Ralph Nader speak and read these articles about why you should support the strongest independent, pro-worker campaign and help us build a movement to end corporate control of our society!

Excellent Articles:
1. By Matt Gonzalez: 'The Obama Craze: Count Me Out' on Counterpunch

2. 'Does Obama Deserve Your Support? Ten Things You Should Know'

3. 'The Obama Mirage: Behind the Rhetoric of Hope and Change'

4. 'Break with the Two Parties of Big Business! Build Nader's Antiwar, Anti-Corporate Campaign'

5. 'Is a Nader vote a wasted vote? The Case against Lesser-Evilism'


We need your help, especially to spread the word:
1. Pass the news on to friends, family, co-workers, classmates right now! Post this announcement on other websites!

2. Lead a team of volunteers to go postering or pass out leaflets together. Pick a time and place you want to meet, bring tape and/or staple hammers, and call Ramy at (206) 293-8389 to get volunteers to go postering together.

3. Let the media know Nader is coming to town and urge them to cover Nader's speech and to interview Nader while he is in town. The media can contact Nader's media team through www.VoteNader.org

4. Volunteer to collect signatures to get Nader on the WA State ballot. Contact Mike Gillis at 206-755-4262 or mikedgillis@hotmail.com

5. Help us find a volunteer who could provide American Sign Language interpretation for Nader's speech for at least 1 person who requested this. Email jessiquadown@gmail.com if you find a volunteer.

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