As we near the end of November, Meg is returning from the bargaining table, and I am about to take off for union meetings in Ottawa, with a fresh tattoo on my arm of the IWW sabocat – symbol of the wildcat strike and industrial sabotage. I won’t write much myself today, but instead want [...]
Posts Tagged ‘IWW’
Red November, Black November
Posted in Labour and Unions, Political Stuff, tagged History, IWW, Labour and Unions, Resistance, Working Class on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Damn
Posted in Labour and Unions, Misc., tagged IWW, Labour Songs, Music on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Only a matter of days after I wrote about Utah Phillips here, this old Wob has passed on. Rather than write anything more myself, I’ll simply refer those who don’t know him to this video, and copy here the words of Jim Page that are circulating. Rest well, comrade. ————— In the night of May [...]
Utah
Posted in Labour and Unions, Music, Political Stuff, tagged IWW, Labour and Unions, Labour Songs, Music on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was 15 years old, and a friend of my folks’ made a few tapes of political music for me to take along for our year in Zimbabwe. That’s where I discovered Billy Bragg, Little Steven and a whole host of others. And it’s where I found Bruce “Utah” Phillips – storyteller, songwriter, keeper of the oral [...]
90 Years of Sedition
Posted in Political Stuff, tagged History, IWW, Resistance on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, May 16, marks the 90th anniversary of the US Sedition Act. It’s purpose? From History.com, hardly a radical information source, here’s the gist. “Aimed at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting [...]
Stepping Down
Posted in Labour and Unions, Misc., tagged IWW, Work on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A busy day yesterday, and strange. Reflection, grief, anger. There’s lots happening in my home life, with uncertainties and conflicts with my ex, so that’s all hanging in the background as a generalized anxiety and exhaustion. Right now, though, at the forefront has been work. Yesterday was the last day I am performing the duties of Executive [...]
