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Organizing To Thwart Theft of a Presidential Election

Brian K. Noe · October 16, 2020 ·

There was a brief moment after the election in 2008 where I was worried that G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney would refuse to leave office. When the fears proved unfounded, I chalked it up to paranoia.

This year, I just don’t know. It’s hard to say whether it is sad, or fortunate, that we have come to the point where we have so little confidence in the health and veracity of our public institutions. I suppose that it may be both.

In any case, if folks’ fears about this are realized this time around, the notion of a nationwide general strike to keep the current occupant of the White House compliant is appealing.

Unions Are Beginning to Talk About Staving Off a Possible Coup – Labor Notes Reports: “Therefore, be it finally resolved that the Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO calls on the National AFL-CIO, all of its affiliate unions, and all other labor organizations in the United States of America to prepare for and enact a general strike of all working people, if necessary, to ensure a Constitutionally mandated peaceful transition of power as a result of the 2020 Presidential Elections.”

Read More: https://www.labornotes.org/2020/10/unions-are-beginning-talk-about-staving-possible-coup

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: 2020 Elections, AFL-CIO, Elections, Labor Notes, Trump, U.S. Elections, Union, Unions

Labor Notes 2015 In Review

Brian K. Noe · December 30, 2015 ·

As the assault on union standards continues — wherever we still have them — glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance. Al Bradbury looks back on the year for Labor Notes.

Read More: 2015 Year in Review: Grassroots Resistance Points the Way Forward | Labor Notes

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Class Struggles, Labor Notes, Union, Working Class

Solidarity Forever Centennial

Brian K. Noe · January 17, 2015 ·

On a windblown, gray Chicago day 100 years ago, January 17, 1915, Ralph Chaplin left his home on the South Side for a raucous, poor person’s rally at the city’s famous women’s center, Hull House. He asked a visiting friend he’d met organizing coal miners with Mother Jones to listen to the lyrics of a new tune he had been working on. Here’s the story behind one of the most beloved Labor Hymns.

Read the article: ‘Solidarity Forever’ Written 100 Years Ago, Today | Labor Notes.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Folk Music, Folk Process, Inspiration, IWW, Labor History, Labor Notes, Ralph Chaplin, Union, Wobblies

First Videos from Labor Notes 2014

Brian K. Noe · April 10, 2014 ·

Labor Notes 2014 in Chicago was an incredible weekend of inspiration and activism. This was my first Labor Notes, and I hope to make in an annual ritual. Highlights, for me, were the Friday afternoon Chicago Labor history tour (conducted by the ILHS), the Saturday afternoon STOP Staples protest, and (of course) the Friday and Saturday night Folk Music singalongs, spearheaded by members of the Seattle Labor Chorus and Anne Feeney.

How could I forget to mention the incredible and boisterous impromptu singalong in the Crowne Plaza lobby into the wee hours of Sunday morning with young Wobblies and Occupy kids from Portland, Chicago and the Twin Cities?

Labor Notes has the first videos from the conference posted on their site now. I’m looking forward to more.

Need an inspiration fix? Here are a few video highlights for those who couldn’t make it to the record-breaking 2014 Labor Notes Conference—or those already ready to relive it.

See them here: First Videos from the 2014 Labor Notes Conference | Labor Notes.

Filed Under: Curated Links Tagged With: Chicago, Folk Music, Labor Notes, Union

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