This column was originally intended for the November 2007 issue of the Industrial Worker. Goals. Then Strategy. Then Tactics. Part II of II By: J. Pierce Last month we talked about goals, strategy, and tactics. We called forth our visions--our ultimate goals. As an example, we said: “Free food for every human being.” Then we came up with intermediate goals: “Workers domination of the agriculture and food stuff industry.” But to feed ourselves this week, our immediate goal was a pay raise. Next, we planned out a strategy--both to get us that pay raise and to set us on our way to our dreams. We designed our strategy to unite around immediate necessities and build our strength to achieve the impossible. Our strategy groups workers into shop floor and industrial committees. Workers group together in many ways, however, so we’ll work with what the situation calls for. To implement this strategy, we’re going to select tactics.

Thanks for reading the Fellow Travelers' Advisory ... I know you're all busy folks - your support of my music and my work means more than I can say ... I REALLY couldn't do it without you!

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New CD & CD Release Parties!!

As soon as you see this, I hope you'll all go right to http://cdbaby.com/cd/annefeeney7 and order "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" (if you haven't already). This is my best CD ever!

For several days "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" was one of the top ten best-sellers at CDBaby! Whoo-hoo! thank you! The feedback I've been getting on this CD is wonderful. It's getting a lot of airplay, too.

If your favorite folk show isn't listed here:
http://fellow-travelers-advisory.blogspot.com/2008/04/ta-da-its-ready.html
let me know, and I'll send a CD on to the station with your compliments!

There are several upcoming CD release parties:

I was talking with one co-worker who was telling me about why he supports the Republicans. He told me that he did not want to share his money with lazy people who do not want to work. He went on saying how there are ladies driving caddies and collecting food stamps (we all heard of the myth of the welfare queens, right?) He also told me that these guys who stand under viaducts panhandling motorists for change earn more money than I do. Now I will grand you, I am no Donald Trump. I do not have a six figure income or even half of six figures. But I find it hard to believe that being a professional begger can net you enough bread to pay your mortgage every month. In fact I would wager that those cats who stand with squeegies offering to wash your car or who claim to want just enough money to catch a bus home don'e even have a home to go to. My bud at work went on to say that if a person can get in a position where they are billionaires than he salutes them and thinks they are entitled to their wealth. This leaves a sour question in my mind though, just how does one turn over six or seven figures?

Our May Day demos are a bit stodgy. See what the Anarchists in London are doing today: www.spacehijackers.org

I am on the womens caucus email list. And there has been discussion since the organising summit in canada in regards to forming GIFC... we have been also discussing ways and means of communicating our findings as per relation to the committee

Some ideas that have been put forward

 

-blogs

- site

- newsletters

 

and various other medias... (newsletters etc)

 

we are still in discussions but its moving forward nicely... if you are on the womens caucus list and havent seen this discuss feel free to post some comments on this post and future posts which i will be posting in regards to this

 

Minutes will be posted to my blog as soon as i get the blessing from the people involved for people who weren't at the organising summit

 

we are trying to be open and transparent as possable within the constructs of the suitation as it pertains to the womens caucus

 

 

Utah Phillips is very, very ill. He can no longer perform and urgently needs financial help. He has given so much to the One Big Union and progressive people everywhere. Now is the time to show him what we learned from him and to put into practice the solidarity he taught us.

I.W.W. Musician, Singer, Poet, Writer, and, most of all Organizer - Utah Phillips has spent his life uplifting the spirits of all struggling against the bosses to build a better world. At all his concerts he had it stipulated that wobblies would be present to fundraise and organize.

He has been the voice for "...all those thousands of unnamed wobblies buried in unmarked graves throughout the west." Don't let that voice go unanswered.

Cards, messages and money can be sent to:
UTAH PHILLIPS
BOX 1235
NEVADA CITY, CA 95959

We are proud to announce the launch of Interface, a new global online journal dedicated to research carried out from and for social movements by movement practitioners and engaged academics alike. We are looking for articles of all kinds as well as people interested in helping create the journal at many different levels. This email has some basic information, and more is available on our website at www.interfacejournal.net.

Call for Papers: Issue 1, "Movement knowledge"

Interface is a new journal launched by activists and academics around the world in response to the development and increased visibility of social movements in the last few years - and the immense amount of knowledge generated in this process. This knowledge is created across the globe, and in many contexts and a variety of ways, and it constitutes an incredibly valuable resource for the further development of social movements. Interface responds to this need, as a tool to help our movements learn from each other's struggles.

Pittsburgh
26 March 2008

IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
(details at the bottom of this message and continuously updating at http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html)

Thursday, March 27 - Pittsburgh w ROY ZIMMERMAN
Saturday, March 29 - Pittsburgh w Roger McGuinn
April 3-6 - BURIED: The Story of the Sago Mine Disaster
April 11-13 - Labor Notes - Dearborn, MI
(possible Detroit CD release party on the 13th)


I’m looking for places to have CD release parties on April 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 or 27... anyone interested???



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