IWW Work People's College!
Richmond Industrial Workers of the World R-IWW
What is the Work People's College? From 1921 until it’s closure in 1941, the Work People’s College trained hundreds of workers on tactics of the class struggle, nourishing a tradition of working class radicalism in Minnesota that lives on today.
In 2006, the Twin Cities IWW (aka Minneapolis & St. Paul IWW) began reviving the Work People’s College with a series of workshops, one-day educationals, and presentations.
In the summer 2012, we are inviting IWW members from across North America to a six-day intensive training at Mesaba Co-op Park designed to give a new generation of leaders in the IWW all the tools they need to build union branches, and fight and win the next battles of the class struggle.
Check out the curriculum!
[ http://workpeoplescollege.org/curriculum/ ]
The Richmond IWW is fundraising to help subsidize the attendance of fellow workers from the Richmond General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World [ www.richmondiww.org ] at the Work People's College.
Members of the Richmond Industrial Workers of the World are building a radical labor movement in Virginia. Membership is growing, and we've been engaging working class people through various campaigns through out Virginia, and in each campaign we strive to increase class consciousness.
We are engaging workers on the shop floor and challenging the boss class, organizing with the Richmond Transit Riders Union for transportation equality, housing justice with Residents of Public Housing in Richmond Against Mass Eviction (RePHRAME), and against gentrification and food deserts through Sustainable East End Development in Church Hill (SEED-CH).
Those are a lot of different issues right? Not all of them take place in the work place, however they all involve working people, and these working people are working together to solve problems in their community the same way one would do in the work place. These are worker driven movements with a lot of inter-connectivity, and at the root of all these concerns lies the enemy, capitalism. A system which inherently feeds of the exploitation of the working class.
If you would like to support the work we do towards the abolition of the wage system and with the capitalist system, please help us continue in the education of fellow workers within our union and our community. Please consider donating any amount to the Work People's College Fund. Our goal is $500 by April 15th.
How do I donate?
We are a 501c5 Non-Profit Organization, so your donations will not be tax-deductable, sorry. However you can still send a donation online through the "donate" button at the top right hand corner of [ www.richmondiww.org ] or by sending cash / check / money order to:
In Solidarity,
Kenneth Yates
Secretary of the Richmond General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World
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