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Industrial Workers of the World So-Called Melbourne

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24.01.2022 CALL OUT FOR SUPPORT from Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy People are needed at camp urgently

20.01.2022 Happy birthday to Antifa legend Woody Guthrie.

18.01.2022 The rebel girl and IWW organizer, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, was born on this day in history in 1890. Flynn once said about the union that, The IWW has been acc...used of pushing women to the front. This is not true. Rather, the women have not been kept in back, and so they have naturally moved to the front. Read about her life here: https://www.jacobinmag.com//elizabeth-gurley-flynn-iww-tr/

14.01.2022 Tonight! We’re under curfew & lockdown is in full tilt - time to let loose at home with an ouzo and listen to the sounds of the underground! Join us for a night of music and help keep our beloved 3CR on the airwaves! ... You can donate here at: www.3cr.org.au/donate

12.01.2022 Fellow Workers, LGBTQIA friends and Wom*n! A special event is being held next Wednesday, details below - from our comrades at Vixen, Scarlet Alliance - Austral...ian Sex Workers Association & Decrim QLD License to Fail Wednesday November 25th 3.30pm AEDT RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/license-to-fail-queensland-vic Licensing divides the sex industry in two, allowing only those sex workers that can meet the extreme levels of regulation to operate legally, and leaving the rest of the industry criminalised and open to police targeting for fines and charges. This failed model forces sex workers in QLD and VIC to make choices about our work based on dangerous and unworkable licensing requirements, rather than on our health and safety needs. Licensing fails to recognise sex work as work, which causes stigma and discrimination, blocks access to OHS mechanisms, and dramatically reduces our ability to organise in our workplaces. Join an exciting lineup of sex worker speakers from Victoria and Queensland as they unpack why licensing is a failure, how it impacts sex workers, and why we are calling for full decriminalisation instead. Featuring keynote presentations from Vixen Collective, DecrimQLD and the national perspective from Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, followed by a discussion panel and Q&A.

12.01.2022 Capitalists are parasites who latch on to us and feed off our labor.

11.01.2022 On this day, 4 September 1917, legendary Australian anarchist and labour organiser Monty Miller was arrested at the age of 78 for being a member of an unlawful ...association: the Industrial Workers of the World union. He was subsequently sentenced to six months hard labour. Learn more about Miller and the Australian IWW in our podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com//28/e19-the-iww-in-austra/ See more

10.01.2022 Comrades! It's cold out and we're in full lockdown - but we can still get together and share a night of music, even better help keep 3CR Community Radio stay on the airwaves! There will be performances from amazing artists Oscar Poncell Salaam Radio Show Paskalia in their new project Queen Bitch and many more... Tomorrow night - Bring your mates and let's drown ourselves in sounds from the underground! <3

07.01.2022 Update from the djab wurrung embassy, how to help, and what's needed. At the start of August, Susan Ley federal minister for environment, gave the go ahead yet ...again to Vic Roads / MRPV starting a countdown for the state to remove us and clear the embassy camps. We have time to prepare and we need your help to do that. Monday 24th August Victoria Police executed dodgey warrants to arrest key figures at the embassy, whilst taken off the land raided all the camps with a large task force recording all materials, supplies, vehicles, personnel, locations. By later the next day all arrested have been released but the magistrate refused to acknowledge the embassy as a legitimate place of residence, meaning that important members of the embassy have been coerced into signing bail agreements for various locations away from the embassy. All of these factors are things that should be taken very seriously as the state is slowly and methodically laying the groundwork or pretext to clear out the djab wurrung embassy and remaining protectors. Due to the pandemic and authoritative state response the numbers of people who have been participating on the ground here at the embassy has dropped to all but a handful of committed crew. This is largely caused by the uncertainties created by the lockdown environments, both around so called victoria and Narrm. The djab wurrung embassy is in possession of documentation that proves your residential permissions on country, and there is a lot of essential work that needs to be done. We need caretakers, builders, workers, and people who can come spend consistent amounts of time here. We also need communities and collectives to prepare themselves ahead of time to be ready to get up here as fast as possible. Make your plans and arrangements, have those discussions, and let people know. Senior tribal members request that the defense of these lands is to be lead by women; this is women's country and their strength and direction is the key to winning. In particular we call to women to come to country to talk, work, and heal. Men are also being asked to come to country but are asked to follow the direction of women whilst here. There is space for people of all genders and discrimination will be taken seriously and is not wanted here. Come work, come stay, come defend. Solidarity actions encouraged if you can't make it up, but remember the conditions of the pandemic and act accordingly. Message the djab wurrung embassy page on Facebook or Instagram for more information about documentation and travel arrangements, let us and other supporters know your plans. People of all level of ability and knowledge are appreciated and wanted, there is space here for you.

07.01.2022 On this day, August 1st 1917, fellow worker Frank Little was murdered in Butte, Montana. His gravestone reads: "Slain by capitalist interests for organizing and inspiring his fellow workers. Learn about his history here: https://archive.iww.org/history/biography/FrankLittle/1/

05.01.2022 Solidarity with Ingham workers! Direct action gets the goods!

04.01.2022 Getting the party started! Don't forget to donate to keep our beloved 3CR on the airwaves https://www.givenow.com.au/cause442 ... <3

03.01.2022 On this day, 26 August 1921, workers in the mills and bakeries declared a soviet (aka: a workers' council) in the small Irish township of Bruree. The businesses... were owned by the Cleeves family, who, since the establishment of the Knocklong Soviet a year earlier, had faced a series of workers’ revolts. A rare photograph features a sign workers affixed to one of the mills, which read Bruree Soviet Workers Mills. We make bread not profits. When a reporter from the Limerick Leader newspaper visited Bruree, he found the soviet had total control, both industrially and otherwise. The soviet ended on 3 September after the revolutionary nationalist Constance Markievicz threatened to use the Irish Republican Army to suppress the revolt. See more

02.01.2022 our sex worker comrades are asking for your help! if you have the means please consider chipping in

01.01.2022 "Having played at hundreds of rallies, marches and picket lines, there is something about music, something that helps steel the spine and put wind in the sails of a struggle. It’s the old Joe Hill adage, you can read a pamphlet once but a song can get stuck in your head and you’re singing together, it’s solidarity made flesh by singing together." https://industrialworker.org/tom-morello-interview/