DATE:  September 8, 2006

Labor Speaks Out Day
To include workshops on labor rights, and a teach-in on Lebanon..
Possibly, in evening: Declaration of Peace / Camp Democracy CONCERT FOR PEACE on the National Mall. Top bands playing for peace on a Friday night in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Location: Between Mall and Constitution Avenue, Between 14 and 15 Streets.

 

LABOR SPEAKS OUT at CAMP DEMOCRACY

 

Friday, September 8 – noon to 9:00 p.m.

Between the Mall and Constitution Ave., Between 14th & 15th Streets

 

Workshops * Teach-Ins * Live Radio * Panel Discussions

Video Screening * Live Musical Performances

 

 

NOON:           Panel Discussion:  NUTS AND BOLTS ORGANIZING IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT

Mackenzie Baris, DC Jobs with Justice

Kenneth Moffett, Labor Arbitrator-Mediator

 

NOON to 3:00            LIVE BROADCAST OF THOM HARTMANN SHOW BY GUEST HOST PETER

COLLINS TO 40 STATIONS NATIONWIDE (thomhartmann.com)

           

1:00     WAKE UP WAL-MART

Buffy Wicks, Political Director, will do a presentation and reportback on “2006 Change Wal-Mart, Change America Tour,” a 35-day cross-country bus trip to 19 states and 35 cities ending on Labor Day

 

2:00     ORGANIZING AT SMITHFIELD FOODS

Leila McDowell, Communications Director with United Food & Commercial Workers’ national campaign to organize Smithfield workers, will present exciting developments in and background of this campaign. 

 

3:00     Panel Discussion:  HOW LABOR IS WORKING AGAINST THE WAR 

                        Lane Anderson, National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 290; cofounder of

Santa Barbara, CA chapter of Veterans For Peace, and organizer of Arlington West

Bill Barry, Director of Labor Studies, Dundalk Community College

Eric Geist,  Director of Organizing, Communications Workers of America

Brooks Sunkett, Vice President, Communications Workers of America

                       

3:00     DEPLETED URANIUM –

ITS USE IN IRAQ THREATENS IRAQIS, US WORKERS AND SOLDIERS

Marla Benoist, Project Director, Info-Mission, will do a one-hour presentation, including video on DU in Iraq and a photo exhibit.  Literature regarding pending legislation, as well as a resource list on DU, will be distributed.

 

3:30     PUTTING PROGRESSIVE VOICES ON THE AIR: A SUCCESS STORY

                        Peter B. Collins (peterbcollins.com)

 

 

4:00     VIDEO SHOWING OF “MEETING FACE TO FACE” (30 minutes)

Meeting Face to Face follows six senior Iraqi labor leaders through 25 U.S, cities during the June 2005 Iraq-U.S. Labor Solidarity Tour, sponsored by U.S. Labor Against the War.  The Iraqis explain why the primary condition for a peaceful resolution in Iraq is ending the U.S. occupation and why an independent labor movement is crucial in creating a democratic society.

 

5:00     US LABOR AGAINST THE WAR and the IRAQI TRADE UNION MOVEMENT 

Fred Mason, President of the Maryland/Washington, D.C. AFL-CIO, and Bob Muehlenkamp, National Co-Convenors of US Labor Against the War, will discuss the mission, accomplishments and plans of USLAW as well as the current state of the Iraqi trade union movement and its role in creating a secular, democratic society.  Challenges facing the Iraqi trade union movement will be addressed, such as a current strike of oil workers in Basra, the freezing of unions’ bank accounts, battles to keep Iraqi oil and industry in the control of Iraqis, and trade unions still not being legal in Iraq.

 

5:00     LEBANON/MIDDLE EAST TEACH-IN

Mark Lance, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and leading member of End the Occupation  will place recent events in Lebanon in an historical context.

 

6:00     STRIKING STEELWORKERS FROM ARKANSAS TELL THEIR STORY

Patrick Young, Strategic Campaign Dept. of United Steelworkers, will bring 11 striking steelworkers from Arkansas to tell their story.  They’ve been on strike against National Wire Fabric for over a year and have been permanently replaced.

 

TALK AND DISCUSSION

Linda Rabben, author of Fierce Legion of Friends: A History of Human Rights Campaigns and Campaigners, will speak on the topic of “The Real Labor Days: Haymarket to Sacco and Vanzetti and Beyond”.

 

5:00-10:00      HEAD ON RADIO NETWORK – LIVE BROADCAST

                        Bruce Burch will conduct half-hour interviews.  (headonradionetwork.com)

 

6:00 to 9:00    LIVE BROADCAST BY PETER COLLINS of his own show from Camp Democracy on a

number of west coast stations and at peterbcollins.com.

 

 

Evening Concert – 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

 

          To be emceed by Bob Muehlenkamp, Co-Convener of US Labor Against the War

CHRIS CHANDLER & DAVID ROE (chrishcandler.org; royalrounders.org)

JANET BATES (janetbates.com)

JOHN FLYNN (johnflynn.net) 

NADIR (distortedsoul.com)

 

 

 

For further information and for times and locations, contact Virginia Rodino, National Organizer, U.S. Labor Against the War at (443) 996-5915 or v_rodino@uslaboragainstwar.org.

 

 

AREA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time:

MAIN TENT

#1

TENT # 2

End War: Peace,violence, accountability, and impeachment

TENT #3

Human Rights: Civil Rights, Immigrants Rights, Workers Rights, Women's Rights, Voting Rights, Katrina

TENT #4

End Corporate Welfare, Meet Human Needs: Healthcare/ Energy/ Education/ Environment

Tent #5

Communications and Creativity: Hands-on Media and Arts Training

OUTDOOR AREAS

Domed Meditation Tent

FIRST LOOK 8-10 am—INFORMAL PARTICIPATORY

WARMUP ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

open, silent meditation

10:30-noon MORNING WORKSHOPS

 

 

 

 

Banner-making workshop by the Backbone Campaign

 

spiritual chanting from 10 to 11 a.m.

12:00 – Lunchtime

 

12 PM: Panel Discussion:  NUTS AND BOLTS ORGANIZING IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00 to 2:00 open, silent meditation.  On some days, there will be speakers scheduled during part of this time, talking about combining spirituality with activism.

1:00-3:30

 

1 PM : Wake-up Wal Mart Presentation (Buffy Wicks) – needs screen and projector for laptop

 

2-3: Smithfield Foods Campaign update (Leila McDowell)

3-4: Panel Discussion:  HOW LABOR IS WORKING AGAINST THE WAR 

3-4 : Depleted Uranium (Marla Benoist) – needs video player)

 

 

 

 

2:00 to 3:00 group healing / rejuvenation

 

3:00 to 4:00 open, silent meditation

3:30-4:30 p.m.

4 - VIDEO SHOWING OF “MEETING FACE TO FACE” (30 minutes) (needs video player)

 

 

 

 

Peter B. Collins leads workshop on "Putting Progressive Voices on the Air: a Success Story"

 

4:00 to 5:00 spiritual chanting

5-7 PM

5-6: Panel: US LABOR AGAINST THE WAR and the IRAQI TRADE UNION MOVEMENT

 

6-7: STRIKING STEELWORKERS FROM ARKANSAS TELL THEIR STORY

 

5-6: Lebanon and Middle East teach-in (Mark Lance)

 

6-7: Talk on Labor History (Linda Rabben)

 

 

 

 

 

Concert and Film

7-10 pm

CONCERT 7-9 p.m.

Chris Chandler & David Roe http://www.chrischandler.org

http://www.royalrounders.com

Janet Bates http://www.janetbates.com

John Flynn http://www.johnflynn.net

Nadir http://distortedsoul.com