This event is co-sponsored by Black Rose/Rosa Negra, Seattle Organized Anarchists, and the Institute for Anarchist Studies. Anarchism emerged as a wing of the workers’ movements in the 19th century. What place do anarchists have in the contemporary labor movement? Join us for a moderated panel and discussion with anarchists from around the Puget Sound […]

This event is co-sponsored by Black Rose/Rosa Negra, Seattle Organized Anarchists, and the Institute for Anarchist Studies.

Anarchism emerged as a wing of the workers’ movements in the 19th century. What place do anarchists have in the contemporary labor movement?

Join us for a moderated panel and discussion with anarchists from around the Puget Sound currently engaged in the labor movement as rank-and-file workers, union staffers, and community organizers.

How do anarchists organize in the workplace? What sets anarchists apart from other political tendencies in labor? How do anarchists relate to unions? And how can anarchists contribute to building workers power from below?

When: Friday, December 4 • 6-8 PM

Where: Chinatown-International District, Seattle, WA (specific location details sent upon registration)

Registration is required to attend***!***

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About the Panelists

  • JOMO is a former healthcare worker and currently organizes with immigrant workers. They write at https://substack.com/@chinatowncommune1312

  • Jorge has been organizing in his workplaces for nearly 25 years. Across seven different industries, within four different unions, and in nonunion workplaces too. He has been an elected shop steward, served on contract negotiating committees, organized rank-and-file caucus efforts, and written for Labor Notes. He is a member of Black Rose Anarchist Federation/Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN).

  • Taylor is an anarchist organizer and started organizing with the Seattle Solidarity Network (SeaSol) in the middle 00s. In SeaSol (and alongside many talented organizers) she organized for repeated worker and tenant empowerment through dozens of successful direct action pressure campaigns for stolen wages and stolen deposits, including her own. She is a proud IWW member and currently works as a staff organizer for one of the biggest unions in Washington State. In her staff-work she organizes and advocates for continued rank-and-file worker empowerment by sharing with workers many of the same tactics and strategies acquired through her time in SeaSol and the IWW.

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