Tag Archives: Marx

Nov 18th Seattle Release Party of LIES: a journal of materialist feminism

Join us and our friends for a reading and discussion of LIES, a journal of materialist feminism on Sunday, Nov 18th 6pm at Black Coffee Co-op. You can join the facebook group here.  Some contributors to the journal will be … Continue reading

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Longview, Occupy, and Beyond: Rank and File and the 89% Unite!

This piece is written by the Black Orchid Collective in Seattle, with contributions from members of Advance the Struggle in the Bay area, members of Hella 503 in Portland, as well as friends in various cities.  We have all been … Continue reading

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Queer Liberation and Class Struggle at Decolonize/Occupy Seattle

My friend RGB and I are organizing a series called “Queer Liberation and Class Struggle” at Decolonize/Occupy Seattle. The upcoming session is Tues on Nov 1st at 4pm. We will be selected sections from Marx’s Alienated Labor and discussing it … Continue reading

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Founding member of League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Seattle

We all got so caught up in the Decolonize/Occupy Seattle organizing that we forgot to put this up online. This just happened this evening and it was awesome. Our friend, J, will be putting up a link to the video … Continue reading

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Caring: a labor on stolen time

This piece is written by a fellow worker. It describes the organizing experiences of a CNA in the nursing home. It recently got posted on Recomposition blog. We want to share it with you. caring: a labor on stolen time pages … Continue reading

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“Why Free Transit?” (work in progress)

In the past month or so, BOC members have been involved in the organizing around the transit cuts in King County, WA. Some of this includes working with other members of the  Seattle Free Riders Union to distribute flyers on bus … Continue reading

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Marx the Militant Abolitionist: Study Questions for “Marx on the Margins”

Karl Marx’s wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln, on behalf of his organization, the First International. What he wrote sheds some serious light on race and class in America: “While the working men, the true political power of the North, … Continue reading

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Zine version of “The zeal of the young…”

Thanks to our friend and comrade AH! *note: the pages are set up so that they can be printed, folded, and stapled in the middle. this form is not very readable unless printed!

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