You are cordially invited to attend the weekly meeting of the
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Friday, May 1, 2009 6:30 - 9:30 P.M. (Doors open @ 6:15 P.M.)
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim 511 South Harbor Blvd. Anaheim, California (Located on the Southwest corner of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Ana Street)
(714) 758-1050 www.uuchurchoc.org
The "Potluck for Progressives" is a group organized for the purpose of bringing together likeminded people on a weekly basis to break bread and talk about crucial issues affecting the community and the world.
At each meeting, people interested in peace, social justice, labor, and the environment gather to exchange ideas, talk about successes, plan actions, or just engage in a friendly discussion with one another.
Bring a dish to share! Enjoy the bounty that others bring as well! The potluck will start at 6:30 p.m. with a speaker or film to follow at 7:30 p.m. Please join us even if you can't bring any food!
On the Agenda:
Progressive Potluck
6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Bring along your favorite dish of food, chips, dips, or soft drinks, and spend an hour mingling with progressive people from all over Orange County.
Featured Film:
7:30 - 8:45 P.M.
In recognition of International Workers' Day, we will be screening the film, "The Wobblies," a 1979 documentary about the International Workers of the World (IWW), the early 20th century union which fought for the abolition of the wage system and worker self-management of industry.
The IWW's goal was to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the capitalist system and replace it with a new economic order, run by the working class, that emphasized people over profit, cooperation over competition. Its motto was "an injury to one is an injury to all." One of the IWW's most important contributions to the American labor movement is that it was one of the only unions of that era (with perhaps the exception of the "Knights of Labor") to welcome all workers -- including women, immigrants, and African-Americans -- into the same organization.
The IWW's rapid growth and outspoken opposition to U.S. involvement in World War I was met with violent repression from vigilante mobs, local police forces, the U.S. Department of Justice, and other agents of the "employing classes" who routinely beat up, jailed, deported, and sometimes even killed its members.
Open Forum
8:45 - 9:30 P.M.
Open discussion, announcements, and other news of interest.
The "Potluck for Progressives" is endorsed by the Social Concerns Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim and is free and open to the general public. Although a small donation might be requested to help pay for facility costs, nobody will be turned away due to a lack of funds.
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