IWW of NW Louisiana

06/01/2025

Pack the Virtual Courtroom on June 2, 2025! Please share widely!

We need as many observers as possible to flood the virtual courtroom for Nate Lindell's upcoming open records case. Nate has filed a suit challenging the Wisconsin Department of Correction's ban on releasing body-worn camera footage. We expect this to be quite interesting! The judge demanded body-worn camera footage from DOC officials and the Wisconsin DOC did not comply with the judge's orders! They withheld some footage and then falsely denied the existence of other footage. At Nate's last hearing, the state's attorney said the reason they didn't produce all the footage was that the cops were trading the cameras around instead of each one using their assigned camera so they got confused! Help us let Judge Everett Mitchell know we care about this case and we are interested in seeing how he responds to the DOC employees ongoing obfuscation!

Court date: June 2, 2025, 3pm Eastern, 2pm Central, 1pm Mountain, 12pm Pacific

Link: https://zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 684 919 9324
No password needed

Learn more about this case at https://tinyurl.com/JustMasonArticle and https://tinyurl.com/LyingDOC
Learn more about Nate Lindell's other work at https://www.facebook.com/PrometheusWrites and https://tinyurl.com/NateLindellFiles

Please contact natester75 at gmail for more information

04/12/2018

occurs on April 12th this year - Note that in the Jewish calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so Holocaust Remembrance Day will be observed starting on the sunset of Wednesday, the 11th of April 2018.

Whereas, the Industrial Workers of the World is a revolutionary industrial union that places class struggle at the heart of its organizing and aims ultimately to abolish class society,

Whereas, since its inception as a union for all workers, it has stood against all oppression, prejudice, and discrimination,

Whereas, the IWW has historically stood against enemies of the working class and proponents of oppression and discrimination, such as the Ku Klux Klan,

Whereas, political movements that center around the idea of unity of one race, ethnicity, or cultural group while disparaging, oppressing, and/or casting out perceived others, whether such movements call themselves fascist, white nationalist, white supremacist, [white] ethno-nationalist, [white] racial separatists, Christian Dominionist, Christian Supremacist, or otherwise, are antithetical to the mission and vision of the IWW, both through their oppression and discrimination of fellow members of the working class that are grouped into whatever category they deem as other, as well as in their ideal of collaboration with the ruling classes and suppression of class conflict within the centered group,

Whereas, the success and capacity for recruitment of these political movements is heavily rooted in their ability to maintain a public presence and operate openly within the society they seek to destroy,

Therefore be it Resolved, that the Industrial Workers of the World stands against these political ideations as a whole and will take action to oppose their growth and open operation through a strategy of mass anti-fascism and community self defense that is consistent with the aims and principles of the IWW.

04/07/2018

Urgent Info for All Union Members - Please Share Widely

If you have not heard about the April 17 trials of members of the labor union, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), please see information below. Many groups are organizing to bring attention to this matter as it could be a sign of things to come in the ongoing attack on organized labor in the U.S.

Overview of situation:

~IWW members are being targeted by the state for their organizing on J20.

~The next trial for people arrested for protesting on January 20, 2017 (post-Trump election) is April 17.

~Every defendant on April 17 is an IWW member. (This one is unique because it's the only trial block where every single defendant is an IWW member.)

~The prosecutors are blatantly singling people out for being members of the IWW. IWW membership cards, bylaws, and union communications are being used as evidence in the trial. This behavior hearkens back to the McCarthy era.

Call to Action/Internet Campaign:

~Worldwide Day of Solidarity with the J20 defendants on Tuesday, April 10th

~Livestream and share the talking points above

~Use

~Even if you just have one person hold a sign and a second person take a picture, every little bit helps

~Mobilize in person at the courthouse if you are in DC where the trials are being held

~Sign up for the thunderclap here https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/69303-j20-protester-2nd-trial (for this you sign up now and then the posts happen automatically on April 10th)

~Hold solidarity rallies in your town

~Let your fellow union members know what is happening

~A simple post on social from your personal account is deeply appreciated

More information available here: http://defendj20resistance.org/dropj20

I just supported J20 Protester 2nd Trial on //

03/06/2018

Please share and donate if you can!!

https://www.fundedjustice.com/stopspencermsu?ref=ab_f7ARsc_ab_14qr3cNweQP14qr3cNweQP

On March 5, 2018, notorious white supremacist leader Richard Spencer is speaking at Michigan State University. Funds donated here will be used for bail and legal support for people arrested standing up to this hate monger and his followers.

01/22/2018

Phone zap for florida prisoners monday!!

News Article January 18, 2018 National IWOC Phone Zap Monday January 22nd Flood the Florida Department of Corrections Phone Lines - Respect the Demands!A call-in campaign is happening in support of Monday, January 22nd. You can use the following script to help you in yo...

01/15/2018

Please support the IWOC / FTP campaign to support prisoners in Florida who are beginning a strike, Operation Push, starting on Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday, January 15th!! Everyone, please share everywhere...

Read information about the strike here!! https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/operation-push-florida-prison-strike

See 5 ways to support IWW members and friends in prison in Florida going on strike!!

https://fighttoxicprisons.wordpress.com/2018/01/12/5-ways-to-support-fl-prisoners-going-on-strike-next-week/

Operation PUSH On January 15th, 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Florida prison rebels will engage in a work stoppage. We have three primary demands: Payment for our labor, rather than the current slave arrangement An end to outrageous canteen prices Reintroduction of parole incentives to lifers and...

04/27/2016

Check out this great video from Burgerville workers in Portland who have unionized to improve their lives!

http://youtu.be/z5x9iIdNoNc

03/05/2016

01/20/2016

January 2016 Incarcerated Worker Newsletter!! In This Issue: – Artwork by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson – A Change Has Got To Come – Mary Sue Shields – The Incarcerated Lumpen – Jose H. Villarreal – The Pen And The Sword – Hybachi Lemar – WOMMB Institue Contribution – Anthony S. Gay – Timeline of Recent Ev…

08/27/2015

Calling for IWOC Steering Committee Members + Organizers! (Plz share)

Fellow Workers--

The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee is now a Standing Committee of the IWW, and as such, our officers will be elected this fall via referendum. We have grown to 576 members and need your support.

We are looking for FWs to run, nominate others, start local organizing groups, and otherwise get involved, especially those who have been incarcerated or with personal ties to the prison system.

See the different officer positions available here: Inreach (to prisons), Outreach (to IWWs and allies), Media/Literature, Newsletter Editor, and Fundraiser. Contact us at [email protected] with questions.

Spread the word!

(Link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xO8JOGhh2Vv2a1i4nle7UgsGoodw5jTQBU-j3G5Q0xU/edit?usp=sharing)

Transitional Structure Overview Steering Committee → IU Support Committee Auxiliary Committees to be included by Co-Chairs → IU Support Committee Local Organizing Groups → Local Support Committees Committee on Industrial Union Formation, part of Inreach's task → Industrial Union IWOC Steering Comm

03/19/2015

FW Brown from Kansas City needs support!

https://fundly.com/free-keith-brown-el

Kansas City's homeless and prisoner advocate Keith Brown El needs a lawyer and community support.

11/20/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47PvNV-0IR4&feature=youtu.be