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Friday, April 27, 2007
Celebration of Anti-Capitalist Consumption!
Time: 6:30 pm
Join us for an evening of anti-corporate art, music and design. The event combines three themes:
1) An art show, focusing on works that use recycled materials;
2) A fashion show, featuring local designers using reclaimed and sweatshop-free clothing; and
3) Live local bands including Self-Rule, Eleutheros and Red Hot Daggers!
Conscious consumers, artists, activists and do-it-yourselfers unite!
Event Location: Avenue Skatepark, 9030-118 Ave
More Information: Jake Hardy at
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
The International Day of Mourning
Time: 12:00 pm
Marked across the province in hundreds of workplace and community ceremonies, the Day of Mourning remembers all the people who have lost their lives or their health on the job. Their loss is part of a larger tragedy.
Event Location: City Hall, #1 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton (between 102A Avenue and 103A Avenue, and between 99 Street and 100 Street)
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Ed Ewasiuk Memorial Benchmark
Time: 3:00 pm
Ed Ewasiuk began as a trade unionist; a president of the Celanese Local; the president of the unions Provincial Council; vice-president of the Canadian District of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. He served Edmonton as an Alderman from 1980-1986, and was a member of the Alberta Legislature as NDP member for Edmonton-Beverly from 1986-1993.
Please join us in celebration of his contributions to our community.
Event Location: City Hall, #1 Sir Winston Churchill Square (between 102A Avenue and 103A Avenue, and between 99 Street and 100
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Labour Cabaret
Time: 7:00 pm
This year the Cabaret is proud to headline The Uncas! Whether you call them Alt-Country, Shed-Rock, or Whisky Cow Punk, they’ll have you shakin’ it on the dance floor quicker than you can say ‘two-step”. The City Streets bring you music inspired by the streets where we live, die, cry, sing and spare a dime. Guy Smith and the Revtones are here with songs that touch your head, heart and feet. Notre Dame des Bananes will sing you songs of solidarity and Eshod Ibn Wyza will inspire you with their ode to May Day, commissioned especially for our celebration of labour, arts and culture. Emcee E will tie it all together with his socially and politically charged spoken word. And it will all be broadcast LIVE on CJSR 88.5 FM!
Sponsored by the United Nurses of Alberta.
Event Location: Bonnie Doon Hall, 9240 - 93 Street.
Event Admission: $10. Available at Listen Records (10649-124 St) and Earth's General Store (10832 Whyte Avenue)
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Global Visions Film Festival
Time: 7:00 pm
May Week teams up with the Global Visions Film Festival to bring you an evening of short labour films, featuring the Canadian release of “Mother Jones: Americas Most Dangerous Woman”. Directed by Laura Vasquez and Rosemary Feurer, this short documentary celebrates the life and times of this revolutionary labour organizer and activist.
Also showing by the same directors is Lockout 484, which profiles the 2005 struggle of workers in Meredosia, Illinois, against a global conglomerate, the Celanese Corporation. Workers were locked out when they refused to take 33% wage cuts and eliminate whole divisions. The film illustrates their belief in and commitment to the union, and the effect of the lockout on their community.
Sponsored by Chivers Carpenter Lawyers.
Event Location: Metro Theater, Zeidler Hall - main floor of the Citadel Theatre Complex (9828-101A Avenue)
Event Admission: $10
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Tuesday, May 01, 2007
May Day March
Time: 5:30 pm
May 1st is a day chosen by workers to acknowledge the struggles and celebrate the gains workers have made throughout history. Each year, workers around the world take to the streets to let the bosses, corporations and governments know that workers will continue to fight for fairness, justice and respect in the workplace as well as celebrate our well-fought gains. Join us!
Gather at 5:30pm at Tipton Park (108 St. and 81 Ave), march via Whyte Avenue to End of Steel park (look for caboose near
Saskatchewan Drive and 87 Avenue).
Rally at End of Steel Park to follow the march, featuring the performances of Guy Smith, Notre Dame des Bananes, Lex and the People's Poets!
Event Location: Gather at 5:30pm at Tipton Park (108 St. and 81 Ave). Rally at End of Steel Park at 6:30pm.
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
IWW Panel and Pub Night
Time: 6:30 pm
Solidarity Unionism: Theory and Practice. A Tale from a New York Barista.
Join the Industrial Workers of the World for an evening of drinks and dialogue. This discussion will feature a short film on the IWW Starbucks Barista Union, highlighting the history of their New York drive, as well as a Starbucks Organizer from the Big Apple. Along with this presentation there will be a question and answer session, discussing solidarity unionism and other non-traditional organizing methods. Anyone interested in the current state of labour organizing is encouraged to attend.
Event Location: The Underdog (The basement of the Black Dog), 10425 - 82 Ave.
More Information:
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
Accessing Justice Panel
Time: 6:30 pm
Do you know your rights?
Panelists from various organizations will speak on the resources and services they provide:
Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice - Offers free legal information, advice and representation for people living with low income in the Edmonton area.
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees - You can take an important step toward protecting your job security and enhancing your dignity on the job through workplace organizing.
Action for Healthy Communities - Fostering citizenship participation to improve community health and well being in central Edmonton.
Event Location: Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, #101, 10010 - 107 A Avenue
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Friday, May 04, 2007
Anarchist Bookfair Collective Panel and Discussion - the Radical History of May Day
Time: 6:30 pm
From the anarchist-organized events surrounding May 1st, 1886, such as the Haymarket Massacre, to the Worker's Revolt of 1919, to the May Day celebrations and marches of today, anarchists and the radical working class have played a vital role in May Day.
Join the Edmonton Anarchist Bookfair Collective for a discussion of the radical history of May Day.
You can also visit their blog.
Event Location: Remedy Cafe, 8631-109 Street, upstairs