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To: sciww (Santa Cruz IWW)
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OK, so here's the final draft of the Gen. Asmb. letter I'm sending out 
this morning. Since it's going to current or have-been-wobs, I went ahead 
and put all the phone numbers that were on the registration form. (Come 
to think of it, I should copy some of those off...)

Hope it's OK, but I really *did* need feedback last night. Vad didn't 
seem too enthusiastic about finding someone to go online and check it 
out, but I gotta say, SF/SC phone calls are moidah! honey. I was in a 
hurry and didn't wanna call third-number all over SC. ANYway...

If I fucked up, I'll eat shit, but I think it's OK. I dunno how 
everyone's gonna deal with the, uh, open tone of my letter, but if it's 
really a problem, it was really my initiative to do such a thing. I think 
it's a really important and special component of what's coming down. I've 
started working a somewhat wider politi-social crowd about it too (even 
someone in the ISO, an ex-wob who showed me his card from '91.)

But enough chat for now, I got work to do. What follows is the text of 
the letter. If there's not a list of everyone I'm sending it to appended, 
then I'll send that later. This letter is going out with the Sentinel 
article on the sitting ban getting pitched, a flyer for the video 
benefit, and (of course!) the ...MANAGING SOCIAL DISSENT pamphlet, which 
are really quite a hit BTW. If you can send me more with the next batch 
of flyers, it would be much appreciated...

That's about it, off the top of my head. Pleeeze, check the e-mail at 
least once a day!!! Kitty's meowin' awfully hard...

Bear with me, and I'll hang in there. Stay FABulous!

As ever, yours for the revolution,
--Deke


*************

15 August, 1994 e.v.
San Francisco, CA


Dear Fellow Worker (of whichever genderfication),

Hi, this is Deke. As you probably know by now, the general membership of
the IWW has recently, and overwhelmingly, voted to hold its annual General
Assembly (G.A.) in Santa Cruz, CA. This is scheduled to take place over
Labor Day weekend, 3-5 September, and wobblies from all over the world
will descend on Santa Cruz for meetings, schmoozing, a huge show, and a
large direct action against laws that forbid displays of poverty in
public, such as sleeping and panhandling. 

Now, not everyone I'm sending a copy of this to is * currently* a wob.
However, there will be as much going on outside of the specific
proceedings of the G.A. as there surely will be within it. Even if you
don't care to throw your Fuck-Yes-I'm-Union hat back into the One Big
Union ring, there will still be a *lot* of opportunity to both meet and
share ideas with people who are, in some way or another, similar to you.
Also, there will be lots of chances to bring your own trip into the mix.
After all, (at the risk of sloganeering) Together We Can Do Things That We
Cannot Do Alone! 

The direct action will involve a large-scale challenge of the local law
that makes it illegal to sleep out of doors in Santa Cruz between the
hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. On Labor Day, Mon. 5 Sep., there will either
be a rally at the jail (if some of us are incarcerated there), or a
vociferous and public celebration of victory if none of us are. For more
information on this, or anything else preplanned for Assembly weekend,
check out the proposal the Santa Cruz branch had published in the April
'94 General Organization Bulletin of the IWW, the one that won the
referendum. If you don't have that GOB (or at least a copy of the
proposal, which I sent to many of you), please feel free to contact me for
a copy and/or conversation. 

On Saturday night, 4 September, there will be the long-traditional
Assembly show, featuring a wide array of fine wobbly and working-class
music, fabulous people to check out, tables full of the ideas and labors
of various peoples and groups (yours too?)... and who knows what else? 
Scheduled performances include: local folk/punk wobbly band Just Kidding,
blues+ guitar fierceness from Del Rey (and honey, she's HOT! Drives the
grrrls wild), the tensely melodic punk rock of the Mission District's own
Strawman, and of course the grandpa, musician and storyteller (public
memorykeeper) of the IWW, Utah Phillips. The show is open to everyone, and
offers something for everyone, even to an audience that diverse. Tickets
are ten bucks, and if you want one/some in advance, get in touch with 
either the Santa Cruz GMB or myself. 

The meetings of the General Assembly itself is the wobs-only part. As the
assembled body of the IWW, it is the participatory-democratic ideals of
our union made tangible. Issues are debated, items are brought forth for
referendum vote of the entire membership (in later balloting), candidates
are nominated for the yearly change of guard. As such, they can be as
cantankerous as they can be deeply stirring (what many vanguardists call
"democratic to a fault."  Despite its faults, we nonetheless insist on
it!) Anyone with a Red Card showing their good standing is entitled to
full voice and vote in the Assembly. Direct democracy has never been about
convenience. Please take a moment to consider lending your hand as a proud
card-carrier. I'd be glad to make a date to issue you a card. 

But even if the thought of another GOB in your mailbox makes you some
degree of queasy and uneasy, the lack of a Red Card is not going to keep
you out of the action! The daily meal is going to be produced by Food Not
Bombs Santa Cruz. There's lots of reasons why there's so much overlap in
many places between the two groups-- but rarely, if ever, do those
"dual-carders" (not really! FNB doesn't have formal membership!) come
together as such. With the rising tide of anti-poor repression hitting
FNB's all over, the kitchen should be at least as happening as the
Assembly floor! Also, as the Santa Cruz local has been so active in the
direct action clinic defense movement, there's bound to be some of that
around too. Connections between the IWW and Earth First! are by now
legendary. Hippies and commies and queers abound in both our union and in
Santa Cruz. (I mean, security at the show will be provided by the Lesbian
Avengers!) Truly, in our diversity is our strength! We just won't be as
relentlessly FABulous without you, Red Card or no... 
 
Meanwhile, on the admitted presumption that maybe you wanna know more,
I've enclosed some materials of relevance to what's going down in Santa
Cruz. Even if you can't be there in person, there's surely something you
can do or contribute that otherwise we just won't have. Or maybe you know
someone who does. And there's surely a lot still to do to get ready! There
will be more specific information forthcoming, both from there and from
here, in the next couple of weeks.  It'll keep me busy too, but hopefully
part of that will involve getting with you, my friend, reading this right
now. If there's anything I can do, let me know-- but if there's anything
*you* can do, I will spare no quarter to help you get it connected. 

So drop a line (postal or virtual), or give a call. Various relevant
contacts are listed below. Whatever your abilities, interests or contexts,
there's a place and a need for it here.  As you've probably noticed,
alleged people like mayor Ballpark Frank (S.F.), the Berkeley City Council
and the Public Safety [sic] Committee of the Oakland city council are all
pushing variations of recent Santa Cruz-style anti-poor schemes in their
respective locality. The same Downtown Business-types are manufacturing
consent for these cynically oppressive removals of basic civil liberties
and human rights. The advent of "neo"-liberalism is heralding outrages
against the people that the conservative goons of the '80s never dreamed
of getting away with. Steps have been successfully taken in Santa Cruz to
lay a groundwork for effective resistance, and results are already
starting to show. It's people like you and me down there-- but they need
help (as we shall soon). 

Please, however you can, won't you lend a hand? I remain

Yours for the Revolution,
Deke Motif Nihilson, Faggot
x341697, I.U. 570, S.F. GMB, IWW


How to contact:

Deke Nihilson--
     mail: c/o The Little Garden, 3004 16th St. #201, S.F. CA  94103
     tel: at work, 487-1902 (TLG, above, M-F 10 am-6 pm); hm. 282-4834
     e-mail: deke@fido.wps.com
Santa Cruz IWW-- 
     mail: P.O. Box 534, Santa Cruz CA  95061
     tel: all (408); Tai 423-9511; Maile 457-8152; vad 458-3781
     e-mail: sciww@fido.wps.com

General Headquarters, IWW
     mail: 1095 Market St. #204, S.F. CA  94103 (office hours: M-F 1-5 p.m.)
     tel: 415-863-WOBS; fax 626-2685
     e-mail: iww@igc.apc.org

*************

Yeah, I'll send the mailing list names later. BTW, the letter is two 
pages exactly. I'll send a packet along to y'all...

--Deke 


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Subject: Re: SFGMB-- Outreach Update
To: deke@fido.wps.com (Deke Motif Nihilson)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 13:48:37 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke, vad here;

i'm glad to hear about your bay-area outreach; i think the SCGMB 
pamphlets got there via some dude from the infoshop who i exchanged 
literature with while maile & i were tabling at pacific & cathcart two 
weeks ago.

i've been working 10-hour days for the last few days, so i really haven't 
had the energy to keep up with e-mail. until i get the daughter of 
alexander up it would be best if you contacted maile about e-mail 
directly and ask her about contacting me.

maile & i are having a hard time being intimate & politically involved 
together; it seems that our lack of barriers between us is making it 
difficult to keep the pressures of our involvement from erupting in 
personal ways. we had two conflicts over e-mail last week, and we had 
another when i called her about your phone call on monday.

other things are looking up, though. we're having a vampire cafe at 
campbell this coming sunday, and we actually had some meaningful dialogue 
at our house meeting last night. i finally got rent covered for this 
month, too. our assembly committees have been meeting and geting stuff 
done.

well, i got errands to run, so i gotta go.

stay FABulous,
vad.


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Subject: Re: My New Delegate-type Letter...
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Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 13:54:24 -0700 (PDT)
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hi deke! i think your letter is FABulous!
vad.

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Subject: More GA Updates...
To: sciww (Santa Cruz IWW)
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 14:21:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Just a coupla quick updates.

***I ran into someone on the street last night who said what sounded to me
like the *whole assembly* is listed in THE LIST*, which normally lists
punk/thrash/ska/rock shows in norcal. I will try to get a copy of this
tonight to confirm. If this is so, upwards of 500 people were just
informed of events impending! (including many radical youth)

***BACORR has now been officially invited to table/outreach at least in 
connection with GA. It would be nice to nail down a when/where to be for 
groups like these (the show???)

what else... there was something... Oh, Yes!!!

***Maile-- there's a Food Not Bombs benefit tomorrow night (Fri. 19 
Aug.), at Komotion, featuring STRAWMAN. Could be ready-made, *easy, 
convenient* outreach/tabling. Show starts at nine p.m., a mere two or 
three blocks from where I work. It's cool if ya can't, but, if you get up 
here in the afternoon/early evening *with lit* on ya (even just 
pamphlets), let's do dinner and the show. (Does that make it a date? I'll 
buy din-din...)


That's the up-to-th'-moment 411.

P.S. Glad ya liked the letter too, Vad!!!

Soli,
--Deke



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Subject: Assembly Work in S.F.-- Update
To: sciww (Santa Cruz IWW)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 17:19:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Hi. It's 5:10 on Tuesday, and I gotta run down to GHQ to try to get a 
current phone list for SFGMB, so me and Mark can call everyone tomorrow. 
Meanwhile, I have a date w/ GST Rush tomorrow, and if there's anything in 
particular you need me to talk with him about, send it along by tomorrow 
a.m. (I'm probably gonna go over there early afternoon/ lunchtime).

He's gonna give both Tai and Maile a call tomorrow. (Anyone else he 
should call?) I'm gonna make sure he's on it woith whatever paperwork he 
needs to send along. I don't even know what all you need from them-- I 
guess you can tell him directly... I just wanna make sure *he's* on it. 
Assembly is a week and a half away, and GST Rush hasn't had time to get 
with me or come to meetings. I generally take this sort of thing as a bad 
sign, and wanna wake him up if he's sleepin' on the job. Seems to go 
around in this branch...

What else? That's about it. Things are really hectic here, logistics 
generally problematic, too few folx doing too much work, you know the 
scene. Looks like I'll be down there this weekend, of course I'll offer 
an update report, and please be ready to put me to WORK.

Hang in there. You WILL have reinforcements ASAP. Oh-- anything (beyond 
what's on the registration form) me and Mark should ask folks about up 
here, including last-minute pleas for help with anything, when we call 
them on the phone? Anything else, you have but to ask, and ask but once.

Your back is covered. Let's kick some ass!!!

Yours Truly for the revolution,
--Deke

P.S. Isn't Matt Miscreant supposed to be arriving today? Someone put that
boy to WORK... (heeheehee....  *:-)


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From: sciww (Santa Cruz IWW)
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Subject: assembly/things to tell folks
To: deke (Deke Motif Nihilson)
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deke - thanks for the update and the words of wisdom and support on the 
phone today. About what to tell folks when making calls; we don't have 
much more indoor housing available so let people know to bring sleeping 
bags and tents to pitch in backyards and fields perhaps.
	Also very very important - let people know to come to 301 CENTER 
ST. the Louden Nelson center to check in on Friday between 9am thru 9pm 
to receive an info packet with action handbook, background info, copies of 
the laws legal stuff maps etc. This is  how we will coordinate 
backyard camping and housing as well as info sharing and  volunteering for 
the assembly so its really important that folks stop by there even if 
they are making their own arrangements for housing..
	I can't believe we didn't deal with this crucial tidbit. I guess 
we thought that we would just send people the ligistical info after they 
had registered but so few have actually registered...
	Anyway thanks again for the fabulous intro to SF last weekend. You're a 
great hostess deke!
	Ya know this is a larger issue that probably won't get tackled 
until awhile after the assembly but I was thinking; the problem with 
people not getting their mail from the union HQ (lots of folks in SC 
including Lisa, Matt Shyka, Corey, Eric and others never received 
ballots and don't receive other mailings such as GOBs either ) is a 
really huge problem that whether due to actual disruption, technological 
error and or plain old incompetency still seems relatively "easy" to 
correct. Maybe the first task of the GOC could be to form a 
mailing/communications re-invigoration effort so that new members would get 
their stuff hand addressed until the system catches up and people who 
currently are not getting mailings would have an investigative body to 
appeal to which would not only start sending things out manually asap but 
also look into why the mailings were not arriving...  
Just a few thoughts for the future.

love ya, maile	

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Subject: Re: assembly/things to tell folks
To: sciww@fido.wps.com (Santa Cruz IWW)
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 11:14:50 -0700 (PDT)
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> ***info to tell folx re. assembly deleted (just from reply!)***

...but I got it; yea! for our team! No, Rrreally. More on all this in a 
minute... 

> 	Anyway thanks again for the fabulous intro to SF last weekend. You're a 
> great hostess deke!

Thanx for coming up to hostess! BTW, I got a li'l present for you, Maile; 
I'll bring it down this weekend, along with some other 
wob/assembly-related stuff, like banners &c. Also, GST Rush (with whom I 
was supposed to meet up with today) called me and rescheduled for 
"tomorrow or Friday" (I picked tomorrow). He's a bit behind in his work, 
like taking dues and answering the mail. Last week it was the GOB. For 
these things, assembly arrangements gotta wait for Rush to catch up. 
Also, can you tell this man isn't running for re-election??? Don't you  
fret, though; I'm not lettin him squirm off the hook so easy-like... he's 
supposed to give y'all a call or two, too. Hey-- if you don't hear from 
him today, why dontcha give him one (or more) collect? He'd *better* pony 
up...

> 	Ya know this is a larger issue that probably won't get tackled 
> until awhile after the assembly but I was thinking; the problem with 
> people not getting their mail from the union HQ (lots of folks in SC 
> including Lisa, Matt Shyka, Corey, Eric and others never received 
> ballots and don't receive other mailings such as GOBs either ) is a 
> really huge problem that whether due to actual disruption, technological 
> error and or plain old incompetency still seems relatively "easy" to 
> correct. Maybe the first task of the GOC could be to form a 
> mailing/communications re-invigoration effort so that new members would get 
> their stuff hand addressed until the system catches up and people who 
> currently are not getting mailings would have an investigative body to 
> appeal to which would not only start sending things out manually asap but 
> also look into why the mailings were not arriving...  
> Just a few thoughts for the future.

I think this is an *excellent* idea, Maile. I was going through the 
database last night w/ FW Dave Collins, in order to make that SFGMB phone 
list... the thing's a fossil. There were names/#s on it of folx I signed 
up *over two years ago* who I *know* haven't paid dues in about as long. 
And there's folx who have been paying for months who, as you make 
obvious, don't hear shit. It's like, once someone is entered, that's 
that-- they could move into somewhere dramatic (like mebbe the white 
house?) without it being noticed. It's the same passivity I railed 
against in the SFGMB meeting, only up one level. (Is it any coincidence? 
Same folx run both...)

Unfortunately, though, the point may be moot-- unless we come up with a 
local candidate who can win the GST in th'election. How useful this is to 
put the energy into to pursue is an open question. However, the latest 
dish is as such: GST candidate and notorious factioneer Jon Bekken lost 
his job with that university in Cortland NY. He is moving to Chicago to 
assume the editorship of the Industrial Worker, the post from which Ditz 
has resigned. Bekken lost the GST position by one vote last year, and how 
much ya wanna bet his platform will include a heavy dose of "move GHQ 
back to Chicago, from whence it never should have departed." BTW, word 
from those who remember his last reign say that his strategy for dealing 
with the things others do that he doesn't like is to undo them, either 
literally or by "losing" the paperwork.

I'm guessing this is what people mean when they say he's a "poor" 
administrator. 

I think we should be (eventually-- after the assembly is well-over!!!) 
prepared for the unfortunate possibility of a Bekken electoral victory-- 
at least as basically as having a year's worth of extra supplies (like 
new cards, stamps, &c.) on hand, as procurement of such things (or 
difficulties therewith) would be one of his major levers. All those 
"paranoid" dual-power plans we were cooking up for GST Rush-contingency 
plans would do us good to bear in mind. I was nervous about Rush-- I'd 
*despair* at a Bekken GSTship. No, rrreally. I mean, you know *his* plans 
for the assembly (no thanx to Rush...)

ANYway... I gotta get to work now. I'll be in close touch; please feel 
free to bother me! Say Hi to Miscreant for me, if ya see him first... 
I'll let you know my travel plans for the weekend as soon as they're 
firmed up. Meanwhile, Hold That Fort! We're coming just as hard as I can 
make us come (ahem!)...

> love ya, maile	
> 

Likewise, dear comrade!!! I remain

Yours truly, for the revolution,
--Deke

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Subject: Re: assembly location... and oh, so much more...
To: miballar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Michael Ballard)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 12:53:54 -0700 (PDT)
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Here's th'new Delegate's Letter (content +plus+ form!) on th'subject...

> Deke Motif Nihilson writes:
> >
> >> Deke,
> >> Here is my e-mail address.  I will be in touch about tickets for Labor day.
> >> Feel free to send any electronic delights this way as it will brighten my
> >> rather humdrum work day. Hope to meet you in real time at the assembly.
> >> Fellow worker and office slave.
> >> Priscilla Hazlewood
>  Thanks Deke.  Got a call on my answering machine about address of the
> Assembly last night.  It included your phone; but what the heck, I've
> got e-mail.  I'm going to try to get the old Fiat over the mountains to 
> attend.  
> Is it going to be anywhere near the Santa Cruz Brew Pub downtown?
> At least I know where that is.
> Mike

8/24/94
San Francisco

Hi, Fellow Worker (of whichever gender specifications),

This is Deke Nihilson. Recently, either myself or FW Mark Nevin called you
about going to the General Assembly weekend after next in Santa Cruz; 
you're getting this because you (probably) asked for more information, or
something like it, in the mail. 

So enclosed is what we got.  Just a coupla other quick notes... 

CHECK-IN AT LOUDEN NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER,
301 CENTER ST. (AT BROADWAY)
FRI. 2 SEP., 9 A.M.-9 P.M.
Orientation and Assembly materials available there!!!
This is also where the Assembly, and the show, will be. It's Wobbly 
Ground Zero; call for directions from where you're coming from.

RIDES:
Have one? Need one? Give me a call... or headquarters...  or SCGMB (in 
about that order). The sooner you get in touch, the more likely we can 
all get this organized...

Deke Nihilson--
     mail: c/o The Little Garden, 3004 16th St. #201, S.F. CA  94103
     tel: at work, 487-1902 (TLG, above, M-F 10 am-6 pm); hm. 282-4834
     e-mail: deke@fido.wps.com

General Headquarters, IWW
     mail: 1095 Market St. #204, S.F. CA  94103 (office hours: M-F 1-5 p.m.)
     tel: 415-863-WOBS; fax 626-2685
     e-mail: iww@igc.apc.org

Santa Cruz IWW--
     mail: P.O. Box 534, Santa Cruz CA  95061
     tel: all (408); Tai 423-9511; Maile 457-8152; vad 458-3781
     e-mail: sciww@fido.wps.com
(Remember-- S.C. comrades are gonna be really swamped as assembly time 
rolls around, they may not be much help about rides and other things 
outside of S.C. and the events going on there.)


ALSO...

***If you plan on going, *please* send in a registration slip (one should 
be enclosed herein), so the FWs down there can expect you. At this point, 
most of the available indoor accomodations are filled; if you have 
special needs that mandate a place to stay inside, contact the Santa Cruz 
folks ASAP!!! There's still lotsa space to (legally or safely) camp 
outdoors, in back yards and forest meadows-- bring sleeping bag(s) and a 
tent! 


I'M SURE there's other things I'm spacing out (it's the end of a long
day), BUT... there's lots of stuff to read in this envelope; it should
bring you up to speed on what's going down in S.C. As ever, please feel
free to get in touch with me, either for more info, or if you have
something you can share (like a ride, or bedding, or some such). The 
sooner we hear from you, the more solidly we can organize local support 
for our assembly in Santa Cruz...


In Solidarity True,
--Deke Nihilson, Delegate
IU 570, S.F. GMB, IWW


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To: deke@fido.wps.com (Deke Motif Nihilson)
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 15:18:03 -0700 (PDT)
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Deke Motif Nihilson writes:
>
>Here's th'new Delegate's Letter (content +plus+ form!) on th'subject...

Thanks FW!
Mike


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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 17:46:02 -0700 (PDT)
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Well, I got back OK, but what a beat day it's been! I was gonna do a 
bunch of stuff this evening, but I'm just so crispy, I'm thinkin' of 
takin the night off (for once). Cinders don't do much for the 
revolution... but then, there's so much to do... I could use some 
reinforcements myself, lately! But a coupla other folx *have* connected...

***Franklin called me this a.m.; he complained about the "high" ticket 
price (I've heard Strawman mumble a little bit too, but not recently. I 
should call them, oh yeah!) He and his roomie are comin' down in the same 
car, and F's gonna bring th't-shirts and other fabulous (and lucrative!) 
accessories. Mebbe he can sell shit at the show for admission, or 
something. He understood *much* better when I explained that, like, 
people are getting paid for their work at the show, and legal 
fundraising, etc...

***I just talked to Obo, who has room in his van for 6 or 7 folx, and is 
comin' down Fri. night.Our first car in the pool!!! He and I set up a 
redundancy scheme, too, so we can each xref other rides, so no one gets 
left behind for lack of connection to any vehicle-- that we know of, at 
least...

***I forgot to call back Riva til 5:30 this p.m.; I left a msg., and will 
call again.

***As you may have noticed, I posted MANAGING SOCIAL DISSENT far and 
wide, and it's spreading fast! I wanna put more out likewise, but more 
like *boom*boom*boom and less like "here's 1000 lines, read it all now 
and be there!" Just feels more right...

***I actually got a Love&Rage Federation Bulletin today. FW Eric Gross 
has a long bit in there about the assembly (which was also in the 
calendar  in the new L&R, the one with the Marcos interview).


I have too much to do, and I'm tired as fuck. I picked a *bad* year to 
lay off the speed (heeheehee-- joke-- I can imagine what a useless wreck 
I'd be already! ANYway...)

I'll try to keep you up on what's going down here, but see ya wednesday 
either way. I'll try to figure out an actual itinerary so we can hook up 
re. KZSC; otherwise, if it's before 5, will you be at work, Maile? Meet 
at the metro by 6, if we don't hook up sooner? 

I better get to work, oooOOH! gurlfrens. I remain

As Ever,
yours for the revolution,
--Deke

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Subject: Update, Tue. 30 Aug, afternoon
To: sciww (Santa Cruz IWW)
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OK, so I put online both of the letters from your mailing, the 
assembly-update one (w/the address for Louden) to wobs-only and the 
revolutionary greetings! one far and wide. Sprint's routers are fucking 
up, so a lot of mail might take a while to get there (I mean, like 
hours), but I got a way to see that it gets through and if it doesn't, 
I'll resend this evening or early tomorrow.

Also, I ran into a guy named James, from the local punk-type scene, who 
said "a bunch of us" (which I take to mean Epicenter/punk-type-folx) are 
going down to S.C.f for this weekend. This is the best confirmation I've 
had yet of the effectiveness of our external outreach efforts-- I've had 
no previous contact with this guy on the subject. I don't even know him 
that well. He talked about how he had a job once where the workers looked 
at joining the IWW, but were afraid any contract they might win would be 
unenforcable due to the IWW being a history club. But, he went on to say, 
things are obviously different in SC...

That's the up-to-the-moment scoop. I'm gonna make some calls tonight 
(like to Strawman), so as ever, the reports will keep rolling in...

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! "Big" Bill Dunham is gonna interview me tonight 
on Radio Libre, and guess what I'm gonna go on and on about... well, you 
know how I get anyway! I called him up last night, inspired, and 
realizing I could use a little prep for tomorrow night, as it's been 
months now since I did public-type speaking. I'll see if I can get a tape...

In Relentless Solidarity,
--Deke

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Just wated to let you know that I will arive at Loud Nelson ASAP (get off
of work) to meet my guests, and introduce them to their temp. living place.
So, if someone could, just let the Fw's know that I will arive around
3pm.  Thanks.

This message was sent to Deak, and SCiww@fido....

FW Joshua Miller

-- 

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I will most likely be going down to Santa Cruz on Saturday.  What 
arrangements, if any, have made as far places to stay ?  I would like to 
set up an information table at the show on Saturday for the micro 
broadcasting movement.  Will there will be any problem with this ?


Stephen Dunifer



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VAD:


Go for it - looks like a really good action!

Wendi


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Fellow workers

Glad to see all is well for the Assembly and the planned action against
homelessness.

Unfortunately no one from the UK will be able to visit the Assembly this year. 
Hopefully this will be rectified next year.

Please read the following message to the assembly visitors on our behalf:

"UK Wobs send revolutionary greetings to all fellow workers attending the 1994
IWW General Assembly.  Wishing you all well for a constructive weekend of
debate and action against homelessness."

Please make an announcement to the Assembly:

20 - 30  October 1994 :  London will be the venue for "Ten Days that Shook The
World", an anarchist extravaganza which will feature meetings, actions, social
events all over the city.  The entire UK anarchist movement and many comrades
from Europe will be taking part.  Members of the IWW will be promoting
revolutionary unionism throughout the 10 days.  Any member of the union who
will be coming to the UK during that time for the ten days is welcome to make
contact with other Wobs.  On Saturday 30 October the UK based members of the
IWW will hold a business meeting, followed by an open public meeting.  An IWW
stall will also operate at the anarchist bookfair.  Naturally any IWW member is
welcome to attend the meeting etc.  If you want any more information contact:

IWW General Organising Committee 73 Humberstone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WB UK


On another note members of the Oxford section of the Swindon and Region General
Memebrship Branch have also been involved in action against homelessness. 
Recently a number of Wobs were arrested for "illegally" opening up a former
nursing home which had lain derelict for some time.  The developers who owned
the site called in the police and a mini riot ensued.  One comrade suffered a
broken arm and other injuries of lesser violence.  For some hours the center of
Oxford was cordoned off by the police.  If you want more information see the
next Industrial Worker or contact Oxford comrades direct at:

Oxford IWW, Box A, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford, UK

Yours in solidarity


Kevin Brandstatter
Swindon GMB

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> I will most likely be going down to Santa Cruz on Saturday.  What 
> arrangements, if any, have made as far places to stay ?  I would like to 
> set up an information table at the show on Saturday for the micro 
> broadcasting movement.  Will there will be any problem with this ?
> Stephen Dunifer


You should contact the Santa Cruz folx to arrange the logistics of 
broadcasting, but there's no problem with it at all. Actually, I was down 
there last weekend, and attended a branch meeting there, and everyone was 
very excited to hear what you wanna do. Also, some folx are very 
interested to figure out what ever happened to those other components 
that were down there...

As for places to stay, there will be safe places to camp (backyards and 
up in the woods), but you should bring at least a sleeping bag and, if 
possible, a tent too. The indoor accomodations are all full up.

I'm on my way down there now. I'll be checking my mail remotely, and/or, 
write  us via  <sciww@fido.wps.com>

And Oh! the assembly, and show, is at
Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St. (at Laurel), S.C.

See ya soon! In solidarity,
--Deke
 

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Deke,
I'm curious how the sleep-in went.  Did you go?  Nice to finally meet 
you. Sat. nite's little fracas reminded me of my punk years. Let me know 
what happened. 
FW Priscilla 

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Deke,
I'm curious how the sleep-in went.  Did you go?  Nice to finally meet 
you. Sat. nite's little fracas reminded me of my punk years. Let me know 
what happened. 
FW Priscilla 

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Just a quick note to say 'thank you' to the SCruz group for
putting on such a well organized and stimulating GA, and to
Food Not Bombs for providing us all with better food than we
pay high prices for at our university cafeteria here every
day. It was great to see what a diverse and lively group Wobs
in 1994 are. I brought back lots of information and ideas that
will help our efforts and morale here in Hawai'i. Thank you.
If you have time, could you tell us what site(s) were offered
endorsed for 1995, any major stuff dealt with after 3pm on
Sunday (when I had to bug out) and how the action against
the city sleep-out ordinances went on Sunday night?
FWMike


