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	From: sdlotu@iac.net (Dean Steede)
	Subject: Caterpillar Workers Walk Out Again (fwd)

	The "P-9 vs. Hormel" of the 90's seems to be shaping up in Peoria.  Time to
	see how we can make this one turn out differently.  Ideas?

	>Date:         Mon, 9 May 1994 16:01:20 CDT
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	>From: Workers World Service <ww@blythe.org>
	>Subject:      Caterpillar Workers Walk Out Again
	>To: Multiple recipients of list ACTIV-L <ACTIV-L@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
	>
	>Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
	>
	>
	>CATERPILLAR WORKERS WALK OUT AGAIN
	>
	>By Shelley Ettinger
	>
	>It hit like a flash--at 3:45 in the morning of April 26. About
	>400 third-shift workers at Caterpillar Inc.'s Decatur, Ill.,
	>manufacturing plant walked out in a wildcat strike.
	>
	>The day shift never went in. Instead, 1,000 more workers joined
	>the picket lines.
	>
	>Soon, 1,900 workers hit the bricks outside Cat's Aurora, Ill.,
	>plant, too.
	>
	>It was the latest outbreak of resistance against a company that
	>has spent the last few years dismantling union rights and cutting
	>workers' pay and benefits.
	>
	>It may have also been a signal--to Caterpillar, which just
	>reported record first-quarter profits, and to the UAW leadership.
	>
	>The workers may be saying they can only be pushed so far. They
	>are certainly saying that they want to fight.
	>
	>HE FILED TOO MANY GRIEVANCES
	>
	>The Decatur workers walked after the bosses took disciplinary
	>action against shop steward Billy Keppler.
	>
	>Keppler's infraction? Company officials said he was guilty of
	>"continuing serious abuses of the grievance procedure.
	>
	>"For several days," according to a company statement, "this
	>individual had performed almost no work on his regular job and
	>spent virtually eight hours a shift filing grievances."
	>
	>That, say Cat workers, is what it's come to at the world's
	>biggest manufacturer of earth-moving machinery. The bosses can
	>punish a union representative for being a union representative.
	>
	>But there's more. Caterpillar has instituted a wide array of
	>"reforms" in the course of its anti-union campaign. Apparently
	>among these--unbelievable to trade unionists--is the right to
	>appoint and oust union representatives.
	>
	>So that's what the company did to Billy Keppler. He was not
	>fired, or even suspended, from his job as a welder.
	>
	>But he was suspended from his duties as a union steward for 30
	>days. At that, the strike was on.
	>
	>It ended after local union officials met with the company and
	>consulted with the national union in Detroit. But Auto Workers
	>Local 751 President Larry Solomon expressed his frustration.
	>
	>"I think they deserve to be struck, by the whole chain,
	>considering what they've been doing to us," he said. "But this
	>isn't the time. We're going back to work."
	>
	>INT'L RALLY TO PLAN STRATEGY
	>
	>The time may be coming. The walkout occurred nine days before an
	>important international action set for Peoria, Ill.,
	>Caterpillar's corporate headquarters.
	>
	>Trade unionists representing Cat workers in South Africa, Brazil,
	>Belgium, Scotland and England are due in Peoria for a solidarity
	>conference set for May 5-6. Together with union activists from
	>Caterpillar's U.S. plants, they will plan the next step.
	>
	>Then on May 7, an international rally will take place in Peoria's
	>Civic Center. Workers from throughout the Midwest and around the
	>country will join Caterpillar workers from four continents to
	>demand an end to the company's attacks.
	>
	>For their part, Caterpillar executives say they plan to keep
	>pursuing the anti-union drive. It has paid off. Gutting the union
	>contract and cutting labor costs through speedup and takebacks
	>have pushed both sales and profits up sharply.
	>
	>Caterpillar Chair Donald Fites refers to the anti-worker attack
	>as "our long-term business strategies." He says they "are clearly
	>working as we focus on further strengthening our global
	>competitiveness."
	>
	>In fact, the firm's first-quarter 1994 profits were five times
	>higher than the same period last year.
	>
	>But Fites also says that ongoing "labor problems" aren't
	>affecting the bottom line. Workers will have to tackle that in
	>their discussions May 5-7.
	>
	>Longtime union activists say the Caterpillar workers have the
	>power--their labor power--to force the company back. But, they
	>say, it will take a massive struggle.
	>
	>And the whole labor movement will have to be on board. The lack
	>of a substantial national mobilization contributed to the end of
	>the 1991-92 strike, when the union sent the workers back in
	>without a contract.
	>
	>But since the return to work two years ago, Caterpillar's workers
	>have remained united against the bosses. They're angry.
	>
	>And they're eager for action. Several walkouts, of which last
	>week's was the latest, attest to that.
	>
	>
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	Cincinnati,  OH  |  IWW Delegate, IN-KY-OH Area
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Deke Motif Nihilson writes:
>
>
>Hi Mike, and Vad too--
>
>OK, so I can now telnet into the GHQ account from where I'm at. So, I'll 
>lend a hand with it too. But-- is there any sort of need to document the 
>mail flow???

My practice in the past has been to jot down the e-mail addresses of 
those people who want info and those who want to join so that we can
eventually build up a list that we can mail to.  I also print out 
everything and send it to GHQ.  Is there a need?  I guess you'd have
to run that question by Robert Rush and interested parties who 
may be perusing the mail.  I'd say that there was; but who knows
what they'd say.

 I mean, obviously I'll hafta save and print out stuff for 
>the GOB, etc., but, is anyone worried about keeping track of routine 
>info-requests? Or can I just answer them and delete, like most sane 
>people do, and assume that anyone thus moved will be back in touch on 
>their own?

Answer, for sure.  I think people like getting personal responses from
us.  You can also send the electro-Wob leaflet.  When you do, just type
"g join!".  The machine response indicates that there is 1 message or
something.  Then all you need do is hit the "w" key and then choose the
send copy key.  It'll ask which message and you'll reply "1".  Just
jot down the addresses of folks who are writing for info as you get the 
mail and then send the info to them one by one.  As you never know who is
writing to you or what their "security" status is, it is probably best to
send it directly to them, without using the copy function to send it to
others at the same time.  That's been my tactic, anyway.

>Also, there's one message at this point, sounds like a reply-inquiry from 
>FW Ballard's sig. line. Either of you are more prepared than I to send 
>along an on-line flyer (gotta change that, mebbe, but thought I'd let you 
>know). Um, how answered is that account getting? Seems pretty well 
>covered. I can easily print out anything (like for the GOB) necessary to 
>print here, where I am, and carry it on BART for 5-10 minutes and drop it 
>off at GHQ, whether the office is open or not, etc.

Great!
Say Deke, if you answer inquiries and then delete them, could you send
me the e-mail addresses of folks concerned.  I also like to send them
info on Chomsky's libertarian socialist position and how to get on the
1-union newslist, if they look promising.  

>(You know, like GHQ is "virtually" getting it's e-mail! Lookout! The 
>IWW's barreling into the 21st century, however reluctantly... 
>heeheehee...)
>
>ANYway, blahblah. Do drop me a line, Mike. Also, stay FABulous!
>
>Yours for the Revolution, --Deke

>

I just remembered that I didn't copy anyone else on this message.  Could
you forward it to Vad the fabulous and GHQ for their info?

Thanks fellow worker,

Mike

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Hey all, This is a draft of the kinkoids network pamphlet.  Please
comment and return asap.

What is the kinko's Co-Worker Network?  The kCN is a free
association of kinko's workers dedicated to promoting education,
solidarity, and mutual aid among kinko's co-workers.  It is open
to all kinko's hourly co-workers, but also welcomes support and
aid from those in kinko's management, so long as that assistance
does not jeopardize the independence of the network, or the
interests of kinko's co-workers.

How does the kCN operate?  The kCN acts on the initiative of its
membership.  It's primary goal is to promote communication and
coordination among co-workers acting on a local and regional
basis.  On an international level, the network edits and
distributes the kinko's Co-Worker Factszine, as well as
coordinating the development of pamphlets and manuals on workplace
safety, work tips, and job satisfaction.  It is also available for
use by the network membership to disseminate their ideas and
opinions regarding the organization and operation of kinko's, as
well as to collect information and compare notes regarding the
local operations of kinko's.  On a regional level, the network
promotes meetings and exchanges among co-workers so that they can
better understand the operations of their particular partnerships,
and so that they can coordinate their activities in those
partnerships.  On the store level, the network promotes solidarity
among the co-workers on the shop floor, and the coordination of
information and action regarding their particular store.

Is the kCN a Union?  The kCN takes no specific stand on the issue
of unions or unionism.  It believes in the free exchange of ideas
and is committed to supporting it's membership in their endeavors.
In all of the countries in which kinko's operates it is a free
choice of each worker whether they favor a union or not, and
workers are legally protected in making this choice.  As such,
the question of unions can only be determined by the network
membership, and ultimately, by the kinko's workforce in general.

How do you join the network?  Simply by filling out the coupon
attached to this pamphlet and mailing it in you can join the
network.  It is your choice whether you wish to join as part of a
local network group, or to remain an individual member of the
network.  We will consider all information you provide us with
strictest confidentiality, yet we encourage open communications
with other members of the network.  As part of the network you
will receive all the regular publications of the network, and have
the opportunity to participate in network meetings and take part
in network decision making.  You will also be able to make use of
the regular network mailings to discuss issues at kinko's.

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What is the Duplication Workers Network?  The Duplication Workers
Network is an international network of workers in the Duplication
or Quickcopy industry.  It strives to promote education and
exchanges of information among workers in this industry for the
purpose of bettering their work lives and ultimately for the
self-administration of this industry by the workers themselves.
What is a duplication worker?  A duplication worker is any person
employed in the quickcopy industry.  These include, cashiers,
key-operators, customer service reps, typesetters, supervisors,
office workers, technicians, greeters, delivery people, cleaning
staff, and anyone else whose work is part of a quickcopy
operation.  In some cases it may include managers, when those
managers' terms of employment are similar to the staff they
manage, and when they hold no final decision making authority.  A
quickcopy operation is typically any retail based operation, with
fast turn around times (same day or less for most jobs), large
numbers of customers, and based primarily on the use of
duplication technology (xeroxography and the like).  Also included
in this definition are retail mixed copy/offset operations, and
wholesale duplication operations that cater primarily to retail
copy stores.  Why a distinction between the duplication and
printing industry?  There are several elements to the
duplication/quickcopy industry that makes the distinction between
the duplication industry and the printing industry as a whole
necessary.  The high volume of retail customers, and fast turn
around times, creates a very stressful work environment, with
little or no opportunity for rest periods or breaks.  Chemical and
workplace hazards in quickcopy operations often have little in
common with such hazards in the printing industry.  Quickcopy
operations typically rely on composite job responsibilities and a
lack of specialization not typical to printing.  A duplication
worker may typically be expected to perform the duties of
cashiering, key-operating, customer service, cleaning and bidding
during a workshift, or over a workweek.  This results in higher
stress levels, and a decreased ability to develop proficiency and
job satisfaction, and a perception on the part of management of
the disposable nature of quickcopy workers.  Related to this is
the lack of significant training or apprenticeship in the
quickcopy industry, with workers often being left to train
themselves.  How does the Duplication Workers Network operate?
The Duplication Workers Network is not designed to give workers in
the industry easy answers, but rather to promote initiatives among
workers in the industry to develop solutions.  Composed of workers
in the industry and their supporters, the DWN promotes
communication and education.  There are no "professional"
organizers, staff lawyers, or other specialists, and staffers are
paid at rates typical of workers in the industry to promote
solidarity and equality in the functioning of the network.  The
DWN acts as a catalyst to promote the independent initiatives of
workers in their workplaces, by providing logistical support,
developing written material, supporting and coordinating legal
support, when appropriate, and acting to publicize the efforts of
workers.  The DWN acts only on the initiative of is membership.
How can you help?  If you're in the industry, you can join the
network.  As a worker in the network you can get involved in some
of our ongoing projects or by starting your own.  Often the most
important activity that you can do is let your fellow workers in
your workplace or area know about the network and start to
coordinate activity on behalf of your rights.  Local groups and
regional networks are the most important parts of the network and
will ultimately determine the extent to which we can realize
justice in our working lives.  If you are not working in the
industry but still want to help, you can volunteer your efforts to
help the network grow.  By contacting your local group of the
network, or the national clearinghouse you can find out how you
can help most effectively.

end of text

This was written about 2 weeks ago, so our talk is more fresh.
Also remeber to send me any suggestions on the kinkos pamphlet,
and the safety one.  Peace, love, insurection Josie

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u Hey all,

This is a draft of the kinkoids network pamphlet.  Please comment
and return asap.

What is the kinko's Co-Worker Network?

How does the kCN operate?

The kCN acts on the initiative of its membership.  It's primary
goal is to promote communication and coordination among co-workers
acting on a local and regional basis.

 information and compare notes regarding the local operations of
 kinko's.

On a regional level, the network promotes meetings and exchanges
among co-workers so that they can better understand the operations
of their particular partnerships, and so that they can coordinate
their activities in those partnerships.

On the store level, the network promotes solidarity among the
co-workers on the shop floor, and the coordination of information
and action regarding their particular store.

Is the kCN a Union?

unions can only be determined by the network membership, and
ultimately, by the kinko's workforce in general.

How do you join the network?


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COALITION TO DECRIMINALIZE POVERTY,
Santa Cruz, CA

1. Police made only a token presence at this week's Wednesday Food Not Bombs
meal on Pacific Avenue mall today, which drew about 250 people. After the
food was served, San Francisco FNB provided an open mike rally, which was
followed by a march & sit-down at Book Shop Santa Cruz. Mayor Scott Kennedy
& councilman Neal Coonerty, owner of Book Shop Santa Cruz appeared on the
scene & spoke amid heckling and heated rebuttals. The rally continued at Book
Shop Santa Cruz for several hours.

2. This response is in stark contrast to last week's Wednesday meal, during
which half of Santa Cruz's police force showed up in riot gear & arrested
55 people for sitting on the sidewalk. For two hours police made arrests,
and others would sit in their place. When police left there were as many
sitting on the sidewalk as when they started. Police returned later and
sealed off several blocks when youth began throwing rocks through business
windows. Several participants were charged with resisting arrest, and two
were held for two days when they refused to sign their sitting ban tickets.

3. Seven participants of a week-long World Peace Vigil, which included a
nightly camp-out on Pacific Avenue to protest the camping ban will be going
up for pre-trial on Friday, May 20. Charges include violation of the
camping ban and conduct on public property.

Crys-Vad Hyphus,
CWSC/Industrial Worker, S.C. bureau



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Hey Fellow Workers--

Not to presume, but...

If y'all are interested in setting up electronic info storage/retrieval 
systems, like FTP and gopher stuff, archival things, etc.etc., I can get 
it set up for us, for free, c/o the "company" I work "for" (The Little 
Garden). It'll all be legit-- nothing sketchy that might get yanked or 
nuked. We gotta maintain the actual info (worker-control it, ya might 
say). And folks in the e-world can just go get it in their own time and 
space...

Judging from the maintenance of the mailgroup (or lack thereof), methinks 
we might not be ready for this opportunity yet. If/when we are, just let 
me know and, if y'all wanna go for it, I'll get things rolling on this 
end.

In Solidarity,
--Deke Nihilson, x341697
deke@fido.wps.com
 

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Dear Fellow Workers,

I hate to clamor, but as I'm now employed in the computer industry, and I'm 
actively organizing for the IWW online (as well as elsewhere), and I have a lot of 
time (at work and otherwise) to do so, I would *really* like TO BE ON THE NEWS 
GROUP MAILING LIST!!!

This is the third time I've asked. As I now live in S.F., mailing a copy to the 
SCGMB no longer suffices for my info-neeeeds. I have my own e-mail address, it's:
deke@fido.wps.com
Please, please please add this address to the e-mailing-list ASAP!
I thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.


In Solidarity,
--Deke Nihilson, x341697, Del. #94-33
I.U. 570, S.F. GMB, IWW 

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Subject: kinkoseed
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big bill haySEED ?
did yr spell checker do that ?

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Hey everyone,

Thanks for the Food not Bombs info.  We're passing it along.  

Orin Langelle

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Status: OR

deke
well shit, i aint gettingthe mailgroup either, so i'll
post this to Carlos ...
peacenet may have 10,000 people and some  pretty good contacts
but there aint a great manual that i have seen

any way keep on punkin'
jeff

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From: Jeff Ditz <jditz@igc.apc.org>
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To: deke@fido.wps.com, indwrk@web.apc.org, iww@igc.apc.org, jditz@igc.apc.org
Subject: Re:  E-NEWS +
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Deke
i think before you judge the situation not ready ... do a little
more education of us, i don't understand this stuff beyond
what i've figured out on my own pretty much which has been
through the commercial peacenet and so hasnt even gotten to
pretty basic stuff (for y'all) like ftp. Carlos Murray has 
been trying to get stuff going on a similar self taught basis
which means ya do what ya figure out
and some times ya reach beyond what ya know how to do and try something
so anyway 
take it slow
but do the education thing

Jeff

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Subject: e-mailin' into the 21st century...
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>From deke Tue May 24 22:02:07 1994
Subject: e-mailin' 'n' stuff
To: jditz@igc.apc.org (Jeff Ditz)
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 22:02:07 -0700 (PDT)
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Well, FW Ditz, part of what makes me judge the situation not ready is that *I* 
don't know whole fuckloads about all this stuff myself. I mean, I got e-mail 
pretty down, but have never used (read or posted) to a news conference in my life. 
(Mail groups are a different thing, I think. Not sure why, tho). I can telnet like 
a mother-father-figure-fucker, but have never FTPed. We're *all* learning by doing 
(that's what makes us wobs all so punk rock, whether we know it or not!)

Anyway, I do know more than I can utilize. (This is in part because of a pretty 
generally-available book called "UNIX for Dummies", by Levine and Young on IDG 
Books. *Highly* recommended; it's a *lot* of how me and Vad, for example, are even 
as functional as we are. Of course, things might be different on peacenet, but 
hey-- don't they have, like, a *groovy* manual, and other user-hand-holding 
accessories??? The only shame lies in not asking for information you don't have, 
but *do* need and *could* use! ANYway...) Lessee. There's several things one can 
do that just might be useful for people trying to make information quickly and 
cheaply available to the growingly-general public, like:

*FTP -- stands for File Transfer Protocol. Lets any computer download a lot of 
information quickly from publicly-available databases all over the world. Usually 
arranged by topic, type of file, and/or neeed.

*Gopher -- goes and finds where what you're looking for is located, usually by key 
word or topic. I know very little about this feature, but it's some sorta big deal.

*Archie -- is a whole sub-inter-network of archived files (!), with its own sets of 
features and access tools. 

*telnet -- is one I know much better. It makes the long-distance call *for* you 
(you're still making that local call, as far as the phone co. is concerned) so 
that you actually go *into* another computer, be it down the street or halfway 
across the world. So that you can look at files, get/leave info, etc. Pretty neat 
trick, huh? 

*There's e-mail, of course. That's what we all know best, and that's very 
more-or-less.

Then the whole UNIX system is loaded with *arcane*, *cumbersome* but (sometimes) 
*very powerful* features, too. It's also the least-intuitive, least user-friendly 
computer interface system *ever* created (perhaps because it was, like, the first. 
Still, Internet is heavily dependent on it. If I understand right, it's *part* of 
why different kinds of computers can talk with each other...)

I didn't mean to sound disparaging of your computer capabilities, fellow worker. 
Rather, looking at it, I think I'm mostly frustrated that I'm not on the mailing 
group that the paper's set up yet, which is a drag, cuz I move a lot of info 
around, and the more of current relevance to the current world I put out there 
from the IWW, the more successful our on-line organizing will be. But I'm still 
learning patience (I've come far, tho, in the past coupla years!) 

Meanwhile, I won't get into the particular dynamics of my *new job*, but suffice 
it to say, it's a unique opportunity to set up a lot of shit that will endure, in a 
relatively short amount of time. If we can take advantage of the fact that I work 
for a very cool, hip, *wob-friendly* so-called "net.god", the union could be 
gathering these fruits for years and years to come, and for *free*. Not a bad 
proposition, all considered.  BTW, any idea how many basic IWW-info requests we 
get on-line these days? Ask Mike Ballard (miballar@leland.stanford.edu) the 
particulars, he deals with that end of GHQs e-mail. But I see it, and I had *no 
idea* there's that much! (Last week, it was like 10 or more. From all over the 
world. "What's the IWW?" "The wobs online!?" etc. etc... I could go on, but I'll 
leave that to Mike, who's done so much *fab*ulous work in that area...) 

I won't overhype it, suffice it to say that all this esoteric computer shit is a 
wave of the future. What's going on now is like what the Gutenberg press did to 
printing (and among other things, it fueled a wave of [kinda] democratic 
revolutions.) That's what this place I work for is all about-- getting people 
on-line, before they pave the Internet, set up toll booths, make it as one-way as 
a teevee and call it the Information "Superhighway." (That's the political end of 
it, anyway.) In reality, they have more of an Information Landfill in mind, and 
the more we do of this shit now, the less likely the gov't. is gonna be able to 
squish it for the Crapitalists. Also, ever heard of PGP? Well...

That's another rant. Hope this li'l missive makes where I'm coming from a little 
clearer, even as it helps me to remember to slow down a little bit and *explain* 
just what the hell I'm too busy talking to say. As always, fellow worker, together 
we can do things that we cannot do alone. In other words, let's organize into the 
21st century together, shall we? Cuz *that's* what it's all about (and by then, 
that also may be just about what our union can afford... dontcha know!)

:)   @    =     ^^^^^    FSU (DGC)          *E *O *E

In Solidarity True,
--Deke Nihilson, x341697
I.U. 570, S.F. GMB (now, again)

P.S. How *did* I get to typing so fast? I was a C- typist in school! Must be all 
that *doing* it. I'm learning a lot of other things, too. I'll try to remember to 
pass along interesting, informative documents from/on net-workin' that I may come 
across in my virtual journeys...

P.P.S. *Please* try to find someone with the clue and the time to get me on the 
newsgroup...


-- 

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hi carlos, vad here; we need to get our e-mail address changed on the iww.news
conference. our new scgmb address is sciww@fido.wps.com. this should remain
a stable address, now that we no longer must depend on the university to
have an account. please have our e-mail address changed in the IW as well. i
know you're not IW coordinator, but you seem to be the main person promoting
the internet. also, if you can do anything to get poor deke on iww.news,
i would greatly appreciate it. he no longer lives in santa cruz, so he
no longer gets stuff from our account. his address is deke@fido.wps.com.

in solidarity,
vad.

From iww@igc.apc.org Tue May 31 23:27:52 1994
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Subject: 4GHQ
Status: OR

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here's something we got here in santa cruz:

	From WOODL@VAX.LSE.AC.UK Tue May 31 08:19:28 1994
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	Date: Tue, 31 MAY 94 15:32:36 BST
	From: WOODL@VAX.LSE.AC.UK
	To: SCIWW <SCIWW@ucscb.UCSC.EDU>
	Subject: GREEETING AND REQUEST FROM 56A INFOSHOP, LONDON
	Mailer: Janet_Mailshr V3.3a (02-Feb-1989)

	HELLO WOBS ...HELLO DEKE 9IS HE HERE ?)
	THIS IS THE CONTRAFLOW COLLECTIVE NERVOUSLY HITTING BUTTONS IN A COLLEGE
	SOMEWHERE TRYING TO TALK TO PEOPLE IN FAR AWAY PLACES BY COMPUTER. WEIRD
	OR WHAT. STILL. WE HOPE THAT WE REACH YOU.

	WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER ISSUE OF CONTRAFLOW (WE HOPE
	THAT YOU RECEIVED THE LAST ONE BY POST) AND WE ARE INTERESTED IN U.S
	LABOUR NEWS PARTICULALRY THE STALEY STUFF IN ILLINOIS. CAN YOU SEND US ANY
	INFO, NEWS ETC THAT YOU HAVE. TATE & LYLE IS A LONDON COMPANY AND MAYBE WE CAN 
	DO STUFF HERE ??? IN BRIXTON, WHERE WE ARE BASED THERE IS A STATUE OR MR.TATE
	OPPOSITE THE TATE LIBRARY. THE LIB. WAS SET UP BY HIM AS A GESTURE (PITY THAT
	INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY AND EXPLOITATION WAS BEHIND THE GESTURE). STILL.
	MAYBE WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU...I HOPE SO.
	YOU CAN E-MAIL US (I GUESS) AT;
	WOODL@LSE.AC.UK

	BEST WISHES AND SOLIDARITY TO YOU, LOVE CONTRAFLOW/56A INFOSHOP, LONDON



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