How workers are organizing in warehousing and logistics internationally
Sat., Jan. 25, 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. Pacific, 6 p. m. London time
Link: tinyurl.com/Amazon-forum
Join us for a live online meeting. Hear and discuss the different ways that workers at Amazon are organizing. What comes next in the struggle by workers in logistics and warehousing? How are Amazon workers organizing in other countries? Hear from Amazon and UPS workers as they share their experiences.
These workers will speak:
• Asa: Amazon Labor Union, IBT Local 1
• Magda: Amazon Workers International, from Poland
• Mary: Member, Carolina Amazonians United (CAUSE)
• Evren: UPS Teamster and Workers’ Voice
Hosted by Workers’ Voice Industrial Workers Committee
Contact: Ernie, 203-707-1157
Photo: CBS / Getty Images
… And after the Amazon forum, we recommend attending this forum on Syria, sponsored by Marxmail —
The Syrian Democratic Revolution: Two months after the Fall of Assad
Saturday Jan. 25, 3:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. Pacific, 8.30 p.m.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/vtGghHjXBAjqjBKDA
A Marxmail online forum — At the beginning of December, a local military offensive by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and others sparked a nationwide uprising in Syria. How did it happen? Where is the Syrian revolution going? What are its global implications? Please join us for this important discussion. We are happy to announce the following four excellent speakers.
• Ramah Kudaimi is a Syrian-American activist in DC and former member of the National Committee of the War Resisters League
• Chris Slee is a member of Socialist Alliance in Australia. He writes for Green Left and links.org.au and has written pamphlets on Cuba, China and the Tamil struggle in Sri Lanka
• Michael Pröbsting, the editor www.thecommunists.net and a longtime activist in solidarity work with the Syrian Revolution and the Palestinian liberation was recently sentenced by the Austrian government to 6 months probation for supporting the armed Palestinian resistance. He has published in academic journals and authored 10 books.
• Michael Karadjis blogs at https://theirantiimperialismandours.com/. Active in progressive and socialist politics since high school, he has been involved in Palestine solidarity since the early 1980s, and Syria solidarity since 2011. He teaches Social Sciences and International Development at Western Sydney University and has written extensively on Balkan and Middle East issues for a number of publications.