Party with Solidarity DCSupport workers' rights in Iraq at a "happy hour" fundraiser, the proceeds of which will go to the Iraqi Solidarity Fund of US Labor Against the War (USLAW) in support of Iraqi trade unions.
A USLAW delegation met with leaders of two Iraqi trade union federations and Iraqi workers in Baghdad last October. Since then, US forces ransacked a federation office, destroyed equipment and stole files. Funds are being raised so the next delegation can give much-needed money to the two federations. The money will be used for organizing and outreach to Iraqi workers facing privatization in Iraqi industries.
The happy hour starts at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, at Cafe Citron (1343 Connecticut Ave. NW). DC Poets Against the War, DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency, and special musical guests Jason Liebman and the Uprising will perform. The suggested admission is $5, and $1 from every "solidarity drink" you buy supports the campaign all night.
This event is sponsored by Solidarity DC, Code Pink, USLAW, DC Labor Committee for Peace and Justice and the Metropolitan Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. If you can't attend but would like to make a donation, send an e-mail here. For more information, call 202/321-2025.
USLAW
DC Poets Against the War
DC Labor Committee for Peace and Justice
Metropolitan Washington Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
