Our Agricultural correspondent Alex Iwasa has published an e-zine online. It has some helpful tips for those who grow some of their own food in these harsh economic times, with an appeal for class conscious farmers and farm workers to join with us in building a more humane economic system. The newsletter can be found here: WIIU Ag Workers 'Zine

By General Secretary-Treasurer

Joining an organization, any organization, takes thought and research. First, one must make sure that the organization's philosophies and goals are in tune with our own. One must take into account how the particular organization operates and whether it practices what it lays out as it's fundamental principles. It is never an easy decision.

By Alex Iwasa


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Since early 2009 I have been able to teach a number of
people to card weave, an Iron Age form of technology, which can fairly
easily be practiced by an individual, and is a great deal of fun.
Many of the people I have taught have been people I met through
workshops hosted at collective spaces like La Biblioteca Popular del
barrio Pilsen, and Mess Hall in Rogers Park, Chicago.

By Scott Wallace

Teachers in Florida, like teachers everywhere, are confronting an ugly set of circumstances. Many Florida teachers are working without a contract. They have had to forgo scheduled pay raises, and many were surplussed at the end of the school year and are faced with the uncertainty of a new assignment or a possible layoff. Administrators have told teachers that if they are contemplating early retirement or a leave of absence, now would be a good time to take it, because it would save someone’s job.