Rogers Park branch mtg - Thursday 5/12

Rogers Park Branch Meeting
Thursday, 5/12, 7pm-9pm
1507 W Morse (Neighbors United for New Possibilities storefront)

Our branch meeting this week will be a discussion of the developments in Egypt since the fall of Mubarak, including the emergence of independent trade unions and workers parties, and the continued crackdown on democratic movements by the military. Below are a series of short articles for some background on the situation. This should be a great conversation!

Proposed agenda for the branch meeting:
* Permanent Revolution in Egypt (readings below) - 60 mins
* Socialism 2011 conference update - 15 mins
* Revolution in the Air public meeting 5/26 - 15 mins

Egypt's Spreading Strikes, Socialist Worker, February 18

Labor Activists Organize Despite Legal Hurdles, [on the WDP], Almasryalyoum, April 15,

In Egypt, Revolution Moves into the Factories, NPR, April 20

Workers struggle against bureaucracy to create new unions, Almasryalyoum, April 29,

Empowering Egypt's Workers Revolution [on the WDP], Al Jazeera, April 25,