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FALL 2017 #1781 VOLUME 114 NO. 4 $4 (US IWW Members) NO. $ $ $ FALL 2017 #1781 VOLUME 114 4 4 (U.S. IWW members) / 6 (U.S. non-members) / 7 (International) IW Fall 2017.indd 1 10/13/17 14:19 2 Industrial Worker • Fall 2017 IWW DIRECTORY IWW Contract Shops P.O. Box 7593, Glasgow, G42 2EX. 0800 Clydeside GMB: [email protected] [email protected], Facebook: IWW iwwofnwlouisiana/ Charlotte/Salisbury Area: 998 9149, www.iww.org.uk Fairbanks California Cymru/Wales GMB: [email protected] Maine [email protected] Belgium Arizona San Francisco Bay Area GMB: P.O. Box Dorset: [email protected] Maine IWW: 207-619-0842, maine@iww. North Dakota 11412, Berkeley, 94712. 510-845-0540. Belgium IWW: [email protected] Edinburgh GMB: [email protected] Flagstaff: [email protected] org, www.southernmaineiww.org Fargo: [email protected] [email protected]. Contact for: Berkeley German Language Area Tyne & Wear GMB: tyneandwear@iww. Hermosillo: [email protected] Maryland Ohio Ecology Center (Curbside) Recycling–IU IWW German Language Area Regional org.uk Nogales: [email protected] Baltimore GMB: P.O. Box 33350, 21218. Northeast Ohio GMB: P.O. Box 1096, 670 IWW Shop; Community Conservation Organizing Committee (GLAMROC): Bradford GMB: [email protected] Tucson: 408-314-8574, voyager640@ [email protected] Cleveland, 44114. 440-941-0999 Centers (Buyback) Recycling–IU 670 [email protected], www.wobblies. gmail.com Massachusetts IWW Shop; Stone Mountain & Daughters org Leeds GMB: IWW, Ebor Court, Cooper Ohio Valley GMB: P.O. Box 6042, Cincin- Gate, Leeds. [email protected] Arkansas Boston Area GMB: P.O. Box 391724, Fabrics–IU 410 IWW Shop; Embarcadero Austria (Vienna): [email protected], nati, 45206. 513- 510-1486, Liverpool: [email protected] Northwest Arkansas IWW: P.O. Box 4062, Cambridge, 02139. 617-863-7920, iww. [email protected] Center Cinemas–IU 630 IWW Shop [email protected], http://www.iww.or.at/, [email protected], www.IWWBoston.org https://www.facebook.com/iww.wien/ Manchester GMB: manchester@iww. Fayetteville, 72702-4062. iww.nwa@ Sweet Patches Screenprinting: Oregon gmail.com Holyoke: [email protected] Berlin: Offenes Treffen jeden 2. Montag im org.uk [email protected] Portland GMB: 2249 E Burnside St., California Southeastern Massachusetts: thematch@ 97214. 503-893-2382, portland.iww@ Monat im Cafe Commune, Reichenberger Milton Keynes-Northampton: 0749 845 Oklahoma Los Angeles GMB: P.O. Box 74344, 90004. riseup.net gmail.com, portlandiww.org. Str. 157, 10999 Berlin, 18 Uhr. (U-Bahnhof 1973, [email protected] Oklahoma IWW: 539-664-6769, Contact for: Janus Youth Shelters Kottbusser Tor). Postadresse: IWW Sheffield GMB: IWW Office 2, SYAC, 120 323-374-3499, [email protected] Western Mass. Public Service IU 650 Branch: IWW, P.O. Box 1581, Northamp- [email protected] Washington Berlin, c/o Rotes Antiquariat, Rungestr. Wicker, Sheffield S3 8JD. 0114 223 2100, Sacramento IWW: 916-672-8881, 20, 10179 Berlin, Germany. berlin@ [email protected] [email protected] ton, 01061 Oregon Seattle GMB: 1122 E. Pike #1142 wobblies.org Michigan Seattle, WA 98122-3934. 206-429-5285, Norwich Bar and Hospitality Workers IUB IWW San Diego GMB: P. O. Box 882226, Corvallis IWW: 541-316-0254 Bochum/Ruhrgebiet: bochum@wob- 640: [email protected] San Diego, 92168-2226. 619-630-5537, Detroit GMB: P.O. Box 32236, 48232. [email protected] [email protected]. blies.org Contact for: Central Co-op Nottingham GMB: [email protected] [email protected] 313-437-3404, [email protected]. Lane GMB: Ed Gunderson, del., Bremen: [email protected], San Francisco Bay Area GMB: P.O. Box Grand Rapids GMB: P.O. Box 6629, 49516. 541-743-5681. [email protected], IWW Shop Cards www.iww-bremen.org West Midlands GMB: IWW, Bike Foundry, 1539 Pershore Rd, Birmingham B30 2JH. 11412, Berkeley, 94712. 510-845-0540, 616-881-5263, [email protected] www.iwwlane.org Anarpsy-Mental Health Services–Piraeus, Cologne/Köln GMB: c/o Allerweltshaus, [email protected] Greece: [email protected] 0121 459 7276, [email protected] Central Michigan: 5007 W. Columbia Rd., Portland GMB: 2249 E Burnside St., Koernerstr. 77-79, 50823 Koeln, Germany. San Jose: [email protected], Mason, 48854. 517-676-9446, 97214. 503-893-2382, portland.iww@ Baltimore Bicycle Works: 1813 Falls Road. [email protected], www.iwwco- Bristol GMB: [email protected] www.facebook.com/SJSV.IWW [email protected] Baltimore, MD 21201. www.baltimorebi- gmail.com, portlandiww.org logne.wordpress.com Reading GMB: [email protected] Colorado Minnesota cycleworks.com/about Frankfurt a.M. GMB: Frankfurt@wobblies. London GMB: [email protected] Pennsylvania Daniel J. Fornika Scientific Consulting: Denver GMB: IWW, P.O. Box 12451, Den- Duluth IWW: P.O. Box 3232, 55803. org, http://Frankfurt.Wobblies.org North America ver, 80212. 814-758-7761, denvergmb [email protected] Pittsburgh GMB: P.O. Box 5912,15210. [email protected] 412-438-3499, [email protected] Hamburg-Waterkant: hamburg@ Canada @iww.org Twin Cities GMB: 2 E. Franklin Ave Ste. 1, Evergreen Printing: 2412 Palmetto Street, wobblies.org Philadelphia: [email protected] Oakland, CA. 510-482-4547, evergreen@ IWW Canadian Regional Organizing Connecticut Minneapolis, 55404. [email protected] Jura-Alpen-Mittelland: jam@wobblies. Committee (CANROC): c/o Toronto GMB, Connecticut: John W., del., 914-258-0941, Missouri Northeast Pennsylvania: 570-478-3499, igc.org org P.O. Box 45 Toronto P, Toronto, ON M5S [email protected] Greater Kansas City IWW: P.O. Box 414304, [email protected] Lakeside Printing Cooperative: 1334 Kassel: Rothe Ecke, Naumburger Str. 20a, 2S6. [email protected] Williamson Street, Madison WI. 608-255- District of Columbia Kansas City, 64141. 816-866-3808, South Dakota 34127 Kassel. [email protected], Alberta [email protected] 1800, www.lakesidepress.org www.wobblies-kassel.de Washington, DC GMB: P.O. Box 1303, Sioux Falls: [email protected] Edmonton GMB: P.O. Box 4197, T6E 4T2. 20013. 202-630-9620, dc.iww.gmb@ St. Louis IWW: P.O. Box 63142, 63163. MoonDog’s Edibles: 54 East 200 North, Leipzig: [email protected] Rhode Island Salt Lake City, UT [email protected], edmonton. gmail.com. www.dciww.org, www. Secretary: [email protected], Munich: [email protected] iww.ca. facebook.com/dciww Treasurer: [email protected] Providence GMB: P.O. Box 23067, 02903. North Country Food Alliance: 2 E. Franklin 401-484-8523, [email protected] Ave, Suite #1 Minneapolis, MN 55404. Rostock: [email protected], British Columbia Florida Montana 612-568-4585, northcountryfoodalli- iwwrostock.blogsport.eu Vancouver GMB: IWW Vancouver, c/o Daytona Beach: DaytonaBeachIWW@ Construction Workers IU 330: Dennis Tennessee ance.org Switzerland: [email protected] Spartacus Books, 3378 Findlay Street, V5N gmx.com Georg, del., 406-490-3869, tramp233@ Clarksville: Jonathan Beasley, del., 218 S P & L Printing: 2727 W. 27th Ave., Denver, Greece 4E7. [email protected], www. Gainesville GMB: c/o Civic Media Center, hotmail.com 3rd St. Apt. 7-6, 37040. 931-220-9665. vancouveriww.com CO. [email protected] Greece IWW: [email protected] 433 S. Main St., 32601. gainesvilleiww@ Missoula IWW: Charles Copeland,del., Trenton: Jeremy Butler, del., 221 Milan Paper Crane Press: 2 New Rd., Aston, PA. Vancouver Island GMB: Box 297 St. A, gmail.com 406-529-6404, ccopelandfmz@gmail. Hwy, 38382. 731-613-3067, Iceland: Heimssamband Verkafólks/IWW Nanaimo BC, V9R 5K9. [email protected] com 610-358-9496, papercranepress@verizon. Iceland, Reykjavíkurakademíunni 516, Hobe Sound: P. Shultz, 8274 SE Pine [email protected] net, www.papercranepress.com Hringbraut 121,107 Reykjavík Manitoba Circle, 33455-6608. 772-545-9591, Two Rivers IWW: Jim Del Duca, del., 106 Texas [email protected] Paisley Court, Apt. I, Bozeman, 59715. Pedal Power Press: P.O. Box 3232 Duluth, Lithuania: [email protected] Winnipeg GMB: IWW, c/o WORC, Denton: [email protected] MN 55802. www.pedalpowerpress.com P.O. Box 1, R3C 2G1. 204-299-5042, Orlando: Joey Leach, del., 407-928-5788, 406-599-2463, [email protected] Netherlands: [email protected] Phoenix Health PLC: FW Jeffrey Shea [email protected] [email protected]. Facebook: Ypsilanti: [email protected] Houston: Gus Breslauer, del., Jones #102-3237 Hennepin Ave. S, Min- Norway IWW: 004793656014. post@ Ontario OrlandoIWW Nebraska Facebook: Houston IWW iwwnorge.org, http://www.iwwnorge. neapolis, MN. 612-501-6897 Kitchener-Waterloo IWW: 79 Joseph South Florida GMB: P.O. Box 370457, Nebraska GMB: P.O. Box 27811, Ralston, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas IWW: P.O. org, www.facebook.com/iwwnorge, 33137. 305-894-6515, miami@iww. Box 5456, McAllen, Texas 78502. Greg, Primal Screens Screen Printing: 1127 Twitter: @IWWnorge St, Kitchener, ON, N2G 1J2. kitchener. 68127. [email protected], SE 10th Ave. #160, Portland, OR. 503-267- [email protected] org, http://iwwmiami.wordpress.com, www.nebraskaiww.org del., 956-278-5235 or Marco, del., 979- WISE-RA Organisation Contacts Facebook: Miami IWW 436-3719, [email protected], www. 1372, [email protected] Ottawa-Outaouais GMB & GDC Local 6: Nevada Professional Roofcare: 708 13th Belling- Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England 1106 Wellington St., P.O. Box 36042, St Augustine: staugustineiww@gmail. facebook.com/IWWRGV Regional Administration (WISE-RA): IWW, com Carson City and Douglas County: hender- ham, WA 98225. 360-734-9743, dtchico@ Ottawa, K1Y 4V3. [email protected], [email protected] San Antonio: [email protected] gmail.com PO Box 5251, Yeovil, BA20 9FS. 0800 9989 [email protected] Tallahassee: www.facebook.com/ 149, iww.org.uk, [email protected] Las Vegas and Southern Nevada: Utah Red Emma’s Bookstore Co-op: 30 W. North Ottawa Panhandlers Union: Raymond IwwTallahassee Access Facilitator: [email protected] [email protected] Salt Lake City: Michael Garcia, del., 801- Avenue, Baltimore, MD.
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