Building the A-Zone Co-op: 24 hour Marathon Fundraiser

Posted April 23rd, 2011

Mondragon, 91 Albert
A-Zone Co-op pledges accepted at 1-204-942-6994

MayWorks and CKUW 95.9 fm present the 2nd Annual “Building the A-Zone Co-op” 24hour Marathon Fundraiser.

Come and enjoy nonstop live entertainment for 24 hours with a webcast live at www.a-zone.org Please support co-op ownership of this unique
heritage building!

1919 Historical Bus Tour and Memorial Service for Mike Sokolowski

Posted April 23rd, 2011

Union Centre, 275 Broadway
Tickets $10.00

Free admission for mothers who are accompanied by children of any age.

Join our knowledgeable tour guides on achartered bus as they share details and answerquestions about the sites of interest that have a
direct connection to the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Learn about the life of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant who was killed duringthe culmination of the strike on “BloodySaturday”, June 15, 1919.

The tour begins at the Union Centre and makes its way to the Vulcan
Iron Works when it all began. You will also visit Hell’s Alley where many of the marchers were beaten on that fateful day. Before returning to
the Union Centre, you will also bear witness to a memorial graveside service for Mike Sokolowski at 2:00pm at Brookside Cemetary.

For tickets contact: the Worker’s Organizing Resource Centre,
Mezzanine – 280 Smith Street, 947-2220; Mondragon Bookstore
and Coffeehouse, 91 Albert Street; The Park Theatre Cafe, 698
Osborne Street; Organic Planet, 877 Westminster Ave.

May Day Banquet

Posted April 23rd, 2011

Cocktails at 6:00pm, Dinner at 7:00pm,
The Fort Garry Hotel
Tickets: $30.00
Dinner and a political/ cultural programme and
dance. Cash bar.
For reservations and tickets contact Ken at 479-8089

Book Launch

Posted April 22nd, 2011

Canadian Labour in Crisis:
Reinventing the Workers’
Movement
by David Camfield

Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 91 Albert Street
Free Admission

Though many of us think of ourselves as middle class, most
of us are, in fact, working class: we work for a wage. And though
many of us are members of unions, most people do not
understand themselves to be part of this movement. Canadian
Labour in Crisis asks why this is so. Through an analysis of the contemporary Canadian working-class movement and its
historical development, Camfield offers an explanation for its current state and argues that reform within the movement is not enough.

Please see more information about the book at: http://www.
fernwoodpublishing.ca/Canadian-Labour-in-Crisis/

The Big Book of Canadian Poetry

Posted April 22nd, 2011

Music at 7:30pm ~ Reading at 8:00pm

McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park,
1120 Grant Avenue
Free Admission

The new book of poetry by the New Festival
crew: Ron Romanowski, June Summer-Jones,
John G. Carmody, Marina Stepanova, Ruth
Rachel Cyprian and Siegfried Jerusalem.
Hosted by Nurit Drory and music by Sam
Knacker on harmonica.

For more information contact Grant Park McNally Robinson