For link to PDF with hot link for ordering see the bottom of this message... Spring Fundraising Offer Donate $50 or more, Get 4 essential DVDs Support Labor Beat, and also add these essential labor DVDs to your library. Read below how you can get them... 1. Workers’ Republic Independently produced by filmmaker (and Labor Beat producer) Andrew Friend, Workers’ Republic tells the story of factory workers in Chicago who stood up to their boss and his financial backers to demand severance when their factory was closing. Winner of the John Michaels Human Rights Film Award (Big Muddy Film Festival 2010), this special fund raising offer represents the rare last stock of Friend’s non-profit version produced with music by indie artist Moby. 60 min. 2. Raid on A Nation After September 2010 FBI raids on Chicago anti-war activists, solidarity networks spring up. Scenes, speeches from first-of-its-kind 9/27 big protest in front of Chicago FBI headquarters. Also, mass anti-war protest at 2008 RNC, w...

What a May Day it was here in Chicago! Only 2006 was more memorable. It was a week packed with great events. For audio from some of those events, tune in to next week's episode of Labor Express Radio - Monday, 10 AM on 88.7 FM WLUW. For more info see… www.laborexpress.org Here is a collection of pictures from May Day 2011... First, the April 30th Haymarket re-enactment at DesPlaines & Randolph... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6 Second, the May 1st re-dedication of the Haymarket monument at Waldheim Cemetery... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6 Third, the May 1st Marcha for Immigrant and Worker Rights from Union Park to Pilsen... https://photos.app.goo.gl/HCiGfhRKGNAiM2zQ6

As you know from my previous posts, there is a LOT going on this May Day. For the complete list check this post... http://pilsenprole.blogspot.com/2011/04/updated-pilsenprole-guide-to-may-day.html There are three events which stand out as must attend events... Haymarket Reenactment ... Saturday, April 30, 2:00 PM Plaque Dedication & Reenactment of the Haymarket Tragedy Haymarket Square, Randolph & Des Plaines For more... http://pocketguidetohell.tumblr.com/ Rededication of the newly renovated Haymarket monument in Waldheim cemetery (the original)... Sunday, May 1st, 1:00 PM Forest Home Cemetery - 863 Des Plaines Ave., Forest Park Next to the Eisenhower (I-290) For More... http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/ Immigrants Right March from Union Park to Pilsen ... Sunday, May 1st: May Day March & Rally for Immigrant & Workers’ Rights 2:00 PM gathering at Union Park, Corners of Lake St and Ashland Ave. 3:00PM March Begins heading to Pilsen Neighborhood 4:00PM March Ends and...

Congressman Gutierrez calls on City of Chicago to support the Clean Power Ordinance as coal continues to haunt Latinos in Chicago On Wednesday Congressman Gutierrez joined the rapidly growing list of supporters for the Clean Power Ordinance, a measure that would reduce the pollution at the Fisk and Crawford coal plants in Chicago. "For years I have looked at the smoke billowing out over my Congressional District and known that something was not right, which is why I have been a supporter of the ordinance and supportive of the advocates fighting for the community's health and safety," Rep. Luis V.Gutierrez said. "Children in Chicago face a lot of barriers to their success and the very air they breathe should not be one of them, so I urge the city to take action on this matter and to do so quickly." In the midst of Mayor Daley’s departure from City Hall, national and local Latino leaders are rallying to demand all politicians stand with the people and not polluter...

The Pilsenprole complete guide to May Day 2011 in Chicago: Note, some events have changed from a previous post... Monday, April 25, 6:00 PM Getting the Voice of Workers Heard Loud & Clear — from Haymarket to the Present Haymarket Brewery and Pub, Randolph & HalstedA panel of labor journalists including Steve Franklin, David Moberg, Kari Lydersen, Jeremy Gantz, and Estelle Carol discuss media coverage of the workers’ story yesterday and today. Wednesday, April 27, 6:00 PM Screening of Documentary Film on Sacco & Vanzetti Haymarket Brewery and Pub, Randolph & Halsted Following the showing, Professor Alison Fraunhar will lead a discussion of the film and the Sacco & Vanzetti case. Music will be provided by the group Mezcolanza. Thursday, April 28, 6:00 PM Panel Discussion on Constitutional Issues for the Workers Movement from Haymarket to the Present Newberry Library, 60 West Walton This event is co-sponsored by a number of Chicago-area lawyers’ organizations. A panel...

The fight for the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance maybe decided in the next several weeks. The ordinance will be heard in a joint hearing with the Environmental and Health Committees on Thursday, April 21st. If the ordinace is approved at that hearing it will be voted on by the full City Council in early May. Next Tuesday, April 19th, Sierra Club, LVEJO and PERRO will hold a press confrenece with Congressman Luis Gutierrez about how pollution from power plants has a major health impact in Latino communities like Pilsen and Little Village. Here is the media advisory for that press conference... For Immediate Release: April 15, 2011 Contact: Jerry Mead-Lucero, PERRO, 312-502-7867, jerrymeadlucero@gmail.com Kim Wasserman-Nieto, LVEJO, 773-656-5099, info@lvejo.org Christine Nannicelli, Sierra Club, 508-740-9202, Christine.nannicelli@sierraclub.org Congressman Gutierrez calls on City of Chicago to support Clean Power Ordinance as coal continues to haunt Latinos in Chicago Press Con...

The run-off in the Aldermanic elections in the 25 th Ward of Chicago have been packed with controversy already. Much of the story has revolved around Alderman Daniel Solis’ decision to become a co-sponsor of the proposed Chicago Clean Power Ordinance. Solis’ opposition to the ordinance was met with a 9 month long community campaign spearheaded by PERRO (The Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization). The campaign included protests outside a number of Alderman Solis’ fundraisers, a number of large rallies in the community, a petition campaign and even a 24 hour vigil outside the Alderman’s ward office. PERRO, along with other members of the Chicago Clean Power Coalition reached out to SEIU (The Service Employees International Union) last fall, encouraging them to join the coalition. SEIU financed multiple mailings before the February 22 nd municipal elections calling Solis to task for not supporting the proposed ordinance. When the election resulted in Solis receiving ...