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| + | '''Lester Muata Greene'''...is a member of the [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
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| + | ==Unity== | ||
| + | [[Lester Muata Greene|Les Greene]], was a contributor to [[Unity]], December 15, 1986, the newspaper of the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]]. | ||
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| + | =="A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"== | ||
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| + | [[Unity]], January 28 1991, issued a statement "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond" on pages 4 to 6. | ||
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| + | This group was a split in the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]] which soon became the [[Unity Organizing Committee]]. | ||
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| + | Those listed as supporters of the call included [[Lester Muata Greene|Les Greene]], executive board [[AFSCME]] DC 37 New York. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Unity Organizing Committee]] | ||
| + | [[Category:League of Revolutionary Struggle]] | ||
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| + | ==CBTU== | ||
| + | [[Lester Muata Greene|Les Greene]], and [[Debbie Wilson-Mack]], both [[AFSCME]] and [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]], contributed an article to [[Unity Organizing Committee]]'s [[Unity]], June 24, 1991. | ||
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| + | ==Center for Labor Renewal== | ||
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| + | In 2009 [[Lester Muata Greene]] was listed as an endorser of the [[Center for Labor Renewal]]<ref>http://www.centerforlaborrenewal.org/?P=EN</ref>. | ||
==Center for the Study of Working Class Life== | ==Center for the Study of Working Class Life== | ||
| − | In 2009 Lester Muata Greene, past-President of [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]], NYC served on the Advisory board of the [[Center for the Study of Working Class Life]]<ref>http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/about/advisory.shtml</ref>. | + | In 2009 [[Lester Muata Greene]], past-President of [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]], NYC served on the Advisory board of the [[Center for the Study of Working Class Life]]<ref>http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/about/advisory.shtml</ref>. |
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| + | ==Left Forum 2011== | ||
| + | '''Solidarity Divided: New Models of Labor/Community Organization''' | ||
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| + | * [[Juliet Ucelli]]–[[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
| + | * [[Fernando Gapasin]] – co-author, Solidarity Divided | ||
| + | * [[Jordy Cummings]] – [[Greater Toronto Workers Assembly]] | ||
| + | * [[Lester Muata Greene ]] — [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
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| + | ==LLP leadership== | ||
| + | At the September 16th 2011 meeting of the [[Left Labor Project]], a leadership body was elected which includes [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]] leaders, [[Pat Fry]] as Recording Secretary and [[Anne Mitchell]] as CCDS organizational representative. Among others elected were LLP Coordinator [[Larry Moskowitz]] who is national organizer for the [[Working Families Party]], [[Jim Perlstein]], an officer of the [[Professional Staff Union]] which represents faculty of the City University of New York, [[Lester Muata Greene]], an EMT worker and member of [[AFSCME]] District Council 37, [[Rhadames Rivera]], Vice President of [[SEIU Local 1199]], and [[Fitzroy Searles]] of LLP Youth who was an organizer of the [[One Nation Rally]] in 2010 in Washington DC.<ref>http://www.cc-ds.org/mobilizer/articles/LLP_NYC_LD_Parade.pdf, CCDS Mobilizer, Fall 2011 issue]</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Left Labor Project]] | ||
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| + | ==A Plebeian View Forum== | ||
| + | Monday, 19 December 2011, "A Plebeian View Forum On The Prison Industrial Complex" at the Harlem State Office Building. | ||
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| + | [[LennyGreen.com]] and [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]]. | ||
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| + | *Moderator: [[Lester Muata Greene]], creator of the [[Plebeian View]] blog | ||
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| + | Speakers: | ||
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| + | *[[Amir Ali]] from the [[Campaign to End the New Jim Crow]] | ||
| + | *[[Dell Smitherman]], 1199/[[SEIU]] Political Coordinator | ||
| + | *[[Augustin Castro]], [[IGNITE]] and [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
| + | *[[Iz]], [[October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation]]<ref>[http://heyevent.com/event/6k2w5aeuvydlua/a-plebeian-view-forum-on-the-prison-industrial-complex A Plebeian View Forum On The Prison Industrial Complex]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Our Children Are Not Criminals!== | ||
| + | Thursday, April 26, 2012, A Plebeian View forum: Our Children Are Not Criminals! Fighting the Prison-Industrial Complex, Brownsville Heritage House | ||
| + | 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brownsville, Brooklyn | ||
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| + | Moderator: | ||
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| + | [[Lester Muata Greene|Muata Greene]], past president of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, NYC Chapter, creator of Plebeian View blog | ||
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| + | Speakers: | ||
| + | *[[Dell Smitherman]], 1199/SEIU | ||
| + | *[[Meli LaSalle|Melissa Rodriguez LaSalle]], [[Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee]] (RSCC) | ||
| + | *[[LaMont OyeWale' Badru]], MXGM and [[Black Legacy]] (Black Student Union at Lehman) | ||
| + | *[[Augustin Castro]], FRSO/OSCL | ||
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| + | Sponsored by LennyGreen.com and [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] / Organizacion Socialista del Camino para la Libertad. | ||
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| + | =="$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!"== | ||
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| + | Monday 27 October 2014, [[Tiffany Paul]] organized an event "$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!" at the NYU Kimmel Center. | ||
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| + | :''The struggle to raise the minimum wage is a lively and dynamic movement developing across the US. The fight for a minimum wage of $15 dollars is one step forward in the fight for a living wage, and fast food workers have been at the forefront of this struggle.'' | ||
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| + | Speakers: [[Stephanie Luce]] - [[Murphy Institute for Worker Education]], author of Fighting for a Living Wage, [[Kimberley Thomas]] - Dental Assistant, Harlem Hospital, DC37 local 768, [[Lester Muata Greene|Muata Greene]] - [[Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]] NYC and [[Left Labor Project]], | ||
| + | [[Sooyoung Lee]] - Substance Abuse Counselor, 1199SEIU & Power for Rank-and File Employees in the Social Services.<ref>[http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Tiffany-Paul-15hr-for-all-Social-Service-Workers-Speak-Out Wherevent "$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!"]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward== | ||
| + | [[File:Trumpolicious.PNG|thumb|600px]] | ||
| + | [[Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward]] was a phone in webinar organized by [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] in the wake of the 2016 election. | ||
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| + | :''Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join [[Ash-Lee Henderson|Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson]] of the [[Movement for Black Lives]] and [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization|Freedom Road]], [[Calvin Miaw|Calvin Cheung-Miaw]], [[Jodeen Olguin-Tayler|Jodeen Olguin-Taylor]] of [[Mijente]] and [[Working Families Party|WFP]], [[Joseph Schwartz|Joe Schwartz]] of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]], and [[Sendolo Diaminah]] of [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization|Freedom Road]] for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face? | ||
| + | '' | ||
| + | :''This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.'' | ||
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| + | Those invited, on Facebook included [[Lester Muata Greene]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/events/1137239953019322/]</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| + | [[Category:Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] | ||
| + | [[Category:New York City]] | ||
| + | {{Center for Labor Renewal endorsers}} | ||
| + | [[Category:New Jersey]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:19, 23 November 2016
Template:TOCnestleft Lester Muata Greene...is a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Unity
Les Greene, was a contributor to Unity, December 15, 1986, the newspaper of the League of Revolutionary Struggle.
"A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"
Unity, January 28 1991, issued a statement "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond" on pages 4 to 6.
This group was a split in the League of Revolutionary Struggle which soon became the Unity Organizing Committee.
Those listed as supporters of the call included Les Greene, executive board AFSCME DC 37 New York. .
CBTU
Les Greene, and Debbie Wilson-Mack, both AFSCME and Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, contributed an article to Unity Organizing Committee's Unity, June 24, 1991.
Center for Labor Renewal
In 2009 Lester Muata Greene was listed as an endorser of the Center for Labor Renewal[1].
Center for the Study of Working Class Life
In 2009 Lester Muata Greene, past-President of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, NYC served on the Advisory board of the Center for the Study of Working Class Life[2].
Left Forum 2011
Solidarity Divided: New Models of Labor/Community Organization
- Juliet Ucelli–Freedom Road Socialist Organization
- Fernando Gapasin – co-author, Solidarity Divided
- Jordy Cummings – Greater Toronto Workers Assembly
- Lester Muata Greene — Freedom Road Socialist Organization
LLP leadership
At the September 16th 2011 meeting of the Left Labor Project, a leadership body was elected which includes Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism leaders, Pat Fry as Recording Secretary and Anne Mitchell as CCDS organizational representative. Among others elected were LLP Coordinator Larry Moskowitz who is national organizer for the Working Families Party, Jim Perlstein, an officer of the Professional Staff Union which represents faculty of the City University of New York, Lester Muata Greene, an EMT worker and member of AFSCME District Council 37, Rhadames Rivera, Vice President of SEIU Local 1199, and Fitzroy Searles of LLP Youth who was an organizer of the One Nation Rally in 2010 in Washington DC.[3]
A Plebeian View Forum
Monday, 19 December 2011, "A Plebeian View Forum On The Prison Industrial Complex" at the Harlem State Office Building.
LennyGreen.com and Freedom Road Socialist Organization.
- Moderator: Lester Muata Greene, creator of the Plebeian View blog
Speakers:
- Amir Ali from the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow
- Dell Smitherman, 1199/SEIU Political Coordinator
- Augustin Castro, IGNITE and Freedom Road Socialist Organization
- Iz, October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation[4]
Our Children Are Not Criminals!
Thursday, April 26, 2012, A Plebeian View forum: Our Children Are Not Criminals! Fighting the Prison-Industrial Complex, Brownsville Heritage House 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brownsville, Brooklyn
Moderator:
Muata Greene, past president of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, NYC Chapter, creator of Plebeian View blog
Speakers:
- Dell Smitherman, 1199/SEIU
- Melissa Rodriguez LaSalle, Revolutionary Student Coordinating Committee (RSCC)
- LaMont OyeWale' Badru, MXGM and Black Legacy (Black Student Union at Lehman)
- Augustin Castro, FRSO/OSCL
Sponsored by LennyGreen.com and Freedom Road Socialist Organization / Organizacion Socialista del Camino para la Libertad.
"$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!"
Monday 27 October 2014, Tiffany Paul organized an event "$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!" at the NYU Kimmel Center.
- The struggle to raise the minimum wage is a lively and dynamic movement developing across the US. The fight for a minimum wage of $15 dollars is one step forward in the fight for a living wage, and fast food workers have been at the forefront of this struggle.
Speakers: Stephanie Luce - Murphy Institute for Worker Education, author of Fighting for a Living Wage, Kimberley Thomas - Dental Assistant, Harlem Hospital, DC37 local 768, Muata Greene - Coalition of Black Trade Unionists NYC and Left Labor Project, Sooyoung Lee - Substance Abuse Counselor, 1199SEIU & Power for Rank-and File Employees in the Social Services.[5]
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward was a phone in webinar organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the wake of the 2016 election.
- Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the Movement for Black Lives and Freedom Road, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Jodeen Olguin-Taylor of Mijente and WFP, Joe Schwartz of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Sendolo Diaminah of Freedom Road for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face?
- This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.
Those invited, on Facebook included Lester Muata Greene.[6]
References
Template:Reflist Template:Center for Labor Renewal endorsers
- ↑ http://www.centerforlaborrenewal.org/?P=EN
- ↑ http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/about/advisory.shtml
- ↑ http://www.cc-ds.org/mobilizer/articles/LLP_NYC_LD_Parade.pdf, CCDS Mobilizer, Fall 2011 issue]
- ↑ A Plebeian View Forum On The Prison Industrial Complex
- ↑ Wherevent "$15/hr for all! Social Service Workers Speak Out!"
- ↑ [1]