Wednesday, February 23, 2011

This afternoon the A.E. Havens Center host a talk with Nancy Folbre of the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. It is entitled, “The Socialist Imaginary.” This is at 4:00 in room 8417 of the Social Science” building. Call 262-1420 for details.
 
This evening the “International Socialist Organization” hosts a discussion entitled, “How to overthrow a dictator and other lessons Wisconsin should learn from the Egyptian people”. This is at 7:00 in the Memorial Union. Call 492-1053 for details. See “Today in the Union” for the room location.
 
Tomorrow morning there is the Interfaith Coalition (ICWJ) eleventh annual Faith and Labor Breakfast. Speaker Reverend Trina Zelle from the “Arizona Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice” in Phoenix, Arizona will discuss how SB 1070, Arizona's anti-immigrant law, has affected workers and what people can do to fight such a law from being passed in Wisconsin.  This is at 8:00. For details contact 255-0376.

Today the South Central Federation of Labor encourages listeners to call 1-877-753-5578 toll-free and tell their Representative to stop the attacks on working families and oppose Special Session SB11. Call 256-5111 for details on this and on-going actions regarding Governor Walker’s proposed budget bill.
 
From today through February twenty-sixth “Mother Fool’s” Coffeehouse hosts an art exhibit. It is co-sponsored by the “South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend” group and others. This is entitled, “Corporations are Persons Now”. In it artists respond to the shock of corporate governance brought on by the 2010 Supreme Court decision known as “Citizens United.” This is at 1101
Williamson Street. Call 259-1301 for details.