St. Louis Proletariat

STL Proletariat play live recites the manifesto

2011-05-29T20:52:00.000-07:00

Creative Revolution Manifesto

2011-05-16T20:40:00.000-07:00

We are the end all be all, gonna set you free all, knowing
revealers of the new will
and you will all sit still
for the rise of the proletariat
Poet laureate
Judas Iscariot
God's of the chariot,
wait, strike that, reverse it, rehearse it, chapter and verse it,
this is a revolution of body mind and spirit,
shout till they hear it
Truth , Love, and Art
and affairs of the heart
Original Creative Thought, is the most valuable resource on the planet
I am hereby giving up my egocentric individualism for the good of the whole of those know

STL Proletariat music on soundcloud

2011-05-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

Latest tracks by Freaky Steve

performing live may 25th 2011 at "The Crack Fox" St. Louis MO

The STL Proletariat will be performing May25th at The Crack Fox in St. Louis Mo

2011-05-16T19:10:00.000-07:00

Part of the show WAR part VI

shirt we printed today, Ha Ha i want to be on this team

2010-10-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

favorite thing to save,,, shirt we printed today

2010-09-13T12:16:00.000-07:00

Internet archive free mp3 wav samples loops 140bpm dubstep industrial breaks

2010-09-12T10:18:00.000-07:00

140 bpm breaks original dub step industrial noise. specifically minimal and all at 140 for use by dubstep / breaks dj's and producers, please use my stuff in any mix or song you want, just credit me, give me props, spread the legend etc.

view the archive and downloads available here

player should will update it self, skip through tacks, go to link above for playlist and downloads

various conspiracy audio samples from internet archive. I'll try to keep up with them and list them here in the future. feel free to contact me for requests. I will probably post some loops to this page, especially if requested.
http://revelationofthemethod.tumblr.com/
revelation of the method

face book.

sound cloud.

the 9payne track contains clips from interview w/ peter levenda

this latest special interview episode from media monarchy - the ninth one, appropriately enough - is a quick, yet fascinating look behind the media mask... behind they face that they present & a glimpse into what it really represents... all this & so much more - just in time for crowley's birthday, the bombing of the moon & halloween.
found on internet archive: http://www.archive.org/details/InterviewPeterLevenda

mediamonarchy peter levenda.

This audio is part of the collection: Community Audio

Artist/Composer: freaky steve
Keywords: 140bpm; dubstep; dub; synth; industrial; breaks; conspiracy; illuminati; revelation of the method; synht mangling; free samples; free loops; free mp3

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

Shirt we printed today, real fast seperations for only 3 screens rush job

2010-08-11T05:44:00.000-07:00

Shirt we printed today: very appropriate

2010-07-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Come see me live next 3 weeks tuesday night 2720 Cherokee

2010-06-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

First 5 people who say "freaky Steve Loves me" at the door get in free
I'm doing a 3 part series here, live painting, live music, some guest appearences by old friends of mine from past projects and bands. And the place I'm doing it at already has people painting all out around the edges, various DJ's and performers throughout the night after me, I'm just the opener, so come down hang out, if you paint bring your stuff and paint

I'm not worthy,I'm not well, it's hard to get out of purgatory, when you're trapped in hell.

2010-06-24T06:43:00.001-07:00

I need a girl who calls me Stephen, and knows how to demonstrate

2010-06-24T06:42:00.000-07:00

I need a girl like mia farrow in 1968

2010-06-24T06:39:00.000-07:00

Shirt we printed today

2010-06-15T08:37:00.000-07:00

Shirts we printed today

2010-05-21T09:40:00.000-07:00

shirt we printed today

2010-05-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

lawyer shirts we printed today

2010-04-15T06:47:00.000-07:00

I thought the T was an F (shirt we printed today)

2010-04-08T08:30:00.000-07:00

I Print this type of t shirt all the time

2010-04-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

How to Save the World with a T-shirt pt 2 numbers « Not The Real Poor Souls Society

2010-03-28T18:48:00.001-07:00

How to Save the World with a T-shirt pt 2 numbers « Not The Real Poor Souls Society
I will break it all down and give you the numbers on a small event fundraiser, raising money through T-shirts.

Here is an example of a printing price list for contract repeat cutomers

figure double if you are a one time customer

but once you get to the 1000 piece level even a guy off the street can get contract pricing

especially if you have a non profit type group that will do multiple events
Printing cost
$ 20.00 screens 1st time for each color
T-shirts & Flat Goods cost per print $ 10.00 reset cost on repeat orders, no screen charge
$ 10.00 proof sample shirt before actual run
1/C 2/C 3/C 4/C 5/C 6/C $ 2.00 drop ship / pr box
12-35 $ 2.00 $ 2.50 $ 3.00 $ 3.50 $ 4.00 $ 4.50 $ 10.00 color match
36-71 $ 1.05 $ 1.25 $ 1.50 $ 1.75 $ 2.05 $ 2.25
72-143 $ 0.75 $ 0.95 $ 1.15 $ 1.35 $ 1.50 $ 1.70
144-287 $ 0.55 $ 0.80 $ 1.00 $ 1.20 $ 1.35 $ 1.50 add per print
288-999 $ 0.50 $ 0.70 $ 0.85 $ 1.00 $ 1.15 $ 1.30
1000-2499 $ 0.40 $ 0.60 $ 0.75 $ 0.90 $ 1.05 $ 1.20 $ 0.20 flashing(needed for multi color and dark shirts)
2500+ $ 0.30 $ 0.40 $ 0.50 $ 0.60 $ 0.70 $ 0.80

Note what i have highlighted that’s 40 cents per print

figure shirt cost at $2.00 (can go lower can go higher)

let’s get some decent paper for the poster prints, say 10 cents a piece

we know we want at least 1000 pcs to get the .40 rate but we can beef that up with paper so you dont have to raise $2000 for the shirts themselves

2 screens one front one back 1000 front prints 1000 back prints

$ 800 prints front and back

$ 40 screens

$1000 (500 shirts)

$ 100 (1000 posters 500 main logo 500 sponsors) you can get cheaper paper than this if you look

$1940

it is very possible to find 500 shirts as low as $1 a piece when on sale or at a low point on shirt prices (they go up and down like gas)

so that 1940 figure could drop down to as low as 1500 for 500 shirts and a thousand posters

if you have an 11 x 15 inch space of real estate on the back of the shirt

* you can sell a big main sponsor logo at the top for $1000 give him a couple shirts and some posters in the deal plus advertising on your web sites the posters shirts radio ads whatever you do
* sell your mid range logos for $100 there getting a ton of advertising for nothin, go anywhere and try to get 100 advertising (give these guys 1 shirt and one spnsor and 1 front print poster notice on web sites etc.) At least 10 mid range guys before you start to look crowded
* sell bottom level text only spots for $25 to $50 depending on how well the upper slots are selling and how many acts you have at your event.you can fit at least 20 text only spots and not look crowded at all
* so you can see it would be easy to raise the under 2 grand needed for the shirts maybe even turn a profit on just sponsors (my low ball numbers make $2250)
* and you end up with 500 shirts and 1000 posters to advertise your event all over town

if you don’t feel your event/cause is large enough to warrent asking $1000 from the top guy lower him down to $500 and bump the mid rangers up to $200
now let’s sell them at the event:

if your shirt is cool enough you can sell them for at least $10

thats 10 x 300 (you’ll never sell all 500 you’ll give some away and some won’t sell)

$3000 all profit, the shirts are already paid for before the event you don’t have to sell a single one to break even

call Stephen McClenahan @ 1-800-569-1599

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Phone 314-771-3799 Fax 314-771-3722

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Custom Union printed, American Made T-shirts & promotional items for your Business, Group, Campaign, Fundraising Event, Not for Profit, Non-Profit, or local

Poor Souls · March's 'EMERGENCE!'

2010-03-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

Poor Souls · March's 'EMERGENCE!'

March's 'EMERGENCE!' access-public
Date Wed, Mar 24, 2010 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location Benton Park Cafe
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Every 3 months (which began in December), the Poor Souls Society will put on, 'EMERGENCE!'.

'EMERGENCE!' will hopefully come to represent a place for local artist to present their best in order to show their audience their art and 'emerge', so to speak!

On March 24, 2010, from 7PM to 9PM we will premier 3 types of the Arts: Visual, Spoken Performance and Musical Performance.

The night begins, at the Benton Park Cafe, with Jim Trotter, Jr., a not so easy to describe visual artist whose style is so diverse, you won't know where to begin. Well, we determined that the best place to begin (for us) would be having him showcase his work and wares at 'EMERGENCE!' for you all to see the painter, photographer, sculptor and then some.

Next, we will enjoy a veritable smorgasbord Spoken Word and dramatic prose readings... put on by several local poetic phenoms:

the unflappable Teya King;
"For those of you who have ever wondered about what exactly goes on in Ms. King’s frighteningly unique (or, plain frightening) brain…here’s your chance to hear a sample of her works."
http://poorsoulssociety.wordpress.com/emergence/b-teya-king/

the incomparable Evan 'Copasetic Soul' Hillard:
"He is a ball of blazin’ poetic energy who delivers classic literature channeling it back to it’s common folk roots."
http://poorsoulssociety.wordpress.com/emergence/e-copasetic-soul-evan-hilliard/

the indomitable Kissa Price:
"WARNING! If you have problems facing the truth, as she knows it… do not proceed! I dare you to listen to just one… go ahead, see what happens!"
http://poorsoulssociety.wordpress.com/emergence/c-kissa-price/

Lastly (although not least), there will be a live musical performance... itching for you to hear his unique brand and sound!

The one! The only! Perry Woods:
"Come see Perry Woods perform to catch his intuitive covers, creative mix-ins, and of course, the original work of the Perry Woods Experience."
http://poorsoulssociety.wordpress.com/emergence/d-perry-woods/

The entire evening is free (of charge) and if you come early (say 6:30PM) you will get to eat uninterrupted from the delicious menu of the unique gourmet flavor of the Benton Park Cafe, where owner Jessica Lenzen has poured her blood, sweat and soul into the quality (not literally the food, cause that would not be all that sanitary) of this 1st Class breathe of fresh air! ;-P

"Restaurant critics, neighborhood regulars, and first time visitors always agree about Benton Park Cafe Coffee Bar: the atmosphere is great, the food is superb and the service is outstanding. The restaurant offers a casual atmosphere that is perfect for dining with friends, co-workers, and family members..."

RANDOM NOTES AND THOUGHTS (for those interested in how 'EMERGENCE!' came about and was conspired in my head):

My interest in doing this is not monetary, but for the purposes of bringing the art community in Saint Louis together. I run a nonprofit consulting firm that has taken this on as a project and we just want to see more cooperation and professionalism in our local art community. So we have set out to lead by example and model what we think can accomplished.

I have, for years, watched and met so many local, talented artist over the last 3 decades, that I thought if St. Louisians had a regular opportunity to come to one spot to enjoy the arts, that they would then better support them. I also believe that trolling or scouting for talent in St. Louis is like trying to hit a moving target, so I dreamed of having a centralized location for local and out of town talent scouts to pool from. I have become a poet over the years and have dabbled in Spoken Word as well, so I feel the most connected to the art community.

The event's name is, 'EMERGENE!' and will take place at the Benton Park Cafe at 1900 Arsenal on the corner of Arsenal and Lemp (directly across from Gus' Pretzels). The evening will start off with Jim Trotter, Jr. and his works. After the initial intro and Jim's reveal/presentation we will move into the Spoken Word, poetry and recited prose phase where, 'Copasetic Soul' (Evan Hilliard), Teya King, Kissa Price and others TBA will perform. After that we are having a live musician, Perry Woods to carry us through the night's end (from 8:15PM to 9:00PM).

This 'Emergence" event will repeat every 3 months with either all different artist and art kinds or if we carry over an artist, it will be due to demand. Here's our Blogsite for your viewing pleasure, so you can see all our efforts and other groups that we work alongside of:

http://poorsoulssociety.wordpress.com/

My company (Apotheosis Consulting, Inc) is a nonprofit consulting firm and we are doing this simply to
preserve our local art community.

I envision that this could be the 'come up' for a lot of our local artists to get the recognition they have long
deserved.

Police hunt 'The Midnight Knitter' wool graffiti bandit | Metro.co.uk

2010-03-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

Police hunt 'The Midnight Knitter' wool graffiti bandit | Metro.co.uk

Tom Phillips - 11th March, 2010 Share|
Police hunt 'The Midnight Knitter' wool graffiti bandit
A guerilla knitter is gradually covering a New Jersey town in brightly coloured wool - and authorities have no clue who the rogue crafter is.
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Guerilla knitter Pulling the wool: The guerilla knitter's work on display in West Cape May's Wilbraham Park

An unknown person or persons - dubbed 'The Midnight Knitter' by West Cape May residents - is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness.

Mayor Pam Kaithern says police are looking into the knitted graffiti, which is technically against the law, as it is being done on public property without permission.

However, the mayor and many residents admit they're delighted by the woolly rainbow of colours that has popped up.

What Does The Prayer Really Say?

2010-03-14T01:17:00.000-08:00

What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Also, for your Lenten spiritual warfare, here are two versions the popular Via Crucis by St. Alphonsus Liguori. One version is plain, just my voice. The other is the same voice recording, but with the Gregorian chant Sequence Stabat Mater interlaced between the stations.

Stations of the Cross - Joseph Ratzinger (Good Friday 2005) [65:41m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download

Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori [35:43m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download

Stations of the Cross by St. Alphonsus Liguori (with chant) [34:16m]: Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download

Work Well With Others

2010-03-13T21:42:00.000-08:00

Work Well With Others

Take a wooden matchstick and slice a thin sliver from one side. Then cut the remaining stick in two, lengthwise. Make sure you leave a little of the red tip intact for effect. Discard one half.
Make the aircraft by glueing the sliver of wood - the wing - across the remaining part of the matchstick - the fuselage. If you want, you can use little scraps to make a tail section. Or you can make a biplane. Or you can use a couple of thin slices of balsa to make a huge wing, one that will carry maybe twenty engines. Indulge your aeronautical whims. Think of lift, think of thrust, think of innovation without the benefit of an industrial policy.
Catch a bunch of flies. Put them in a jar and put the jar in the freezer. In a few seconds the flies will be chilled out completely. This is called cryogenics, and it has its drawbacks. For example, the flies will be dead flies if you freeze them too long. Dead flies are no good. So if you're a tinkerer, refrigerate your flies. It takes longer to make them comatose, but they have a higher recovery rate than the ones you leave in the freezer next to the burritos.
Meanwhile, put a tiny drop of rubber cement at each place along the wing where you want an engine.
Take the flies out of the freezer. Attach the abdomen of one frigid fly to each drop of glue. Make sure all the flies are facing the same direction.
Breathe life into the flies. A miracle: A gentle puff of your warm breath will resuscitate the flies.
Launch the aircraft. It should fly like a charm, and, far from being cruel to the flies, you'll be teaching them a new and valuable thing, one that brings us to the virtue of this exercise. For we see that while flies think a lot alike, have a great deal in common, share many of the same hopes and dreams, they never act in concert, as a team, with regard for the worth of other, neighboring flies until forced to by grim circumstance - as, for example, when they are harnessed to fly and either first experience the exhilaration of high-altitude cooperation or die. Redeemed by such a critical choice, they'll soar like a glider, race like a Stealth, and, when overflying a barnyard or kennel, turn into a wicked-awesome dive bomber.

FFFFOUND! | DETHJUNKIE*

2010-03-13T20:54:00.000-08:00

FFFFOUND! | DETHJUNKIE*

Deepest part of the ocean Life!

2010-03-13T20:00:00.000-08:00

Deepest part of the ocean Life!

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March 13, 2010

The Mariana Trench is located in the Pacific Ocean, just east of the 14 Mariana Islands (11″21′ North latitude and 142″ 12′ East longitude ) near Japan. As you probably already know, it is the deepest part of the earth’s oceans, and the deepest location of the earth itself. It was created by ocean-to-ocean subduction, a phenomena in which a plate topped by oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate topped by oceanic crust.

Fact-The Mariana Trench is 11,033 meters (36,201 feet), (6033.5) fathoms deep. The Pressure at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench is over 8 tons per square inch. The Mariana Trench is 2, 542 km (1,580 miles) long and 69 km (43 miles) wide.

premio_lo_nuestro

2010-03-13T19:48:00.000-08:00

premio_lo_nuestro

Daddy Yankee’s Performance at Premio Lo Nuestro 2010

Reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee has likely been chosen to promote the Agenda to the Latino community. His performance at the Premio Lo Nuestro awards in Miami is simply a perfect Illuminati fit. At the beginning the performance, a picture of Daddy Yankee standing under a Masonic compass is displayed.

Daddy Yankee under a Masonic compass

Daddy Yankee’s is surrounded by dancers looking like robotic cyber-police/soldiers. The name of his new single is Descontrol, which means “lose control”. Interesting.

By the way, here is the logo of Premios Lo Nuestro awards.

How many sixes do you see?

The Birth of Altermodern | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

2010-03-13T04:42:00.000-08:00

The Birth of Altermodern | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

I received a crash course in postmodern thought during my first semester at Swarthmore College. In a lesson that was to be repeated throughout my undergraduate education, the professor opened the class by admonishing us to reject binary thinking. As the class was staring at her dumbfounded, she divided the chalkboard in two with a thick vertical line and asked us to name the dualisms that structure our world. After she provided a few examples to get us started – male/female, white/black – we jumped into the game, calling out binaries one after another: rich/poor, smart/stupid, human/animal, cool/lame, skinny/fat … The game went on until the board was full and the air saturated with chalk dust. Pausing a moment, our comparative literature professor asked us if we noticed anything odd about the list we had constructed.

Looking at the chalkboard, we saw an easy answer: on the left of the line were “good” terms – cool, skinny, rich, smart, white – and on the right were their counterparts, the derided terms. In an instant, our class grasped an essential precept of postmodern philosophy: Western thought has hitherto divided the world into a series of binary oppositions that privilege one side over the other. The political implications of the lesson were clear: Oppression can be traced back to the way we think, and hope of liberation rests on escaping this binary thinking.

The postmodern project of overcoming binary thought, however, is more difficult than it may appear. First of all, one cannot simply flip the terms and privilege what was once diminished – that would merely replicate the binary in inverse. The issue is not which term is privileged but the false belief that existence can be divided into two distinct, competing parts. Thus the task of the postmodern activist became the blurring and problematizing of distinctions in order to destroy dualist thinking. It was all done in the name of political liberation. At least that was the intended goal.

Anxiety Culture: Contents

2010-03-13T03:54:00.000-08:00

Anxiety Culture: Contents

Control Systems:
The Guilt System – Your hidden, unresolved guilt makes you vulnerable. How to undo it.
The Distraction System – Society turns focused people into distracted automatons. Hedonistic focus to the rescue.
The Consumer-anxiety System – How our economy depends on consumer anxiety.
The Disapproval System – How advertisers and propagandists exploit our fear of disapproval.
The Inner Dictator – Think bad things and be unreasonably happy.
Controlled by Words – Certain words function as social control-mechanisms. You can easily identify them...
The Metaphysical System – Unsuspected metaphysical beliefs control us, until we become aware of them.
The Propaganda System – Semantic propaganda, and how to defend yourself against it.
Empire of Emotion – Emotion as a sold commodity, and as a social control system. Who is pushing your emotional buttons?
Anti-Perspectivism – How ruling authorities depend on "absolute truths" to control people. And how they misrepresent "relativism".
How to Stupidise People – Prevent yourself from being stupidised!

About the Free Agents Network

2010-03-13T01:25:00.001-08:00

About the Free Agents Network

Posted using ShareThis

2010-03-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

2010-02-26T07:31:00.000-08:00

My search for God's Will

2010-02-23T10:20:00.000-08:00

My search for God's Will

2010-02-04T13:45:00.000-08:00

coolest thing we ever printed
these will be going over mach 5 in an f15 fighter
on the canopy above the pilots head

2010-02-02T16:01:00.000-08:00

freakysteve's remnants of past lives online things that are still up

youtube channel

Highvoltagestl picassa gallery (the last remaining cool thing up about this heartbreak of a project, 3 years and my heart wasted on this)

Screenburst picassa gallery

poor souls society on meetup

directra

wordpress

the D links:

Apotheosis

following are some case studies we might want to look into:

crisis london Thanks to Katie for this one, she visited and used this place when in London, it's a very diverse organic type of project that seems to be full of many of the ideals that i personally have been striving for, and i think they will fit right in to the poor souls society

common ground this is where crisis got a lot of it's ideas from it doesn't seem to be as creative bent as what i think we are striving for

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This is a scan of a test shirt pieced together, seperations were done from a tshirt

2009-06-19T14:25:00.000-07:00

I will be here for awhile with some paintings for sale, stop by and say hello

2009-06-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

Come see me Saturday June 20
soulard market
St. Louis MO

2009-04-23T11:21:00.000-07:00

St. Louis Union Screen Printing

2009-04-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

custom will strike if provoked t shirt for your local

2009-03-27T07:14:00.000-07:00

Printing cost
							$ 15.00	screens 1st time for each color
	T-shirts & Flat Goods cost per print						$ 10.00	reset cost on repeat orders, no screen charge
							$ 10.00	proof sample shirt before actual run
	1/C	2/C	3/C	4/C	5/C	6/C	$ 2.00	drop ship / pr box
12-35	$ 2.00	$ 2.50	$ 3.00	$ 3.50	$ 4.00	$ 4.50	$ 10.00	color match
36-71	$ 1.05	$ 1.25	$ 1.50	$ 1.75	$ 2.05	$ 2.25
72-143	$ 0.75	$ 0.95	$ 1.15	$ 1.35	$ 1.50	$ 1.70
144-287	$ 0.55	$ 0.80	$ 1.00	$ 1.20	$ 1.35	$ 1.50	add per print
288-999	$ 0.50	$ 0.70	$ 0.85	$ 1.00	$ 1.15	$ 1.30	$ 0.20	finished caps
1000-2499	$ 0.40	$ 0.60	$ 0.75	$ 0.90	$ 1.05	$ 1.20	$ 0.20	flashing
2500+	$ 0.30	$ 0.40	$ 0.50	$ 0.60	$ 0.70	$ 0.80	$ 0.10	puff neon white ink
							$ 0.15	metalic glitter
							$ 0.20	above or on pocket
	Jackets, Nylon Goods & Bags						$ 0.20	sleeve print
							$ 0.25	sweatshirts / shorts
	1/C	2/C	3/C	4/C	5/C	6/C	$ 0.50	sweatpants
1-12	$ 3.00	$ 4.00	$ 4.75	$ 5.50	$ 6.00	$ 6.50	$ 0.20	towels
24-35	$ 2.00	$ 2.75	$ 3.50	$ 4.25	$ 5.00	$ 5.50
36-71	$ 1.50	$ 2.50	$ 3.25	$ 3.85	$ 4.25	$ 4.40
72-143	$ 1.25	$ 2.10	$ 2.80	$ 3.40	$ 3.90	$ 4.20
144-287	$ 1.00	$ 1.75	$ 2.25	$ 2.65	$ 2.95	$ 3.25
288-499	$ 0.90	$ 1.50	$ 1.95	$ 2.30	$ 2.50	$ 2.80

Custom Union Screen Printed shirts for your fundraiser

2008-12-17T10:25:00.000-08:00

Support American Made, Union Made products for your next grassroots fundraiser

Screenburst Graphics

1308 Ann Avenue St. Louis,

MO 63104

Phone 314-771-3799

Fax 314-771-3722

1-800-569-1599

Custom Union printed, American Made T-shirts & promotional items for your business or local

A “union bug” is a tiny logo used to designate items that have been produced with union labor.

It is a protection against anti- or non-union shops that might otherwise profess union working conditions.

It can be part of a public-relations campaign to induce customers to buy union-made products.

It is a sign of good workmanship and quality standards.

It is badge of union prestige to attract new members.

It is warning against trespass by competitive unions.

Victory at Republic!

2008-12-11T06:20:00.000-08:00

http://socialistworker.org/ taken from
Victory at Republic!
Lee Sustar reports on the workers' big win in a factory occupation that made headlines across the U.S. and inspired union members and activists everywhere.
December 11, 2008
Supporters of workers at Republic Windows & Doors picket the Bank of America building in Chicago (Nicholas Kamm AFP)
WITH A unanimous vote, workers at the Republic Windows & Doors plant in Chicago ended their six-day factory occupation late on December 10 after Bank of America and other lenders agreed to fund about $2 million in severance and vacation pay as well as health insurance.
"Everybody feels great," said a tired but beaming Armando Robles, president of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE) Local 1110.
Melvin Maclin, the local's vice president, agreed. "I feel wonderful," he said. "I feel validated as a human being. Everybody is so overjoyed. This is significant because it shows workers everywhere that we do have a voice in this economy. Because we're the backbone of this country. It's not the CEOs. It's the working people."
Pointing, he continued, "See that sign up there? Without us, it would just say 'Republic,' because we make the windows and doors. This shows that you can fight--and that you have to fight."
The settlement was a resounding victory for union members who were told a little more than a week earlier that the factory would be closed in less than three day's time--and that, contrary to federal law, they would get no severance pay.
So to pressure the company to make good on what it owed them, the workers voted to stay put after the plant ceased production on December 5.
By deciding to occupy their factory--a tactic used by labor in the 1930s, but virtually unknown in this country since--the Republic workers sparked a solidarity movement that forced one of the biggest banks in the U.S. to pay two months of wages and health care, even though the bank had no legal obligation to do so.
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WHAT BEGAN as a resolute act of some 250 workers quickly became a national symbol of working-class resistance in a crisis-bound economy. Hundreds upon hundreds of union members and officials--not only from Chicago, but around the Midwest--came to the Republic factory to express their solidarity and bring donations of food and badly needed funds.
But support for the Republic struggle went beyond the ranks of organized labor. The fightback crystallized mass anger about the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Even though Bank of America--Republic's main creditor--is in line receive $25 billion in taxpayer money, the bank refused to finance the 60 days' pay due to workers under the WARN Act if a plant closes without the two-month notice required under the law.
Democratic politicians, from President-elect Barack Obama down to Chicago aldermen, felt the pressure to declare their support for the struggle.
Press coverage was affected as well. For once, the media not only highlighted the issues in a labor struggle, but also used its resources to investigate the employer. The Chicago Tribune reported that Republic's main owner, Rich Gillman, was involved in the purchase of a nonunion window factory in Iowa to move to. Journalists also uncovered evidence that Bank of America refused repeated requests to extend more credit to Republic, despite its infusion of bailout money.
Thus, when UE decided to make Bank of America the target of a December 10 rally, there was a ready response--about 1,000 people turned out on short notice.
"Since we're down here in the financial district, let's do a little mathematics," said Rev. Gregory Livingston of Rainbow/PUSH. "Bank of America got $25 billion. Citibank got $25 billion. Republic workers got how much? Zero.
"That's why we're here in the financial district. It's where the money is. The people work, and guess whose money is in these banks? Guess whose money is in the market? Guess whose money is in their pockets? It's our money."
But what was noteworthy about the picket wasn't the anger against the banks, but a palpable sense of workers' power. Members of a dozen different unions were on hand, as were student groups, socialists and community groups, all inspired by the Republic workers' bold stand.
Larry Spivack, regional director of AFSCME Council 31, summed up the mood in his speech. "Look around you," he told the crowd, naming the main financial institutions nearby. "Who created all their wealth?" he asked--and was answered by the chant, "We did!" "Who has the power?" "We do!"
Spivack continued: "This is a beginning, like when the Haymarket struggle took place in 1886," a reference to the Chicago martyrs in the struggle for the eight-hour workday. He concluded with a shout, "Power to the workers!"
A few hours later, back at the Republic plant, after workers heard the terms of the agreement and voted, Bob Kingsley, the national director of organization for UE, made a similar point in assessing the victory:
The significance of this struggle for the labor movement is that at a time when millions of American workers are facing greater and greater economic turmoil, and with it more and more instances of unfairness, there needed to be a clear symbol of resistance.
What the workers at Republic are is the face of that resistance. They personify the challenge that the working class faces in today's economy, but they also symbolize the hope that if we, as workers, stick together, if we fight together, and if we're willing to push the limits, we can achieve incredible things. And their victory comes at a time when the labor movement needs it.

Republic workers target Bank of America

2008-12-10T10:05:00.000-08:00

taken from http://socialistworker.org/2008/12/10/workers-target-bank-of-america

Republic workers target Bank of America
Lee Sustar looks at the latest developments in the workers' occupation of the closed Republic Windows & Doors plant.
December 10, 2008
Workers inside the occupation of the Republic Windows & Doors factory (Eric Ruder SW)
A BIG labor rally was set for Bank of America's Chicago headquarters at 12 noon December 10 after negotiations failed to resolve issues that led workers to occupy the Republic Windows & Doors plant five days before.
According to an Associated Press report yesterday afternoon, during talks between the workers' union, Republic management and Bank of America (BoA) officials, the bank had agreed to finance Republic's payment of severance and vacation pay that management had illegally failed to provide for workers--a move that sparked the occupation.
But officials from the union, the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), said there was no deal--and that even if there was, workers would have to vote on it before it could be accepted.
So the December 10 protest was on--and judging by the continued strong and spirited turnout of supporters at the plant the day before, it will be sizeable.
Just one mobile TV van was on hand for a noontime press conference--most reporters hurriedly left the plant to cover the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (who had been at the factory himself less than 24 hours earlier). But there was just as much energy as ever, thanks to a large delegation from the Interfaith Worker Justice committee. Rev. C.J. Hawking vowed to hold daily noontime rallies at the plant for the duration of the struggle.
The press conference itself morphed into a send-off rally for the UE negotiating team as it left to meet with BoA and management representatives. "Today we are united," said Armando Robles, president of UE Local 1110, which represents the Republic workers. "We are America," he added, to especially loud cheers. Like a large majority of Republic workers, Robles is a Latino immigrant, and his declaration had added resonance.
Also speaking at the press conference was Rev. Nelson Johnson, a leading African American minister in Greensboro, N.C., and survivor of the Ku Klux Klan massacre of anti-racist activists in that city in 1979.
"I don't believe that the American people would have $25 billion dollars go to a bank while workers who need the support of that money are standing outside on the street with nothing in our pockets," Johnson said, alluding to Bank of America's share of $700 billion in government money used to bail out the financial system.
"We are joining with thousands and with millions all over this country, and we ought to keep doing it. We ought to spread the word in city after city--that wherever this kind of thing happens, the people ought to take possession of the use of their own money."
Another call to action came from Dennis Williams, director of Region 4 of the United Auto Workers (UAW).
"As many of you know, the United Auto Workers are going through a struggle in Congress while they give billions and billions of dollars to banks, they're afraid to help out the workers of this country. This is symbolic--this is the United Auto Workers, how we started," he said, alluding to the historic role of the UAW sit-down strikes of 1936-37 that launched a wave of similar struggles that established mass industrial unions for the first time. "These workers are standing up for justice for all workers."
Despite the UAW's hard times--the union has agreed to take another round of major concessions as part of the government's auto industry bailout--Williams brought with him a check for $5,000 for the workers.
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WILLIAMS WAS one of a number of prominent labor leaders who have made their way to the plant to officially show their support. But unions have mainly been represented by a range of union organizers and rank-and-file members.
On Tuesday, one of them was Greg Cameron, a repair worker at AT&T, currently on leave to be a staff organizer for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 21.
"I hate to see these people suffer short term to help us long term, but I really think this is going to help us," Cameron said. "This really opens peoples' eyes. There is a confluence of events--the economy, the bailout and a new president coming in that's decidedly different from George W. Bush. The whole thing is the dawn of a new day, and hopefully, this is going to be the spark that's going to get people to pay attention."
Mary Zerkel, a staff member at the American Friends Service Committee's Chicago office, made a similar point. "It seems like the historic moment is right," she said. "People, I think, are fed up. They're upset about the bailout and the money that went to Wall Street. They're saying, 'This is ridiculous.'
"Bank of America was given a huge amount of money. Why can't they extend the same rights to these workers. Who's going to bail out the workers, finally?"
With this grassroots support from below, and the support of politicians like President-elect Barack Obama from above, there's heavy pressure on Bank of America to hand over the cash needed to settle workers' claims. Documents have surfaced showing that BoA refused to work with Republic's management to restructure its debt.
Yet even though Republic's main owner, Rich Gillman, was reportedly aware that the plant would have to close by January, he still refused to provide workers the 60 days notice of closure (or the equivalent in pay) as required by the federal WARN Act.
Instead, he gave the workers just a couple days' notice that their jobs and health insurance were gone--less than three weeks before Christmas. And as the Chicago Tribune reported, his relatives and former Republic personnel have already purchased a nonunion window manufacturing plant in Iowa.
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SUCH METHODS are nothing new to members of manufacturing workers' unions. Plant cutbacks and closures eliminated more than 3 million manufacturing jobs, even during the economic recovery of 2002 to 2007.
What's different at Republic Windows is that a group of workers is fighting back--and they have captured the imagination of everyone who wants to see an end to the employers' one-sided class war.
In this climate, even the corporate media has been compelled to exposed the union-busting that passes for "labor relations" in the U.S.
"The folks that are participating in this have a pretty clear recognition that there's not a satisfactory remedy to be found at the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor," said Rich De Vries, a business agent at Teamsters Local 705, who assisted UE in getting Republic workers their first contract through that union.
"There's not a satisfactory grievance or arbitration process that's going to solve their problem," he said. "So they've chosen to engage in direct action. That's the significant thing here."
Having gained such widespread support by taking a stand, many Republic Workers and their supporters are thinking beyond winning vacation and severance pay--that is, finding a way to keep the plant open and save some 250 jobs.
Is it possible? As union shop steward Ricardo Caceres put it, "That's the million-dollar question."

2008-12-09T12:38:00.000-08:00

If you live in the Chicago area, there will be a picket of Bank of America's Chicago headquarters at 231 S. LaSalle on Wednesday, December 10 at 12 no

2008-12-09T12:34:00.000-08:00

If you live in the Chicago area, there will be a picket of Bank of America's Chicago headquarters at 231 S. LaSalle on Wednesday, December 10 at 12 noon (unless negotiations resolve the dispute before then).
Read updates from the UE about the battle at Republic on the union's Web site. You can send a message of solidarity from the Web site, or by e-mail to leahfried@gmail.com. For more information, call UE at 312-829-8300.
The UE is appealing for financial support for the Republic workers. You can contribute via PayPal from the UE home page--see the box on the right. You can also send checks, made payable to the UE Local 1110 Solidarity Fund, to: 37 S. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607.
At the Jobs with Justice Web site, you can send a message of protest to Bank of America.

2008-12-09T10:26:00.000-08:00

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