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a vision of oakland's future from 2002

by Romy Ilano

a vision of Oakland's future from 2002 interesting stuff! ;) [image: Inline image 1] ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 9 months

3-d night Tuesday?

by Tracy Jacobs

Hi Jordanna and other 3-D interested people, Last Tuesday was a holiday, but are you meeting this Tuesday to do #-d design and printing? What time? Thanks, Tracy

12 years, 9 months

Not quite sudo logo on hackaday

by J.C.

Thought this looked a little familiar -- ThanX, ;+) nburl.net/fort <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort>

12 years, 9 months

sudoroom github is hoppin' lately

by Romy Ilano

I was rescued from the dark jaws of cynicism and nihilism by observing the happy activity on the sudoroom github.* thanks for keeping it real, you are all OG Gangsters! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com * sitting through powerpoint presentation after powerpoint presentation of people's "ideas" will do that to you =D

12 years, 9 months

thank you for contributions to the art making party last friday! a blog post is coming up. I'd especially like to thank the members and people who donated materials....

by Romy Ilano

Hi! Thanks to everyone for the art making snake party last Friday. [image: Inline image 1] ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 9 months

"Today We Learned" weekly open colearning today 1/4 from 2-5PM

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, Today (and every Sat.) from 2-5PM at Sudo Room <http://sudoroom.org> we'll be doing "Today We Learned <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Today_We_Learned>," weekly, open, co-learning. What do we do at "Today We Learned"? We bring the things that we're learning, learn together, and share what we're working on (we set up a projector for anyone to share any projects that they'd like to share). This blog post<https://sudoroom.org/today-we-learned-what-do-we-do-at-weekly-open-co-learn…>I wrote has some more examples of what we do. Bye! Marina

12 years, 10 months

We are setting up and it's fun! Come here

by Romy Snowyla

(see full image) Sent from my iPhone

12 years, 10 months

do we have an ebook library at SudoRoom?

by Romy Ilano

Do we have an ebook library at SudoRoom? I found an interesting PDF online: http://www.corporatepolicy.org/spookybusiness.pdf how would I put it into an ebook library? ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 10 months

uncovering smear campaigns

by Romy Ilano

"the war of the future is a mental war" how could we uncover smear campaigns like this one? this is an interesting topic I'd like to explore. - - a - - [image: Lee Fang] Lee Fang <http://www.thenation.com/blogs/lee-fang> - - [image: Syndicate content] RSS Feed<http://www.thenation.com/blogs/168901/feed> Investigating the intersection of politics, lobbying and public policy. Former Walmart Exec Leads Shadowy Smear Campaign Against Black Friday Activists<http://www.thenation.com/blog/177376/former-wal-mart-exec-leads-shadowy-sme…> Lee Fang <http://www.thenation.com/authors/lee-fang> on November 26, 2013 - 3:16 PM ET - As activists continue to organize demonstrations at McDonalds, Walmart and other low-wage firms, big protests<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/walmart-protests-2013_n_4319420.ht…>are planned against retailers for mistreating their workers this Black Friday. In response, union-busting consultants are ramping up efforts to marginalize them. Last night—Worker Center Watch, a new website dedicated to attacking labor-affiliated activist groups like OUR Walmart, Restaurant Opportunities Center, and Fast Food Forward—began sponsoring<https://twitter.com/WC_Watch>advertisements on Twitter to promote smears against the protests planned for Black Friday. In one video sponsored by the group, activists demanding a living wage and better working conditions for workers are portrayed as lazy “professional protesters” who “haven’t bothered to get jobs themselves.” “This Black Friday, just buy your gifts, not their lies,” instructs the Worker Center Watch narrator. Watch it: Worker Center Watch has no information its website about its sponsors. Yet the group attacks labor activists and community labor groups for lacking transparency. “Hiding behind these non-profits, unions mask their true motivations, circumvent operational requirements and skirt reporting and disclosure obligations,” says <http://www.workercenterwatch.com/about/>Worker Center Watch, referring to labor-supported worker centers like OUR Walmart. TheNation.com has discovered that Worker Center Watch was registered<http://whois.polodomains.com/domain/O88QLBx68p8YKICdThulRHN1yWAQng29_info.h…>by the former head lobbyist for Walmart. Parquet Public Affairs, a Florida-based government relations and crisis management firm for retailers and fast food companies, registered the Worker Center Watch website. The firm is led by Joseph Kefauver<http://www.parquetpa.com/index.php/who-we-are/>, formerly the president of public affairs for Walmart and government relations director for Darden Restaurants. Throughout the year, Parquet executives have toured<http://www.cueinc.com/pdf/conferences/2013_fall_conference_flyer.pdf>the country, giving lectures<http://www.steptoe.com/assets/htmldocuments/2012%20LABOR%20CONFERENCE%20BRO…>to business groups on how to combat the rise of what has been called “alt-labor.” At a presentation<http://www.scribd.com/doc/187341531/New-Labor-Management-Challenges-Kefauver>in October for the National Retail Federation, a trade group for companies like Nordstrom and Nike, Kefauver’s presentation listed protections against wage theft, a good minimum wage and mandated paid time off as the type of legislative demands influenced by the worker center protesters. The presentation offered questions<http://www.scribd.com/doc/187341531/New-Labor-Management-Challenges-Kefauver>for the group, including: “How Aggressive Can We Be?” and “How do We Challenge the Social Justice Narrative?” It seems retailers are now experimenting with how aggressive they can be. Today, Parquet’s Worker Center Watch posted<https://twitter.com/WC_Watch/status/405307792073842689>a link to a Breitbart News story featuring a video allegedly obtained by someone who infiltrated an Occupy activist group planning to demonstrate against Walmart. The alarm at how quickly the new organizing model has taken off has sparked anxiety among business executives. Littler Mendelson, a law firm that helps companies defeat labor unions, released a report<http://www.littler.com/category/wordpress-category/union-front-organizations>outlining the challenge for corporate executives. The US Chamber of Commerce, a dark-money group that counts Walmart and McDonalds as members, produced<http://www.uschamber.com/press/releases/2013/november/us-chamber-report-sho…>a similar study last week. Corporations fear that the new wave of activism could have a multiplier effect that goes way beyond better pay and benefits for their workers. Please support our journalism. Get a digital subscription for just $9.50!<https://subscribe.thenation.com/servlet/OrdersGateway?cds_mag_code=NAN&cds_…> In a webinar hosted this month for business executives seeking a “union-free workplace,” Nancy Jowske explained<http://lrionline.com/webinar-black-friday-update>that the alt-labor model could heavily influence millennials and their perceptions of labor unions. “One of the things to consider about what’s going there with SEIU’s Fight for 15 and all of this is the millennial generation,” said Jowske, a former SEIU organizer turned union-buster, “they are getting a steady diet of pro-union from every possible direction." She added, "this is also a generation that is very class-conscious” and explained that the current alt-labor protests could incite future organizing drives. Jowske also cited a recent<http://inthesetimes.com/article/15826/fight_for_15_confidential/> *In These Times* piece to argue that worker centers can be portrayed as “union front groups,” and warned that the alt-labor organizing model could have a long-term impact. For instance, the organizing model appears to help unions and community groups forge close ties that could be later used to deploy activists for political campaigns, workplace NLRB elections and other left-wing causes. *Bryce Covert talks about <http://www.thenation.com/blog/177361/why-women-workers-are-risk-averse-and-…> how women’s eye for the long term makes them valuable workers.* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

12 years, 10 months

snake art making party is tonight AFTER the art murmur!

by Romy Ilano

https://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/art-year-of-the-snake-rebirth/ snake art party is tonight at SudoRoom, after the Oakland art murmur. so we can lure people in after 9pm or so to make art. emphasis is on interactive artmaking. people will be making art, instead of just passively watching musicians... and we will (with permission) photograph the art that was created out of collaboration. *could you come and help by:* - bringing as many usable markers, pens, as you can? <-- this is the biggest need - any big rolls of paper (luckily Noisebridge donated a big roll already) THANK YOU - maybe old t-shirts - we'll ahve a t-shirt stencilling station *Performances while people make art!* - There are going to be various performers, including a political performance around the Ellis Act by Megaflop! ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com

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