The Work and the Job
“I don’t think I’m cut out to be an employee.” It was a bitter joke. My friend had just finished venting about one of her two jobs. She was typing to me just after getting bossed around on the...
View ArticleOccupy the Class War
It would seem the division is clear. There is the “1%,” and there is the “99%.” We know what, and a lot of time we even know who this “1%” is, although for some reason no one seems to be talking about...
View ArticleMay Day and the Fight Back We Need
Occupy Iowa City held a rally and march as part of Occupy May 1st and the national Day of Action / General Strike. This was given as a speech there by Wild Rose Collective member R. Spourgìtis. On May...
View ArticleSolidarity to the students of Quebec!
WRC operates in the moderately sized Iowa City, home to the state’s largest university — the University of Iowa. Like many university towns the student population, perhaps the most present in Iowa...
View ArticleAgainst Fascism, Against Racism
Wild Rose Collective endorses the July 31 Day of Action against Fascism and Racism. The recent membership leak of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Movement and other similar leaks demonstrate...
View ArticleA View from the Plains: on organizing in smaller areas of the Midwest
What would it look like to develop strategies in apolitical areas and smaller areas far from more active and developed places of leftist activity? This is obviously an open-ended question with many...
View ArticleSolidarity with the striking workers of Sisters’ Camelot
Wild Rose Collective of eastern Iowa joins others in declaring our solidarity with the striking canvass workers of Sisters’ Camelot in Minneapolis. As many of us have been workers in non-profit...
View ArticleMay Day – Remembering the past, fighting for tomorrow
A short history of May Day The first of May is a moment for us to remember the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs of 127 years ago. These Chicago anarchists helped to lead the major battle of the day, not only...
View ArticleFighting fascism and austerity in Greece
On Wednesday, April 10, Wild Rose Collective co-hosted an event in Iowa City, Iowa with Pavlos speaking as part of a continental speaking tour about resistance in Greece to both fascism and austerity...
View ArticleSolidarity Network or Solidarity Service?: on the challenges of building a...
The following originally appears in September 2013 issue of the IWW newspaper, the Industrial Worker, with the title “Building a solidarity network is harder than it seems.” Written by WRC member R....
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