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article for Rank and File
by Scott Price 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Hello, This is the write up for Rank and File.ca. I will also attach some of our graphics to use for the article. It should go up early next week. Please let me know if this is good to go. I wanted to make it fairly short and to the point. Thanks Scott

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Roundtable Sub-Committee Report
by James Naylor 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Hi Everyone, Attached is the report of the Sub-Committee we established at our last meeting to propose the structure for the Roundtables. Please feel free to comment. We will be discussing this at our March 3rd meeting of the broader committee. Thanks, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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please respond: travel subsidies
by Julie Guard 12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

Dear All: Thanks for the budget information, Jim. It appears that we are working with a pretty restricted budget at this point: $25,000 won't go very far. I understand that we are hoping to attract more funds from other sources, but we will need to be careful until we know we'll have more money for travel and other costs. It might be useful for us to develop a ballpark idea about how much we expect to get from registrations and contributions. Meanwhile, I would appreciate it if this committee would consider whether we can offer air fare for this scholar if that person chose to submit a proposal and it was accepted. Air fare would probably be about $800. This person is an established and well-regarded labour historian who has published two very well-regarded monographs with prestigious academic presses as well as a number of articles in highly ranked academic journals. In other words, this labour historian would add significant value and prestige to our conference. The person does not have an academic position and therefore does not have access to research funds, which people in faculty positions do have. I have no idea whether air fare alone would be sufficient to attract this person, but it would be worth a try. At this point, things are not looking good for us. We have far too few paper proposals and no panel proposals. I have reached out to my friends across Canada and I believe a few established labour historians do plan to propose. But at the moment, I suggest we do our best to attract a few more papers by offering at least air fare to worthy proposals from people who do not have faculty positions. Perhaps committee members would weigh in on this so I can respond to the scholar with information that a subsidy can be found for a proposal that is accepted from a precariously employed scholar. Thanks for responding! julie From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Mochoruk, James Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:40 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies Hi Folks, The only thing that I might add is that the budgeting exercise was predicated on the Committee's desire to provide travel assistance to invited roundtable participants, graduate students and (poorly paid) community/labour activists who were contributing to the conference in one way or other, and other participants who might not be able to afford their own travel costs. The SSHRC grant for which we intend to apply would provide at least $25,000 for that express purpose. Other funds which we may acquire - from unions and other sponsors might also be directed in this direction. It seemed that this was the will of the committee and was generally agreed to in preliminary budget discussions - but no hard and fast rules or policies have been established - at least not that I know of. Jim M. ________________________________ From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> <1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca>> on behalf of James Naylor <Naylor(a)BrandonU.CA<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.CA>> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:25 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies Good point; I think we can begin the discussion on the listserv. We did have a brief discussion of this last meeting in the context of the roundtables in which we affirmed that the first priority is to pay the travel and accommodation of roundtable participants. It is hard to know what that will add up to. I think it is our intention of being able to subsidize low wage academics and activists beyond this but I'm not sure how concrete we can be about amounts. Jim M. and Rhonda, who have been working on the budget can add something here, if they can. The call for papers did indicate that we were applying for funding for the general purpose of subsidizing attendance to the extent that it is possible. I'm just not sure how much more we can say about this until we know how successful our SSHRC application is. Comments? Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80] From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Esyllt Jones Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 4:15 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] travel subsidies Indeed, I would agree with that. Esyllt On Feb 10, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca>> wrote: Hi Everyone: I have been inviting people who've written on labour history to submit proposals and have started to get good responses. But a question has come up that I can't answer about travel subsidies for low-income and precariously employed scholars and activists. I do not recall that we have a policy, but perhaps the committee developed one at a meeting in the summer when I was away. I don't see anything about that on our website. If we do have one, could someone please send me the details? If we don't have one, I suggest that it's urgent to get one before our deadline of 28 February. The possibility of travel support will make a critical difference to some potential presenters. One for sure is a person we'd be very happy to have. If we do not have a policy, I suggest we develop one before the deadline, even if that requires us to meet (as it were) online. Thoughts? julie _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference Esyllt Jones Professor, Dept of History Dean of Studies St John's College University of Manitoba College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada Esyllt.Jones(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Esyllt.Jones@umanitoba.ca>

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travel subsidies
by Julie Guard 11 Feb '18

11 Feb '18

Hi Everyone: I have been inviting people who've written on labour history to submit proposals and have started to get good responses. But a question has come up that I can't answer about travel subsidies for low-income and precariously employed scholars and activists. I do not recall that we have a policy, but perhaps the committee developed one at a meeting in the summer when I was away. I don't see anything about that on our website. If we do have one, could someone please send me the details? If we don't have one, I suggest that it's urgent to get one before our deadline of 28 February. The possibility of travel support will make a critical difference to some potential presenters. One for sure is a person we'd be very happy to have. If we do not have a policy, I suggest we develop one before the deadline, even if that requires us to meet (as it were) online. Thoughts? julie

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CONFERENCE FACEBOOK PAGE IS UP!
by Krishna Lalbiharie 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Hi, folks! Our conference is now live and active on Facebook. Feel free to share our page -- and our website -- on your respective social media walls. We can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/1919WinnipegGeneralStrikeConference/ All my best for now! Krishna 204.899.8687 P.S. Invite all of your contacts to like our page!

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Ukrainian Labour Temple
by James Naylor 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hi folks, I spoke to Greg McFarlane, and it turns out that we were mistaken!! The MFL event is on the SATURDAY evening. Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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Local activists
by Julie Guard 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Another idea for local activists for our panel on Making Labour a Social Force. Lynne Fernandez has for some years worked with the Migrant Workers Solidarity Network in Manitoba, and they did interviews with Mexican workers about abuses on some of the farms. When they reported those abuses to ES, one of the officers was able to audit farmers' books and establish that workers were not being paid properly. The Manitoba legislation passed by the previous government allowed them to do that, and to demand a remedy. On Poverty and the Fight for a Material Existence, I recommend Kirsten Bernas, who is without doubt a community activist. Here are just two entries about her: Kirsten Bernas chairs the Provincial Working Group of The Right to Housing Coalition, a CCPA Manitoba Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba and is the Researcher and Policy Manager for The Canadian Community Economic Development Network in the Manitoba office. Kirsten Bernas is a Research and Policy Manager with the Canadian Community Economic Development (CED) Network in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kirsten represents the Canadian CED Network on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative's Alternative Federal Budget Steering Committee, Make Poverty History Canada's Steering Committee, and Right to Housing Coalition's Provincial Committee. She has been an active member of Make Poverty History Manitoba. julie

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local activists
by Julie Guard 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hi everyone: I found a website by that neighbourhood organization I mentioned at the meeting, of local people engaged in self-help, neighbour to neighbour. It's called Fearless R2W. Here's the url: https://www.ayomovement.com/fearless-r2w.html julie From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of James Naylor Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 4:40 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: Re: [1919-Conference] proposals received Here you go, We got a couple more proposals on Feb.1. I've started a spreadsheet. As you can see, we have 7 proposals plus one roundtable proposal. In most cases, they tend to address the Wpg strike pretty directly. Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80] From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Julie Guard Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 12:17 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Subject: [1919-Conference] proposals received Hi All: I was about to start contacting my friends and acquaintances individually to urge them to submit a paper proposal or, better, put together a panel, but I realized that I don't know who has already submitted a proposal. Would whoever has that information please circulate a list of the names of people who have submitted proposals and the titles of their papers or panels? I am anxious to begin soliciting(!) Thanks kindly, julie From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of James Naylor Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:47 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: [1919-Conference] Wpg General Strike Conf. Ctte. meeting on Saturday Hi all, The next meeting of Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee is this Saturday, February 3, at 1:30 p.m. in our usual location: 2B23, the Oral History Centre, in Bryce Hall at University of Winnipeg. There are a small number of important discussions to be had -- particularly around the keynote speakers and setting up the roundtables. Please review the lists of potential roundtable participants prior to the meeting.: Agenda: * Reports * Call for Papers: increasing responses * Keynote Speaker(s) decision * Roundtable composition * Friday night event at the Conference See you on Saturday, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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proposals received
by Julie Guard 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hi All: I was about to start contacting my friends and acquaintances individually to urge them to submit a paper proposal or, better, put together a panel, but I realized that I don't know who has already submitted a proposal. Would whoever has that information please circulate a list of the names of people who have submitted proposals and the titles of their papers or panels? I am anxious to begin soliciting(!) Thanks kindly, julie From: 1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of James Naylor Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:47 PM To: 1919 conference organizing committee Subject: [1919-Conference] Wpg General Strike Conf. Ctte. meeting on Saturday Hi all, The next meeting of Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee is this Saturday, February 3, at 1:30 p.m. in our usual location: 2B23, the Oral History Centre, in Bryce Hall at University of Winnipeg. There are a small number of important discussions to be had -- particularly around the keynote speakers and setting up the roundtables. Please review the lists of potential roundtable participants prior to the meeting.: Agenda: * Reports * Call for Papers: increasing responses * Keynote Speaker(s) decision * Roundtable composition * Friday night event at the Conference See you on Saturday, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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Keynote Speaker survey
by Paul Jenkins 31 Jan '18

31 Jan '18

Hi all. Yesterday was the original deadline to complete the Keynote Speaker survey. If you have not already done so, and there are about 10 of you, could you complete it today/this evening (the average completion time is about 2 minutes). Thank you kindly, Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba

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Wpg General Strike Conf. Ctte. meeting on Saturday
by James Naylor 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Hi all, The next meeting of Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee is this Saturday, February 3, at 1:30 p.m. in our usual location: 2B23, the Oral History Centre, in Bryce Hall at University of Winnipeg. There are a small number of important discussions to be had -- particularly around the keynote speakers and setting up the roundtables. Please review the lists of potential roundtable participants prior to the meeting.: Agenda: * Reports * Call for Papers: increasing responses * Keynote Speaker(s) decision * Roundtable composition * Friday night event at the Conference See you on Saturday, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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We want your opinion
by umih＠umanitoba.ca via surveymonkey.com 26 Jan '18

26 Jan '18

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1919 Conference - Keynote Speaker survey
by Paul Jenkins 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

A friendly reminder to all conference committee members to complete the survey ranking your preferences for keynote speakers. The deadline to do so is January 29th, one short week from today. Best, Paul Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba

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Keynote Speaker survey
by U Of M Institute For The Humanities 17 Jan '18

17 Jan '18

Hi all. As some of you may have experienced, Survey Monkey did not really like the conference list email address and it might have denied you access to the survey. I have resent the survey to your individual email addresses. This should resolve any difficulties. Apologies for the extra step and, of course, please let me know if you have other problems. Best, Paul Paul Jenkins, PhD Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities & Instructor, Dept. of History University of Manitoba 407 Tier Building 204 474 9599 umih(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca> umanitoba.ca/institutes/humanities<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/humanities>

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Wpg Strike Committee meeting - January 13
by James Naylor 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Hi everybody, As I hope you remember, the Winnipeg General Strike Conference Committee is meeting this Saturday, January 13, at 1:30 p.m. in our usual location: 2B23, the Oral History Centre, in Bryce Hall at University of Winnipeg. This is an important meeting... Agenda: * Reports * Call for Papers: report on proposals to date, and the next step * Website * Keynote Speaker(s) * Roundtable composition * Fundraising * Friday night event at the Conference Let me know if there's anything you'd like to add. See you on Saturday, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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Fw: Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age
by Paul Moist 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

Hi everyone. Attached are various documents associated with the debate around Basic Income. John Clarke of the ON Coalition Against Poverty is one of the names recommended for our roundtable, his position on Basic Income is for us to be careful what we wish for. Fyi. Paul Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Socialist Interventions <info(a)socialistproject.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 9:58 PM To: Paul Moist Subject: Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age Socialist Interventions Pamphlet No. 16: ‎ Basic Income In The Neoliberal Age Ontario Coalition Against Poverty From the very first days of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), at the beginning of the 1990s, we have found ourselves on the front lines of a war on the poor that has been of central importance to the implementation of broader neoliberal austerity. In Canada, the undermining of these income support systems, both at the federal and provincial level, has continued to be vigorously pursued and the poverty and insecurity that this has generated has created the vulnerability and desperation needed in order to weaken workers’ bargaining power, reduce the capacity of unions to resist and to facilitate a veritable explosion of low wage precarious work. In light of this dogged pursuit of austerity based agenda over so many years, news that the Ontario government was likely to set up a Basic Income (BI) pilot, supposedly so as to put in place a measure that would decrease poverty and provide more adequate and secure income, struck us as a gift horse whose mouth we should carefully examine. While our particular concern was to look at what was unfolding in Ontario, a critical look at the whole BI concept was also in order. As we began to explore the various versions of this social policy that are put forward, it became clear that the neoliberal right has its own sense of the possibilities of BI. This pamphlet explores the concept of BI and particularly its deployment as part of state welfare policies today, and the challenges being posed for the struggles of the anti-poverty movement in Canada. https://socialistproject.ca/pamphlets/basic-income-neoliberal-age/ If you do not want to receive any more newsletters: http://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=baf942d81636b7d0241a93f… Forward to a friend: http://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=forward&uid=baf942d81636b7d0241a93f3cd4… To update your preferences: http://socialistproject.ca/lists/?p=preferences&uid=baf942d81636b7d0241a93f… -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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WEBSITE UPDATE RE: NEW CFP DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 28, 2018.
by Krishna Lalbiharie 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

My apologies, once again, re: missing Saturday's meeting, UGH! Please note that I have updated the website, such that new CFP deadline is published as FEBRUARY 28, 2018 and that all CFP materials say the same (see attached). Website as follows: http://1919-2019.com KL 204.899.8687

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FW: 1919/2019 conference roundtable and keynote names proposed to date
by David Camfield 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Jim asked me to re-send this file to the listserv. It unintentionally omitted one name: Baldemar Velasquez (FLOC) as a possible keynote speaker. David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 204-474-9117 fax: 204-474-7869 -----Original Message----- From: David Camfield Sent: November-20-17 11:34 AM To: Paul Moist; Paul Jenkins Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: 1919/2019 conference roundtable and keynote names proposed to date Hi all, Here is the list of names proposed thus far that I agreed to compile. Apologies for any omissions. Some people listed under one roundtable might be suitable for another roundtable too. For those who weren't at Saturday's meeting: we have until Dec. 31 to propose other names for consideration. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 telephone: 204-474-9117 ________________________________________ From: Paul Moist [pmoist(a)cupe.ca] Sent: November 20, 2017 10:48 AM To: Paul Jenkins; David Camfield Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard; David Camfield; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: RE: 1919 Listserv Hi everyone. Enclosed please find a bio for Phillip Jennings, the General Secretary of the global union, UNI, I mentioned him briefly on Saturday. I have met him but do not know him well, I have seen him speak and believe he would do a great job as a keynote speaker for our conference. Regards, Paul From: Paul Jenkins [mailto:Paul.Jenkins@umanitoba.ca] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 10:36 AM To: David Camfield <David.Camfield(a)umanitoba.ca> Cc: Yaza Shapata <shapatay(a)myumanitoba.ca>; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters <Shannon.Winters(a)chimb.ca>; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; Paul Moist <pmoist(a)cupe.ca>; Paul Jenkins <Paul.Jenkins(a)umanitoba.ca>; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor <Jeff.Taylor(a)umanitoba.ca>; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones <Esyllt.Jones(a)umanitoba.ca>; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard <Julie.Guard(a)umanitoba.ca>; David Camfield <David.Camfield(a)umanitoba.ca>; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri <George.Buri(a)umanitoba.ca>; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: 1919 Listserv Hi again. Apologies for the confusion. To be clear, the formal listserv is being created. However, I got the impression on Saturday that some people wanted to move on things, so I decided to forward the most up-to-date list I have. Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba ________________________________ From: David Camfield Sent: 20 November 2017 10:08 To: Paul Jenkins Cc: naylor(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:naylor@brandonu.ca> Subject: RE: 1919 Listserv Hi Paul, I've received your e-mails but I don't see a listserv address (e.g. 1919conference-l(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919conference-l@umanitoba.ca>) In my view, we need a real listserv on the U of M system, not a string of addresses. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 telephone: 204-474-9117 ________________________________________ From: Paul Jenkins Sent: November 20, 2017 10:02 AM To: Paul Jenkins Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net<mailto:vdobchuk@mts.net>; timgordie(a)mymts.net<mailto:timgordie@mymts.net>; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com<mailto:krishna.lalbiharie@gmail.com>; pricescott91(a)gmail.com<mailto:pricescott91@gmail.com>; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:HintherR@brandonu.ca>; pmoist(a)cupe.ca<mailto:pmoist@cupe.ca>; Paul Jenkins; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu<mailto:james_mochoruk@und.nodak.edu>; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca<mailto:Jodi.Giesbrecht@humanrights.ca>; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:ja.thiessen@uwinnipeg.ca>; Naylor(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:Naylor@brandonu.ca>; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com<mailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com>; Julie Guard; David Camfield; sfreilly(a)gmail.com<mailto:sfreilly@gmail.com>; wendybsol(a)gmail.com<mailto:wendybsol@gmail.com>; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca<mailto:gordon@mhs.mb.ca>; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com<mailto:krishna.lalbihaire@gmail.com> Subject: 1919 Listserv Hi all. You may already have received a version of this morning, but I was having trouble with Krishna's email. Things are looking pretty tidy on my end, but there are a range of email account types (e.g. mts, gmail, cupe), so there may be some variance in encryption, etc. Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba

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WEBSITE CHANGES AND FINANCIAL APPEAL PIECE (IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING: JANUARY, 13, 2018)
by Krishna Lalbiharie 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Hi, all! So, I have updated (slightly) our website, which I will further improve upon this weekend. Some unexpected difficulties persist owing to our choice of website name and via our host site, wordpress.com. I will explain all today when we meet. What I have discovered is that using numerals in one's website name presents some complications. It is what it is... In advance of our meeting today, please visit our current webpage as such: http://1919-2019.com What's more, please see our Financial Sub-Committee's draft appeal package (attached), which is soon-to-be ready for release on our website and elsewhere! The attached is a compressed version for email purposes. All my best! See you in a few hours! Krishna 204.899.8687

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another person interested in joining committee
by David Camfield 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

Hi all, Jobb Arnold, who teaches at Menno Simons College, is interested and I've invited him to come to the next meeting. Can someone please tell me the building and room number of our regular meeting room? I know how to find it but I don't remember that information. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 204-474-9117 fax: 204-474-7869

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Re: [1919-Conference] FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May
by Jodi Giesbrecht 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Hi- will respond to the inquiry, thanks, Jodi From: <1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca>> on behalf of Brandon University 1919strikeconference <1919strikeconference(a)BrandonU.CA<mailto:1919strikeconference@BrandonU.CA>> Reply-To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 2:32 PM To: "1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>" <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Subject: [1919-Conference] FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May FYI - Request from Canadian Museum for Human Rights ________________________________ From: Amber Parker [Amber.Parker(a)humanrights.ca<mailto:Amber.Parker@humanrights.ca>] Sent: December 8, 2017 1:46 PM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference Subject: Conference in Winnipeg in May Hello, I have just recently found out about this conference taking place in Winnipeg in May to commemorate the centennial of the Winnipeg General Strike. I am wondering—do you have to be an academic or scholar affiliated with a post-secondary institution to present at the conference? I develop public programming for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and would be interested in presenting on the experiences of women during the Strike. Thank you, Amber Parker Interpretive Program Developer| Conceptrice des programmes d’interprétation Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne 85 Israel Asper Way Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5 T: 204.289.2250 F: 204.289.2001 TTY | ATS: 204.289.2050 Toll Free | Sans frais: 1.877.877.6037

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FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May
by Brandon University 1919strikeconference 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

FYI - Request from Canadian Museum for Human Rights ________________________________ From: Amber Parker [Amber.Parker(a)humanrights.ca] Sent: December 8, 2017 1:46 PM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference Subject: Conference in Winnipeg in May Hello, I have just recently found out about this conference taking place in Winnipeg in May to commemorate the centennial of the Winnipeg General Strike. I am wondering—do you have to be an academic or scholar affiliated with a post-secondary institution to present at the conference? I develop public programming for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and would be interested in presenting on the experiences of women during the Strike. Thank you, Amber Parker Interpretive Program Developer| Conceptrice des programmes d’interprétation Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne 85 Israel Asper Way Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5 T: 204.289.2250 F: 204.289.2001 TTY | ATS: 204.289.2050 Toll Free | Sans frais: 1.877.877.6037

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Keynote Speaker ideas
by James Naylor 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Adding to David's list (as everyone should be).... A couple of other names for Keynote speakers which have I think been mentioned (although maybe only in my imagination) but could be added are: Selina Todd Owen Jones China Miéville I'll get back to thinking about the roundtables soon, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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PROPOSED LIST OF ROUNDTABLE SPEAKERS AND KEYNOTES (CURRENT AS OF DECEMBER 6, 2017)
by Krishna Lalbiharie 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Hi, friends! My apologies for being a bit silent these last many days. (Got busy, then ill, but I'm back!) In any case, I've taken the liberty of adding Jim Naylor and Julie Guard's recent proposals for keynotes to David's full list. (Thanks for compiling all of this, David, and keeping us on track as we approach our December 31 deadline for submissions! Please carry on, friend!) I'd like to add one more name to our set of prospective ROUNDTABLE speakers: MAXIMILIANO NAGL GARCEZ Max, who resides in Ottawa, but spends a good bit of time is Brazil, is: • a lawyer and legislative consultant for labour unions in Brasília, Brazil • Director for Legislative Affairs of ALAL – Associación Latino-Americana de Abogados Laboralistas • Former Legal Adviser and Coordinator of the Advisory Body of the Workers’ Party caucus in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies • Former Legal Adviser for the President of the National Parliament of East Timor, through UNDP • Former Visiting Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, recipient of a Fulbright scholarship • MSc in Law of Social Relations, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Max is a friend, and has expressed a solid "YES!" in wanting to attend, FYI. In any case, I hope all are well! I have a number of pieces on the way, including: • website skins • sponsorship packages (following a meeting next week with our grant/fundraising folks) • some logo/branding proposals All my best for now! Krishna 204.899.8687 ++++++++++ *ROUNDTABLES:* *Poverty and the Fight for a Material Existence*• Deena Ladd (Workers’ Action Centre) • John Clarke (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) • Jenny Carson (Ryerson U) • Victor Elkins (HEU) • someone from UFCW on migrant farm worker organizing • Sean Smith (Toronto airport workers’ council) *Building an Inclusive Labour Movement*• Winnie Ng (former labour staffer & Sam Gindin Chair at Ryerson) • Fred Hahn (CUPE Ontario) • Basia Sokal (Winnipeg Labour Council) • Chris Ramsaroop (Justice for Migrant Workers) • Gil McGowan (AFL) • Chris Mulhall (indigenous SEIU activist) • Tony Head (Metis CUPE staff rep) • Don Moran (formerly CUPE’s staffer responsible for indigenous issues) • Desmond Cole (journalist) • Jesse Wente (journalist) • Hayden King (Ryerson U) • Erica Violet Lee (writer/activist) • Pam Palmater (Ryerson U) *Making Labour a Social Force and Political Leader*• Suzanne MacNeil (Halifax Labour Council) • someone from Lutte Commune (Quebec labour activist network) • Myles Magner (OPSEU activist) • Cindy McCallum Miller (CUPW activist) • Stephanie Ross (McMaster U) • John Cartwright (Toronto Labour Council) • Ausma Malik (school trustee in Toronto) • Maximiliano Nagl Garcez (activist, lawyer and legislative consultant for labour unions in Brasília, Brazil) *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:*• Philip Jennings (UNI) • Mike Davis (author) • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton U) • Jane McAlevey (organizer and writer) • Bill Fletcher Jr. (author, activist & cofounder of Centre for Labour Renewal) • Selina Todd (Historian and writer; Oxford) • Owen Jones (UK columnist – Guardian, New Statesman -- and activist) • China Miéville (English sci fi author, activist and academic) *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (JOINTLY WITH CCPA-MB)*• Arundhati Roy (Indian author and political activist)

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FYI: Sources on Winnipeg Strike
by Brandon University 1919strikeconference 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Hi, This came to the Conference email address. Use or share it as you wish! Best, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80] From: Marc Lendler [mailto:mlendler@smith.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:17 AM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference <1919strikeconference(a)BrandonU.CA> Subject: Fwd: Undeliverable: Sources on Winnipeg Strike A few years ago, I was doing research on a different topic and came across some eyewitness accounts of the Winnipeg general strike that might not be known to people who have researched it. My subject was the Criminal Anarchy trials of five leaders of the Communist Labor Party in New York City in 1920. In each of the four trials, there was extensive testimony from a participant in the Winnipeg strike. In the first trial of Ben Gitlow, the testimony was given by Major Furry Ferguson Montague, who was part of a veteran's committee doing police work during the strike. In the other three trials, the testimony was from George Robert Lovatt, who represented the policeman's union on the strike committee. The most extensive Winnipeg testimony was given in the last of the trials , of Charles Ruthenberg and Isaac E. Ferguson. I know that in recreating the circumstances of those New York trials, I was always excited to find some new source, especially a contemporaneous one. So I decided to convey the existence of these possibly unexplored accounts of the Winnipeg strike to people doing historical work on it. Please forward this to anyone who might find it useful. Marc Lendler Government Dept. Smith College

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website question
by Julie Guard 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi All: I hope I do not sound like a nag, but I am a bit concerned about the sorry state of the conference website. Now that the CFP has been sent to many organizations, people will be accessing the website and its' frankly a bit embarrassing. It does have the CFP, which is beautiful, but there's literally nothing else on the page. I suspect that's not going to inspire much enthusiasm, or even confidence in the overall organization of the conference, and is unlikely to encourage people to submit proposals or consider attending. I checked with Krishna, and it turns out he still does not have access to the website. I'm pretty sure that when he does, he will work wonders. But he will need access. I understand he does not yet have a contract. Might that be the problem? I think there are some details that are not quite clear to me; perhaps others know more? Best, julie Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard(a)umanitoba.ca

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Re: [1919-Conference] update on keuynote speaker with CCPA
by Janis Thiessen 26 Nov '17

26 Nov '17

It's this one! On Nov 25, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Sharon Reilly <reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com<mailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com>> wrote: Huzzah? Is that Mennonite? ? Sharon Reilly On Nov 25, 2017 2:59 PM, "Janis Thiessen" <ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:ja.thiessen@uwinnipeg.ca>> wrote: Huzzah!! On Nov 25, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca>> wrote: Good news on the keynote speaker activity. James has confirmed with Arundhati Roy's agent that she is available and he is undertaking to help arrange other speaking dates for her in Canada that would enable her to do our conference as part of a tour. He thinks that, with enough dates on her tour, we could get her for 15K plus a share of travel costs. Of course, we should continue thinking about a conference-only keynote speaker in case this doesn't work out, but it's good to know that progress is being made. julie Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110<tel:(204)%20474-7110> Email: julie.guard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca> _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference

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update on keuynote speaker with CCPA
by Julie Guard 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Good news on the keynote speaker activity. James has confirmed with Arundhati Roy's agent that she is available and he is undertaking to help arrange other speaking dates for her in Canada that would enable her to do our conference as part of a tour. He thinks that, with enough dates on her tour, we could get her for 15K plus a share of travel costs. Of course, we should continue thinking about a conference-only keynote speaker in case this doesn't work out, but it's good to know that progress is being made. julie Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard(a)umanitoba.ca

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question about a possible conference presentation
by David Camfield 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Hi all, An academic librarian originally from Winnipeg contacted me about possibly presenting, with the draft abstract below, and wanted to know if we might be interested in receiving such a proposal. Any thoughts? Cheers, David Libraries, Labour, and the Strike. The library, whether public or academic, can be a site of public engagement, but only if it recognizes its position between the public and the institutions of the state. Embedded within municipalities, including the City of Winnipeg, and institutions of higher learning, like the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba, but in many ways independent of both, libraries have the power and capacity to provide access to historical content and the context in which to understand that content. But libraries can only be successful at this if they give up the myth of neutrality, and take a committed, principled stand on class, workers' history, and lived experience. This presentation will outline some of the opportunities and challenges to libraries in the specific context of the Winnipeg General Strike. David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 204-474-9117 fax: 204-474-7869

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Distributing the Call for Papers
by James Naylor 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

I'm attaching copies of the Call for Papers in both pdf and Word so that everybody has it handy to send out. Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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Distributing the Call for Papers
by James Naylor 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

Thanks, Paul, for setting up the listserv. I've sent the Call for Papers to the following: - Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) - Canadian Committee on Labour History (CCLH) - Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) - H-Net (so it should soon be appearing on the H-Labor and H-Canada lists) Let me know if you can think of other places to send it. And if you send it out to an organization or a listserv yourself, please let us know on the listserv, so that we are not bombarding anyone with announcements. Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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