The Socialist Equality Party and the World Socialist Web Site are sponsoring a public discussion on a new fighting strategy for the working class—to defend jobs and benefits, oppose wage cuts and other concessions, fight foreclosures, and maintain funding for education and vital social services. We invite all auto workers and workers throughout the Detroit area to attend this crucial meeting. This discussion will examine a genuinely democratic and socialist response to the capitalist crisis.
Among the issues we propose to discuss are: the nationalization of the auto companies and the major banks; the establishment of democratic and public control over the economy; an international strategy for the working class; and the building of a political party, independent of the Democrats and Republicans, that can fight for these measures.
Public Meeting
Wayne State University
Sat., Dec. 20, 2:00 pm
Adamany Undergraduate Library
Bernath Auditorium
5155 Gullen Mall, Detroit
Recent Articles from the WSWS
December 19: WSWS speaks to Chrysler workers on plant closures
December 19: Ontario auto sector report warns of catastrophic job losses
December 19: German auto parts industry hit by bankruptcies
December 18: Video: Michigan Chrysler workers denounce pay cuts
December 18: Perspective: Why the UAW and the Democrats are pushing economic nationalism
December 16: US government bailouts: poverty wages for auto workers, trillions for bankers
December 15: A socialist policy for auto workers
December 13: White House signals aid after auto loan bill stalls in Senate
UAW agrees to more concessions
December 13: Thousands of jobs threatened in Swedish auto industry
December 13: Germany: Opel works council demands planned wage cut be kept secret
December 12: Bush, Democratic auto bailout fails in Senate, talks continue
December 12: Workers occupy auto parts plant in northern Germany
December 10: White House, Congress close to bailout deal
“Car Czar” to slash wages, jobs of US autoworkers
December 6: Crisis grips German auto industry
December 6: The Canadian auto “bailout”: CAW to impose sweeping concessions
December 5: Senate hearing sets the stage for the impoverishment of US autoworkers
December 2: UAW pledges to impose further job losses and concessions on auto workers
November 27: Michigan GM worker answers attack by New York Times columnist
November 27: Video: Kandy O'Neill speaks to the WSWS
November 19: Canadian Auto Workers union presses for bailout of auto bosses