Please circulate this announcement to activists you think might be interested in it.
********** Jeff Hilgert, a poet and labor activist from the U.S., has been invited to speak at the "Northern Voices" Conference in Manchester, England. Jeff will speak on "Workers' Rights as Human Rights." He will provide examples of direct labor action in the U.S. in recent years. ("Northern Voices" is a conference of activists in the north of England.) Jeff will speak on Saturday, March 24th, 2007 at the Hare & Hounds Public House in Shudehill, Manchester, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jeff welcomes the participation and/or feedback of other labor activists for this event. The Hare & Hounds pub is located across the road from the Shudehill bus station in central Manchester, near the Shudehill tram stop. From Piccadilly railway station you can take the tram with the final destination of the "Bury" direction (about 3 stops) and get off at Shudehill. For additional information concerning this event, please contact Brian Bamford in Manchester at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Bestwishes, Séamas Cain http://alazanto.org/seamascain http://seamascain.writernetwork.com http://www.mnartists.org/Seamas_Cain http://www.uplandtrout.co.uk/CainMain.html -------------------------