From: "Thomas P.Murray" <tommym1-AT-ix13.ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 11:15:36 +0000
Subject: (Fwd) Re: Alewitz a Wob!


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Date:          Fri, 04 Jul 1997 08:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
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From:          Jon Bekken <jbekken-AT-igc.apc.org>
Subject:       Re: Alewitz a Wob!
To:            Recipients of conference <iww-news-AT-igc.apc.org>

I don't believe this dispute has ever been about Alewitz's sketches or 
ideas for the mural.  Rather it has been about the right of the IWW top 
participate in the commemoration of our history, and the organizers' 
repeated and deliberate misrepresentations of our organization and 
denial of democratic rights.  Now they have threatened to have IWW 
members arrested if they attend meetings (though no democratic vote of 
the committee was taken to authorize this).  Meanwhile, ALewitz has 
weighed in on the controversy with an open letter distributed over the 
net and elsewhere which contains outright falsehoods and slanders 
against our organization.  If he does not publicly retract this 
document and its allegations, I will personally bring him up on charges 
and demand his expulsion from the organization.

Jon Bekken, X3311178



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