LaborFest 2010
(July 1 ~July 31)

76th Anniversary of the 1934 San Francisco General Strike &
75th Anniversary of WPA

Let’s Put The Struggle Back In Labor

17th Year of LaborFest - Lets Make It Stronger
1994-2010

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This is the 17th year of LaborFest and it continues to grow not only in San Francisco, but also regionally with events in the East Bay. People not only the US but around the world come to LaborFest and learn about the great history of Bay Area labor. We also hope to make more of the events available on our website through video, photographs, audio and text to make this available for those who can’t personally participate.
LaborFest is only able to happen with the support of volunteers who meet throughout the year and the support of organized labor in Northern California who make contributions through ads in the magazine. It happens because we need to celebrate and commemorate the rich and exciting history of working people.
We encourage unions to have events during July that educate and celebrate the work that they do to make the city and Bay Area work. It is the working people who built this world and make it work and this needs to be reiterated for all people in the Bay Area and the country.
Please let us know if you would like to have an event next year that can add to the festival and get an ad that will help commemorate important milestones in our history.

The LaborFest Organizing Committee

Reviews on LaborFest 2010
The Tasty Menu of Years Past Grew Even More Delicious
By Jeanne Halpern
LaborFest 2010: Art, history and today's struggles
By Marilyn Bechtel
SF Weekly - How The Soup Was Made
By Michael Leaverton

Reviews on LaborFest 2009
*SF Weekly - Rosie, Meet Polly
By Hiya Swanhuyser
*SF Weekly - Mission Walk — Labor, Art, and the Politics of the Mission District
By Silke Tudor
*San Francisco Arts Monthly - Flyaway celebrates Women Laborers
By Jean Schiffman
*SF Chronicle - Anniversary of A Dark Day
By Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer
*SF Examiner - LaborFest San Francisco 2009
A festival of the history of labor through film and the arts is underway this month in San Francisco
Author: Kristine Jaekel Wilfong
*Report on the Port Chicago event by Mike Daly

Reviews on LaborFest 2008
Examiner-I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night...
By Tony Long
SF Weekly - Joe Hill Don't Live Here Anymore
By Hiya Swanhuyser
LaborFest Coit Tower WPA Mural Presentation-7/7/08
By charles Slay

Reviews on LaborFest 2007
*San Francisco Chronicle's review - By Reyhan HarmanciThursday, July 5, 2007
*San Francisco Chronicle's review - By Chris Colin - Monday, July 16, 2007
*SF Chronicle's 96 Hours on Golden Gulag (7/26) by Reyhan Harmanci July 26, 2007
*SF Chronicle's notice on Oakland General Strike walk (7/28)
*Monthly Review-LaborFest 2007: A Moveable Feast by Richard D. Vogel

 

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2010 Schedule
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This year's events in uploaded video

Uploaded events slide show
by Mike Daly

FilmWorks United Schedule

SF General Strike Events

WPA Events

Tour/Walk

Forum/Reading

Music/Theater

Specials

Boat Tour

BookFair

LaborFest Co-sponsered events
"South of Border"
July 16, 2010

The Living New Deal Around Us
By Gray Brechin

Coit Tower at 75
By Mark Johnson

Labor &The Media
By Dick Meister

LaborFest 2010 Poster PDF
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LaborFest 2010 Booklet PDF
( Total 42 pgs - 12.2MB)

2009 Booklet-PDF
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SF Museum
Oakland General Strike Blog
ShapingSF Project
Historymatters
George Seldes On SF General Strike
SFSU
Holt Labor Library
The ILWU Story -Warehouse
Survey Graphic, September, 1934
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