The massive industrialization of Vietnam and the conditions of women migrant workers is a serious issue and the focus of this report.

Walk with Gifford Hartman (about 2 hours)
Ninety-two years ago (1934), a great battle took place between striking workers and the police and National Guard along the waterfront alongside the piers of San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

Opening day – July 3, 4, 2:00 PM at Dolores Park, San Francisco Is it just us, or does it feel like everything is falling apart? Mary, a flower seller […]

The threat to workers who get injured or sick on the job is growing. The elimination of any oversight of health and safety on the job and the lack of OSHA inspectors and oversight of dangerous working conditions is of epidemic conditions.

Labor History Bike Tour by Chris Carlsson (Shaping San Francisco)
From the pre-urban history of Indian Slavery to the earliest 8-hour day movement in the U.S., the ebb and flow of class war is traced.

The film showing of “Harry Bridges, A Man and His Union.” The San Francisco 1934 general strike was a major advance for the working class in San Francisco and Northern California. The ILWU was formed out of that strike, and today, it is one of the most powerful and democratic unions in the United States.

With Dr. John Caravello, Lecturer CSU Channel Island Member CF
The use of ICE to terrorize and incarcerate immigrant workers and workers and community people who challenge them is a major threat to the entire working class.

Workers and unionists are starting to use AI to fight court cases and also to help with grievances and getting information on issues facing them on the job.

With Professor Bryan Palmer
The 1934 Minneapolis Teamster general strike was a pivotal point in national organizing particularly for Teamsters.

ILWU Local 10 has played a historic and critical role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa including boycotting cargo in 1984 which was recognized by Mandella when he came to the Bay Area after the end of apartheid.

The open move to disenfranchise the Black people and remove Black representatives is part of the effort to sanitize Black history and return to the Confederacy.

You are invited to walk with David on the mountain and learn about the history of this remarkable refuge for endangered butterflies and rare native plants.

Labor historian Mark Kruger in his upcoming new book Socialism in the America West 1830-1954 provides a Kaleidoscopic narrative history of the socialist experience in the American west during the 19th and 20th century.

The history of the Black Panther party and the San Francisco State Third World Strike were connected. This panel will discuss this history and how this was an important part of the struggle of the strike.

This walk will explore Berkeley’s “New Deal nexus” that includes Post Office art, Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, and the old Farm Credit Building.

A Panel of discussion with trade unionists from South Africa and Namibia. (More info coming soon)

The history of the farmworkers and the role of the UFW in light of the revelations of Cesar Chavez are important today to look at the censored history of the union.

This forum will look at the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction and the rise of fascism in the Post War period and what workers and unions can do to fight the rise fascism and a racists country and world.

The introduction of technology and AI is creating a major crisis for education workers, students and staff. This meeting will look at how AI is being introduced and how it is affecting the faculty and students.

With Barry Anderson and other Hip Hop Artists
(More info coming soon)

Palestinian journalists and their families have faced the largest number of deaths in the world as they have been targeted by the Israeli IDF in both Gaza and the West Bank.

Since the McCarthy era theatre texts have consistently expunged any mention of important contributions from the Left to the American Theatre. Professor Joel Eis has unearthed and compiled the story of this sixty-year movement.

This forum will look at the history and role of the “Solidarity Center” and recent developments in this center and why this must be an issue for unions and the workers of the United States.

A powerful seven-movement opera about Chinese immigration to California by Artistic Director, Eric Tuan with Chinese Historical Association, San Francisco At: Central Chinese High School Victory Hall: 829 Stockton Street, […]

(Info coming soon)

The book “No Neutrals There, US Labor, Zionism and the Struggle For Palestine” by Professor Jeff Schuhrke examines the history of the role of US unions in supporting the formation of the Israeli state and the Histadrut and how debate and discussion about this role has been suppressed within the labor movement.

Author Jesse Montgomery in conversation with CCSF Labor Studies Director James Tracy
(More info coming soon)

This walk will explore the many locations where activists lived and the houses that were home to experimental communes.

Zoom From Minneapolis Commemoration Committee Live Stream at the site of Bloody Friday

(Info coming soon)

When Pfizer molecular biologist Becky McClain discovered a leaking biological cabinet in her laboratory, she tried to get Pfizer to protect her workplace. She was retaliated against, terrorized and fired as well as getting a genetic disease from the biological release.

Teamsters are in a battle to remove inward facing AI inferred cameras from their truck cabs after they have received tumors and cataracts.
This panel will report on their fight to protect their health and safety.

AI is now being used to eliminate workers on the job and this is a major threat to public workers in San Francisco and throughout the country.

Labor Historian John Holmes along with ILWU historian Harvey Schwartz and professor Bob Cherny and Donna Carter look at the role of leftists and communists in the Bay area.

Book Presentation of “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” By Professor Brian Kwoba