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Oakland 1946 General Strike Walk

Latham Square 1611 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

Free | with Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society | This year is the 70th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that began spontaneously with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking - mostly women - retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores whose picket line was being broken by scabs escorted by police.

Free

Paul Robeson: A Portrait in Story & Song

ILWU Local 34 Hall 801 2nd St., San Francisco

Donation | by The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus | The Rockin’ Solidarity Labor Chorus presents a musical biography of Paul Robeson, the great African American artist, athlete, and activist.

Donation