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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170717T113000
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SUMMARY:The Destruction of City College of San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:Public education has been under attack for many years. The forms of attack include inadequate funding\, privatization\, corporatization\, and hostility towards teacher and staff unions. Many students and public school employees have been harmed.\nOne college that has been relentlessly assaulted is City College of San Francisco (CCSF). It is a very popular public institution as reflected in the fact that over 80% of voters approved a parcel tax to help fund CCSF in the November 2016 election.\nIn 2008\, more than 100\,000 students were enrolled in classes at CCSF. Today\, its enrollment is less than 60\,000 and the number of its scheduled classes has been significantly reduced.\nWhy has there been an assault on this working class public institution? Who is behind it? What can be done to restore CCSF?\nThis panel will discuss and provide answers to these questions with help from the audience.\nRick Baum\, AFT 2121 Lecturer\nMedeline Mueller\, CCSF Music Department Chair\nSponsored by United Public Workers For Action\nwww.upwa.info
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/the-destruction-of-city-college-of-san-francisco/
LOCATION:Bernal Public Library\, 500 Cortland Ave.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:17,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T140000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T052552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T210646Z
UID:308-1500201900-1500213600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Building Bridges and Labor Maritime History Boat Tour
DESCRIPTION:5:45 PM Boarding\, 6:00 PM Departure\nBoat leaves promptly at 6:00 PM \nPlease arrive 30 minutes before the boarding time.\nTour lasts 3 hours \nA complimentary meal will be provided\, however\, if you are on a special diet\, please bring your own food. (Sorry\, we do not take any special orders for food.) \nJoin the best labor maritime trip in the world. Learn about the great labor history of the Bay Area\, from the 1934 Maritime Strike\, which help shape the charactor of San Francisco to the effort to save the EPA to ensure the Bay stay clean.\nWe will hear from labor historians Gray Brechin\, Harvey Schwartz\, Harvey Smith\, Lawrence Shoup and labor photographers like Joseph Blum. We will also hear about ongoing struggles of workers in the Bay Area.\nEnjoy labor songs with troubadours and musicians. Come one\, come all\, and experience the beauty of sailing the San Francisco Bay.\nThe tour end with the spetacular view of the sunset over the Golden Bridge from the middle of the Bay.\nYou can’t afford to miss this great maritime tour. \nTo make your reservation:\nBy E-mail: laborfest@stevezeltzer.com\nOr call: (415) 642-8066\nand leave (1) your name\, (2) phone number and (3)number of people in your party. (We prefer e-mail.) \nWe will contact you to confirm your reservation. Then\, you should mail a check ($45/person\, children under 6 – free\, 6 to 12 $25) to\nLaborFest\, P.O.Box 40983\, San Francisco\, CA 94140. \nWe don’t send out tickets\, but we will either e-mail or call you back to let you know that we received your check\, and as soon as we receive your check\, your reservation will be confirmed.\nYou will get your ticket at the pier before you get on the boat.\nWe will be gathering to the left of Pier 39\, toward Pier 41 (Blue & Gold Fleet).\nPlease be there at least 30 minutes before departure time in order to go through paper work.\nWe expect the tickets to be sold out quickly\, so please make your reservation early.\nWho Built the Golden Gate? New Book Tells Bridge Workers’ Stories – by Peter Cole\nBuilding Bridges and Maritime History Boat Tour – LaborFest 2014 slides – by Mike Melnyk \n \n \nWhale Joins LaborFest Maritime Boat Tour
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/308/
LOCATION:Pier 41 next to Pier 39 near RocktBoat\, PIER 41\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:16,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T080000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T085205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T210635Z
UID:519-1500192000-1500192000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The Origins of the US Military in the Indian Wars
DESCRIPTION:By Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz\nProfessor Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz in this talk will look at the history of the U.S. military in expanding U.S. imperial interests and establishing a state based on genocide and slavery.\nThe military built by the colonies that coalesced into the independent U.S. military developed out of continual genocidal wars against Native nations in taking the continent during the first 100 years. President Garfield in the Compromise of 1877 moved troops from the South\, to stop the St. Louis Commune\, which was established to support the national strike of railroad workers against wage cuts.\nThe military\, with 3\,000 federal troops and 5\,000 deputized special police\, killed at least eighteen people in St. Louis. The commune included not only railroad workers and other unionists but also African Americans and Native Americans. The Missouri senators who called for the military were themselves shareholders in the railroads that were being struck.\nSponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/the-origins-of-the-us-military-in-the-indian-wars/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:16,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-16-1877-Great-railroad-strike.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T070000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T052228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T210618Z
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SUMMARY:Play reading: Painting Coit Tower
DESCRIPTION:Reading of scenes from new play about the Coit Tower murals and the artists who painted them\n \nWith Jon Golinger\, founder of Protect Coit Tower\n“What do powerful men fear most? Honest questions from free minds. Brush fresh paint on a blank slate – who knows what you may find?” So says artist Bernard Zakheim in a scene from “Painting Coit Tower\,” a new play that tells the amazing story of the Coit Tower murals – how they came to be and why they remain just as meaningful today as when they were painted 83 years ago. Scenes from the play will be read in an informal setting at the Canessa Gallery\, located on the very block of Montgomery Street where the Coit Tower mural story begins.\nSponsored by Protect Coit Tower.  \nFor more information email: ProtectCoitTower@gmail.com
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/play-reading-painting-coit-tower-reading-of-scenes-from-new-play-about-the-coit-tower-murals-and-the-artists-who-painted-them/
LOCATION:Canessa Gallery\, 708 Montgomery St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:16,2017-tour-walk,Forum, Reading
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7-16-BernardZakheimandJuliaRogersatCoitTower.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Jon Golinger":MAILTO:ProtectCoitTower@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T030000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T051909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T210600Z
UID:301-1500174000-1500174000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:San Bruno Mountain Wilderness Walk
DESCRIPTION:Walk with David Schooley\nMeet at 10:00 AM at the San Bruno Mountain Watch office\nTo get there by car\, follow Bayshore Boulevard to Brisbane; or take the #292 SamTrans bus. \nLabor unionists and environmentalists both confront the same commercial interests. In 1968\, David Schooley chained himself to a bulldozer at the foot of the San Bruno Mountain. The activism of David and many other community members were crucial in protecting much of the mountain\, allowing for the creation of a public park where working people can find tremendous beauty and peace nearby the cities where they live and work. \n\nYou’re invited to walk with David on the mountain and learn about the history of this remarkable refuge for endangered butterflies and rare native plants. \n\nTo sign up call: 415-467-6631\nOr email: info@mountainwatch.org
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/san-bruno-mountain-wilderness-walk/
LOCATION:San Bruno Mountain Watch Office\, 44 Visitation Ave.\, Rm 206\, Brisbane\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:16,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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ORGANIZER;CN="David Schooley":MAILTO:info@mountainwatch.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T024500
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170716T024500
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T052105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205737Z
UID:304-1500173100-1500173100@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Coit Tower Mural Walk
DESCRIPTION:With Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith\nIn the past few years there has been a growing community effort to defend the Coit Tower murals from leaking water and to stop plans for privatization of the site. This led to the critical renovation of the murals on their 80th anniversary. They were being painted during the time of the 1934 General Strike in San Francisco. LaborFest will hold its annual guided tour of the murals with Peter O’Driscoll and Harvey Smith. At the time of their installation\, an organized effort was made to destroy them because of the leftist themes. The artists and their supporters had to physically defend the site. The murals were successfully defended and we have them today as our heritage. The artists were working under the Civil Works Administration and Public Works of Art program\, which was later extended to many buildings and sites throughout the U.S.\nArticle:How Coit Tower’s murals became a target for anticommunist forces (By Gary Kamiya – 7/7/2017-SF Chronicle)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/coit-tower-mural-walk/
LOCATION:Coit Tower\, 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:16,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7-16-Coit-grocery.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T051743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205726Z
UID:299-1500120000-1500120000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Not Our Brothers And Sisters !! Against Deportations And Racism
DESCRIPTION:Against Deportations and Racism – Poetry reading\nWith The Revolutionary Poets Brigade & The Juana Briones Cultural Committee\nCapitalism uses racist attacks on African-Americans and threats of deportation on Latinos and Muslims to divide the working-class revolution in this country. The Revolutionary Poets Brigade and the Juana Briones Cultural Committee in this neo-fascist Trump period will soundly refuse those betrayals. \n\nParticipating poets:\nJorge Argueta\, Mahnaz Badihian\, Lisbit Bailey\, Judith Ayn Bernhard\, Charles Curtis Blackwell\, Boadiba\, Kristina Brown\, James Cagney\, Neeli Cherkovski\, Pauline Craig\, John Curl\, Diego De Leo\, Sharon Doubiago\, Aja Couchois Duncan\, Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Agneta Falk\, Mauro Fortissimo\, Q.R. Hand\, Christina Herrera\, Francisco Herrera\, Martin Hickel\, Jack Hirschman\, Genny Lim\, Rosemary Manno\, Sarah Menefee\, Jorge Molina\, William Moreland\, Barbara Paschke\, Dorothy (Dottie) Payne\, Gregory Pond\, Tony Robles\, Maria Medina Serafin\, David Volpendesta
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/not-our-brothers-and-sisters-against-deportations-and-racism/
LOCATION:Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:15,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T090000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T051635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205656Z
UID:297-1500087600-1500109200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Longshore Work\, Automation\, Technology and the Future of Our Work and Lives
DESCRIPTION:Longshore Work\, Automation\, Technology and the Future of Our Work and Lives – Conference \nThe drive to automate the docks and the maritime industry is moving forward rapidly and\, in some European ports\, the transfer of cargo has been automated forcing thousands of longshore workers out of the industry. The capitalists are also already working on designing automated ships with almost no crews to cut their labor costs and increase their profits. This educational conference will look at the history of containerization in the past and what longshore workers face today and in the future to defend labor union and worker rights. \n\nInitial Speakers:\nBob Carnegie: Maritime Union of Australia Queensland Branch Secretary\nRaquel Varela: Instituto de História Contemporânea\nHonorary Fellow IISH (Amsterdam)\, Universidade Nova de Lisboa\, Study Group on Labor and Social Conflicts\nKen Riley\, President of Charleston ILA 1422 and IDC North American Representative\nSponsored by LaborTech.net\, ILWU Local 10 \n \n7/15/2017 Video report from the conference: Longshore Work\, Automation\, Technology and the Future of Our Work and Lives – Conference \n \nRaquel Varela’s presentation at the conference: \n \nReport by Jack Heyman:
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/longshore-work-automation-technology-and-the-future-of-our-work-and-lives/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room\, 400 North Point St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:15,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/portlockout300902nyt.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T030000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T082051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205648Z
UID:499-1500087600-1500087600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:SF Waterfront Labor History Walk 1835-1934
DESCRIPTION:With Lawrence Shoup and Peter O’Driscoll\nThere are many stories about labor struggles in San Francisco. The walk will focus on the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning of the blue book in 1934. Also\, labor historian Larry Shoup will discuss the history of the 1901 transportation workers strike led by the Teamsters\, which the San Francisco police attempted\, but failed\, to smash. After an over two-month long struggle\, the workers emerged victorious\, and the Union Labor Party won the election of 1901\, taking control of the city. This was the first large city in the United States to have a union labor party in office.. \n \n \n 
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/sf-waterfront-labor-history-walk-1835-1934/
LOCATION:75 Folsom St.\, 75 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:15,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-15-SF-1907-Railcar-Strike-.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T030000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T081742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205634Z
UID:496-1500087600-1500087600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Woody Guthrie’s Birthday & Homestead Strike : The River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012
DESCRIPTION:Join labor musician Jimmy Kelly in commemorating the life and songs of Woody Guthrie and his birthday. Guthrie\, a people and worker’s musician\, traveled coast-to-coast singing about striking workers and people in struggle.  \nThe River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012\nBy Steffi domike & Nicole fauteux\nAlso\, this year is the 125th anniversary of the Homestead Strike\, and there will be a screening of The River Ran Red about the 1872 Homestead Steel Works strike in Pennsylvania. Andrew Carnegie and the other owners of the steel mill brought in Pinkerton gun thugs to break the strike and the union. This struggle was a lesson on how the robber barons treated their workers and kept their power.\n(Please check the detail of the film The River Ran Red on July 24 calender).
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/woody-guthries-birthday-homestead-strike-3/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Public Library\, 224 Church St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:15,2017-music-theater-art,Film,Music, Theater, Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-13-WoodyGuthrie.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T081154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205625Z
UID:492-1500033600-1500033600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Woody Guthrie’s Birthday & Homestead Strike : The River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012
DESCRIPTION:Join labor musician Jimmy Kelly in commemorating the life and songs of Woody Guthrie and his birthday. Guthrie\, a people and worker’s musician\, traveled coast-to-coast singing about striking workers and people in struggle.  \nThe River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012\nBy Steffi domike & Nicole fauteux\nAlso\, this year is the 125th anniversary of the Homestead Strike\, and there will be a screening of The River Ran Red about the 1872 Homestead Steel Works strike in Pennsylvania. Andrew Carnegie and the other owners of the steel mill brought in Pinkerton gun thugs to break the strike and the union. This struggle was a lesson on how the robber barons treated their workers and kept their power.\n(Please check the detail of the film The River Ran Red on July 24 calender).
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/woody-guthries-birthday-homestead-strike-2/
LOCATION:San Jose Peace & Justice Center\, 48 S. 7th St.\, San Jose\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:14,2017-music-theater-art,Film,Music, Theater, Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-13-WoodyGuthrie-1.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T043810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205614Z
UID:295-1500030000-1500030000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Building Bridges\, Not Walls
DESCRIPTION:Building Bridges\, Not Walls – Art and Poetry Exhibit \n“Building Bridges\, Not Walls” acknowledges the contributions of the multicultural population of the Bay Area and its role in creating world-renown infrastructure. This exhibit features Bay Area artists and poets whose work celebrates these contributions. Three themes will be highlighted to celebrate the bridges\, the people who built them and the impact on our lives today: Immigrants\, Diversity\, and Internationalism.\nDuring July and August\, a companion exhibit at the San Francisco Main Library will display and interpret historic photos and objects from the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and other historic San Francisco bridges – the Golden Gate\, Lefty O’Doul\, and Alvord Lake. These exhibits celebrate the immigrant engineers who designed the bridges\, the children of immigrants who built the older bridges\, the diverse workforce\, including women\, who built the new Bay Bridge span\, and the internationalism of the Golden Gate International Exposition and of the founding conference of the United Nations. \nArticle in World Journal \n 
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/building-bridges-not-walls/
LOCATION:Canessa Gallery\, 708 Montgomery St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:14,2017-music-theater-art,Music, Theater, Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7-14-bridge.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170713T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170713T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T080752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205603Z
UID:489-1499947200-1499947200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Woody Guthrie’s Birthday & Homestead Strike : The River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012
DESCRIPTION:Join labor musician Jimmy Kelly in commemorating the life and songs of Woody Guthrie and his birthday. Guthrie\, a people and worker’s musician\, traveled coast-to-coast singing about striking workers and people in struggle.  \nThe River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012\nBy Steffi domike & Nicole fauteux\nAlso\, this year is the 125th anniversary of the Homestead Strike\, and there will be a screening of The River Ran Red about the 1872 Homestead Steel Works strike in Pennsylvania. Andrew Carnegie and the other owners of the steel mill brought in Pinkerton gun thugs to break the strike and the union. This struggle was a lesson on how the robber barons treated their workers and kept their power.\n(Please check the detail of the film The River Ran Red on July 24 calender).
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/woody-guthries-birthday-homestead-strike/
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall\, 1924 Cedar St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:13,2017-music-theater-art,Film,Music, Theater, Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-13-WoodyGuthrie.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170713T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T043519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205539Z
UID:290-1499943600-1499943600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Comme des Lions “Like lions” Lets Fight Like Lions (115 min.) 2016
DESCRIPTION:Directed by: Françoise Davisse\nThis documentary film traces the struggle of workers of the PSA plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois\, a poor suburb of Paris\, against management’s threat to close the plant. The title comes from the slogan of the strikers\, “Let’s fight like lions!” The conflict is experienced “from the inside\,” showing the workers’ debates and reactions on a day-to-day basis\, from 2013-2015.\nSponsored by the BCC Students for Socialism Club\n(Contact jberezin@peralta.edu)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/comme-des-lions-like-lions-lets-fight-like-lions/
LOCATION:Berkeley City College Auditorium\, 2050 Center St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:13,2017-film,Film
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/comme-des-lions.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="BCC Students for Socialism Club":MAILTO:jberezin@peralta.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170712T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170712T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T043405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205526Z
UID:288-1499860800-1499860800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Film: Killing Floor (114 min) 1984
DESCRIPTION:Producer-Writer: Elsa Rassbach\, Director: Bill Duke (1985 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award)\nOne hundred years ago\, a critical struggle was taking place in the slaughterhouses in Chicago to organize a union. This powerful dramatic film focuses on the Polish and African American workers and their conditions as they fight to overcome racism and class hate and greed\, in order to build a union of black and white workers.\nAfrican American workers traveled to Chicago for jobs and the continuing struggles that led to race riots in Chicago in 1919.\nElsa Rassbach fought for PBS to do a series of films on working class history but this was the only one that was able to get funded.  \nhttp://www.thekillingfloor-thefilm.com/index.html
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/film-killing-floor/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 34 Hall\, 801 2nd St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:12,2017-film,Film
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/7-12-killingfloor.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170712T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170712T100000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T075807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205515Z
UID:482-1499853600-1499853600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The Golden Spike: Chinese and Irish Labor versus The Big Four
DESCRIPTION:May 10\, 2019 will be the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad\, a momentous accomplishment which has excluded recognition of the contribution of Chinese railroad workers to the wealth of The Big Four and the building of the American Empire\, which connected East Coast to West across the Pacific to the China Trade.\nThis labor story will be told by descendant Paulette Liang and Stanford professor Hilton Obenzinger with analysis by CCSF labor studies professor Bill Shields and global supply chain researcher Gifford Hartman. Music will be performed by folklorist Charlie Chin and Loni Ding’s 25-min. video The Canton Army in the High Sierras will be screened.\nFor more information: lyfong@pacbell.net \n  \n 
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/the-golden-spike-chinese-and-irish-labor-versus-the-big-four/
LOCATION:Chinese Historical Society of America\, 965 Clay St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:12,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-12-CantonArmy-railroad.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170711T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170711T123000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170519T043302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205505Z
UID:286-1499776200-1499776200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Victor Arnautoff: San Francisco’s Master Muralist of The 1930s
DESCRIPTION:Fee: Free to current SF Museum & Historical Society members. Admission for non-members is $10 per person or $5 for seniors\, students\nPresentation by Robert Cherny\nBetween 1931 and 1942\, Victor Arnautoff was arguably San Francisco’s leading artist of pubic murals. His murals may still be seen today at the former Palo Alto Health Clinic\, Coit Tower\, the former Protestant chapel at the Presidio of San Francisco\, George Washington High School\, the San Francisco Art Institute\, and at three post offices including South San Francisco. From his service as a cavalry officer during the Russian Civil War\, his politics moved left\, joining the Communist Party in 1938. This lecture will survey Arnautoff’s career\, from his birth in Russia in 1896 to his death in the Soviet Union in 1979\, focusing on his art and politics during his years in San Francisco from 1931 to 1963.\nhttp://www.sfhistory.org/events/monthly-programs/24-general-monthly-program-information \n  \n \nCoit Tower Murals – City Life by Victor Arnautoff 04
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/san-franciscos-master-muralist-of-the-1930s-at-sf-museum-historical-society/
LOCATION:Roosevelt Middle School Auditorium\, 460 Arguello Bvd\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:11,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170711T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170711T030000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205452Z
UID:284-1499742000-1499742000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Bread & Roses Labor History Story Telling
DESCRIPTION:Come to share an interesting labor story you’ve led or experienced. It could be a memory of a key labor figure or event locally or internationally. This will be an open regular meeting of FORUM (Federation of Retired Union Members)\, an organization of retirees affiliated with the San Francisco Labor Council. Retirees come from a broad range of unions with members and workers in San Francisco. FORUM supports alliances between working people and retired people to preserve and improve health care\, social security and pension benefits. Refreshments will be served.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/bread-roses-labor-history-story-telling-with-retired-union-members/
LOCATION:San Francisco Labor Council Office\, 1188 Franklin Street\, Suite 203\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:11,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170710T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170710T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205440Z
UID:282-1499688000-1499688000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Film: Divided We Fall (90 min.) 2016\, The Great Sitdown (52 min.) 1976
DESCRIPTION:Divided We Fall (90 min.) (2016) Directed by: Katherine Acosta\nIn one of the largest mobilizations of labor during the last decade\, hundreds of thousands of workers from throughout the country joined together to oppose the union-busting attack by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. This film by Katherine Acosta looks at the important mobilization\, including the Wisconsin University Graduate Student Assistants and workers throughout the state who mobilized to stop the attacks on labor and democratic rights.\nWisconsin was one of the strongest unionized states in the country and the result of the failure of labor to stop his attack has left unions like AFSCME and AFT decimated with a loss of over 50% of the membership. Katherine Acosta provides lessons from how labor and the community fought back. \nhttps://vimeo.com/194732001 \n  \n \nThe Great Sitdown (52 min.) (1976) BBC Documentary \nScott Houldieson\, Vice President UAW 551 Ford Assembly Plant Chicago\,  Illinois\, will introduce the film “The Great Sitdown”  and discuss the relevance today.\nThis year we also commemorate the 80th anniversary of the autoworker sit-down of GM Fisher Number 1 in 1937. This sit-down and occupation was a critical turning point in the fight to unionize General Motors\, which was the largest industrial corporation in the United States. Auto worker organizers and a Women’s Brigade planned the sit-down at critical plants that if occupied would shutdown the entire company. Women in this struggle also played a critical role by preventing the police from entering the plants and thereby allowing time for mobilization of strike supporters.\nThis historic struggle shows that despite the massive power of the largest corporations in the world\, workers can win their fight for unionization.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/divided-we-fall-with-katherine-costa-the-great-sitdown-on-the-70th-anniversary-of-the-1937-auto-worker-sit-downs/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 34 Hall\, 801 2nd St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:10,2017-film,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170609T070155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205431Z
UID:465-1499601600-1499601600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Labor\, War in Asia and the Lessons of the Comfort Women
DESCRIPTION:The growing dangers of a war in Asia are accelerating\, particularly with the U.S. strategy of “Asian Pivot”. This forum will examine what the “Asian Pivot” is and the militarization of Asia\, including the construction of more bases in Okinawa and Jeju\, Korea.\nThe Korean trade unions are against further militarization and the San Francisco Labor Council also has opposed war moves. The forum will also discuss the lessons of the “Comfort Women” and why the international effort for memorials including one in San Francisco is relevant to these issues.\nPanelists: Tadashi Seto\, International Solidarity Committee Doro-Chiba; Grace Shimuzu\, Director of the Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project and the Campaign for Justice; Rodger Scott\, AFT 2121 Executive Board CCSF and Delegate to SF Labor Council; Tomomi Kinukawa\, Comfort Women Coalition For Justice CWCFJ  and Lecturer at SFSU; Steve Zeltzer\, CWA 39521 Pacific Media Workers Guild Human Rights Chair\, KPFA WorkWeek Radio\nSponsored by Campaign for Justice\, KPFA WorkWeek Radio\nhttps://www.facebook.com/comfortwomenjusticecoalition/ \nhttp://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06-27-16RessptComfortWomenMemorial.pdf
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/labor-war-in-asia-and-the-lessons-of-the-comfort-women/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 34 Hall\, 801 2nd St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:09,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T050000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205418Z
UID:278-1499576400-1499576400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Irish Labor History Walk
DESCRIPTION:With IBEW electrician Peter O’Driscoll \nThis tour will focus on the history of San Francisco’s famed waterfront and the role of its Irish and Irish-American workers\, leaders\, and martyrs. It will also include the cases of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings who faced a labor frame-up in the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco in July 1916\, and the successful struggle for their release. The tour will also view the sculpture dedicated to the waterfront strikers of 1934 and other historic markers along the way. The tour will end inside Rincon Center\, discussing the historic murals dedicated to the labor movement in San Francisco.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/irish-history-walk/
LOCATION:Marine Firemen’s Hall\, 240 2nd St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:09,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170709T030000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205405Z
UID:276-1499569200-1499569200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:WPA Bus Tour
DESCRIPTION:Tour with Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith \nJoin Gray Brechin and Harvey Smith as they travel through history on a bus tour of sites built by the New Deal’s “alphabet soup” agencies. You will learn about the major contribution government-paid workers made during the depression- era New Deal programs. Gray and Harvey will discuss the art\, architecture\, and social programs that effectively dealt with the period’s economic meltdown in contrast with today’s response.\nSome of the locations they will take you to are: Rincon Annex Post Office Murals\, Sunshine School\, The New Mint and the Old UC Extension\, Golden Gate Park Stables and Fly Casting Pools\, Beach Chalet Murals.\nPlease be aware that the tour will take about 5 hours depending on the traffic and the discussions.\nMeet in front of Bill Graham Auditorium\, between City Hall and the Main Library.\n(Please bring your own lunch. There will be some sandwiches available for a small cost.)\n \nReservation required: \nSend e-mail to: laborfest@stevezeltzer.com\, or call: (415) 642-8066\, and leave your name\, number of reservations\, and phone number (this is to let you know that we have space for your reservation and can contact you in case of any changes.)\nMake reservation\, then send check ($25/person) to: LaborFest\, P.O. Box 40983\, SF\, CA 94140 \n  \n \nBeach Chalet WPA Murals – The Beach Chalet is located above the Golden Gate Park Visitor’s Center. The building features historic WPA frescoes created by Lucien Labaudt in the 1930’s. The artwork captures the flavor of San Francisco in that era in a style of the Arts and Crafts movement. Fans of the style\, and Art Deco will appreciate the WPA works which allowed art projects like this to exist during such hard times..
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/wpa-bus-tour-with-gray-brechin/
LOCATION:Bill Graham Auditorium\, 99 Grove\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:09,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205352Z
UID:274-1499515200-1499515200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Film: Fascism inc. (83 min.) 2014
DESCRIPTION:Producer: Frosso Tsouka\, Director: Aris Chatzistefanou (Greece)\nDirector Aris Chatzistefanou’s films look at Greece during the time of neo-nazi and fascist movements\, pointing to capitalism’s attempt to profit by attacking the working class and trade unionism from banning strikes to complete deregulation\, allowing the wealthy to acquire land and resources. Chatzistefanou’s film Fascism Inc. explores the role of fascism in Greece during World War II\, and its development in contemporary times. The film also looks at the growth and politics of the Greek neo-fascist group Golden Dawn\, and how their ideology and methods are encouraged by corporate-controlled media\, which blames immigrants for the growing economic crisis.\nThe rise of immigrant bashing which is taking place in the U.S. is\, as the film shows\, directly correlated to the growing economic crisis\, and this well-edited film makes the connection concrete.\nFollowing the film\, producer Frosso Tsouka and San Francisco State professor Zeese Papanikolas will discuss the economic and social developments in Greece and the rise of Golden Dawn and other neo-nazi groups.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/fascism-inc/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:08,2017-film,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T053226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205338Z
UID:269-1499515200-1499515200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:SF General Strike: Principles\, Philosophies\, Applicabilities
DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Gifford Hartman and David Duckworth. \nLaunching from the historic General Strike of 1934\, historians David Duckworth and Gifford Hartman converse on the broader ramifications of this moment in West Coast labor unity. Considering the scope and tactics of that defining moment\, examples of other significant strikes are examined and contrasted\, principles and philosophies are drawn out\, and analysis of effects assessed. Within a rich matrix of historical precedent\, the question is raised as to the applicability of the general strike in today’s socio-economic world..
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/sf-general-strike-principles-philosophies-applicabilities/
LOCATION:Green Arcade Bookstore\, 1680 Market St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:08,2017-tour-walk,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T090000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170401T120215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205326Z
UID:57-1499504400-1499504400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:SF General Strike Walk
DESCRIPTION:Join the walk with Gifford Hartman and others.\nEighty-three years ago at this location\, a great battle took place by workers and residents of San Francisco against the police and National Guard.\nWe will look at the causes of the 1934 General Strike and why it was successful. How was the strike organized and why are the issues from that strike still relevant to working people today? We will also view some of the key historical sites in this important US labor struggle.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/sf-general-strike-walk/
LOCATION:Harry Bridges Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building\, Plaza Tower in front of Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:08,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170708T070000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170620T004836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205313Z
UID:996-1499497200-1499497200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Walk - The Building and Labor Struggles at Fort Point
DESCRIPTION:Walk with Matthew Britten (Fort Point Guide)\nFort Point in San Francisco was built by the US military between 1853 and the 1860’s as a seacoast defense site. At the same time\, construction was taking place of what was to become Fort Alcatraz. While this construction was moving forward\, laborers were under attack. In the midst of civil war in 1863\, a telegram from Washington was read to the laborers cutting their pay. After hearing the telegram\, the workers walked out at Fort Point and Alcatraz. This was one of the only labor actions during the Civil War in California\, and with the shortage of labor construction workers at the time\, laborers were able to make major gains in wages and conditions. The issue of housing and pay led to unrest\, a work stoppage\, and an eventual strike on all defense projects in the Bay.\nParticipants of the walk will learn about the construction of Fort Point and Alcatraz through the eyes of the workers who did the work. \n\nDirection:\nBy car from San Francisco and points south\, take Highway 101 north and exit right at the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza before getting on bridge. Turn right at end of exit ramp and then left onto Lincoln Boulevard. Take the first left onto Long Avenue and follow onto Marine Drive. Fort Point is located at the end of Marine Drive.\nBy car from the north\, take Highway 101 across the Golden Gate Bridge. Stay in right toll lane and exit immediately past the bridge toll plaza. Turn right at end of exit ramp and loop under toll plaza. At end of road\, turn left onto Lincoln Boulevard. Take the first left onto Long Avenue and follow onto Marine Drive. Fort Point is located at the end of Marine Drive.\nBy public transit\, San Francisco Muni 28 and Presidio buses stop at bridge toll plaza. Follow trail signs northeast of plaza area to Fort Point at base of bluffs.\nhttp://www.presidio.gov/transportation/public-transit
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/walk-the-building-and-labor-struggles-at-fort-point/
LOCATION:Fort Point\, Long Ave & Marine Dr\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94129\, United States
CATEGORIES:08,2017-tour-walk,Tour, Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170707T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170707T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T052923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205257Z
UID:263-1499428800-1499428800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Film: Ludlow\, Greek Americans In Colorado Coal War (71 min.) 2016
DESCRIPTION:Producer: Frosso Tsouka\, Director: Leonidas Vardaros\nThe racist war on immigrants in the US has a long history and this film tells the story of Greek Americans and other immigrants who came to work in the mines of Colorado. This film shows the conditions that these miners and their children worked under and how immigrant workers were terrorized and exploited.\nThis story is not only about their conditions but also how they fought back despite major obstacles\, including organizing themselves to form a union and stand up to the goliath capitalist John D. Rockefeller.\nThe Colorado Ludlow massacre of 1914\, which killed 26 at a workers camp\, was a coordinated effort by Rockefeller and the politicians he controlled to use the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards to murder and destroy their fight for a union. This massacre of mine workers and their families was called by labor historian Howard Zinn “the culminating act of perhaps the most violent struggle between corporate power and laboring men in American history.” It is a hidden part of our history today as workers fight for human and labor rights.\nFilm maker Frosso Tsouka and San Francisco State professor Zeese Papanikolas will take questions after the film. Professor Papanikolas is author of Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre. This book helped encourage filmmakers from the U.S. and Greece to focus on this important American story.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/presentation-of-ludlow-greek-americans-in-colorado-coal-war/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:07,2017-film,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170706T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170706T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T052829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205244Z
UID:261-1499342400-1499342400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Book reading - Refinery Town by Steve Early
DESCRIPTION:By Steve Early\nHome to one of the largest oil refineries in the state\, Richmond\, California\, was once a typical company town bankrolled by Chevron. This largely nonwhite\, working-class city of a hundred thousand had experienced the by-products of decades’ worth of poverty\, substandard housing\, and poorly funded public education. It had one of the highest homicide rates\, per capita\, in the country and a jobless rate often twice the national average.\nBut in 2012\, when veteran labor reporter Steve Early moved from New England to Richmond\, he witnessed a surprising transformation. In Refinery Town\, Early chronicles the ten years of successful community organizing in Richmond that raised the minimum wage\, defeated a casino development project\, created a municipal ID to aid undocumented workers\, reduced crime through “community policing\,” challenged home foreclosures\, and took on big oil giant\, Chevron. This compelling story of a city remade provides a model for citizens engaged in local politics and community building anywhere.\nSteve Early has been an active labor journalist and organizer for over forty years. His work appears in the New York Times\, Boston Globe\, and The Nation\, among other publications. He is the author of four books\, including Save Our Unions: Dispatches of a Movement in Distress. He lives in Richmond\, CA.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/book-reading-refinery-town-by-steve-early/
LOCATION:Green Arcade Bookstore\, 1680 Market St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:06,2017-forum-reading,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170705T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170705T120000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170608T191846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205224Z
UID:428-1499256000-1499256000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Film: American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Yale Strom\nEugene Victor Debs is unknown to most people in the United States\, yet\, he is one of the most important working-class figures in our history. Debs was a railroad worker during the 1877 national railway strike in July. This strike took place when the railroad bosses cut the wages of railroad workers 20%. The national strike shook the country as rebellions broke out not only in Pittsburgh\, St. Louis and Chicago\, but even in west coast Sacramento. It was only put down when President Garfield sent US army troops to break it. It also led to the creation of the National Guard in cities throughout the US.\nThis experience formed Deb’s views of the nature of U.S. social and economic structure\, and he later became a leader of the railroad workers\, the American Railroad Workers (ARW). He later ran for president as a Socialist.\nThe oligarchy that ran the U.S. then is obviously still in charge. This film charts why Debs became a Socialist and why he opposed war. He was jailed for his political views. While in prison\, Debs ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket\, and received over One million votes.\nWith the present oligarchy and endless wars\, the lessons of his struggle for today are relevant and important. His words are still invaluable\, and in his article\, Labor\, the Genius of Civilization\, he remarks; “Labor is the power that moves the world.” This is still the case.\nThe director Yale Strom will be attending for Q & A.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/american-socialist-the-life-and-times-of-eugene-victor-debs/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 34 Hall\, 801 2nd St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:05,2017-film,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170704T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170704T070000
DTSTAMP:20260605T044546
CREATED:20170518T052559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T205207Z
UID:257-1499151600-1499151600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:SF Mime Troupe - Walls
DESCRIPTION:WALLS asks the question:How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!\nL. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement – she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people like Bahdoon Samakab (Rotimi Agbabiaka)\, a Somali refugee escaping oppression\, fear of Cliodhna Aghabullogue (Lizzie Calogero)\, an Irish woman yearning to be American\, and fear of Zaniyah Nahuatl (Marilet Martinez)\, whose family comes from… here. As a foreigner in a land her people have worked for thousands of years\, Zaniyah is suddenly a criminal\, an illegal\, a “bad hombre.” What part of herself will this American give up to pass as “American?” Will she? Can she? Should she? Can someone leave part of themselves behind without losing their mind? And is it better or worse that she crossed the border to find Agent L. Mary Jones – the woman she loves?\nCheck other schedule at www.sfmt.org
URL:https://laborfest.net/2018/event/walls/
LOCATION:Dolores Park\, Dolores Park\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:04,2017-music-theater-art,Music, Theater, Art
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