{"id":1055,"date":"2020-06-18T22:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T05:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2022-06-09T21:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T04:26:12","slug":"forum-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2022\/2022-events\/forum-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum, Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Art Show – The Future Challenges Us Now<\/a><\/h2>

Curated by Duckworth Artists were asked to address the nature and agency of work in a world rapidly transformed by pandemic and changing through political, societal and technological prerogatives. Several artists focus here on the interconnections between labor and technology, or the seemingly dissociated realms...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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S. Africa & COVID and Class struggle – Video and Report by Martin Jansen (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Workers World Media production director in South Africa, Martin Jansen, screens a video documentary on the effect of Covid-19 in South Africa and the systemic problems that worker face. Despite the promises of the Freedom Charter public health care for all is still not a...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Film: \u201cSir, No Sir\u201d – The GI Movement to End the Vietnam War (2005) 50 minutes – followed by discussion (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording This feature-length documentary focuses on the efforts by troops in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to oppose the war effort by peaceful demonstration and fragging their officers. The racism in the military and the use of the military by Trump to...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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SF Mime Troupe – Tales of The Resistance – Original Radio Serial<\/a><\/h2>

Can the revolution be social distanced? Find out this Summer with the San Francisco Mime Troupe as they present 4 series of original political comedy audio plays, broadcast bi-weekly, each written and performed by Mime Troupe veterans and newcomers, and each in a different style....<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Poetry Word Performance – Fascism & American Capitalism – by David Lee Morgan (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Poetry Word Performance by David Lee Morgan David Lee Morgan, a Play-writer and performer focuses the rise of racism and US capitalism. He has performed internationally and is a longstanding member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain. The video of this event will be...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Police, Labor & Union in America – Boston Police Strike (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

The mass protest movement against the murder and lynching of George Floyd and many many others has led to a struggle in the labor movement about the role of the police whether they should be in the unions. The AFL-CIO as well as other unoins...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1934 San Francisco General Strike – Presentation by Gifford Hartman (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

By Gifford Hartman Eighty-six years ago a great battle took place between striking workers and the police and National Guard along the waterfront besides the piers of San Francisco's Embarcadero. We will look at the causes of the 1934 General Strike and why it was...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Labor History Bike Tour<\/a><\/h2>

Meet at 518 valencia, near 16th St., SF By Chris Carlsson (Sliding scale $15 - 50, benefiting 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....<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Internecine Warfare, Class and The George Floyd Uprising (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording With George Wright, Steve Zeltzer In the midst of the warfare between both the Democrats & Republicans the racist murder of George Floyd has led to the biggest mass protest in the post war period. At the same time, more than 44 million...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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AB5, Tech Robber Barons And Slavery – With Journalist Steve Hill and Edward Escobar (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording UBER, Lyft and other gig transportation platforms are spending over $120 million to overturn AB5 which required these companies to provide workers comp, social security and other protections. Will this law destroy the gig companies and what is the reality for gig workers...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Bread & Roses Labor History Story Telling with Retired Union Members\u00a0 (This event was postponed)<\/a><\/h2>

This event was\u00a0postponed until the later in the month. Federation of Retired Union Members (FORUM) is affiliated with the San Francisco Labor Council with the purpose of promoting and preserving the spirit of unionism and participating in the campaigns and activities of labor. Participants represent...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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History of Labor Parties In The US and Prospects Today (Live-Zoom)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording The US has a long history in the fight for labor parties. This forum will look at this history and the prospects for such a party today in the United States. First it will briefly look at the long history of the fight...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Labor & The Murals – Howard Pflanzer – (Live-Zoom)<\/a><\/h2>

A Discussion between playwright Howard Pflanzer and Steve Zeltzer about the controversy over artistic expression swirling around the 1936 George Washington murals by Victor Arnautoff at the San Francisco high school named after Washington. The San Francisco school district voted 850,000 dollars to paint over...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Film – Gone Postal – (1 hr 33 min, Director: Jay Galione) (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

We'll share a web link in the call where you can watch the film. Then stick around for our Zoom Q&A panel featuring filmmakers Jay Galione and special guests, Audrey Davis, Christopher Shaw\u00a0and more. Jay Galione, son of a postal worker, investigates the dark corners...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Privatization charters & The Defense Of Public Education (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording The continued growth of charters, co-locations and privatization threaten the right to an equal education. The privatizers are using the pandemic to massively expand online education and also further eliminate public schools. The forum will examine the history of charters and privatization and...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Defending Our Jobs and Our Futures (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording How Workers Can Confront Automation & Legal Attacks On Our Unions Automation, \u00a0artificial intelligence AI, along with robotics in our economy threaten millions of workers and their ability to keep or get a job. This panel will look at how these technologies are...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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New Deal Art: Anita Brenner and Cultural Bridge-Builders (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording By Harvey Smith \u00a0 Despite the recent court decisions, the political battle over immigration has been reduced by some to a political dog whistle. Historically, the story of New Deal art, its initial advocates and its artists informs us with a deeper understanding...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Tesla Workers, Labor, Human Rights And Elon Musk (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Despite the coronavirus pandemic with Covid-19, Tesla owner Elon Musk has brazenly ignored shelter in place orders and continued to run the factory. Workers were then coerced to go to work despite serious health and safety fears from themselves and their families. Tesla workers will...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Concert by Grup Yorum – Turkey<\/a><\/h2>

Group Yorum is a folk music group that has been banned by the government of Turkey. \u00a0They sing songs about freedom, of brotherhood and sisterhood of people, of workers dying on the job, nations, races and genders. \u00a0For this reason, the Turkish government has declared...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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US Public Health System, COVID, Racism and Capitalism (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

ZOOM Recording The explosion of Covid-19 cases in the United States and the inability of one of the richest countries in the world to handle the pandemic has exposed the serious systemic problems with the US. Speakers will discuss the reasons for the medical healthcare...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Cal-OSHA, Federal OSHA & \u00a0The The Destruction of Our Health & Safety (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

In the midst of a dangerous and deadly pandemic, why is OSHA and Cal-OSHA missing in action? Panelists in including former Cal-OSHA Medical director Larry Rose will look at the dismemberment of the programs and what it mean today for working people. The video of...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Xenophobia, Denialism, The Asian Pivot China, & Anti Asia Racism (Live-Zoom)<\/a><\/h2>

The rapid rise of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia has a long history in California and the US. The effort to rewrite history to censor and sanitize the discriminatory treatment of Asians in the US is also mirrored by the Japanese government which seeks to deny...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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WPA Works in Berkeley With Harvey Smith (Zoom-Power point)<\/a><\/h2>

This PowerPoint presentation will explore the background for Berkeley\u2019s New Deal legacy. Our tours, when in person, begin at the corner of the \u201cNew Deal nexus\u201d that includes Berkeley High School and the Community Theater, art in the Post Office, the old Farm Credit Building...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Death and Dismissal of Mexican and US Workers (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

The attack on US and Mexican woerkers will be the focus of this LaborFest event. Workers on both sides of the border face the Covid pandemic and\u00a0attacks on their labor and human rights. These workers face multi-nationals who ignore and violate health and safety laws...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Poetry & Performance – by David Mills & Howard Pflanzer (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

David Mills - The past is prologue: Black bodies: the bodies of evidence Mills will read poems, largely about the physical and psychological assault mostly by white males on the black body from this country's antebellum period to the murders of Breonna Taylor and George...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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The Murals and The Life of \u00a0Victor Arnautoff – (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

The San Francisco Unified School Board has voted to spend more than $800,000 to cover-up the Victor Arnautoff George Washington High murals. The panel will look at labor particularly the ILWU and the history of the Victor Arnautoff murals. This panel will look at the...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Community Colleges Under Attack, Working People And The Right to Higher Public Education, Racism and Capitalism (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

The underfunding and destruction of community colleges is escalating as the depression deepens. What is happening and what should our unions be doing about it. Speakers: Rick Baum, CCSF AFT 2121 Carol Lang, CUNY AFT PSC John Holmes, AFT PFT George Wright, Skyline College AFT...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Labor History Comes Alive: \u201cThe Moment Was Now\u201d Premieres as a Film<\/a><\/h2>

The Moment Was Now takes place in post-civil war Baltimore in 1869, a turning point in U.S. history when \u201cAmerica almost did the right thing.\u201d The contemporary themes of the search for racial and economic justice and women\u2019s rights reverberate throughout the musical. The story...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Chile and US Healthcare Workers Under The Gun (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Chile and US Healthcare Workers Under Covid & Capitalist Control Workers\u2019 Rights are Human Rights: nowhere in the world has the global pandemic unmasked the crisis of capitalism more clearly than in Chile and the US. Both countries have the highest rates of infection of...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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1946 Oakland General Strike – Presentation by Gifford Hartman (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

By Gifford Hartman This year is the 74th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. This presentation will revisit the sites of Oakland\u2019s \u201cWork Holiday\u201d that spontaneously began with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking, mostly women retail clerks at Kahn\u2019s and Hastings department stores, where picket...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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California Black History Under Attack, Bernard Zakheim\u2019s UCSF Murals And Bridget \u201cBiddy” Mason<\/a><\/h2>

This forum will look at the plans by the UCSF management and Chancellor to destroy the historic Bernard Zakheim mural which tells the history of \u00a0Bridget\u00a0\u201cBiddy\" Mason, an African American midwife who\u00a0rose from slavery to become a midwife medical worker in California. Her life of...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Labor Politics and Architecture of San Francisco Walk<\/a><\/h2>

Meet at ILWU sculpture at Mission & Steuart, SF Walk with Brad Wiedmaier, SEIU 2015 member & architectural historian. San Francisco has a rich political and labor history that is also connected to its buildings. In this history-by-the-buildings walk, Brad Wiedmaier will outline artifacts and...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Poetry Reading – Giving Voices by LaborFest Writers (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Readers from the LaborFest Writers Group share memoir, storytelling, oral history, and poetry. The theme of this year's reading is LaborFest Writers' Reflections on Current Events. LaborFest Writers explore the issues that we face today within our families,\u00a0communities, and government whether its health, housing, jobs,...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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\u201cI Can\u2019t Breath\u201d – Revolutionary Poetry Brigade (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

The Revolutionary Poetry Brigade will perform their work in the midst of the continuous lynchings of Blacks in the US. The voices of the oppressed will be heard through words and music. Poets: Karen Melander Magoon Agneta Falk Greg Pond Gary Hicks Barbara Paschke Lisbit...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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People\u2019s Park and the Overreach of UC Berkeley (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

By the People\u2019s Park Historic District Advocacy Group People\u2019s Park is at the center of fifteen other officially recognized city landmarks, which collectively are a de facto historic district. They represent the heritage of the 1960s and the context of the larger theme of a...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Play – \u201cOff The Meter\u201d Cab driver play (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Screening and discussion with the story teller John McDonagh A comedic glimpse into 35 years behind the wheel of a New York City yellow taxi,\u00a0Off The Meter\u00a0is a pithy social commentary from New York\u2019s most recognizable cab driver about life spent behind the wheel. \u00a0John...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Housing Coops and Unions \u2013 San Francisco and Beyond – St. Francis Square<\/a><\/h2>

Lois Scott San Francisco\u2019s St. Francis Square Cooperative Walking Tour Organizer Work In Progress... Walking Tour and History of Union Sponsored Affordable Housing, St. Francis Square Cooperative   Virtual walking tour of San Francisco\u2019s Saint Francis Square Cooperative established by the International Longshore and Warehouse...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Angel Island: A History of Quarantine, Militarist Imperialism and Immigrant Exclusion – By James Dexter-Lee (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Explore this unique history of Angel Island with park volunteer, maritime worker and activist James Dexter-Lee. Angel Island, the largest island in San Francisco Bay, today is a popular California State Park.\u00a0 Located strategically inside the Golden Gate, at the nexus of San Pablo Bay...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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Film – “Fordham SDS” (Zoom event)<\/a><\/h2>

Film - Fordham SDS (http:\/\/www.fordhamsds.org) 37:17\u00a0 minutes\u00a0 (2014) Discussion after the film. The SDS rebellion against racism and the education system is screened in this film by Bert Schultz. The film is an inside look at the struggle at Fordham college in New York and...<\/p>\nFind out more »<\/a><\/div>\r\n

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