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SUMMARY:Palestine & The Defense of Free Speech & Worker Rights In Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThe Palestine Anti-Repression Network (PARN) presents three educators experiences with targeted repression. \nThe Palestinian Anti-Repression Network (PARN) was founded in the fall of 2024\, in partnership with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom at the AAUP\, to address widespread repression of free speech in primary and higher education institutions. We are a coalition of high school teachers\, graduate students\, faculty\, and staff in higher education.\nThis panel will feature the stories of three of our members: Michel DeGraaf (MIT)\, Anna Feder (Fired at Emerson College)\, and Ismail “Ish” Aderonmu (former law student at Toronto Metropolitan University.  Sang Hea Kil (fired and reinstated at SJSU) will moderate. \nSponsored by PARN & WorkWeek \nAdditional Media:\nSan José State Professor Fired Over Campus Gaza Protests to Win Back Job \nSJSU Admin Zionist Attack On Professor Sang Hea Kil\, CFA/SEIU & The Defense Of Public Education \nThe Attacks On UCSF Dr. Marya Rupa & SJSU CFA Member Sang Hea Kil & The Unions & Working Class \nProfessor Sang Hea Kil Website
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/palestine-the-defense-of-free-speech-worker-rights-in-higher-education/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260702T210000
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SUMMARY:Race to the bottom: Vietnamese female migrant workers’ vulnerability\, double burden and health risks in market socialism
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nSince the 1990s\, Vietnam’s export-led growth has relied heavily on young women migrating from rural areas to work in the world’s major manufacturing hubs for garment and footwear factories\, and increasingly\, electronics. Almost four decades later\, many of these workers face growing insecurity as they age\, still having to navigate unstable employment that fails to keep up with rising costs\, while having to care for their children in poor-quality temporary migrant workers’ housing. Behind the country’s impressive economic growth figures\, workers toil under exploitative conditions and low pay\, creating vicious cycles of insecurity\, forcing them to constantly search for jobs that could make ends meet. At the same time\, the socialist state’s narratives of inclusive development and moral rhetoric of care for working people fail to deliver adequate social insurance with weakening social insurance policies to protect migrant workers at the bottom of the global supply chains from uncertainties in late-stage capitalism.  \nAfter screening one documentary and 3 migrant worker-initiated social media clips with their own voices\, this session will discuss the impacts of Vietnam’s global integration on the everyday lives of the female migrant workers and how they seize possible work opportunities in a system fraught with risks\, while trying to lead a dignified life for themselves and their families and to empower each other.   \n4 clips total (around 15 minutes) \nFirst clip: Union of Catholic Asian News (7 min): Vietnam’s workers leave cities for rural hometowns as economic woes increase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpHAA0jcZx8 \n3 Instagram clips: https://www.instagram.com/thaochonsonglanh?igsh=aWZvNTI5dzRxMzZ3 \n– Dinner of 13\,000 VND (showing a meager dinner of a migrant mother and her two children\, and their need for cultural entertainment)\n– Dinner of 65\,000 VND for a Migrant Mother and Two Children at a rental place in Bình Dương province (showing a lot of expenses that a migrant mother has to pay for her family) \n– The process to create an Instagram channel (an initiative of a female migrant worker to use social media to document their lives and her willingness to share with others) \nAngie’s bio: \nDr. Angie Ngọc Trần was born and raised in Saigon\, Vietnam. She obtained a doctorate in political economy at the University of Southern California and has been teaching at CSU Monterey Bay since 1996. She has researched and published on transnational labor migration and resistance in Vietnam and Malaysia\, as well as the farm guestworkers program between the US and Mexico. Her 2013 book\, Ties that Bind: Cultural Identity\, Class\, and Law in Vietnam’s Labor Resistance\, chronicles over 100 years of labor movements\, domestic labor migration\, and resistance in Vietnam since French colonial rule to Vietnam’s market socialism in the 21st century. Her 2022 book\, Ethnic Dissent and Empowerment: Economic Migration between Vietnam and Malaysia\, integrates ethnicity\, class\, gender\, religion and cultural resources\, and third space of dissent and empowerment of five different ethnic groups in Vietnam while working as guestworkers in Malaysia and after they return to Vietnam. During and after Covid-19\, she published articles to expose female worker vulnerabilities\, exploitative and abusive working conditions and sexual violence\, under the Vietnam-Saudi labor agreement that sends Vietnamese female workers to work as maids in Saudi Arabia. Her 2026 book chapter\, “Weakening of Social Protection in Vietnam: Labor Legislation\, Cicada Capital\, Civil Society\,” analyzes creeping marketization\, privatization\, and financialization of social protection in Vietnam\, leaving workers scrambling to fend for themselves and their families. Her current project on “H-2A Mexican Agricultural Guestworkers: Navigating opportunities and risks in California and improving quality of life in Mexico” exposes not only employers’ control\, exploitation and sexual harassment/violence\, but also how farmworkers navigate the system to empower themselves\, their families and communities.  \nDr. Angie Ngọc Trần\, Ph.D.\nProfessor\, Political Economy\n[She/her/ella/cô (in Vietnamese)]\nBio and Publications: https://researchprofiles.csumb.edu/en/persons/angie-ngoc-tran\nAuthor of Ethnic Dissent and Empowerment: Economic Migration between Vietnam and Malaysia\, University of Illinois Press\, 2022\nEar to Asia Podcast (May 2024)\nSocial Sciences and Global Studies Department\nCalifornia State University\, Monterey Bay
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/vietnam-working-class-voices-history/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260703T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260703T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T202212Z
CREATED:20260605T221744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T202212Z
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SUMMARY:Whistleblowers\, Injured Workers\, OSHA\, Workers Comp & Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThe 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 epidemic. The introduction of AI is adding to this deadly mix and the series of explosions and deaths is escalating. At the same time the workers comp system has meant that workers have to become lawyers to get their injuries taken care of and many are permanently disabled because of the failure to get prompt treatment at all. This panel will look at the issues\, struggles for justice and what workers and unions can do about this. \nSpeakers:\nAshley Gjovik – Apple Whistleblower\nJennifer Cruz – UCD Injured Worker\nBecky McClain – Pfizer Whistleblower\nBranton Philipps – Former Fremont Tesla Worker
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/whistleblowers-injured-workers-osha-workers-comp-human-rights/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260705T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260610T020754Z
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SUMMARY:The Lessons of The San Francisco General Strike For Today With The Screening of  "Harry Bridges\, A Man & His Union"
DESCRIPTION:At: 518 Valencia St.\, SF \nFilm showing of “Harry Bridges\, A Man and His Union” (58min)(1992)\nDirector: Berry Minnott \nSpeakers:\nClarence Thomas – ILWU10 Retired Secretary Treasurer\nDr. Bob Cherny – Author of Harry Bridges: Labor Radical\, Labor Legend\nBob Carson – ILWU Local 34 Retired (invited) \nThe 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.\nA key leader of the strike was Harry Bridges\, an Australian American who was part of a group called the Albion Group that began the organization to take over the corrupt ILA local.\nThis film is the best film made about who Harry Bridges was. It will be followed by presentations and discussion on the lessons for today.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-lessons-of-the-san-francisco-general-strike-for-today-with-the-screening-of-harry-bridges-a-man-his-union/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260706T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260706T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T203947Z
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SUMMARY:ICE\, Fascism & Labor\, How to Protect Our Democratic Rights
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Dr. John Caravello\, Lecturer CSU Channel Island Member CF\nThe 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.\nJohn Caravello\, a CFA member and lecturer at CSU Channel Island went to the ICE prison to observe the treatment of the workers and was attacked and arrested by the ICE who pressed felony charges against him. He and his union the CFA organized a defense campaign with other workers and community members who had been targeted and attacked and this was successful and led to an acquittal. This has lessons for all workers and the labor movement
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/ice-fascism-labor-how-to-protect-our-democratic-rights/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260707T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260707T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T204303Z
CREATED:20260608T131809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T204303Z
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SUMMARY:Workers Fighting The Bosses Using AI From UC to UPS
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWorkers 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.\nAshley Gjovik was an engineering manager at Apple and her office was on a toxic dump site. When she tried to get it remediated she was targeted and fired. She is now fighting the Apple octopus in part by using AI\nEric Johnson is with IBT Local 160 in Montana. He has been writing lyrics and translating them with music and videos with help in the fight against inward facing inferred cameras that are causing cataracts and tumors.\nJennifer Cruz is a member of IBT 2010 and has been using AI and tech to support a working class caucus and to fight for rights as an injured worker. \nInitial Speakers:\nAshley Gjovik\nEric Johnson\nJennifer Cruz
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/workers-fighting-the-bosses-using-ai-from-uc-to-ups/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T204616Z
CREATED:20260608T132628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T204616Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons of Minneapolis Teamster General Strike For Today
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Professor Bryan Palmer\nThe 1934 Minneapolis Teamster general strike was a pivotal point in national organizing particularly for Teamsters. The lessons of how that strike took place and how it was successful despite the role of the employers\, thugs\, the government and National Guard which was brought into break the strike.\nBryan Palmer has written one of the most important histories of this strike titled Revolutionary Teamsters\, The Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 and will talk about the lessons for today.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/lessons-of-minneapolis-teamster-general-strike-for-today/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T205024Z
CREATED:20260608T134117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T205024Z
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SUMMARY:South Africa & ILWU Local 10 Connection &  The History  and Relevance Today
DESCRIPTION:With author  Peter Cole and Retired ILWU Local 10 Secretary-Treasurer Clarence Thomas\, David Newton  \nILWU 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.\nPeter Cole is the author of “Dockworkers Power: Race in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area” which connects the struggle of dockworkers in South Africa with the struggle of workers in San Francisco. The historic role of ILWU Local 10 in supporting the struggle against the apartheid regime was recognized by Mandela when he came to Oakland and spoke at the Oakland Coliseum  to thank the people of the Bay Area for their solidarity actions against the apartheid regime.\nSponsored by LaborFest.net \nAt:ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room\n400 North Point St. San Fancisco
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/south-africa-ilwu-local-10-connection-the-history-and-relevance-today/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room\, 400 North Point st.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260710T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260710T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T193153Z
CREATED:20260608T135303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T193153Z
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SUMMARY:Jim Crow 2\, Redistricting\, Labor the Fight Against Racism & The New Confederacy
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThe 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.\nThis panel will look at what this means to Black people and the Black working class and the role of unions and the working class as a whole. \nInitial speakers:\nSteve White – Teacher\nBarry Anderson – IBT 856 Steward\, Musican\nGeorge Wright – Professor CSUC & Skyline College\nAkua Holt Houston – Texas KPFT\nC.C. Cambell – Independent Jounalist New Orleans\, Louisiana
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/jim-crow-2-redistricting-labor-the-fight-against-racism-the-new-confederacy/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T120000
DTSTAMP:20260614T193111Z
CREATED:20260608T170656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T193111Z
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SUMMARY:Socialism in the American West - By  Author Mark Kruger
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Mark Kruger \nLabor 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 including utopia colonies\, the socialist and communist parties\, anarchists and the fight to transform the world.\nDuring the early industrial revolution in the United States\, the American West was invaded by financial and corporate capitalist\, and the development of technologies that intensified the exploitation of workers for great wealth. From the capitalist development of the West to the mass labor struggles in the 1930’s the rise of class consciousness and organization continued despite repression and witchhunts. Today with the rise of techno fascism this history is vital.\nHe is also the author of St. Louis Commune of 1877: Communism in the Heartland
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/socialism-in-the-american-west-by-author-mark-kruger/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T193028Z
CREATED:20260608T141115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T193028Z
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SUMMARY:The Black Panther Party & SF State Strike
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Clarence Thomas and Judy Junita\, Professor emeritus Laney College \nThe history of the Black Panther party and the San Francisco State Third World Strike were connected. This panel includes two strikers and members of the Black Panther party. They will discuss this history and how this was an important part of the struggle of the strike. \nClarence Thomas was formerly Secretary Treasurer of ILWU Local 10 & Publisher of Workers On the ILWU history including the Million Workers March\nJudy Junita was in the Black Panthers at SF State\, a poet and retired professor at Laney State College. She edited the BPP newspaper and worked in the Breakfast for Children program while finishing her BA at SF State. Five days after graduating\, she became the youngest professor of the nation’s first black studies program.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-black-panther-party-sf-state-strike/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T200000
DTSTAMP:20260620T194226Z
CREATED:20260609T140012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260620T194226Z
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SUMMARY:Book reading - “Exposed  A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption\, Lies and Betrayal\, And Becomes A Biohazard Whistleblower" by Becky McClain
DESCRIPTION:At: Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative – 3130 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA 94110 \nBook reading by Becky McClain\nWhen 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.\nShe has to fight not only Pfizer but oversight agencies like OSHA and a corporate controlled judicial system that tried to stop your lawsuit and even threatened her husband who was a government employee. This struggle has exposed the systemic failure to protect biotech workers in laboratories and the dangers of other biological leaks as well as the corporate control of the media and even left media like Democracy Now which has refused to even cover the case.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/book-reading-exposed-a-pfizer-scientist-battles-corruption-lies-and-betrayal-and-becomes-a-biohazard-whistleblower-by-becky-mcclain/
LOCATION:Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative\, 3130 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T120000
DTSTAMP:20260615T035021Z
CREATED:20260608T173145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T035021Z
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SUMMARY:The Fight Against Contracting Out\, Privatization\, Imperialism  and The Crisis of Unions In South Africa and Namibia
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Trade unionists from South Africa and Namibia \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-fight-against-contracting-out-privatization-imperialism-and-the-crisis-of-unions-in-south-africa-and-namibia/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T143000
DTSTAMP:20260616T184824Z
CREATED:20260608T174847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T184824Z
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SUMMARY:The Struggle & Lessons Of California Farmworkers History & The Relevance Today
DESCRIPTION:At: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center – 1187 Franklin St.\, San Francisco \nWith:\nRobyn Magalit Rodriguez\, Paul Ortiz\, Desiree Rojas\, Bruce Neuberger\, Johnny Itolong\, Fatima – Day Laborers & ICE \nThe 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.\nThis panel will look at the history of the formation and how the Filipino workers played a key role in the organization of the union yet were driven out of the leadership of the union. \nSponsored by LaborFest.net\nAl Rojas Foundation https://albertmrojasfoundation.org/\nFirst Unitarian Universalist Church & Center
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-struggle-lessons-of-california-farmworkers-history-the-relevance-today/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center\, 1187 Franklin St.\, San Francisvo\, CA\, 94109
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260712T210000
DTSTAMP:20260608T181304Z
CREATED:20260608T181304Z
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SUMMARY:The Rise of Fascism\, Racism & General Strikes
DESCRIPTION:At: 518 Valencia St.\, SF \nThe fascist racist agenda to re-segregate the South\, remove all Black representation and target Black and Brown workers has a historical precedent. 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. \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-rise-of-fascism-racism-general-strikes/
LOCATION:518 Valencia\, 518 Valencia\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T190000
DTSTAMP:20260608T190258Z
CREATED:20260608T182942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T190258Z
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SUMMARY:Education\, AI\, Commodification & Labor
DESCRIPTION:At: Skyline College (More info coming for the exact location) \nThe 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. It will also look at the role of how unions can confront this existential threat to the complete commodification of education.\nSponsored by WorkWeek\, LaborNet\, Stop AI  and AFT AFT 1493 AI Committee
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/education-ai-commodification-labor/
LOCATION:Skyline College\, 3300 College Dr.\, San Bruno\, California\, 94066
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T210000
DTSTAMP:20260615T035423Z
CREATED:20260608T190748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T035423Z
UID:7246-1784055600-1784062800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Hip Hop\, Class Struggle\, Tech & Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith Barry Anderson and other Hip Hop Artists \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/hip-hop-class-struggle-tech-revolution/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T120000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192612Z
CREATED:20260608T192244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192612Z
UID:7251-1784109600-1784116800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The Defense and Struggle of Palestinian Journalist
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith:\nCedric O’Bannon – NWU\nPalestinian Journalist\nLisa Milos – UPTE CWA \nPalestinian 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.\nThis panel will look at what they have faced and how US journalists and all trade unionists and working people can do to defend these journalists who have given their lives to break the information blockade.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-defense-and-struggle-of-palestinian-journalist/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T055027Z
CREATED:20260608T195058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T055027Z
UID:7255-1784143800-1784149200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Left off the Program: The Censored History of Labor Theatre in America\, 1880-1940
DESCRIPTION:By Joel Eis\nAt: Bird & Beckett Bookstore \nSince the McCarthy era theatre texts have consistently expunged any mention of important contributions from the Left to the American Theatre. Professor Joel Eis\, author of 5 previous books on theater and politics and a radical theatre practitioner in the 1960s\, has unearthed and compiled the story of this sixty-year movement. From the first use of agitprop in the Yiddish theatre in 1887 to the first true theatre-in-the-round in Harlem in 1938\, this movement produced the most important plays\, playwrights and theater styles for the first half of the twentieth century. The talk will be accompanied by visuals.\nThe event will be in person and live streamed. \nClick on the live feed link at the top of our web site\, birdbeckett.com.  after the event has begun to view in real time\, or You-tube\nFree event.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/left-off-the-program-the-censored-history-of-labor-theatre-in-america-1880-1940/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books & Records\, 653 Chenery Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T180000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192534Z
CREATED:20260608T200819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192534Z
UID:7262-1784217600-1784224800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The AFL-CIO "Solidarity Center" & Why Is Trump Funding It?
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nLEPAIO Panel \nThis year\, Trump and the Republicans agreed to re-fund the National Endowment For Democracy (NED) which funds the AFL-CIO Solidarity Center with $71 million. The “Solidarity Center” has received over $1 billion from the US government yet it has never made a report to the AFL-CIO members whose name it uses about what the money is for and where is it going.\nThis 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. \nInitial speakers:\nFrank Hammer – UAW 909 Retired President\nCarol Lang – AFT PSC Delegate & CUNY Professor\nKim Scipes – Former printer\, University Professor & AFL-CIO Researcher\nSponsored by Labor Education Project On The AFL-CIO International Operation\nhttps://aflcio-int.education
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-afl-cio-solidarity-center-why-is-trump-funding-it/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="LEPAIO (Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations)":MAILTO:info@aflcio-int.education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192501Z
CREATED:20260609T002423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192501Z
UID:7272-1784307600-1784314800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Universities\, The Rise of Fascism\, Witch Hunts & Political Purges
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nWith:\nTom Alter – Lecturer\nProfessor Sang Kae Kil – CSUSJ\nDylan Kupish – UCLA UAW 4811 \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/universities-the-rise-of-fascism-witch-hunts-political-purges/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/717-No-fascism-in-Universitiesx600.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T160000
DTSTAMP:20260615T040050Z
CREATED:20260609T004032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T040050Z
UID:7276-1784383200-1784390400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Book Presentation  - “No Neutrals There\, Labor Zionism\,and the Struggle For Palestine” by Jeff Schuhrke
DESCRIPTION:At: ILWU Local 10 henry Schmidt Room \n\nPresentation by Jeff Schuhrke \nWith:\nClarence Thomas\nDavid Newton\nJeffrey BlankFort  \nProfessor Jeff Schuhrke has published a book about the role of Zionism in the US labor movement. The book “No Neutrals There\, US Labor\, Zionism and the Struggle For Palestine” 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.\nILWU Local 10 has played an important part in labor solidarity with the workers and people of Palestine.  He will be joined by journalist  and photographer Jeffry Blankfort who founded Labor Bulletin On The Middle East and ILWU Local 10 retired Secretary Treasurer Clarence Thomas and ILWU 10 leader David Newton.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/book-presentation-no-neutrals-there-labor-zionismand-the-struggle-for-palestine-by-jeff-schuhrke/
LOCATION:ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room\, 400 North Point st.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/718-Schuhrke-bookx400.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T180000
DTSTAMP:20260609T131737Z
CREATED:20260609T013837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T131737Z
UID:7285-1784390400-1784397600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Book Presentation - It's Not Enough to Survive - The Young Patriots Story by Jesse Montgomery
DESCRIPTION:Author Jesse Montgomery in conversation with CCSF Labor Studies Director James Tracy\nAt: Tenderloin Museum \n(More info coming)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/book-presentation-its-not-enough-to-survive-the-young-patriots-story-by-jesse-montgomery/
LOCATION:Tenderloin Museum\, 398 Eddy Street\, San Francisco\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tenderloin Museum":MAILTO:info@tenderloinmuseum.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T130000
DTSTAMP:20260628T030813Z
CREATED:20260609T132117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260628T030813Z
UID:7294-1784462400-1784466000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Minneapolis 1934 General Strike Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Zoom From Minneapolis Commemoration Committee Live Stream at the site of Bloody Friday: 7th Ave. & 3rd St. No. Minneapolis. MN 55401\nJuly 19th\, 2026\, from 2-3pm CST\, 12 noon PST \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/minneapolis-1934-general-strike-commemoration/
LOCATION:Zoom from Minneapolis
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/719-Minneapolisx600.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T150000
DTSTAMP:20260615T040404Z
CREATED:20260609T134234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260615T040404Z
UID:7306-1784466000-1784473200@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Students Teachers & Parents Speak Out About AI by STOP AI
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nThis event will be repeated on 5:00 PM\n(Info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/students-teachers-parents-speak-out-about-ai-by-stop-ai/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/719-AI-at-schools2x400.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260719T190000
DTSTAMP:20260630T022720Z
CREATED:20260630T022655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T022720Z
UID:7655-1784480400-1784487600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Capitalism\, AI And Slavery
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nPresentation By Professor Jodi Dean\, Author of Captailsm’s Grave\, Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle \nThe use by the capitalists and billionaires of AI is an existential threat to not only all workers in the United States but the world. Jodi Dean has made an important contribution on how the use of AI and tech is actually turning workers into neo feudal serfs in order to gain more profit and plunder by the capitalists from the workers and all public resources.\nShe look at how service workers have become a very powerful force in the potential transformation of our society and why their role in the economy can be critical.\nDean talks about how the total deregulation of the market which is one of the aims of Project 2025. It aimed at transforming the working class into feudal with total control of the corporation and the state under feudal lords.\nShe also looks at how workers can use the internet through blogging and one of the lessons for breaking the information blockade and how the capitalist control and use of the media is another tool for the complete subjugation of the working class.\nHer work raises the question of how the working class can fight back and win in this struggle for survival.\nJodi Dean is a professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in NY.
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/capitalism-ai-and-slavery/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/719-Capitalism-OctopusX600.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192252Z
CREATED:20260609T200727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192252Z
UID:7320-1784566800-1784574000@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:AI\, Camera Torture\, Truckers & The Struggle Of Drivers For Justice
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nTeamsters are in a battle to remove inward facing AI infrared cameras from their truck cabs after they have received tumors and cataracts.\nThis panel will report on their fight to protect their health and safety. \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/ai-camera-torture-truckers-the-struggle-of-drivers-for-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/720-infraredx600.png
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192217Z
CREATED:20260609T221257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192217Z
UID:7325-1784660400-1784667600@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:AI\,  Public Workers & Contracting Out
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nAI 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.\nElon Musk with DOGE also implemented this in the Federal government destroying large numbers of worker jobs and also destroying public services. This panel will look at how this is taking place. \nPanel discussion: \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/ai-public-workers-contracting-out/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/721-AI-Public-worksx600.png
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260618T055633Z
CREATED:20260609T221957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T055633Z
UID:7330-1784739600-1784746800@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:The Communist Party & The Labor Movement
DESCRIPTION:At: Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch – 5366 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA 94618 \nWith: John Holmes\, Harvey Schwartz\, Bob Cherney\, Donna Carter\nLabor Historian John Holmes author of Without a Trace…Pogrom\, Sweatshop\, Gulag: The Jewish Radical Odyssey of Noah and Miril London. He 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. \nReview by CounterPunch:\nA Remarkable Story (May 1\, 2026)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/the-communist-party-the-labor-movement/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library: Rockridge Branch\, 5366 College Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/722-communist-partyx600.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T110000
DTSTAMP:20260614T192144Z
CREATED:20260609T223559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T192144Z
UID:7337-1784800800-1784804400@laborfest.net
SUMMARY:Book Presentation - “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” By Professor Brian Kwoba
DESCRIPTION:Zoom event \nBook Presentation of “Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism” By Professor Brian Kwoba – Associate Professor | Director of African and African American Studies (AAAS) \n(More info coming soon)
URL:https://laborfest.net/2026/event/book-presentation-hubert-harrison-forbidden-genius-of-black-radicalism-by-professor-brian-kwoba/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forum, Reading,Zoom
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laborfest.net/2026/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/723-Hubert-Harrisonx600.jpg
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