“San Francisco Reds California Communism and Its Afterlives”

At: San Francisco Labor Archives, 4th Floor of the J. Paul Leonard Library on the San Francisco State University, 1630 Holloway Ave.

“San Francisco Reds – California Communism and Its Afterlives” by Professor Robert W. Cherny In Discussion With Steve Zeltzer of WorkWeek, Pacifica and KPOO 

The latest book by SFSU labor historian and author Robert Cherny is a major contribution on the role of the Communist Party and their members in the Bay Area and California history. Cherny’s work talks about the early growth of the party in California and the role of the trade union and class struggle particularly in the San Francisco 1934 general strike.
The presentation will starts with slid show.

He also writes about the political twists and turns of the Soviet Union’s communist party and how their political changes reflected itself in California members of the Communist Party.

Book review: by Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics

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Also the Labor Archives has an exhibition which attendees can view.

Labor Archives and Research Center Exhibition: Fields of Struggle: Agricultural Laborers in California, 1939-1966

Curated by Digital Archivist Leah Sylva, this exhibit examines the tensions and solidarity between distinct groups of migrant agricultural laborers, with an emphasis on the Bracero Program and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), drawn from the photographs, documents, audio, video, and artifacts of the Henry P. Anderson Papers.

WHERE:  Labor Archives and Research Center, Room 460, 4th floor of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University

Parking: Metered and free parking is available on Holloway Ave.

Public transit: Muni M line or 28, 28R Line from Daly City Bart to the corner of Holloway and 19th Avenue.