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[Laborfest SF] The Lessons of May Day 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:04:57 +0400

Start: Jul 24 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 24 2008 - 7:00pm

With video screening of May Day 2008 action

No Peace, No Work, ILWU Shuts Down West Coast Ports To Protest War (20 min) 2008 by Labor Video Project

The ILWU has a long tradition of independent labor action and solidarity and this past May was no exception. For the first time since the 1940â€™s, workers went out on May Day, which is the traditional day for workers around the world. They also took this action to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This educational meeting will examine how and why this took place. It will also screen the video No Peace, No Work, ILWU Shuts Down West Coast Ports To Protest War. Following the presentations and video there will be discussion.

Organized and presented by the ILWU Local 10 Education Committee.

For more information and events visit - www.laborfest.net

[Laborfest SF] Oakland General Strike Walk

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:08:43 +0400

Start: Jul 26 2008 - 10:00am

End: Jul 26 2008 - 10:00am

With Karin Hart of the Labor Studies Program at Laney College and Gifford Hartman of the Flying Picket Historical Society. This walk will revisit the sites of Oakland's "Work Holiday" that began spontaneously with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking - mostly women - retail clerks at Kahn's and Hastings department store whose picket line was being broken by police scabherding. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 54 hours. In 1946 there were 6 general strikes across the U. S. That year set the all-time record year for strikes and work stoppages. The Oakland "Work Holiday" was the last general strike to ever occur in the U.S. and the walk and history talk will attempt to keep alive the memory of this tradition of community-wide working class solidarity. There will be a reception after the walk at the Niebyl-Proctor Library at 6501 Telegraph Ave. (at Alcatraz), in Oakland.

Sponsored by Laney College Labor Studies (510-464-3210) and the Flying Picket Historical Society (415-751-1572).

[Laborfest SF] Workers' Power In The Present [IWW organized and hosted event!]

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:15:44 +0400

Start: Jul 26 2008 - 2:00pm

End: Jul 26 2008 - 2:00pm

A Presentation Workers' power is our ability to change reality. From post-war West Coast longshoremen, who dictated, daily, the conditions of work, to revolutionary explosions, like in France in 1968 or Hungary in 1956, aimed at seizing the reins of society, workers have always fought for control over their lives. We do it everyday. We do it because there is no alternative.

In this interactive presentation, led by members of the Bay Area Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World, we will investigate the path of workers' collective action.

For more information and events visit - www.laborfest.net

[Laborfest SF] Folk This! tribute concert honoring the late Utah Phillips

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:20:48 +0400

Start: Jul 27 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 27 2008 - 10:00pm

Folk This! And Friends

By Folk This!

Join Folk This! and friends at a tribute concert honoring the late Utah Phillips, singer, songwriter, storyteller, anarchist, railroad tramp, defender of the homeless and working people everywhere.

"I thought I knew all the revolutionary songs there were, but these folks just taught me five new ones." --Utah Phillips on Folk This!

$10 - For more information and events visit - www.laborfest.net

[Laborfest SF] Wobblies on the Waterfront

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:16:36 +0400

Start: Jul 29 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Jul 29 2008 - 9:00pm

Peter Cole, author of Wobblies on the Waterfront, will be speaking at Modern Times Bookstor, 888 Valencia Street, San Francisco

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The rise and fall of America’s first truly diverse labor union

For almost a decade during the 1910s and 1920s, the Philadelphia waterfront was home to the most durable interracial, multiethnic union seen in the United States prior to the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) era. In a period when most unions, like many institutions, excluded blacks or segregated them, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was ideologically committed to racial equality. More than any other IWW affiliate, however, Local 8 worked to become a progressive, interracial union. For much of its time, the union majority was black, always with a cadre of black leaders, which included Ben Fletcher. Local 8 also claimed immigrants from Eastern Europe, as well as many Irish Americans, who had a notorious reputation for racism.

Tribute to Utah Phillips [Bay Area IWW]

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:14:55 +0400

Start: Aug 1 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Aug 1 2008 - 11:00pm

The IWW, KPFA, Earth First!, KPFA and the Berkeley Unitarians invite you to come celebrate the life, songs, and stories of this beloved American troubadour, hobo, wobbly organizer, rabble rouser, and tireless crusader for peace, environmental justice, and the rights of working people everywhere.

Join Rebecca Riots, the Labor Chorus, Hali Hammer, Darryl Cherney, Carol Denney and others for a rousing evening of music and memories of the unforgettable Utah Phillips, who left us on May 23. Proceeds will benefit the Hospitality House homeless shelter in Utah's hometown of Nevada City.

Videos of Utah will be shown during the program.

Doors open at 8 p.m.

$10 donation requested

For more information: 510-548-3113

IWW Twin Cities GMB meeting

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:10:31 +0400

Start: Aug 5 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Aug 5 2008 - 9:00pm

The monthly meeting of the Twin Cities General Membership Branch of the IWW will be held at a new location: IWW Twin Cities GMB meeting August 5th 2008 7:00pm sharp Mayday Books 301 Cedar Ave (downstairs) Minneapolis MN

Bay Area GMB Meeting

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:35:25 +0400

Start: Aug 7 2008 - 7:00pm

End: Aug 7 2008 - 9:00pm

The Monthly Business Meeting. All are welcome.

For more information email bayarea@iww.org

Location:

Grassroots House

2022 Blake Street

Berkeley