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DESCRIPTION:If you missed opening night, you can catch the Eugene Debs movie tonight.  
 You can also commemorate the 40th anniversary the famous 1968 
 student-worker strike at San Francisco State University, closing most of 
 the school for 6 months, for the demands of the Black Student Union that 
 included ethnic studies, and the demands of the professors who joined in 
 the student picket line in solidarity and on labor issues.  1968 is 
 remembered for many milestone events, including but not limited to:\n(1) SF 
 State University strike; (2) assassinations of Martin Luther King and 
 Robert Kennedy, (3) Mexico City massacre of students, (4) Mexico City 
 Olympics where black power salute was seen around the world, (5) French 
 student and worker strikes, (6) many struggles in Czechoslavkia, including 
 the invasion of this country by the Soviet Union, (and (7) last and perhaps 
 most important of all, the Tet Offensive by the liberation forces in 
 Vietnam, the turning point of the struggle that ended with kicking out the 
 mightiest imperialist death machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, 
 namely the USA, on April 30, 1975.  All of the political struggles of 
 1964-1975 were under the umbrella of the peace movement to end the US war 
 against Vietnam.\n\n(1) Eugene Debs & The American Movement \n(43 min) 1977 
 \nBy Cambridge Documentary Films \nThis film tells the story of railroad 
 worker Eugene Debs’ life through his speeches and photographs. He is one 
 of the most important labor leaders in the history of the United States. 
 Jailed for opposing the 1st world war, he fought for workers rights and 
 received over one million votes while running for president from jail. He 
 founded the American Railway union and led the Pullman strike in 1894. He 
 founded the Socialist Party in 1901 and ran four times as its presidential 
 candidate. He won 900,369 votes in 1912, about 6% of the vote. He also 
 organized the Industrial Workers of the World with Mother Jones, Big Bill 
 Haywood and others. \nhttp://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/debs.html# 
 \n\n(2) San Francisco State On Strike (20 min) 1968\nThis film shows the 
 struggle of the students and teachers in the 6 months long strike at San 
 Francisco State University.\nSee also 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511826.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Movies on Eugene Debs & 1968 SF State Strike
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511826.php
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