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DESCRIPTION:Every July day has Laborfest events, some of which are missing from the red 
 letter listings. This "al fresco" textbook for all of us will teach the 
 importance of a general strike which we need to put an end to the profit 
 motive that is the cause of the budget "crisis" and war.  On July 17, we 
 learn how labor organized in the 1930s Great Depression to a point where we 
 almost had a revolution.\n\nJuly 17, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM  FREE\nNiebyl 
 Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland \nClass Struggle Against the 
 Economic Meltdown: Lessons from History for Fighting Back Today \nEconomic 
 meltdown? Recession? Depression? What are we to do? How will the working 
 class fare? Where will the catalyst for change come from? What lessons can 
 we learn from the past and what are people already doing to fight back and 
 create solidarity where they live and work? \nFeaturing working class 
 historian Gifford Hartman, who will revisit the Great Depression and how 
 the working class self-organized survival strategies such as eviction 
 resistance, relief office occupations, mass strikes and other direct 
 actions for providing for basic needs and community self-defense -- that 
 were taking off well before the New Deal began. He will also survey the 
 history of class struggle since then, as well as exploring possibilities of 
 applying these ideas for resistance today. \nRobert Ovetz will guide a 
 brainstorming session about how we can respond to and survive the brewing 
 storm and build and expand projects from the bottom up that already 
 envision the “future in the present.” \nSee also: 
 \nhttp://www.marxistlibr.org/ \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/14/18607689.php
SUMMARY:Teach-in on Today's Great Depression
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/14/18607689.php
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