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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 18, we 
 commemorate the 65th anniversary of a major event that especially affected 
 the African-American community:  The Port Chicago Explosion.\n\nJuly 18, 
 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Free) (Reservation required, see below)\nPort Chicago, 
 CA (near Concord) \nOn July 17, 1944, a massive explosion shook the naval 
 weapons station at Port Chicago, near Concord, California. Three hundred 
 and twenty (320) mostly Black sailors and civilian workers were killed and 
 390 were injured. As a result of the lack of proper health and safety 
 rules, and overt racism against the Black sailors who were used as labor to 
 move the weapons on the ships, a mutiny strike took place to demand health 
 and safety regulations on the job. Fifty of these Black sailors were 
 convicted of mutiny and sentenced to long terms in prison. They became 
 known as the Port Chicago 50 and this case of mutiny exposed the racism and 
 lack of training and health and safety protection for sailors and workers 
 at Port Chicago. Professor Robert Allen, Ph.D, who has written about this 
 incident and produced a film will also attend this memorial meeting. \nSee: 
 \nThe Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest Mass Mutiny Trial in 
 U.S. Naval History, (1989, republished 2006 by Heyday Books). \n\nTo attend 
 this free event, please RSVP with your name, phone number, the number of 
 people in your party, and any special needs to: (925) 228-8860 x26. Please 
 go to the following web sites for more info: \nhttp://www.nps.gov/poch/ 
 \nhttp://www.usmm.org/portchicago.html 
 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Allen 
 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Port_Chicago_50 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/14/18607690.php
SUMMARY:65th Anniversary of the Port Chicago Explosion
LOCATION:Port Chicago, CA (near Concord) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/14/18607690.php
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