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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 21 at 7 
 p.m., Harvey Schwartz presents a free reading of his book of oral histories 
 of the members of the ILWU in an outstanding effort to preserve our 
 workingclass history.\n\nJuly 21 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM (Free) Modern Times 
 Bookstore, 888 Valencia St., San Francisco (near 16th St and 24th St BART) 
 \n\nSolidarity Stories, An Oral History of The ILWU \nA book reading by 
 Harvey Schwartz. \nSchwartz is one of the most important labor oral 
 historians in the country and has published a new book on the 75th 
 anniversary of the San Francisco General Strike, Solidarity Stories, An 
 Oral History of the ILWU. Harvey has spent decades documenting the stories 
 and lives of workers in the ILWU and other unions in Northern California. 
 This book looks at the ILWU from the words of its rank and file members. 
 The ILWU is one of the most democratic unions in the country and the 
 foundation of this union is how through rank and file control this union 
 survived and organized. The struggles and experiences of the membership are 
 brought to life by this important work. His work on oral interviews of 
 workers also has important meaning to the entire labor movement about the 
 need to document the lives of working people and their victories and 
 defeats. Harvey has also worked on histories of Carpenters Local 22 and 
 other unions and the need to have histories of every union local has been 
 taken forward by his continuing labor to tell our history. \nSee also: 
 \nhttp://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/SCHSOL.html 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/16/18608312.php
SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories, An Oral History of The ILWU
LOCATION: Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia St., San Francisco (near 16th St and 
 24th St BART) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/16/18608312.php
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