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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 25 at 
 10:30 a.m. in Oakland, the Labor Studies Program at Laney College and the 
 Flying Picket Historical Society lead a free tour of the sites of the 1946 
 Oakland General Strike. \n\nJuly 25 (Saturday) 10:30 AM (Free) \nMeet at 
 the fountain in Latham Square at Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland, the 
 intersection where Telegraph and Broadway converge across from the Rotunda 
 Building (Oakland City Center/12th St. BART). \n\nOakland 1946 General 
 Strike Walk \nWith 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 
 female­ retail clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department store whose 
 picket line was being broken by police scab herding. 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 six 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. This is a free 
 event. \nSponsored by Laney College Labor Studies and the Flying Picket 
 Historical Society. \nSee also: \nhttp://www.FlyingPicket.org 
 \nhttp://laney.peralta.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=30153 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608758.php
SUMMARY:1946 Oakland General Strike Walk
LOCATION:Meet at the fountain in Latham Square at Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland, 
 the intersection where Telegraph and Broadway converge across from the 
 Rotunda Building (Oakland City Center/12th St. BART). 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608758.php
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