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DESCRIPTION:Hooks Down! How Longshore Workers in San Francisco Battled Apartheid in 
 South Africa - A Panel Discussion\nWith Professor Peter Cole; Howard 
 Keylor, ILWU Local 10 retiree and others.\n From its founding in the 1930s 
 until recent times, members of the International Longshore & Warehouse 
 Union (ILWU) have seen their struggles as part of larger ones for social 
 justice.  Strategically positioned workers in marine transport occasionally 
 have expressed solidarity and support for social movements in the Bay Area, 
 the United States, and even other nations by stopping work.  As early as 
 1962, members of the SF Bay Area branch of the ILWU, Local 10, have been at 
 the forefront of anti-apartheid activism locally and nationally, by 
 refusing to unload cargo from South Africa.  Through the 1970s and early 
 1980s, activists in Local 10 continued to use their power on behalf of the 
 global struggle against apartheid and imperialism across southern Africa.  
 In 1984, days after Ronald Reagan’s re-election, rank-and-file activists 
 in Local 10 pulled off the longest “strike” of its kind by refusing to 
 unload South Africa cargo for ten days.  In 1990, when Nelson Mandela 
 visited the Bay Area, he expressly thanked the ILWU for its commitment to 
 the cause of freedom.  While activists in the ILWU continue to take such 
 principled stands on occasion, so do militant dock workers in Durban, South 
 Africa use their labor power on behalf of fellow workers.  This impressive, 
 if largely unknown, tradition of longshore activism and commitment to 
 social justice continues.\n Sponsored by ILWU Local 10 Education Committee, 
 Shaping SF and LaborFest.\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/34fnp6ps9780252031861.html\nhttp://www.wiu.edu/cas/history/cole.php\nhttp://www.wiu.edu/cas/history/ColeCV.pdf\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/22/18716007.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Hooks Down! SF Longshore v Apartheid South Africa
LOCATION:ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room - 400 Northpoint at Mason, San Francisco. 
 F Train. Buses:  8X, 30, 39, 47\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/22/18716007.php
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