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DESCRIPTION:Peter Cole will discuss his new book, Dockworker Power: Race and Activism 
 in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area. He will focus on the history of 
 anti-apartheid in the Bay Area as an example of transnational solidarity. A 
 description of the book follows.\n\nDockworkers have power. Often missed in 
 commentary on today's globalizing economy, workers in the world’s ports 
 can harness their role, at a strategic choke point, to promote their labor 
 rights and social justice causes. Peter Cole brings such overlooked 
 experiences to light in an eye-opening comparative study of Durban, South 
 Africa, and the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Pathbreaking research 
 reveals how unions effected lasting change in some of the most far-reaching 
 struggles of modern times. First, dockworkers in each city drew on 
 longstanding radical traditions to promote racial equality. Second, they 
 persevered when a new technology--container ships--sent a shockwave of 
 layoffs through the industry. Finally, their commitment to black 
 internationalism and leftist politics sparked transnational work stoppages 
 to protest apartheid and authoritarianism. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/02/18828549.php
SUMMARY:SF: Industrial Organizing Against the Apartheid State
LOCATION:SOMA. SF\nRSVP at link below to get exact address\n 
 https://tinyurl.com/ydln9emf
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/02/18828549.php
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