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DESCRIPTION:This is a free LIVE Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and 
 participant.  Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to register and 
 to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.\n\nThis year is the 74th 
 anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. \n\nThis presentation will 
 revisit the sites of Oakland’s “Work Holiday” that spontaneously 
 began with rank-and-file solidarity with the striking, mostly women retail 
 clerks at Kahn’s and Hastings department stores, where picket lines were 
 broken by police-escorted scabs. Within 24 hours, it involved over 100,000 
 workers and shut down nearly all commerce in the East Bay for 54 hours. 
 \n\nIn 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 citywide general strike to ever occur in 
 the U.S. This history talk will attempt to keep alive the memory of this 
 tradition of community-wide working class solidarity.\n\nGifford Hartman 
 will lead a Q&A after the presentation.\n\nThis free LIVE Zoom event is 
 Saturday, July 25 at 12pm and is accessible only online.\n\nIn order to 
 view or participate, a Zoom registration is required. Register here for 
 this event: 
 https://laborfest.net/event/oakland-general-strike-walk-1200-noon-free-meet-at-the-fountain-in-latham-square-telegraph-broadway/ 
  After registration, participants will receive a Zoom 
 invitation.\n\nLaborFest is committed to providing unique and relevant 
 labor theme events while practicing proper social distancing to prevent the 
 spread of the virus.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most LaborFest 2020 
 program events will be available online only at https://laborfest.net/.  
 Events will be available through YouTube or Facebook using a web address 
 provided in the program schedule.  Events are subject to change or 
 cancellation due to COVID-19 related issues.  Check our website at 
 https://laborfest.net/ prior to each event.\n\nLaborFest is the premier 
 labor cultural arts and film festival in the United States.  LaborFest 
 recognizes the role of working people in the building of America and making 
 it work even in this time of COVID-19.  The festival is self-funded with 
 contributions from unions and individuals that support and celebrate the 
 contributions of working people.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/20/18835179.php
SUMMARY:LaborFest 2020 presents: The 1946 Oakland General Strike - Presentation by Gifford Hartman
LOCATION:Online
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/20/18835179.php
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