SF - Commemorate The 100th Anniversary Of The Bread And Roses Strike In Lawrence MA

1/11/12 SF Event-Commemorate The 100th Anniversary Of The Bread And Roses Strike In Lawrence MA

LaborFest Commemoration Of 1912 Bread And Roses Strike
Commemorate The 100th Anniversary Of The Bread And Roses Strike In Lawrence MA
Music, Poetry, Art
January 11, 2012 7:00 PM
ILWU Local 34
800 2nd St. San Francisco
$10.00 Donation-Bring A Dish And Your Voice-No One Turned Away Due To Lack Of Funds
Donation To Go To Occupy San Francisco

Artists And Poets: Renee Gibbons, Alice Rogoff, The Rocking Solidarity Chorus, Hali Hammer and others


January 12, 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Bread and Roses textile mill workers strike in Lawrence, MA. And just as today’s Occupy Wall Street movement focuses on the 99% and 1%, the truth of 1912 was that 1% of the richest Americans owned 50% of the country’s wealth. Conducting a difficult eight-week struggle during the dead of winter against “Textile Trust” mill owners, banks, state militia, police, clergy and local government, this strike involved thousands of immigrants, nearly half women, fighting for justice and human rights, a watershed moment in the history of American labor struggles. LaborFest will be commemorating this event with a cultural and arts event at ILWU Local 34 at 801 2nd Street, San Francisco, next to AT&T stadium.
http://www.breadandrosescentennial.org/node/77

Sponsored By LaborFest
P.O. Box 40983 San Francisco, CA 94140
(415)642-8066
laborfest [at] laborfest.net
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