[Peace] Mon. 6/20 Public Forum: The 1930s--From Unemployed Councils to Sit-Down Strikes

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PUBLIC FORUM--The 1930s: From Unemployed Councils to Sit-Down Strikes 
Mon. June 20, 6 PM
University of Illinois
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, R. 131
501 E. Daniel (between 5th and 6th St., enter from the east entrance, by the parking lot)

A decade that began in the throes of the Great Depression led to the greatest upsurge of the labor movement in U.S. history, the formation of mass industrial unions, and the birth of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Between 1936 and 1937 alone, more than two million workers had been on strike. Today, working people face continual attacks on their unions and unemployment rates hover around ten percent. As U.S. labor awakens from its decades-long slumber with a prolonged fight against budget cuts and the erosion of collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin and other states, what can we learn from the struggles of the 1930s? Come hear Leighton Christiansen, an activist with the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO), unearth our hidden history of radicalism, and discuss what it means for those fighting for a better world today.

Leighton first presented on this topic last summer at the Socialism 2010 in Chicago. He will also be speaking at the Socialism 2011 conference, along with dozens of other speakers on current events, radical history and political theory who will be discussing and debating the ideas we need right now to change the world. To register for the Socialism 2011 conference, visit www.socialismconference.org, and email iso.champaign at gmail.com to get in touch with activists in C-U who will be traveling to the conference.

Sponsored by the C-U International Socialist Organization. For more info, call 415-713-6260 or email iso.champaign at gmail.com
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You’re invited...SOCIALISM 2011: REVOLUTION IN THE AIRRevolutionary politics, debate and entertainmentJULY 1-4 | CHICAGOhttp://www.socialismconference.orgEverywhere we look in the world there are revolutions and struggles that are challenging dictatorship, economic inequality, and oppression.From Cairo to Madison, these struggles show us that "another world is possible." But they also raise questions about what ideas, strategies, and tactics are necessary to carry the struggle forward.Socialism 2011 will provide an opportunity for new and veteran activists to discuss what these events mean for our world, and for our own movements today.Last year, more than 1,500 people turned out to Socialism 2010 in Oakland and Chicago.Don’t miss the chance to meet with hundreds of others like you who want to build an alternative to a system of greed, racism, war and oppression.Featured speakers: Ali Abunimah * Anthony Arnove • Omar Barghouti • John Carlos • Todd Chretien • Mark Clements • Eric Cobb • Nicole Colson • Dana Cloud • Paul D'Amato • Steve Early • Egyptian Activists • Sam Farber • Joel Geier • Rayyan Ghumma • Anand Gopal • Glenn Greenwald • Arun Gupta • Sarah Knopp • Dan Lane • Paul LeBlanc • Alan Maass • Marlene Martin • Scott McLemee • Immanuel Ness • Khury Petersen-Smith • Mostafa Omar • Helen Redmond •Jennifer Roesch • Elizabeth Schulte • Helen Scott• Liliana Segura • Ahmed Shawki • Sharon Smith • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Jeffery Webber •Lee Wengraf • Sherry Wolf • Elizabeth Wrigley-Field • Dave ZirinChoose from more than 100 meetings, including: Egypt: The revolution continues •Wisconsin: The end of the one-sided class war • Teachers vs. billionaires: The fight for real education reform • Nuclear madness: Why nuclear power is not a “clean” option • Sitdown! The rise of the CIO • The Mexican Revolution of 1910 • Imperialism and revolution in Libya • The fight for transgender rights • Class and class struggle in Africa • Racism and inequality today: The state of Black America • Malcolm X: A life of reinvention • Abortion without apology: The case for a new movement • Out on the street: The housing crisis and the movement against foreclosures • From the Moral Majority to the Tea Party: Understanding the right in the U.S. • Crime, cops and capitalism • Crisis and class struggle in the age of austerity • The fight for immigrant rights after Arizona • Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The global struggle for Palestinian rights • Portugal 1974-75And many, many more:http://www.socialismconference.org/talksWhat they say about past Socialism Conferences...The young people at the conference took me back in time to when you were ready to stand for what was right. It lets you know that what you may have planted years ago will come to reality today. I feel great to have become a part of it.—Dr. John Carlos, 1968 Olympic bronze medalist who raised the Black Power salute.Socialism conferences are exciting gathering places for students and young activists, for revolutionary scholars and fighters for social justice, to share ideas and experiences that can help us understand and change the world. I've been to a couple—it's not enough. I'm coming again.—Paul LeBlanc, socialist and authorVisit the Socialism 2011 website for updateshttp://www.socialismconference.org/Register today onlinehttp://www.socialismconference.org/registerSponsored by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change, publisher of the International Socialist Review and Haymarket Books, and co-sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, publisher of SocialistWorker.org ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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