Labor and Equity
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Putting the “Public” in Public Health: Global Organizing in a Time of Pandemic
Putting the “Public” in Public Health: Global Organizing in a Time of Pandemic
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the third conversation in our series, “Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” When the topic of health comes up, most Americans think of their personal health and how they are going to pay their health care bills. Often taken for granted is the public dimension: a […]
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Labor Day Ain’t No Picnic
Labor Day Ain’t No Picnic
Labor Day Ain't No PicnicAn event about Amazon, workers' rights, and our communityMade possible in part with support from Cummins and Cummins A century ago, farmer, labor, and community activists used an octopus to depict the ways they saw capitalist greed grasping control over work, business, community, and political life. Today, it is hard to imagine […]
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The Crisis of the Postal Service: What’s Behind It? What’s at Stake? What Can We Do?
The Crisis of the Postal Service: What’s Behind It? What’s at Stake? What Can We Do?
Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 7pm This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Carolyn Sue Olson, Letter Carrier, from her series, “Essential Workers” In the last month, funding, staffing, and operating of the U.S. Postal Service has become a central political issue. Is President Trump seeking to undermine the U.S.P.S. to sabotage […]
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Reparations Reading Group: The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Birth of Industrial Unionism
Reparations Reading Group: The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Birth of Industrial Unionism
How Did These Historic Developments Impact Black Americans? And How Did Black Americans Impact these Historic Developments? Register here for a link to the Zoom conversation. The current economic crisis and movement against institutionalized racism provide a great vantage point from which to consider the 1930s and engage in a conversation between the past and […]
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Virtual Screening and Discussion of “Up South”
Virtual Screening and Discussion of “Up South”
This virtual event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel This is the next in ESFL's monthly series of labor history films. It is important that we understand "labor history" to include the histories of working people, not just the histories of unions. How was the American working class made and unmade, in era […]
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Labor History Reading Group—African American Dining Car Waiters: An Overlooked Chapter in an Overlooked History
Labor History Reading Group—African American Dining Car Waiters: An Overlooked Chapter in an Overlooked History
Register here for an invitation to the Zoom meeting. The stories of American workers' lives are much too little known. Similarly, the stories of African Americans' lives are too rarely told. What happens when we investigate the intersection of these two narratives? Such a journey can yield significant insight into the making and remaking of […]
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Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future: The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next conversation with Tom O’Connell, “Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” Tom will talk with Nation Magazine’s John Nichols to discuss his new book The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Antifascist Antiracist Politics Monday, September […]
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History Revealed: Suffrage at 100
History Revealed: Suffrage at 100
Suffrage at 100: Women in American Politics since 1920 a conversation with authors/editors Stacie Taranto & Leandra Zarnow Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7:00 pm Live presentation on Zoom Register for this meeting here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The presentation will be recorded and put on […]
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