Lecture/discussion
Artist Talk Series: Chitra Vairavan In Conversation with Gabrielle Civil
MN, United StatesArtist Talk Series: Consent, Awakening, and Reclamation Conversations between Artists of Color and Indigenous Artists Gabrielle Civil joins Chitra Vairavan in conversation this month, to discuss liberatory performance […]
Virtual Event: Shannon Watts for “Fight Like a Mother”
Join SubText Books and East Side Freedom Library for a virtual event with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, on Friday, May 29th at 7:00pm. Watts will read and discuss her book, Fight Like a Mother. ***This is a ticketed event. Each ticket is $10, and a portion of ticket sales will be donated […]
Afro-Asian Enchantment
Join a conversation between Emma Sapong, an award-winning Liberian American journalist and writer, and Yuichiro Onishi. The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) is collaborating with the East Side Freedom Library (ESFL). This conversation will be posted on ESFL’s Facebook page on June 9, 2020 at 7:00pm. It will be archived on the ESFL […]
“Learning from the Past, Fighting for the Future” Tom O’Connell in Conversation with Ricardo Levins-Morales
How have crises created opportunities for progressive social change? What kinds of opportunities are being created by the crises we are experiencing now? What work is being done, on the ground, to develop transformative solutions to deep-seated economic, social, and political problems? Join Tom O’Connell, former Metro State University professor and KFAI radio talk-show host, […]
The Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement: An Introduction
This event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel on July 1st, 2020 at 7pm Most Americans are unaware or uninformed about the persistent public dissent of Hong Kong protesters over the past year. Much is at stake, for the residents of Hong Kong, their neighbors in Taiwan and China, and, ultimately, for […]
Virtual Screening and Discussion: Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
Join us to watch and discuss the film "Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl: Immigrant Women in the Turn of the Century" This virtual event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel Immigration is a hot topic today. What can we learn from studying the experiences of immigrants a century ago? What challenges […]
Confederate Monuments, The Knights of Labor, and Working Class History
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation with ESFL Co-Executive Director, Peter Rachleff, and SF Labor Video Project Director, Steve Zeltzer This virtual event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel We are living in an era of unprecedented challenging of historical monuments, statues, and paintings. Much can be learned when […]
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 […]
Loving Deeply: A Conversation on Afro-Asian Aesthetic Authority
the second in our series exploring Afro-Asian solidarity Sunday, September 13, 2020, 7pm This event will premiere on ESFL's Facebook page & YouTube channel Alessandra Williams and Yuichiro Onishi explore the world of Ananya Dance Theatre. Williams shares the rich details of the techniques of Ananya Dance Theatre’s specific dance form called Yorchhā, especially how […]
History Revealed: Closing Time 2020
Bill Lindeke & Andy Sturdevant, Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities Live presentation on Zoom Register in advance for this meeting here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The presentation will be recorded. An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, […]
Book Launch: Social Poetics
with author Mark Nowak in conversation with ESFL’s Peter Rachleff and Holly Krig & Jason Evans This event will be live streamed to our Facebook page and later uploaded to our YouTube channel Mark Nowak grew up in a working-class family in Buffalo, New York. His mother was a clerical worker and his father became […]
Conversation with Dr. Rashid Khalidi, historian and author of ‘The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine’
Join Middle East Peace Now and the East Side Freedom Library for an online conversation with Dr. Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University, discussing his new book and current events in an interview with Peter Rachleff, Professor Emeritus in the Macalester College History Department and co-executive director/co-founder of the East Side Freedom Library. Dr. Khalidi will […]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: Play Reading and Discussion (featuring Wendy Knox and Maria Asp)
The East Side Freedom Library, Frank Theatre, and the On Stage Project invite you to The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: Play Reading and Discussion (featuring Wendy Knox and Maria Asp) Monday, October 19, 2020, 7 - 8pm UPDATE: This event will be live on Zoom (click here to join). It will be recorded and […]
Labor History Film Screening & Discussion: The Wobblies
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly labor history film screening and discussion. Friday, November 13, 2020, 7pm On ESFL's Facebook page and YouTube channel "The Wobblies" […]
Learning From the Past, Fighting for the Future: A Conversation Between Tom O’Connell and Barbara Freese
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to the next conversation in our series “Learning From the Past, Fighting for the Future” A Conversation Between Tom O’Connell and Barbara Freese […]
Passages of Rebellion
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a discussion of a new novel Passages of Rebellion with author Fran Shor and discussants Bill Tilton, Charlotte Colantti, and Sidney Carlson White Register here to receive the Zoom link You can also watch the discussion live streamed on the ESFL Facebook page and later […]
The Freedom Struggle is a Labor Struggle
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to join us in commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,. Day by discussing The Freedom Struggle is a Labor Struggle. Register here for this event to receive the Zoom link. The events of the last year have pushed us to consider the intersections between race, class, gender, nationality, […]
Online Screening + Discussion of “Do The Right Thing” with Trilingua Cinema
Join Trilingua Cinema for a free online screening and discussion of Do The Right Thing. Free Registration: http://bit.ly/right-thing About: Perhaps no other film speaks more directly to our current cultural moment than Spike Lee's seminal work, released more than 30 years ago. Exploring the lives and communities that comprise the diverse, vibrant neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, […]
Labor History Film Discussion—Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever
Register to attend this event on Zoom. Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever continues filmmaker Scott Noble’s project to comprehensively examine American history through the lens of class. This film covers the […]
Labor History Film Discussion—Plutocracy III: Class War
Register here to join this event on Zoom. In the last month, awareness of the Tulsa race massacre and Juneteenth have made us more conscious that there is much of American history that we were never taught. In this full-length film, the third in Scott Noble's five film series, stories of the early struggles of […]