Lecture/discussion
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" provides an overview of the rise and fall of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), complete with archival footage, loads of interviews, Wobbly art […]
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 Monday, November 30, 2020, 7pm This event will premiere on ESFL’s Facebook page and YouTube channel Join host Tom O’Connell as he interviews environmental attorney, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Labor History Film Discussion: Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to our monthly Labor History Film Discussion: Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire. Register here to join this event on Zoom. For the past five […]
Sports, Activism, and Equity: A conversation with Dave Zirin and Mi’Chael Wright
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesJoin us for a special online event about the intersection of sports, activism, and equity with special guests Dave Zirin and Mi'Chael Wright. This event is a fundraiser for the […]
Mai Der Vang for “Yellow Rain” with Kao Kalia Yang
This event will be streamed for free via Crowdcast. Register here to attend! SubText Books and East Side Freedom Library are pleased to present a virtual event to celebrate the […]
Black Rain: A Forty-Year Struggle Helps Connect the Dots from Trinity to Hiroshima to Fukushima and Points Between
Register here to join this event on Zoom. This event will also be live streamed to ESFL's Facebook page and available for later viewing on our YouTube channel. On July […]
Reparations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come with Dr. Yohuru Williams
The East Side Freedom Library and the St. Paul Recovery Act Reading Group invite you to a special conversation with Dr. Yohuru Williams, Professor of History and Founding Chair of […]