When Workers Fight Back: Sit-Downs, Strikes, & Occupations 2 5 12
When Workers Fight Back: Sit-Downs, Strikes, & Occupations
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- Date: Sunday, February 5, 2012
- Time: 2:00pm until 3:30pm
- Location: Southeast Uplift 3534 SE Main Street, Portland, OR 97214
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Purpose
- The year 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of the great sit-down strike wave of 1937.
It also begins the second year of the Occupy movement, which has more than a few similarities to the time when hundreds of thousands of Americans occupied their workplaces.
The Occupy movement has engaged workers around the world in activity against the ruling classes and corporations that exploit us.
Join us for a discussion of the militant tactics of 1937, the role of revolutionary socialists in the struggle, and the applications to our movement, from Longview to Nigeria today.
- Readings
http://socialistworker.org/2011/10/18/when-workers-occupied
http://socialistworker.org/blog/critical-reading/2012/01/03/75th-anniversary-1937-sit-down
Other details
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization http://www.portlandsocialists.org
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