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LaborFest 2008
July 5 - July 31
LaborFest was established in 1994 to institutionalize the history and culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film and arts festival. It begins every July 5th, which is the anniversary of the 1934 “Bloody Thursday” event. On that day, two maritime workers Howard Sperry, member of the ILA and George Coundourakis of the Marine Cooks and Stewards were killed by the police attack on strikers and their supporters. This touched off a general strike and led to the complete shutdown of the city. This was one of the most important general strikes in the history of the United States and led to hundreds of thousands of workers joining the trade union movement.
(This year's cover picture was painted by James Grosso, The Shape-Up (c. 1955)Reviews on LaborFest 2008
Examiner-I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night...
By Tony Long
SF Weekly - Joe Hill Don't Live Here Anymore
By Hiya Swanhuyser
LaborFest Coit Tower WPA Mural Presentation-7/7/08
By charles SlayReviews on LaborFest 2007
*San Francisco Chronicle's review - By Reyhan HarmanciThursday, July 5, 2007
*San Francisco Chronicle's review - By Chris Colin - Monday, July 16, 2007
*SF Chronicle's 96 Hours on Golden Gulag (7/26) by Reyhan Harmanci July 26, 2007
*SF Chronicle's notice on Oakland General Strike walk (7/28)
*Monthly Review-LaborFest 2007: A Moveable Feast by Richard D. Vogel
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Edinburgh People's Festival
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Festival Latinoamericano de la Clase Obrera
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Chicago Labor Arts FestivalCanadian Association Of Labor Media
Reel Work May Day Film Festival
Labor News Production
KoreaChicago Labor & Arts Festival Blog
Harry Bridges Center For Labor Studies
Video Press
JapanWorkers World Radio Production
S. AfricaWorking TV
British ColumbiaAgora TV
ArgentinaMayworks Festival
Winnipeg, MBMayworks Festival
Toronto, CandadaMayWorks Saskatoon, Canada
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Montréal CanadaThe Working Theater
New YorkSEIU 1199 Cultural Project
New YorkChicago Labor and Arts Festival
Seattle General Strike Project