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Laborfest: Plan for next Oklahoma LaborFest
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Date:
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Time:
7:30 PM
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9:30 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
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Green Arcade Bookstore - 1680 Market St., San Francisco. Van Ness Muni Metro, Civic Center BART/Muni Metro. All buses and trains on Market Street to Gough.
Report on The First Oklahoma LaborFest, 2010, and Plans for The Next One
With two of the organizers, Rachel Jackson and Jim Bligh
Rachel Jackson is founder of Red Flag Press and editor of “The Oklahoma Revelator - A People’s Almanac and Cultural Occasional.” She’s a doctoral student in English at the University of Oklahoma researching radical rhetoric in Oklahoma history particularly at the intersections of race and labor. She is a member of the Oklahoma LaborFest Planning Committee and Director and Producer of Oklahoma Speaks!, the grand finale of the Oklahoma LaborFest.
Jim Bligh is a Jet Engine Mechanic and Steward for American Federation of Government Employees, Local 916, Tinker AFB - Oklahoma’s largest single-site employer. He is Delegate to the Central Oklahoma Labor Federation. Jim is an Oklahoma LaborFest Planning Committee Member.
http://www.oklahomarevelator.com/laborfest
See also
http://www.laborfest.net/2011/2011schedule.htm
http://www.thegreenarcade.com/
With two of the organizers, Rachel Jackson and Jim Bligh
Rachel Jackson is founder of Red Flag Press and editor of “The Oklahoma Revelator - A People’s Almanac and Cultural Occasional.” She’s a doctoral student in English at the University of Oklahoma researching radical rhetoric in Oklahoma history particularly at the intersections of race and labor. She is a member of the Oklahoma LaborFest Planning Committee and Director and Producer of Oklahoma Speaks!, the grand finale of the Oklahoma LaborFest.
Jim Bligh is a Jet Engine Mechanic and Steward for American Federation of Government Employees, Local 916, Tinker AFB - Oklahoma’s largest single-site employer. He is Delegate to the Central Oklahoma Labor Federation. Jim is an Oklahoma LaborFest Planning Committee Member.
http://www.oklahomarevelator.com/laborfest
See also
http://www.laborfest.net/2011/2011schedule.htm
http://www.thegreenarcade.com/
For more information:
http://www.laborfest.net/2011/2011schedule...
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jun 20, 2011 6:24AM
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From a genuinely left perspective, there's a certain contradiction between being a labor activist and working for an imperialist military base. I wonder how Jim Bligh handles that contradiction, presuming he recognizes it.
For more information:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22by+aaron...
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