Hosted by Harry Bridges School of Labor In January 1937, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the “strike heard around the world,” challenged General Motors in what would transform the UAW forever. Join us as the Harry Bridges School of Labor again leads our class for Part 2 of a two-week presentation on the Flint Sit-Down Strike. […]
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Hosted by Harry Bridges School of Labor In January 1936, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the “strike heard around the world,” challenged General Motors in what would transform the UAW forever. Join us as the Harry Bridges School of Labor again leads our class for Part 1 of a two-week presentation on the Flint Sit-Down Strike.
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From 1936 to 1939, brave patriots from all over the world joined in the struggle to safeguard the Spanish Republic and democracy against the Hitler-Mussolini backed General Francisco Franco. In the United States, the volunteers, which were sourced and led greatly by the CPUSA but also included anti-fascist fellow travelers, made up the Abraham Lincoln
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Unlike in the US where Christmas is spotlighted, the Soviet Union emphasized the New Year as the big winter holiday. Christmas, Hanukkah, and other religion-based holidays were celebrated but the socialist state focused on New Year’s as it signified the coming of the new. In many Soviet holiday cards, we observe Ded Moroz, or Father
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On December 17, 1951, black communist heroes William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson submitted a petition to the United Nations. This petition put out by the Civil Rights Congress called attention to the over 10,000 lynchings of black Americans (likely much more that went unreported) committed since the abolition of slavery in 1865. Further, the
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Join us as our allied organization Independent Progressive Political Action Clubs of America presents on Vito Marcantonio. As we work to build a Labor-Led Anti-Monopoly coalition, we decided to put the spotlight on a progressive hero during the Popular Front Period and subsequent Post-War Period. This man, Vito Marcantonio, bravely fought against attacks on labor,
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Join the People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies for a post-election analysis of the US Presidential Election. We will discuss reasons why Trump won, what can we expect from a Trump Presidency, and what we can do about it. Join the People’s School at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST.
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November 19th – PCUSA Arts & Culture Commission Presents: Communism and Art in the Soviet Union Communists have long understood that art is an expression of the mode of production of a society. As such, art in the Soviet Union represented its socialist mode of production. Rather than looking from the lens of the individual,
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November 12th – Social Movements in India In the middle of the 18th Century, the British Empire colonized the land that contains India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Towards the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, independence movements sprang up. The British, savvy as it was in dividing and pitting the subject populations against one another
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October 29th – Film in the Battle of Ideas Films and other media may appear to some simply as forms of entertainment. The reality is, however, that film can shape how the public thinks. Films can be used to advance society by pushing pro-peace ideals or it can galvanize the public for the next imperialist
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