The Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935-36 drew the condemnation of pan-africanists and leftists throughout the United States and the world. A public forum on August 8 will examine the lessons of the 1930s for today's struggles.
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Public Advisory
Event: Public Meeting on Lessons From the New Deal of the 1930s
Date: Saturday, August 8, 5:00-7:00pm
Location: 5920 Second Avenue at Antoinette, WSU Campus Area
Sponsors: Workers World Party and the Harriet Tubman School
Speakers Include:
Bryan Pfeifer, Union of Part-time Faculty Staff Organizer, Contributing Editor for Workers World Newspaper, will speak on the New Deal and the Labor Struggles of the 1930s
Abayomi Azikiwe, Pan-African News Wire Editor and Contributing Editor for Workers World Newspaper, will speak on the African-American struggle during the Great Depression (1929-1941)
Come out to this public meeting and hear about the central role of the working class and oppressed with special emphasis on the role of the African American people during this exciting and critical period of U.S. and world history.
The numerous and mighty battles waged by millions of working class and oppressed people against the bosses and bankers during this period won social security, unemployment compensation, welfare entitlements, labor rights and much more.
What lessons does this hold for us today? Why, like our forebears, must we fight in the streets? Why was and is the role of socialists, communists and other revolutionaries so important to challenge the capitalist bosses and bankers?
How can the "New Deal" period help us fight for what's needed today: a moratorium to stop foreclosures, evictions, utility shutoffs, plant closings and layoffs?
What about the instrumental role of culture in the 1930s and today? Come out to hear answers to these questions.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, August 8, 2009, 5:00pm
5920 Second Avenue, Detroit
http://www.workers.org
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