co-sponsored by the Platypus Affiliated Society

lecture:

Immigration rights and the labor movement
Information session for organizers of the May 1, 2008 International Workers' Day demonstration in Chicago

with Tania Unzueta May 1st Youth,
Jorge Mujica Movimiento 10 de Marzo, and
Shaun Harkin International Socialist Organization
 
— lecture —
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 5:30PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave. screening room 1307
[PDF poster]   [MP3 audio recording]

co-sponsored by the Platypus affiliated society

film screening discussion:

Brother Outsider
The Bayard Rustin Story (2003)

with John D'Emilio
author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
 
— screening —
Monday, April 21, 2008, 7PM
University of Chicago
Stuart Hall, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave. room 105
[PDF poster]

recommended background reading:

·  Bayard Rustin, "The Failure of Black Separatism" (1970)

Rustin, "From Protest to Politics: the future of the civil rights movement" (1965)

co-sponsored by the Platypus affiliated society

film screening discussion:

Finally Got the News
the Detroit League of Revolutionary Black Workers / Revolutionary Union Movement (1970)
 
— screening —
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 4:30PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave. screening room 1307
[PDF poster]
 
— screening —
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 7PM
University of Chicago
Stuart Hall, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave. room 101
[PDF poster]

recommended background reading:

·  Spartacist League, "Soul Power or Workers Power: The Rise and Fall of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers" (1974)

co-sponsored by the Platypus affiliated society, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago SDS

film screening discussion:

Columbia Revolt 1968
produced by Newsreel
[part 1] [part 2]
 
— screening —
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 6:30PM
DePaul University
Steans Center 2233 N. Kenmore Ave. lower level room 107
[PDF poster]
 
— screening —
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 4:30PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave. screening room 1307
[PDF poster]
 
— screening —
Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7PM
University of Chicago
Harper Memorial Library, 1116 E. 59th St. room 103
[PDF poster]