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Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Wilson Park , 29th and State St., Granite City, IL
Come celebrate the boldest moment in workers' history in the Greater St. Louis area, The General Strike of 1877, when everyday people ran our cities and workplaces on their own!
For more information on the General Strike of 1877, see Wikipedia: , or this excerpt from Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States: .
Nationally known speakers, Jeremy Brecher (author of Strike!) and Rosemary Feurer (NIU Professor and author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest 1900-1950), will be speaking at this commemoration, as well as musical performances by the world famous, David Rovics and local musician, Wayne Schell.
Light refreshments will also be provided.
Jeremy Brecher: http://www.southendpress.org/authors/70
Rosemary Feurer: http://www3.niu.edu/history/facultyp.html#FEURER
David Rovics: http://www.davidrovics.com/
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