September 17-25, 2008: A Symposium and Week of Events on the Long ‘68
If you’re in the area, we encourage you to check out of some of the fabulous events sponsored by the 1968: The Great Rehearsal conference. The schedule is below and you can find more information on the
1968: The Great Rehearsal website.
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Wed 17th:
American Indian Movement to the World Indigenous Movement, 1968-Present
@ Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland
6PM – 10PM
40th Anniversary: San Francisco State Strike 1968-69
@ CounterPULSE, San Francisco
7:30PM
Thurs 18th:
Archives of Dissent
@ Free Speech Café, Berkeley
6PM – 9PM
Robert Hillary King
@ The Green Arcade, San Francisco
7PM
Fri 19th:
National Teach-In on the Iraq War
@ University of California, Berkeley
9AM – 6:30PM
1968: A Discussion On The Lessons and Vibrant Legacy Of The Year That Shook The World
@ Julia Morgan Center For The Arts, Berkeley
7PM
Sat 20th:
The Great Rehearsal? The World Revolution of ‘68
@ University of San Francisco
8:30AM – 7:30PM
Sun 21st:
“Wobblies and Zapatistas” Book Launch
@ City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco
5PM
Cinema and the Long ’68
Retort Salon
@San Francisco, venue TBA
8pm
Mon 22nd:
Paths to Liberation: Political Prisoners, Incarceration, and Struggle
@ Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco
7PM
Paco Ignacio Taibo II in Conversation
@ The Audre Lorde Room, Women’s Building, San Francisco
7PM
Tues 23rd:
Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement
@ The Green Arcade, San Francisco
7PM
Wed 24th:
Global Africa: 1945 to Today
@ CounterPULSE, San Francisco
7:30PM
Real Cost of Prisons Comix Book Launch with editor Lois Ahrens
@ The Green Arcade, San Francisco
7PM
Thur 25th:
Incarceration, Resistance, Costs And Consequences: A Discussion with Authors, Activists And Former Political Prisoners
@ First Congregational Church of Oakland
7PM