Schedule Of Events

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm : The SF State Strike & The Relevance For Today

On the 57th anniversary of the San Francisco State Third World Liberation Strike that set up the first ethnic program in the United States, the fascist Trump government has launched a campaign to eliminate these programs and faculty using federal funding. The 4-month strike was supported by the unions on the campus including the AFT, ILWU Local 10 and the San Francisco Labor Council and despite threats to bring in the National Guard, this was struck, and an historic agreement was reached.

This effort to destroy these programs that were establish is now combined with witch hunt of students, faculty and staff who are challenging the genocide in Gaza. This panel will look at the lessons of the SF State strike and how our struggle today can learn lessons from that fight. At the same time there are massive layoffs planned and the privatization of the CSU system which is increasing the registration and costs for students forcing them into massive debt and homelessness. This event is co-sponsored by the CFA San Francisco State & WorkWeek.

Speakers:

Clarence Thomas, SF State Striker, BSU and ILWU Local 10 Former Secretary Treasurer
Dr. Ray Tomkins, Former SF State BSU chair & scientist defending the residents & workers of Hunters Point & Treasure Island.
Daniel Gonzalez, SF State Striker, Third World Liberation Front & retired SF State faculty member Ethnic Studies
Jimmy Garrett, SF State Striker, SF State BSU Chair before the strike
Rabab Abdulhadi, SF State director of the AMED program at SF State Ethnic Studies Department
CFA speaker

Location : SF State University library room 121, 1630 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm : Free Speech, Witch Hunts, Palestine and Labor

A co-ordinated political purge and witch hunt is taking place against university professors and staff. This panel will look at this attack, how it is taking place and also what unions and labor should do to fight these attacks.

Joining the panel are:

Dr. Rupa Marya, UCSF fired professor and faculty member
Lisa Milos, UCSF UPTE member, also a member of UPTE Members For Palestine
Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, SFSU Professor & Director of AMED
Professor Sang Hea Kil, member of CFA and SJSJ Suspended , who is a leader of the CFA

Location : Online Zoom - Event