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Socialist Scholars Conference 1990
The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:[1]
Labor and Participatory Management
- Andy Banks, Florida International University
- John Russo, Youngstown State University
- Guillermo Grenier, Florida State University
People's Weekly World Banquet 1996
Sponsors of the 1996 Bay area People's Weekly World banquet, at His Lordships, Berkeley Marina, included Oakland City Council members Ignacio de la Fuente, Sheila Jordan and John Russo, Berkeley City Council members Maudelle Shirek, Linda Maio and Dona Spring, San Francisco Supervisors Tom Ammiano and Sue Bierman, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, and California State Assemblyman John L. Burton.
Honored were 5 labor leaders - Walter Johnson, Owen Marron, Shirley Ware of SEIU, Abba Ramos of the ILWU and Francisco Martin del Campo of the San Francisco labor Council for Latin American Advancement.[2]
How Class Works
At the How Class Works - 2002 Conference, panels included;
- 1.4 Images of Labor
- Rachel Bernstein,
- Henry Foner and
- Evelyn Jones Rich, LaborArts
“Using Images to Teach Working-Class History”
- Sherry Linkon and
- John Russo, Youngstown State University – Center for Working Class Studies
“From ‘The Steel City’ to ‘A Nice Place to Do Time’: Images of Youngstown after Deindustrialization”
- Kim Wilson, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, - Labor Extension
“Making Labor History Murals in the Community”
- Jim Cassidy, Chair, Stony Brook - Art[3]
The "How Class Works - 2008" conference held at Stony Brook, New York, June 5 - 7, 2008, Center for Study of Working Class Life, proposed speakers list included: Sam Anderson, Catherine-Mercedes Brillantes Judge, Pedro Caban, Fuat Ercan, Claudia Fegan, Bill Fletcher Jr, Tami Gold, Elizabeth Hoffman, Sara Jarayaman, Stathis Kouvelakis, Sherry Linkon, Meizhu Lui, Manning Marable, Jack Metzgar, Nelson Motto, Manny Ness, Bertell Ollman, Jeff Perry, Catherine Pouzoulet, Dave Roediger, Andrew Ross, John Russo, Vinny Tirelli, Michelle Tokarczyk, Richard Trumka and Joe Wilson.
Conference organiser was Michael Zweig Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life, Department of Economics State University of New York ,Stony Brook, NY[4].
References
- ↑ Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.
- ↑ PWW, Sep. 21 1996 page 2
- ↑ How Class Works - 2002 Conference Schedule (accessed July 24 2010)
- ↑ How Class Works - 2008 conference
