The Victory of Resistance in El Salvador: the 2009 elections and beyond… with Felix Salvador Kury and Francesca Austin-Ochoa Thursday, February 5th 65–9th St., between Market and Mission, San Francisco 7 PM, wheelchair accessible $5-$10 donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds El Salvador has been resisting colonization and the intervention of imperialist forces for centuries. 
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City Lights Books, KPFA, Global Exchange, La Raza Centro Legal, and the Center for Political Education invite you to celebrate the publication of… Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt by John Gibler, published this month by City Light Books Join the author and other special guests as we celebrate the release of this important new book about politics, history, and social movements in Mexico Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 7 PM Centro del Pueblo Auditorium (2nd Floor) 474 Valencia St.,
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Thursday, December 18th, 7 PM Workers in Chicago Take Over and Win! Third Thursday discussion about the six-day worker occupation of Republic Windows & Doors and its implications for labor organizing in the U.S. in a time of economic crisis On Friday, December 5th over 240 primarily Latino and Black workers at the Chicago Republic of Windows & Doors factory were told that the plant would close in 3 days. 
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Everything Has Changed and All Our Work Remains: Post Election Politics, Opportunities & Challenges Monday, December 8th With Linda Burnham, veteran activist and writer, co-founder and former Executive Director of the Women of Color Resource Center, who is currently editing a collection of essays on race and the elections for the Applied Research Center; Mike Parker, Labor Notes Policy Committee Member and Richmond community activist; and Sampada Aranke, the Friendly Fire Collective. 
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Check out these articles/radio interviews for some initial reflections about the campaign against Prop. 8, the implications and next steps… Proposition 8 is Not About Black Homophobia by the Reverend Irene Monroe Marriage Inequality: Painful Lessons for the Queer Community and the Road Ahead by Eric See Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won by Richard Kim Interview with Pastor Lynice Pinkard, from the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Proposition 8 on KPFA (about 1/4 of the way into the program, at 7:34 am) I Still Think Marriage is the Wrong Goal: Resources for Further Reading by various writers and activists Election Post-Mortem: A Racial Justice Call to Action by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Movement Building Department
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