Labor's Past, Labor's Future: The Fight for Workers Power in the 21st Century

Speakers: Verizon Worker/CWA member and Kyle Brown, socialist and writer on US working class The victory of the Verizon strike has demonstrated an invaluable lesson for all of us: when we strike, we can win. It highlights the possibility of rebuilding a fighting labor movement in a rapidly changing world. As we fight to rebuild this movement, some argue that capitalism in the 21st century has fundamentally changed the prospects for that fight. But workers today have a lot to learn from the strike at Verizon. We have even more to learn from past struggles - the memory of which has been largely wiped out by decades of mostly defeats. The struggles that built our unions, and the lessons learned in them, are not a relic of the past, but are a necessity for building the fight for workers power today. Come discuss the rich history of working class struggle in this country and debate its meaning for our struggles today. *Child care available onsite, email nyc-socialist@nycsocialist.org