Labor sociologist and working class activist Kim Scipes will discuss "\;U.S. Labor and Imperialism\, Occupy\, and Related Topics."\;
About Kim Scipes (the "\;c"\; is silent)\: 30 years as a labor organizer advocate\; involved in Madison uprising and Occupy\; teaches sociology at Purdue University in nw Indiana\; lives in Chicago. \; His latest book\,
AFL-CIO'\;s Secret War against Developing Country Workers\: Solidarity or Sabotage?
deals with the cooptation of the labor movement by the imperialist agenda to undermine workers abroad. \; A list of his publications is here. \; His Z-Net page with articles and bio is here.
\;
Saturday\, August 18\, at 7PM
At Left Hand Books\, 1200 Pearl St.\, Boulder
(a few doors East of Broadway\, on the South side\, in the basement)
\;
FREE
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T071336Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T010000Z UID:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/8957 URL;VALUE=URI:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/8957 SUMMARY:Book Talk\: Kim Scipes on Imperialism and the Labor Movement at Left Hand Books DESCRIPTION:Labor sociologist and working class activist Kim Scipes will discuss "\;U.S. Labor and Imperialism\, Occupy\, and Related Topics."\;
About Kim Scipes (the "\;c"\; is silent)\: 30 years as a labor organizer advocate\; involved in Madison uprising and Occupy\; teaches sociology at Purdue University in nw Indiana\; lives in Chicago. \; His latest book\,
AFL-CIO'\;s Secret War against Developing Country Workers\: Solidarity or Sabotage?
deals with the cooptation of the labor movement by the imperialist agenda to undermine workers abroad. \; A list of his publications is here. \; His Z-Net page with articles and bio is here.
\;
Saturday\, August 18\, at 7PM
At Left Hand Books\, 1200 Pearl St.\, Boulder
(a few doors East of Broadway\, on the South side\, in the basement)
\;
FREE
\;
Prof. Scipes will \; also have copies of his book for sale at a discount.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130525T071336Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120819T010000Z UID:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/8956 URL;VALUE=URI:http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/8956 SUMMARY:Book Talk\: Kim Scipes on Imperialism and the Labor Movement at Left Hand Books DESCRIPTION:Labor sociologist and working cclass activist Kim Scipes will discuss "\;U.S. Labor and Imperialism\, Occupy\, and Related Topics."\;
About Kim Scipes (the "\;c"\; is silent)\: 30 years as a labor organizer advocate\; involved in Madison uprising and Occupy\; teaches sociology at Purdue University in nw Indiana\; lives in Chicago. \; His latest book\,
AFL-CIO'\;s Secret War against Developing Country Workers\: Solidarity or Sabotage?
deals with the cooptation of the labor movement by the imperialist agenda to undermine workers abroad. \; A list of his publications is here. \; His Z-Net page with articles and bio is here.
\;
Saturday\, August 18\, at 7PM
At Left Hand Books\, 1200 Pearl St.\, Boulder
(a few doors East of Broadway\, on the South side\, in the basement)
\;
FREE
\;
Prof. Scipes will \; also have copies of his book for sale at a discount.
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