Class Schedule for Spring 2012URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND GENTRIFICATION Presentation and Discussion with Lydia R. Otero, UA Associate Professor, Mexican American Studies Saturday, January 21st 2:00 pm In the late 1960s Tucson's quest towards modernity led to the destruction of a vibrant downtown. Historic areas that provided affordable housing and a common cultural heritage were destroyed or gentrified. Can we learn from the past? Learn about our city's changing landscape and history. Share your thoughts about the city's redevelopment agendas. WHAT'S WRONG WITH TESTING: SAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION Saturday, February 4th 2:00 pm Professor Edelsky will analyze how corporations hijacked reading instruction while using testing as a major weapon in their drive to privatize public schools. As we work to take our schools back from big business's greedy grasping hands, we have to understand the weapons the corporatocracy has used to carry out its education agenda. LESSONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLES FOR BATTLES OF 2012 THE GREAT DICTATOR Saturday, March 3rd 2:00 pm Charlie Chaplin's 1940 film is a comedy satirizing the rise of fascism in Europe. Chaplin not only produced and directed this hilarious, yet sensitive film, but he also starred in two leading roles, the dictator Hynkel and a Jewish barber. This was Chaplin's first "talkie" and his last "tramp" movie. DUDE, WHERE'S MY JOB? Saturday, March 10th 2:00 pm 15 million Americans are unemployed and 10 million more underemployed. The rich are getting richer while everyone else is working harder for less and going further into debt. Where have our jobs and wages gone and, more importantly, how do we get them back? SALT OF THE EARTH Film and discussion with special guest Anita Torrez, a veteran of the movie and the historic strike in depicts In honor of Women's History Month co-sponsored by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Saturday, March 24th 2:00 pm at First Christian Church, corner of Speedway and Euclid
NORMA RAE Film and Discussion Saturday, April 7th 2:00 pm This 1979 film is based on the true story of a factory worker from a small town in North Carolina who becomes involved in the labor union activities at the textile factory where she works. Sally Field won her first Oscar for the starring role.
RADICAL LABOR: THE IWW IN with David Myers, longtime activist, retired professor of American radical and labor history Saturday, April 21st 2:00 pm A historical background to the development of radical labor in the West leading toward the influence of the Western Federation of Miners and how that led to the formation of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). An overview of the Wobblies with a focus on mining in Arizona, the Bisbee deportation and their demise during WWI. |