Defending the Working Waterfronts Against Privatization, Militatarization & Gentrification!

Location:
The Seattle Labor Temple
5030 1st Ave S., Seattle WA 98134

Special Guest Speaker
Meet the “Real” Clarence Thomas!

Retired Oakland Longshoreman, ILWU Local 10 Pensioner, Million Worker March Co-Founder & Author of the book “Mobilizing In Our Own Name” Reporting on the fight to stop billionaire developers from privatizing a terminal in California. Get first hand knowledge of this struggle. Learn how the Union longshoremen and teachers of Oakland, California have joined forces to lead a broad community coalition defending both the schools and cargo terminals of West Oakland against billionaires. These billionaires want to drive the laboring class away from the waterfront and turn the docks into an unproductive stadium district for the ultra-rich.

Followed by:

A Panel Discussion

On how similar coalitions may be built to defend Seattle’s waterfront communities against parallel dangers, such as stadiums, hotels, and expansions of the military industrial complex as climate change propels competing state powers into the scramble for the Arctic.