Clarence Thomas, 74, spent the majority of his life working as longshoreman, loading and unloading ships docked at the Port of San Francisco. He comes from a long line of longshore workers who were members of Local IWLU local 10, an influential union based in San Francisco. Retired since 2015, Thomas recently edited and published his first book, “Mobilizing in our own name: Million Worker March,” which documents decades of ILWU-backed protests, written by the activists and workers behind the actions.
Read MoreI’ve finally had a chance to really look over and to read into your anthology, “Mobilizing in Our Own Name.” It is a valuable collection of articles and essays that document many of the important events and struggles made over time in the search for social justice by Local 10 ILWU people and others.
Read MoreAs part of Laborfest.net, held at ILWU Local 10, July 15, 2021.
Read MoreClarence Thomas, retired union member of ILWU Local 10 discusses his involvement in the struggle to save The Port of Oakland Howard Terminal.
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Clarence Thomas, an African American, third generation Oakland dockworker, and author of recently published Mobilizing in OUR OWN NAME: Million Worker March
Read More“Million Worker March” Book Review by: Cheryl La Bash
Although I began to write a review of this remarkable anthology as a literary and historical assessment, it is much more than that to me. It is personal.
Clarence Thomas—the “real” Clarence Thomas, labor leader and author—tells an amusing story of his conflicted reaction when he heard some Detroiter appropriated the Million Worker March (MWM) T-shirt design and made T-shirts!
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