
Issue No 4		12 March 1999

Letters to the Editor

Working Class Videos

6TH ANNUAL

INTERNATIONAL

WORKING CLASS FILM&VIDEO FESTIVAL

July 1999 San Francisco

CALL FOR VIDEOS & FILMS

LaborFest is now calling for videos for our annual International Working Class Film & Video festival. Laborfest which is held in San Francico every July and is organzied to commemorate the 1934 San Francisco General Strike through the cultural arts of working people.

Videos and films can include union struggles, political struggles of labor, locally, nationally and internationally.

The videos should explore the connections between labor and democracy, race, sex, environment, media, war and the capitalist economy.

We are are looking for videos that challenge practically and ideologically the thinking of working people. The videos will be shown throughout the month in San Francisco.

Submit on VHS Or Pal, English Captions Preferred Open To amateurs, students and professionals, Open format which includes drama, animation & documentaries.

Please send the video along with a bio and narrative summary. Please also send summary & bio electronically if possible.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 1999, No entry form or fee required

Contact:

International Working Class Film & Video Festival

(415)282-1908 Fax (415)695-1369

P.O.Box 425584

San Francisco,CA 94142

[email protected]

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Issue 4 contents

Interview: Jennie George - Eyeing 2000
The ACTU President looks to the future and erects a few new signposts for her last 12 months in office and beyond.

Unions: Trade Unions Thinking Globally
How do you put people first in a global economy? That's the question for an international trade union conference in Sydney this week.

History: The Pioneers: Trade Unions Before 1850
Labour historian Greg Patmore looks at the early days of unions in Australia

Review: Opening Spaces For a New Labor
A new book by Sydney academic McKenzie Wark looks at how Labor must adapt to the popular culture.

Campaign Diary: On The Bus - A Tale Of Two Campaigns
As the State election campaign moves into full swing, Workers Online looks at how the management of the media by the two main parties is reflecting their strategies.

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