Book talk with Robert W. Cherny

Join the Labor Archives and Research Center for a book talk with Robert W. Cherny, in discussion with Steve Zeltzer of WorkWeek, Pacifica, and KPOO, as part of LaborFest "San Francisco Reds: California Communism and Its Afterlives"

Cherny’s work talks about the early growth of the party in California and the role of the trade union and class struggle particularly in the San Francisco 1934 general strike. He also writes about the political twists and turns of the Soviet Union’s communist party and how their political changes reflected itself in California members of the Communist Party.

The presentation will start with a slide show by the author and a discussion about the relationship between research subjects and sources, based on Cherny's own experience from graduate school to now, with an emphasis on the interplay between a research question and the availability of archival sources.

For the full LaborFest 2024 calendar visit: https://laborfest.net