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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Notes on the 1946 General Strike

With Boots Riley & Raymond Albert. This 2012 video from the Oakland Standard is 10 minutes of pure enjoyment: a lot of 1946 General Strike info, with some local concert history thrown in. Watch, learn, & love!

And many thanks to the Oakland Museum of California for helping to make this video a reality.

I have a million-billion interests, but I always seem to get distracted by another shiny object before gaining any in-depth knowledge about a particular subject. I've set myself the awesome task for the coming year (and beyond?) to spend each month focusing on one topic that I find potentially fascinating. I'll use any spare time I have to read, watch, listen, and research.

The blog exists as a way to share some of that new-to-me knowledge. Since I created this project as a laid-back way for myself to learn, I might not post every new thing here - but I'm super excited to talk about this with you in person, so ask me about this or any other month's topic next time we hang out!!!

I'm doing my best to not plan these topics ahead of time, tho my brain is always swimming with potential subjects. (I'm fairly certain Henry Rollins needs to show up, and soon.)