THE POWER OF STRIKES - BLUE PLATE SPECIAL

Do you think there are things more meaningful in life than where to get the best view of the KFOG Kaboom! Fireworks tonight?

Well, there are. Like tonight's International Workers' Holiday Celebration "The Power of Strikes".

Come see two documentary videos about the militancy of the U.S. labor movement during the Great Depression, “Labor on the March” and “We Called It a Work Holiday,” followed by commentary from Toni Mendicino, clerical union activist at UC Berkeley, and a representative from the University Professional & Technical Employees union.

Donations of $3 to $5 are welcome at the door -- but here's the best part -- $9 gets you a Blue Plate Special Meatloaf and Mashed Potato dinner!

6 pm dinner, 7-9:30 pm films and discussion
New Valencia Hall
625 Larkin St., Suite 202

Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. Work exchanges available for low income and unemployed. Everyone welcome!

ZOCALO PUBLIC SQUARE PRESENTS: WHAT COMES AFTER NEWSPAPERS?

You've got to RSVP for this one, but it's FREE and you get FREE wine and beer, too.

Zocalo Public Square Presents: What Comes After Newspapers?

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:30 pm
Fort Mason Center
Golden Gate Room at the Conference Center, Building A

Moderated by David Folkenflik, media correspondent, National Public Radio

From town tabloids to major metropolitan dailies, newspapers seem to be in their last throes. The availability of free and instant news online, the high profit margins demanded by media conglomerates, and the steep declines in advertising revenue have hit newspapers hard. They have been forced to lay off employees, trim their pages, close print operations or shut down completely. Will a new model or medium rise to do what newspapers have aimed to do for over a century — pursue accuracy and objectivity, doggedly investigate stories, act as a check on power, embody a community’s conversation with itself, and write a first draft of history? Or will the demise of newspapers mean a radical shift in what we know and how we know it? Zócalo hosts a panel — including former Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll, Slate founder Michael Kinsley, and former San Francisco Chronicle executive vice president and editor Phil Bronstein — to discuss the decline of print media and the future of journalism.

Remember to RSVP.