 "No gods, no masters" is an anarchist and labor slogan. Its English origin comes from a pamphlet handed out by the Industrial Workers of the World during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike. Our film tonight at AFI is a re-telling of the story of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, and explores the disintegration of civil liberties during times of social unrest. See below for details, plus we have a free screening of "Quest" at the New Deal Cafe." LaborFest Today: No God No Master (LaborFest Film): Mon, May 15, 7pm – 10pm Quest (LaborFest Film): Mon, May 15, 7:00pm – 8:30pm COMING UP (click below)  Coming Up
Matewan (with Director John Sayles) (LaborFest Film): Tue, May 16, 7pm – 10pm Iron Workers History Tour (LaborFest Art/History): Wed, May 17, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Love Songs From Liberation Wars (LaborFest Music): Wed, May 17, 5pm – 8pm No God No Master (LaborFest Film) Mon, May 15, 7pm – 10pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Hosted by IATSE 22 For tickets visit here This re-telling of the story of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti explores the disintegration of civil liberties during times of social unrest. Quest (LaborFest Film) Mon, May 15, 7:00pm – 8:30pm New Deal Café, 113 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD 20770 FREE; RSVP online here Director Jonathan Olshefski follows the Raineys, a working-class Black family living in North Philadelphia, over the course of eight years. Matewan (With Director John Sayles) (LaborFest Film) Tue, May 16, 7pm – 10pm AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Hosted by NNU; For tickets visit here With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones. Based on the 1920 showdown between coal miners determined to form a union and coal company agents hired to prevent them, this is one of the classic films about American labor. Love Songs From Liberation Wars (LaborFest Music) Wed, May 17, 5pm – 8pm Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St, Washington DC 20012 FREE but you must RSVP online here Excerpts from the original “labor jazz opera” by local activist/musician Steve Jones, “Love Songs” tells the moving story of a strike led by African-American women at the R J Reynolds factory in Winston-Salem, NC, which was an early victory against Jim Crow segregation. Labor 411 Union Beer and Whiskey Tasting (LaborFest Other) Thu, May 18, 5:30pm – 7:30pm The Dubliner, Phoenix Park Hotel, 4 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001 (map) $25, order ticket here DC Labor 411 and the DC LaborFest host our first-ever all-union beer and whiskey tasting, along with delicious appetizers at one of DC’s very finest union establishments (thank you Unite Here Local 25!) Comments are closed.
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