Details
$0 to $30 (free to register or purchase a book bundle) 2 hoursDate(s)
Wed, Apr 27, 2022
7:00pm
Contact
Register for the event directly through Powerhouse Arena. See link at top right.
Location
POWERHOUSE @ the Archway
28 Adams Street (Corner of Adams & Water Street @ the Archway)
Brooklyn , NY 11201
Overview
Powerhouse Arena and Irish Arts Center present
the official U.S. book launch for
FIGHT LIKE HELL
by Kim Kelly
speaking with Soraya McDonald
FIGHT LIKE HELL is a definitive history of the labor movement and the people who risked everything to win necessities like fair wages and access to employment, a safe workplace, disability and discrimination protections, and the eight-hour workday. Here, figures like “first lady of the coal mines” Ida Mae Stull, Latino farmworkers’ heroine Maria Moreno, queer Black civil rights icon Bayard Rustin, pioneering sex worker’s rights activist Margo St. James, Ford whistleblower Suzette Wright, and the indomitable Mother Jones get their due. Kim Kelly’s publishing debut is both an inspiring read and a vital contribution to American history, offering a transportive look at the forgotten heroes who’ve sacrificed to make good on America’s promises.
Featuring
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