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Around the Nation: May 10, 2008

  1. Celebrate May Day at a Book Launch for 'Viva la Raza'
    • New York , NY.
    • 7:30pm

    Civil rights activist Megan Cornish discusses her new book, Viva la Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance, which describes monumental labor battles, and focuses unique attention on women and Latina/o lesbians and gays. The volume is co-authored with Yolanda Alaniz and has a foreword by esteemed Chicana/o Studies Professor Rodolfo Acuña. Freedom Hall, 113 West 128 Street, Harlem. Southwest Supper, 6:30pm, $9 donation. Hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party and the National Comrades of Color Caucus. Everyone is welcome. For information or childcare: 212-222-0633, fsp@nyct.net, www.socialism.com.

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