Debugging the Silicon Dream: Real Life in a Virtual World conference
Sherwood & Powell, eds., The San Francisco Labor Landmarks Guide Book
Machine politics, industrial growth, environmental advocacy, labor and community organizing -- these and other factors can determine how urban power is configured and exercised. Nari Rhee describes the political-economic development of Silicon Valley. Also, Robert Cherny and Catherine Powell talk about a new guide to San Francisco labor landmarks.
Adrian Burgos Jr., Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line U.C. Press, 2007
Lydia by Octavio Solis at Marin Theatre Company
Jackie Robinson is a towering figure, but Black Latinos like Minnie Minoso were integration pioneers as well. Adrian Burgos Jr. puts baseball's racial past in a transnational context and describes how Jim Crow and integration affected Black Latinos. Also, Octavio Solis has written an explosive play about a Mexican American family on the border.
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