Margaret Cooley will be presenting: Forced Off The Land: A story of One Family's Struggle in 1847 Ireland, July 24 (Tuesday) 7:00 pm free at New College - 777 Valencia St at 19th St, San Francisco
Margaret went to Ireland and found within the story of her family a portrait of working class oppression. Hear through the personal story of one family’s struggle to hold onto their land tenancy, how the potato economy forced the immigration of the tenant workers of Ireland to make way for capitalist enterprise.
Margaret Cooley, Keith David Cooley and Alice Rogoff will also be appearing at: National Writers Union Reading July 30 (Monday) 7:00 pm free at Bird and Beckett Bookstore - 2788 Diamond St, San Francisco
A Literary Reading sponsored by the National
Writers Union (UAW Local 1981). A sampling of work from members of the
Poetry and Fiction Committee of the San Francscio/Bay Area Chapter.
With Adam David Miller, Cesar Love, Alice Rogoff, Margaret Cooley,
Keith David Cooley, John Rhodes, Margot Pepper, Eileen Malone, Joe Gold,
Mickey Ellinger and David Gray.
Join in supporting the struggle for human rights by the San Francisco Day Laborers’ program. Immigrant workers are under attack. This benefit with songs performed by Coro Obrero with Francisco Herrera will help their cause. The concert includes the Labor Heritage Rockin’ Solidarity Chorus performing songs and narrative from their new performance piece We Are All Immigrants. Also performing will be the San Francisco Day Laborer’s Chorus.
