Free Performances Bring Harry Bridges & Thomas Paine to Life
Friday, July 20, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The story of “one of the most important labor leaders of the 20th century”
comes to vivid life this
Sunday in a free one-man performance by Ian Ruskin. In “From Wharf Rats
to Lords of the Dock: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges,” Ruskin
portrays the passion and struggles of American union leader and co-founder of
the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Harry Bridges. “There
were times when I forgot this was someone other than Harry Bridges speaking,”
wrote historian and activist Howard Zinn. “It is a valuable piece of
working-class history, presented colorfully and intelligently.” And on Monday
night Ruskin takes on the role of another revolutionary, Common Sense
author Thomas Paine in “To
Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine.” Both free
performances – hosted by the International Organization of Masters, Mates,
& Pilots – will be held at the Maritime Institute of Technology and
Graduate Studies in Linthicum, MD.
