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arrowUnemployment, Hunger & Deprivation


Organizations: Labor Unions, Communist Party, Socialist Party


arrowThe Case of the Scottsboro Boys


arrowThe Case of Tom Mooney


arrowRadical Novels


arrowRadical Appeals to the Literati


arrowVoices from the Right


arrowThe Spanish Civil War


arrowViolence in Labor Strikes


arrowWPA Federal Theatre Project


arrowRadical Magazines and Newsletters

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A New Blow at Labor, No Union can Feel Secure while the Apex Verdict Stands; Congress Must Amend the Sherman Act.
Washington: Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1940.
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With collective bargaining guaranteed by the Wagner Act of 1935, American labor made the greatest strides in its history by industry-wide organization of the great manufacturing plants. Michigan, the seat of the automobile industry, witnessed some of the most dramatic conflicts (see Violence in Labor Strikes), and never was public opinion more aroused than by the sit-down strikes, which were seen on one hand as the flagrant abuse of private property rights and on the other as the ultimate weapon of syndicalist-minded workers.


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