George Orwell makes tea in a trench
George Orwell makes tea in a trench
January 30, 2013 in Europe, History, Labor, Spanish Civil War, Video, War
Tagged George Orwell, History, Orwell, Spain, Spanish Civil War, War
From the Harvard University Open Collection:
The Lawrence Strike of 1912 – John Bruce McPherson
The Trial of a New Society – Justus Ebert (IWW) – on the Ettor-Giovannitti-Caruso Case
Other Resources:
Posted in Activism, History, Labor
Tagged 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike, Bread & Roses, Industrial Workers of the World, IWW
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Labor, Spanish Civil War
Tagged History, Robert Capa, Spain, Spanish Civil War
Wallace Stegner Talks Joe Hill
The Man who Never Died – NY Times Review
Phil Ochs Sings Joe Hill (1968)
Posted in Activism, Biography, California, History, Labor, Los Angeles
Tuesday August 23, 2011 marks the eighty-fourth anniversary of the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. The murder trial of two obscure Italian anarchists was one of the country’s most controversial and memorable cases. Much has been written already online about the saga, I will not add to the trove. Instead, a listing of internet sites for your review:
You decide….
On May 5, 1931 the pot boiled over; in Harlan County Kentucky, heavily armed deputies and company men, called “gun thugs” by miners, confronted disgruntled union men on a road near Evarts. The coal miners, lean and tough from Kentucky mountain life, knew how to fight back… More>>