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"A Road to Peace and Freedom" : The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954 /

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The International Workers Order was an American consortium of ethnic mutual self-insurance societies that advocated for unemployment insurance, Social Security and vibrant industrial unions. This interracial leftist organization guaranteed the healthcare of its 180,000 white, black, Hispanic and Ara...

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Yazar: Zecker, Robert, 1962- (Yazar)
Materyal Türü: Elektronik Ekitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2018]
Seri Bilgileri:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Konular:
International Workers Order.
Working class > Societies, etc.
Labor unions.
Labor movement.
International labor activities.
Civil rights and socialism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Travailleurs > Activites internationales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs > Associations > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Associations > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvement ouvrier > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Droits de l'homme et socialisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Civil rights and socialism > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Working class > United States > Societies, etc. > History > 20th century.
Working class > Societies, etc. > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
International labor activities > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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Özet:The International Workers Order was an American consortium of ethnic mutual self-insurance societies that advocated for unemployment insurance, Social Security and vibrant industrial unions. This interracial leftist organization guaranteed the healthcare of its 180,000 white, black, Hispanic and Arabic working-class members. But what accounted for the popularity-and eventual notoriety-of this Order? Mining extensive primary sources, Robert Zecker gives voice to the workers in "A Road to Peace and Freedom." He describes the group's economic goals, commitment to racial justice, and activism, from lobbying to end segregation and lynching in America to defeating fascism abroad. Zecker also illustrates the panoply of entertainment, sports, and educational activities designed to cultivate the minds and bodies of members. However, the IWO was led by Communists, and the Order was targeted for red-baiting during the Cold War, subject to government surveillance, and ultimately "liquidated." Zecker explains how the dismantling of the IWO and the general suppression of left-wing dissenting views on economic egalitarianism and racial equality had deleterious effects for the entire country. Moreover, Zecker shows why the sobering lesson of the IWO remains prescient today
Fiziksel Özellikler:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9781439915172
Erişim:Open Access

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