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

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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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Zecker, Robert, 1962- (Awdur)
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2018]
Cyfres:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available:
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Introduction
  • A practical demonstration in democracy: the IWO
  • A plan for plenty: the IWO tames capitalism
  • We dare entertain thoughts not to the liking of present-day bigots: race, civil rights and the IWO
  • A mandolin orchestra could attract a lot of attention: interracial fun
  • Foreign policy and the IWO
  • A fraternal order sentenced to death!: government suppression
  • Conclusion.