"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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1. Verfasser: Zecker, Robert, 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.