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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Seattle General Strikedi Robert L. Friedheim
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""We are undertaking the most tremendous move ever made by LABOR in this country, a move which will lead--NO ONE KNOWS WHERE!" With these words echoing throughout the city, on February 6, 1919, 65,000 Seattle workers began one of the most important general strikes in US history. For six tense yet nonviolent days, the Central Labor Council negotiated with federal and local authorities on behalf of the shipyard workers whose grievances initiated the citywide walkout. Meanwhile, strikers organized to provide essential services such as delivering supplies to hospitals and markets, as well as feeding thousands at union-run dining facilities. Robert L. Friedheim's classic account of the dramatic events of 1919, first published in 1964 and now enhanced with a new introduction, afterword, and photo essay by James N. Gregory, vividly details what happened and why. Overturning conventional understandings of the American Federation of Labor as a conservative labor organization devoted to pure and simple unionism, Friedheim shows the influence of socialists and the IWW in the city's labor movement. While Seattle's strike ended in disappointment, it led to massive strikes across the country that determined the direction of labor, capital, and government for decades. The Seattle General Strike is an exciting portrait of a Seattle long gone and of events that shaped the city's reputation for left-leaning activism into the twenty-first century."--Provided by publisher Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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First, Friedheim does not glorify the old radicals. This is a scholarly approach to the event. He is careful not to generalize about the workers who participated in the strike-not the rank and file or their leaders. He makes it clear that the AFof L craft unions fell into three categories-radicals, progressives and conservatives, and each was only willing to go so far.
Friedheim also provides some great context for understanding the strike. He explains Seattle's unique labor picture, both the craft unions and the IWW, and their difference from the national AF of L organization. He paints the historical situation that plunged the city first into the shipyard strike that began on January 22nd and the general strike that followed two weeks later. He follows with the narrative of the strike itself, focusing mostly on efforts by the strikers to continue a feeling of normalcy, while those in power became increasingly fearful and the forces of reaction gathered their response.
If you have any interest in this topic, this is the book you must read. Sadly, it's been out of print for ages and ages. ( )