(46046) Poster, Fred Thompson Memorial, Cortez, Phillips, Chicago, c. 1987

A poster for a memorial meeting honoring Wobbly scholar and organizer Fred Thompson, likely from 1987. The meeting was held at the Sulzer Library in Chicago, and featured the following speakers: Arthur Weinberg, Joyce Kornbluh, Carlos Cortez, Penny Pixler, Robert Green, J. Quinn Brisben, Franklin Rosemont and others. Music was provided by Utah Phillips and the Grand Industrial Band.

The event was co-sponsored by the Chicago Branch of the IWW; the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company; Left Court magazine; the Illinois Labor History Society; and Workers Education Local 189.