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(5167) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Paterson Strike, 1913

Portrait of IWW organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, taken during the Paterson Silk Strike of ...

Image - eclemens - 05/19/2015 - 10:56 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(5831) Durst Ranch, Hop pickers camp, Wheatland, California, 1913

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

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(5833) Durst Ranch, Hop Pickers in their camp on strike, Wheatland, California

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

Image - mwallace - 04/03/2009 - 14:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Event Announcement: "Re:Collecting Past Radicals and Rebels: The Resonance of Resistance and the Persistence of Injustice," December 9, 2014

... This illustrated presentation will explore the role of IWW rebels Joe Hill and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, not only highlighting the ...

Blog entry - Public Relation... - 02/20/2015 - 15:14 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(5269) Violence, San Pedro Hall, San Pedro, California, Funeral, 1924

A view of a funeral held for Mrs. Sundstedt, a victim of the San Pedro Raid. Mrs. Sundstedt was clubbed to death and her children were severely scalded by members of the Ku Klux Klan during an attack on the San Pedro I.W.W. Hall. Date:  ...

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Exhibit Announcement: "Immigrant Girl, Radical Woman"

... tell the life story of her grandmother – Socialist, IWW organizer, writer, and activist Matilda (Rabinowitz) Robbins (1887-1963). ... as an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Sent mainly to textile and mill factory strikes, Robbins distinguished ...

Blog entry - drice - 09/20/2019 - 08:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(5159) Daniel de Leon, Socialism, Portrait, 1900s

... Daniel De Leon, noted socialist and founding member of the IWW. He later split from the IWW to form the Workers' International Union. Date:  1900s ...

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Lawrence Gracia Papers

... was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Mr. Gracia’s papers consist of unpublished manuscripts of stories relating the principles of IWW and the struggles of its members. Attachment (click to ...

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(5160) James Thompson, Portraits, 1900s-1910s

A portrait of IWW organizer James Thompson taken prior to his incarceration at Leavenworth ... organization, and a well-known speaker on behalf of the IWW. He was involved with the Spokane Free Speech Fight, the Lawrence Strike, ...

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(397) Lawrence Strike, Strikers, 1912

... A man carries a sign that reads "The Fight is on- Join the IWW and Stay with US" as a demonstration makes its way around the mills during ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 12:12 - 0 comments - 3 attachments