Radical Seattle
The General Strike of 1919
$65.28
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2020
Summary
On a grey winter morning in Seattle, in February 1919, 110 local unions shut down the entire city. Shut it down and took it over, rendering the authorities helpless. For five days, workers from all trades and sectors—streetcar drivers, telephone operators, musicians, miners, loggers, shipyard workers—fed the people, ensured that babies had milk, that the sick were cared for. They did this with without police—and they kept the peace themselves. This had never happened before in the United Stat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583678527 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583678522 |
| Author: | Cal Winslow |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“With a writing style of vigor and virility, this book is part of the experience of our class, both bold and free, that we need now.”—Peter Linebaugh, author, Red Round Globe Hot Burning
About The Author
Cal Winslow
CAL WINSLOW, a long-time labour activist and educator, is director of the Mendocino Institute and a retired fellow in environmental history at UC Berkeley. Among his books are Labor’s Civil War in California and Rebel Rank and File. He edited E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left.
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