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Palmer Bryan D |
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Revolutionary teamsters : the Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934 / / by Bryan D. Palmer |
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Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Collana |
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Historical materialism book series, , 1570-1522 ; ; volume 53 |
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331.892/813883240977657909043 |
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Soggetti |
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Truck Drivers' Strike, Minneapolis, Minn., 1934 |
Truck drivers - Labor unions - Minnesota - History - 20th century |
Strikes and lockouts - Trucking - Minnesota - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1. Revolutionary Trotskyism and Teamsters in the United States: The Early Depression-Years -- 2. The Mass Strike -- 3. Uneven and Combined Development: Class-Relations in Minneapolis -- 4. Trotskyists Among the Teamsters: Propagandistic Old Moles -- 5. January Thaw; February Cold Snap: the Coal-Yards on Strike -- 6. Unemployed-Agitation and Strike-Preparation -- 7. The Women’s Auxiliary -- 8. Rebel-Outpost: 1900 Chicago Avenue -- 9. The Tribune Alley Plot and the Battle of Deputies Run -- 10. May 1934: Settlement Secured; Victory Postponed -- 11. Interlude -- 12. Toward the July Days -- 13. A Strike Declared; a Plot Exposed -- 14. Bloody Friday -- 15. Labour’s Martyr: Henry B. Ness -- 16. Martial Law and the Red-Scare -- 17. Governor Olson: The ‘Merits’ of a Defective Progressive Pragmatism -- 18. Standing Fast: Satire and Solidarity -- 19. Mediation’s Meanderings -- 20. Sudden and Unexpected Victory -- 21. After 1934: the Revenge of Uneven and Combined Development -- 22. Conclusion: The Meaning of Minneapolis -- Appendix Trotskyism in the United States, 1928–33 -- References -- Index. |
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Minneapolis in the early 1930's was anything but a union stronghold. An employers' association known as the Citizens' Alliance kept labour organisations in check, at the same time as it cultivated opposition to |
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radicalism in all forms. This all changed in 1934. The year saw three strikes, violent picket-line confrontations, and tens of thousands of workers protesting in the streets. Bryan D. Palmer tells the riveting story of how a handful of revolutionary Trotskyists, working in the largely non-union trucking sector, led the drive to organise the unorganised, to build one large industrial union. What emerges is a compelling narrative of class struggle, a reminder of what can be accomplished, even in the worst of circumstances, with a principled and far-seeing leadership. |
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