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"Howard Zinn recounts the dramatic tale of the great coal mine strike in Colorado that culminated in the Ludlow Massacre. The story pits immigrant workers against the National Guard, Mother Jones against the Rockefellers, and corporate power against union organizing, a story that is all too familiar today.". "With Dana Frank we join a sit-in strike in a Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression where young women slept on the floor, played games and sang songs together, and enjoyed the attention of an amused and curious public that vilified the "chain-store threat" long before…

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  • Paperback · English · 2002
    Beacon Press · 192 pages · 9780807050132
  • Hardcover · English · 2001
    Beacon Press · 174 pages · 9780807050125
Case studiesStrikes and lockoutsLabor movementHistoryStakingenLabor movement, united statesMouvement ouvrierHistoire