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===''Labor Defender'': Working for Workers Rights=== | ===''Labor Defender'': Working for Workers Rights=== | ||
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[http://www.laborarts.org/collections/set.cfm?setid=13 ''Labor Defender''] was a monthly newsmagazine published by the International Labor Defense (ILD) in the late 1920s and 1930s. The ILD was a Communist led organization dedicated to providing legal assistance to strikers and imprisoned workers. The newsmagazine was dedicated to covering strikes and other working class issues. The ''Labor Defender'' contained articles on the National Textile Workers’ Union, textile strikes in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an interview with Clara Zetkin, a pioneer of International Women’s Rights Day, and short stories and essays on the working class ( | [http://www.laborarts.org/collections/set.cfm?setid=13 ''Labor Defender''] was a monthly newsmagazine published by the International Labor Defense (ILD) in the late 1920s and 1930s. The ILD was a Communist led organization dedicated to providing legal assistance to strikers and imprisoned workers. The newsmagazine was dedicated to covering strikes and other working class issues. The ''Labor Defender'' contained articles on the National Textile Workers’ Union, textile strikes in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an interview with Clara Zetkin, a pioneer of International Women’s Rights Day, and short stories and essays on the working class [[Protest Music, Art and Literature|(''Labor Arts'')]]. | ||
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*[http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/parties/cpusa/1928/ildactabern.htm International Labor Defense Activities] | |||
*[[Anti-Classism Movements]] | |||
*[[Anti-Sexism|Anti-Sexism Movements]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 8 May 2006
Labor Defender: Working for Workers Rights
Pictures courtesy of Labor Arts
Labor Defender was a monthly newsmagazine published by the International Labor Defense (ILD) in the late 1920s and 1930s. The ILD was a Communist led organization dedicated to providing legal assistance to strikers and imprisoned workers. The newsmagazine was dedicated to covering strikes and other working class issues. The Labor Defender contained articles on the National Textile Workers’ Union, textile strikes in New Bedford, Massachusetts, an interview with Clara Zetkin, a pioneer of International Women’s Rights Day, and short stories and essays on the working class (Labor Arts).
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