farmers
The ‘Grand Old Woman of U.S. Communism’: Mother Bloor and Iowa farmers
May 11, 2016Mother Bloor is famous in labor and radical circles, but unknown to many, she was also a key figure in the farmer's struggle in Iowa during the Depression.
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American Grace
November 25, 2015This poem/prayer was originally published in People's Weekly World in March 2006.
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“Green Grow the Lilacs”: Summer of the “Okies”
July 24, 2015WGTB is presenting Lynn Riggs' 1931 classic Green Grow the Lilacs, wherein two of the townsfolk identify themselves as being one quarter Native.
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Miners and farmers challenge Mexico’s copper giant
April 16, 2015"The government and Grupo Mexico are making history but backwards, taking away the right to strike and the right to industrial safety."
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Today in history: John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” is published
April 14, 2015Millions who have never read the book have seen the film version starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.
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