Great Depression
Woody Sez – Woody Guthrie’s columns in People’s World
July 12, 2024Guthrie once said, “I’ve been in the red all my life,” referring to both his financial situation and his politics.
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International Unemployment Day: The 1930 revolt against capitalist crisis
March 6, 2024On March 6, 1930, Communists organized workers around the world to demand jobs in the middle of the Great Depression. The U.S. was no exception.
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New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s
June 14, 2023Historian Melissa Ford’s research explores Black women’s radical activism during the Great Depression.
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‘Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan’ world premiere treats racism in 1930s
November 18, 2022Make a deal with the devil, and you’ll always come out on the losing end.
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‘No Jim Crow in the IWO’: America’s radical Depression-era mutual aid society
July 1, 2022The International Workers Order displayed the power of working-class mutual aid in its time, and stands as an example still today.
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