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Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work
March 6, 2017To mark International Working Women’s Day/Día international de la mujer trabajadora, the UCLA Labor Center, pairing with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, sponsored an uplifting afternoon at the Labor Center’s building across from downtown’s MacArthur...
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Who was Casey Jones? Hint: Not just a Joe Hill song
October 2, 2015Jonathan Luther "John""Casey" Jones from Jackson, Tenn., was an American railroader who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad.
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Today in labor history: Joe Hill executed
November 19, 2014On November 19, 1915, labor leader and songwriter Joe Hill was executed in Utah on what many believe was a framed charge of murder.
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A triumphant must-see show about Paul Robeson
May 2, 2014Daniel Beaty doesn't miss a beat in his one-man tribute to African American Paul Robeson, the son of a runaway slave who went on to become an actor, activist and Renaissance Man.
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1948: Pete Seeger and Henry Wallace
January 31, 2014I heard Pete Seeger many times, but the most stirring was his 1948 appearance in Buffalo, N.Y., at a rally for Henry Wallace.
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