Speeches of Fred Thompson, 1970

Transcripts from a series of lectures by Fred Thompson given to the Canadian Student Federation in 1970.

CONTENTS

-The function of labor solidarity in a world market

-Historians and the IWW

-Interview by Cyril Levitt

-Personal reminiscences

-The student movement

-Brief history of the IWW

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