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National Guardsmen charge the picket line

The 1934 Toledo Auto Lite strike - Ted Selander

A speech given by participant Ted Selander on June 3, 1984 at an anniversary celebration of the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike.
US oil workers strike in 1945

The World War II and post-war strike wave - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher on the huge, often unofficial, strikes which swept the US during and after World War…
Strikers battle police

1934: Minneapolis Teamsters strike

A history of the 1934 strike of Teamsters in Minneapolis and the organising of workers of trucking companies across the city prior to it.

1919: The Seattle general strike

A general strike of 100,000 workers, which saw the city shut down and all essential services provided under workers' control.
Public meeting at the fountain in Latham Square

1946: The Oakland general strike - Stan Weir

An account by Stan Weir of the gen strike in Oakland, California, in 1946.
National Guard patrol the main street

The Homestead strike, 1892

An account of a militant strike of steel workers of the Carnegie company in the US defending their organisation and conditions against the bosses…

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