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| How do we account for the relative silence of the left? Perhaps what really matters about a movement's strength is the years of building that came before it. In the 1930s, the growth of unions and the popularity of demands to share the wealth and establish 'industrial democracy' were not simply responses to the economic debacle. In fact, unions bloomed only in the middle of the decade, when a modest recovery was under way. The liberal triumph of the 1930s was in fact rooted in decades of eloquent oratory and patient organizing by a variety of reformers and radicals against the evils of 'monopoly' and 'big money.' |
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I was born in 1941, S.S.
by GLloyd Rowsey on Sunday, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:52:27 PM
Yes...
by Sheila Samples on Sunday, Sep 25, 2011 at 8:05:07 PM
Shouldn't the author, Michael Kazin,
by Daniel Geery on Monday, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:19:18 AM