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Voice of the 99% – from Knights of Labor to the Occupy Movements
Watch the Livestream of this lecture. It was recorded – Jul 15 2015 2:30 AM EDT Click on the photo opposite or below to view.
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Tagged Banners, Henry George, Irish World, Knights of Labor, Labor Day
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Labor Day
Within a few months of its establishment in early 1882, the Central Labor Union of New York and Vicinity (CLU), having acquired 50 federated organizations and 50,000 affiliated members, felt confident to take the step that would put it, and … Continue reading
The Irish Land League movement
The Irish National Land League was established in late 1879 with the republican and Fenian Michael Davitt as the prominent founder, and Charles Stewart Parnell, a radical, but parliamentary-oriented, aristocratic MP, as its President. The principal purposes were the reduction … Continue reading
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Tagged Davitt, Devoy, Henry George, Irish World, Land League, Parnell, Patrick Ford, Spread the Light, Terence Powderley
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The Irish World
The Irish World was founded by Patrick Ford in Brooklyn in 1870. Linking Irish news to labor issues that were more international in character, it reached at one stage a circulation of 100,000. In the light of this broad range … Continue reading
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Tagged Greenbackers, Irish World, Knights, Land League
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The Brooklyn Spread the Light Club
The Brooklyn Spread the Light Club was set up as an organization devoted to the discussion of economic questions, open to anyone ‘above the age of 16 engaged in useful or honorable employment’. One of its objects was ‘to aid … Continue reading
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Tagged "Volks Zetung", Brooklyn, Cuno, Henry George, Irish World, LA 1562, Matthew Maguire
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