Intelligent and Honest Radicals
The Chicago Federation of Labor and the Politics of Progression
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Labour & Industrial Relations, History, Modern, 20th Century, Americas, United States
| Author: | Mitchell Newton-Matza | ISBN: | 9780739180136 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | September 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mitchell Newton-Matza |
| ISBN: | 9780739180136 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | September 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Intelligent and Honest Radicals explores the Chicago labor movement’s relationship to Illinois legal and political system especially as seen through the eyes of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). Newton-Matza focuses on the significant era between the great strike in 1919 and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal in 1933. He brings to light a number of victories and achievements for the labor movement in this period that are often overlooked. Newton-Matza shows the Chicago labor movement as a progressive agency intent on changing the workers’ world through words and peaceful actions, drawing upon their personal experiences and ideology.
Intelligent and Honest Radicals explores the Chicago labor movement’s relationship to Illinois legal and political system especially as seen through the eyes of the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL). Newton-Matza focuses on the significant era between the great strike in 1919 and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal in 1933. He brings to light a number of victories and achievements for the labor movement in this period that are often overlooked. Newton-Matza shows the Chicago labor movement as a progressive agency intent on changing the workers’ world through words and peaceful actions, drawing upon their personal experiences and ideology.
