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When Washington (Almost) Went Socialist: Seattle’s General Strike of 1919: Listen to Cal Winslow tell it…

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Cal Winslow, labor activist, educator, and author of the recently released Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919, talks about the amazing popular takeover of of Seattle over a hundred years ago, when, on a grey winter morning in February 1919, 110 local unions shut down the entire city. Start listening, about 8 minutes into Letters and Politics, hosted by Mitch Jeserich, on Radio KPFA:

Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919

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