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TBF

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Sat Jun 28, 2014, 01:29 PM Jun 2014

Yesterday: June 27

Today in Labor History: Emma Goldman, IWW, Wagner Act, strike and lockout
by: Special to PeoplesWorld.org
June 27 2014

There were at least five major events in the annals of labor history in the U.S. that occurred on June 27.

(1) On June 27, 1869 Emma Goldman was born in Lithuania. At the age of 17, she came to the United States. Goldman was an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women's equality and independence, and union organization. Her criticism of mandatory conscription of young men into the military during World War I led to a two-year imprisonment, followed by her deportation in 1919 ...

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Emma Goldman is a fascinating historical figure yallerdawg Jun 2014 #1

yallerdawg

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1. Emma Goldman is a fascinating historical figure
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 01:31 PM
Jun 2014

A "dangerous woman," indeed.

Maureen Stapleton won an Academy Award for playing Emma Goldman in Warren Beatty's "Reds."

The power of government to crush ideas remains the object lesson of the original American socialists.

This lesson remains alive and well today.

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