December 4, 1932: 91 years ago, Dec 4 1932, brutal rioting broke out as hundreds of striking [...]
91 years ago, Dec 4 1932, brutal rioting broke out as hundreds of striking tree pruners organized by the Communist Party’s Cannery & Agricultural Workers’ Industrial Union marched to the Vacaville Library to hold a mass meeting about police brutality against strikers The next day, masked vigilantes stormed the jail …
March 4, 1933: Communist Party’s Unemployed Councils Rally
March 4 1933, the Communist Party’s Unemployed Councils organized 10,000 workers to mass on San Francisco’s Civic Center to demand relief from new president Franklin D. Roosevelt, who took office that day. Decrying FDR’s “starvation program”, they demanded unemployment insurance as well as new trials for Tom Mooney (a labor …
July 6, 1933: 90 years ago, July 6 1933, the Communist Party sent a delegation to [...]
90 years ago, July 6 1933, the Communist Party sent a delegation to Oakland City Council after the city refused to issue dance permits to the party’s Workers Education Association on the basis that “there would be a mixture of races at such dances.” The decision was not reversed
July 8, 1933: 90 years ago, July 8 1933, a delegation of unemployed people in Walnut [...]
90 years ago, July 8 1933, a delegation of unemployed people in Walnut Creek organized by the Workers’ and Taxpayers’ Association successfully pressured local authorities and the Red Cross to quadruple the amount of food relief offered to the city’s unemployed families
July 13, 1933: 90 years ago, July 12 1933, the last of five Watsonville lettuce workers [...]
90 years ago, July 12 1933, the last of five Watsonville lettuce workers who had been facing deportation for their roles in labor agitation won his freedom in a San Francisco court. The workers were successfully defended by the Communist Party’s International Labor Defense The 5 targeted workers were all …