Workers' Defense League

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Dates:
Active 1936
Active 1970

Biographical notes:

In 1936, Norman Thomas proposed the formation of a national labor and socialist defense committee to coordinate the defense of striking unionists, sharecroppers and other workers caught up in the labor crisis of the Great Depression. An earlier (1918) organization, called the Workers Defense Union, was not related to it, though their goals were similar.

From the description of Collection, 1936-1970, 1937-1949. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29546111

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Subjects:

  • Academic freedom
  • African Americans
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Archival resources
  • Civil rights movement
  • Universities and colleges
  • Conscientious objection
  • Conscientious objectors
  • Discrimination
  • Discrimination in employment
  • Draft
  • Forced labor
  • Labor
  • Labor disputes
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Minorities
  • Poll tax
  • Race relations
  • Skilled labor
  • Social movements
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Work environment
  • Working class

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Indiana--Terre Haute (as recorded)
  • Michigan (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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