Oral history interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne, 1969 April 27.

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Oral history interview with Vincent Raymond Dunne, 1969 April 27.

Dunne discusses his early work experiences and his involvement with the IWW and the Communist Party in the 1920s, philosophical differences between the Trotskyites and the Communists, the Socialist Workers Party, the 1934 Truckers' Strike in Minneapolis, and organizing radical labor groups.

Sound recordings : 2 sound cassettes (60 min. each)Transcript : 45 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7553720

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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