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Strikes & Lockouts
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 
 A brief history of this significant event in labor history. Included are full-text documents of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), or Wobblies, including their song book. Site also contains documents supporting the copper mining companies and a selected bibliography. Note: Site does not display well in Internet Explorer. From the University of Arizona Library. http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/bisbee/ Topics: Activism, Geology, Labor, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 15, 2007 How Long Can You Go Without Food? Hunger Strikes 101
This article describes the health aspects of participating in a hunger strike. "Fasting becomes dangerous after just three to five days, at which point the body begins breaking down fat in order to produce energy" and ketoacidosis might begin to occur. "It's all downhill after Week 3, or whenever weight loss exceeds 18 percent of the starting weight." Also describes tactics hunger strikers can use to prolong protests. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2102228/ Topics: Activism Last updated May 4, 2009 Hunger Strike History
"Hunger strikes have been used to change policy and social wrongs for hundreds of years. In early Ireland, where the tradition originated, hunger strikes were actually encoded in civic law." This site provides a brief overview of "some of the most famous, most effective, hunger strikes," including Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, and U.S. suffragettes in the early 20th century. From Code Pink's TroopsHomeFast campaign. http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=1025 Topics: Activism Last updated May 4, 2009 The May Events Archive
This online archive "documents this exciting historical moment with original leaflets, magazines, and newspapers" from 1968, "the climactic year of New Left protest all over the Western world, and especially in [Paris] France where in May of that year ten million workers transformed a student protest into a revolutionary movement by joining it in the streets." Search, or browse by type of material or author. Documents are in French. Simon Fraser University Library, Canada. http://edocs.lib.sfu.ca/projects/mai68/ Topics: Activism, History By Place Last updated Apr 29, 2008 Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937
This interactive exhibit explores the 1936-37 strike at General Motors in Flint, Mich., through numerous oral histories, an audio timeline, a map of the strike location, and a narrated slideshow. Searchable. From Michigan State University, "created with support from the National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities." http://www.historicalvoices.org/flint/ Topics: Activism, Business, Labor, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 21, 2006 Teaching With Historic Places Lesson Plans: Paterson, New Jersey: America's Silk City
This lesson focuses on Paterson, New Jersey, which was known as "Silk City" in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the town produced large quantities of silk fabric. "In 1913, however, the mills stood silent for five months as workers joined in a bitter strike." The website features readings about labor history in the town, maps, and historic images of mills, looms, dye houses, and other industrial scenes. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/102paterson/102paterson.htm Topics: Activism, Industries, Labor, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Trabajadores Inmigrantes/ Immigrant Workers
An exhibit of over 30 photographs of Latino immigrant workers on strike in the United States, taken by David Bacon. Includes commentary from Bacon, and background information on the photographer. From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Gallery/dbacon/ Topics: Activism, Labor, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Aug 24, 2003 |
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