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'''1934: The Big Strike--a Menu''' | '''1934: The Big Strike--a Menu''' | ||
The 1934 waterfront strike in San Francisco is by all accounts a seminal event in class relations in the city. There are accounts of this period in many history books, but not so many versions tell a comprehensive tale of the strike, and most are steeped in romanticism of one sort or another. We present a series of screens here with texts, photos, captions, and videos that attempt to present the basic story. It follows this sequence: | |||
[[The Waterfront Strike | Strike Begins]] | |||
[[July 5, 1934: Bloody Thursday|July 5, 1934]] | |||
[[Bloody Thursday | Bloody Thursday]] | [[Bloody Thursday | Bloody Thursday]] | ||
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[[The General Strike of 1934| Newsreel]] | [[The General Strike of 1934| Newsreel]] | ||
[[The Waterfront Strike | [[San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike | Media Distortion]] | ||
READ MORE: | |||
''A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco'' by David F. Selvin, Wayne State University: Detroit, 1996. | |||
''Strike!'' by Jeremy Brecher, South End Press: Boston, 1972. | |||
''American Labor Struggles'' by Samuel Yellen © 1936, Monad Press edition: New York, 1974. | |||
''The Labor Wars'' by Sidney Lens, Anchor/Doubleday: New York, 1974. | |||
''The Big Strike'' by Mike Quin, Olema Books: 1948. | |||
''On The Drumhead'' by Mike Quin, Daily People's World: San Francisco, 1948. | |||
''The Big Strike: A Pictorial History of the 1934 SF General Strike'' with a narrative by Warren Hinckle, Silver Dollar Books: Virginia City, Nevada, 1985. | |||
''The March Inland: Origins of the ILWU Warehouse Division 1934-1938'' by Harvey Schwartz, International Longshore and Warehouse Union: San Francisco, 2000. | |||
[[San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike |Prev. Document]] [[CLASS CONFLICT IN S.F. |Next Document]] | [[San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike |Prev. Document]] [[CLASS CONFLICT IN S.F. |Next Document]] | ||
[[category:Labor]] [[category:1934 General Strike]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:ILWU]] | [[category:Labor]] [[category:1934 General Strike]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:ILWU]] | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 16 June 2009
Market Street During 1934 Strike
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
1934: The Big Strike--a Menu
The 1934 waterfront strike in San Francisco is by all accounts a seminal event in class relations in the city. There are accounts of this period in many history books, but not so many versions tell a comprehensive tale of the strike, and most are steeped in romanticism of one sort or another. We present a series of screens here with texts, photos, captions, and videos that attempt to present the basic story. It follows this sequence:
READ MORE:
A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco by David F. Selvin, Wayne State University: Detroit, 1996.
Strike! by Jeremy Brecher, South End Press: Boston, 1972.
American Labor Struggles by Samuel Yellen © 1936, Monad Press edition: New York, 1974.
The Labor Wars by Sidney Lens, Anchor/Doubleday: New York, 1974.
The Big Strike by Mike Quin, Olema Books: 1948.
On The Drumhead by Mike Quin, Daily People's World: San Francisco, 1948.
The Big Strike: A Pictorial History of the 1934 SF General Strike with a narrative by Warren Hinckle, Silver Dollar Books: Virginia City, Nevada, 1985.
The March Inland: Origins of the ILWU Warehouse Division 1934-1938 by Harvey Schwartz, International Longshore and Warehouse Union: San Francisco, 2000.