Difference between revisions of "1934 Big Strike"
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'''1934: The Big Strike--a Menu''' | '''1934: The Big Strike--a Menu''' | ||
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| + | 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, some of which are referenced below. We present a series of screens with texts, photos, captions, and videos that attempt to present the basic story. It follows this sequence: | ||
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| + | [[The Waterfront Strike | Strike Begins]] | ||
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| + | [[1934 Strike Tear Gas Competition|1934 Strike Tear Gas Competition]] | ||
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| + | [[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]] | ||
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[[San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike | Media Distortion]] | [[San Francisco's Press and the 1934 General Strike | Media Distortion]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:July 10 34 strikers block belt line railroad AAD-4983.jpg]] | ||
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| + | '''Strikers block Beltline Railroad, July 10, 1934.''' | ||
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| + | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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| + | [[Image:1934-tourists-walk-up-Market-with-no-streetcar-service.jpg]] | ||
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| + | '''Market Street during 1934 strike, newly arrived tourists walk up street in absence of streetcar service.''' | ||
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| + | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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| + | READ MORE: | ||
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| + | ''A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General Strikes in San Francisco'' by David F. Selvin, Wayne State University: Detroit, 1996. | ||
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| + | ''Strike!'' by Jeremy Brecher, South End Press: Boston, 1972. | ||
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| + | ''American Labor Struggles'' by Samuel Yellen © 1936, Monad Press edition: New York, 1974. | ||
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| + | ''The Labor Wars'' by Sidney Lens, Anchor/Doubleday: New York, 1974. | ||
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| + | ''The Big Strike'' by Mike Quin, Olema Books: 1948. | ||
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| + | ''On The Drumhead'' by Mike Quin, Daily People's World: San Francisco, 1948. | ||
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| + | ''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. | ||
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| + | ''The March Inland: Origins of the ILWU Warehouse Division 1934-1938'' by Harvey Schwartz, International Longshore and Warehouse Union: San Francisco, 2000. | ||
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[[category:Labor]] [[category:1934 General Strike]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:ILWU]] | [[category:Labor]] [[category:1934 General Strike]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:ILWU]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:21, 31 March 2013
Police using tear gas against strikers on Rincon Hill, July 5, 1934.
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, some of which are referenced below. We present a series of screens with texts, photos, captions, and videos that attempt to present the basic story. It follows this sequence:
1934 Strike Tear Gas Competition
Strikers block Beltline Railroad, July 10, 1934.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Market Street during 1934 strike, newly arrived tourists walk up street in absence of streetcar service.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
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.