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Socialist Workers Party

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

18 Union and Socialist Leaders Have Lost Their Freedom...., 1944

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
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"15 of the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Union Local 544-CIO and of the Socialist Workers Party are shown marching to jail in Minneapolic on Dec. 31 to begin serving their twelve to sixteen month prison sentences...."

Dates: Publication: 1944

Free the 18, 1944-06

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.41
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"Free the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Local 544-CIO and the Socialist Workers Party now behind prison bars, sentenced under the anti-labor Smith 'gag' Act." Announcement flyer for a radio address, "Free Speech and Labor's Rights" presented by James T. Farrell on WEVD-Radio.

Dates: 1944-06

Letter from Arne Swabeck to Harold Preece, 1936-06-02

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.18
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"Dear Comrade Preece...The contributions we receive from you from time to time for the New Militant columns are valaued and we also appreciate the information you have sdent us on various occasions...."

Dates: 1936-06-02

Letter from James T. Farrell (Chairman) to Friends, 1944

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
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"Dear Friend: When the 18 Minneapolis union and socialist leaders were placed behind prison bars on Decembver 31st, Roger Baldwin, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union declared: This imprisonment nevewr should have taken place...."

Dates: 1944

Pamphlet, 1944

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.26
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Single page of a pamphlet which lists National Committee members, list of unions supporting the Minneapolic Case, and what YOU can do to help free the "18".

Dates: Publication: 1944

Western Union press message from Preece to Arne Swabeck, 1936-04-07

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Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.18
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"...I have just replied to a communication from Leighton Rigby, giving him some information on the pre-war status of the Socialist Party in Texas...I did not get to attend the SP state convention, although I should have done so as a Federated Press correspondent...."

Dates: 1936-04-07

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Subject
Truck drivers -- Labor unions -- Minnesota -- History -- 20th century. 4
Alien Registration Act 3
Civil liberties -- 1960-1980. 3
Political prisoners -- United States -- History. 3
Working class -- United States 3