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In the year 1934, militant strikes broke across the United States in San Francisco, Toledo, and Minneapolis. This podcast explores the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike in-depth, discussing the history, theory, and practice of one of the the country's most incredible action by the working class through a leftist perspective.
A truck permit becomes a strike tactic, if that's your kind of plot twist.
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A martial-law raid tests Local 574 and shows how rank-and-file discipline kept the strike moving after its leaders were arrested.
Olson's Raid tracks Governor Olson's turn to martial law, replacing Local 574's permit system with military control. The change lands in practical terms: permits went to small truck operators who signed the Haas-Dunagan proposal, while interstate commerce let larger trucking…
A forceful account of how police violence and state power intensified Minneapolis's 1934 labor struggle.
The Minneapolis Teamster strike is framed as a clash between police power, state authority, and a militant labor movement finding its voice under pressure.
A quiet Minneapolis strike headquarters gives way to sirens, blood, and a wider view of organized labor under police violence.
The episode holds close to Minneapolis strike headquarters on July 20, the fourth day of the Third Strike, where the quiet is more disturbing than any rallying noise.
A focused look at how Local 574 builds strike power through preparation, farmer outreach, and public action.
Local 574's campaign in Minneapolis comes through as a story of preparation before confrontation. After the May strike, the union puts full-time organizers on the average wage of $25 a week, reaches farmers ahead of the next walkout, and uses a permit system to shape how farm…
A labor standoff shifts from street violence to hotel negotiations as union recognition remains unsettled.
A Minneapolis labor conflict tightens into a charged test of union recognition, public authority, and who gets to define order. After the deputies run, the episode tracks the Citizens' Alliance as some members weigh harsher confrontations while others try to trap and arrest…
Civics, history, and bureaucracy with jokes attached.
Radical history, argued in public.
The National Guard’s raid on Local 574’s headquarters at 4 a.m. changed the strike’s structure overnight.
After cops shot more than 60 strikers and bystanders on Bloody Friday, Local 574 kept organizing and Henry B.
The Minneapolis Police Department shot 67 men in 10 minutes on Bloody Friday.
Kelly Cable traces how Local 574 grew to 7,000 members, opened headquarters at 225 South 3rd Street, and hired the Dunn brothers, Carl Scoglund, and Farrell Dobbs for $25 a week.
Kelly Cable traces how Local 574, Governor Olson, and the Citizens' Alliance forced each other into a short-lived stalemate in Minneapolis.
An in-depth historical analysis of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike from a leftist perspective.
This episode explores the background and context of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, covering socialist history and key leaders.
An in-depth exploration of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike from a leftist perspective, introducing key players and institutions.