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Looking for some local history? Check out these two books on the Seattle General strike from the LERC's Will Parry Library. In 1919, 65,000 workers in Seattle participated in a general strike for six days in support of the grievances of shipyard workers. ![]()
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📘 James N. Gregory's book, "The Seattle General Strike," originally came out in 1964 and was rereleased for its 100 year anniversary, featuring a new photo essay.![]()
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📙Victoria Johnson's Book, "How Many Machine Guns Does it Take to Cook One Meal," explores the cultural philosophies that inspired the strike. Johnson argues that the strike followed the thinking of Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine.![]()
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📘 A Richer Harvest is an eclectic collection of fiction and nonfiction literature detailing the stories of workers and industry in the Pacific Northwest. It's one of the many books housed at the LERC's Will Parry Library, where we have immense selections on international, US, and PNW specific labor history. ![]()
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Come visit our collection by appointment, or head to the link in our comments to explore our library digitally!
Available by appointment and accessible online, The Will Parry Library at the LERC houses books, periodicals, movies, documentaries, pamphlets and zines on labor. Here are two books LERC staff recently featured during trainings at South Sound Labor School. ![]()
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📘 Using examples from organizing movements that worked, Practical Radicals lays out realistic strategies to build power for today's organizers. ![]()
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📙 A classic, Rules to Win By is a guide for organizers that focuses on the participation of ordinary people, and of every member in a union throughout the bargaining campaig#booksonlaborl#laborbooksb#laborl#nonfictionbooksB#unionu#practicalradicalsi#rulestowinbywinby