[Some brief remarks for “Red November / Black November,” Winnipeg I.W.W. feast, November 15, 2014.] It’s an honour to be invited to say a few words about memory and martyrs of the working class. But sadly, “labour’s dead” – the term used for tonight’s event description (at least on Facebook!) – is a HUGE category. In November, it’s customary to commemorate those who sacrificed themselves in war – but I’m sure a gathering of Wobblies, anarchists, and socialists of varying …
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Paul Burrows Originally published in Chris Spannos (ed.), Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century (AK Press, 2008) Editor’s note: This chapter is based on a talk given at the Life After Capitalism Conference, World …
Originally published in Manitoba History Journal (Number 57, February 2008) Emma Goldman visited and lectured in Winnipeg on five separate occasions: first in 1907, twice in 1908, again in 1927, and finally in late-1939, just five …