Why Labor Day Exists — and Why It Still Belongs to Workers
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From Pullman to Pomona: Cycles of Resistance in Southern California
Local Struggles, Global Echoes Los Angeles is often portrayed as a city of freeways and fantasies — a place where the future is scripted on screens. But beneath the glamour lies another history, one built by workers whose labor made the city and whose resistance shaped its character. From the sweatshops
From Haymarket to Occupy: The Unfinished Revolt of Labor and Democracy
Echoes in the Streets History rarely advances in a straight line. It lurches forward, stalls, and then rises again when people refuse to accept indignity. Chicago’s Haymarket Square in 1886, when workers demanded an eight-hour day, was not the first rebellion and would not be the last. The Pullman
What Does Labor Day Mean in Los Angeles?
Not Just a Holiday, But a History In Los Angeles, Labor Day weekend often looks like a postcard: backyard barbecues, traffic to the beaches, sales at the malls. But behind the three-day weekend lies a history of struggle that is written into the streets of this city as much as
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