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In the United States, Chicago provided Socialism with a soapbox for firebrand speechmaking, a home for political exiles and a springboard for activism. When Josephine Conger-Kaneko began printing The Socialist Woman in 1909 and then ran for alderwoman in 1914, she could appeal to an audience and an electorate sympathetic to the Socialist Party in unprecedented numbers. Because Chicago was also a stronghold of the mercantile and political interests most dramatically opposed to the Socialist Party, the city frequently served as a pressure cooker for the nation's economic and ideological tension. That tension boiled over in incidents like the 1886 Haymarket Riot, the 1894 Pullman Strike and the 1919 Race Riots and continues to dictate the terms of engagement for contemporary protest movements and labor disputes. In this first comprehensive history of Socialism in the Windy City, author Joseph Rulli examines these major events through the largely unchronicled lives of the Chicago citizens who experienced them, from centennial garment workers to millennials with megaphones. --Page 4 of cover.

Labor movement --- History --- Chicago (Ill.) --- Social conditions.

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Chicago, 1886. Les conditions de vie des ouvriers, essentiellement d'origine immigrée, sont lamentables. Les tensions pour l'obtention de la journée de huit heures de travail sont à leur paroxysme. Un soir de mai, un événement tragique jette huit hommes dans la tourmente d'une parodie de justice dont l'issue sera qualifiée de «vendredi noir». Les répercussions sont internationales et aboutissent à la célébration du 1er Mai, Journée internationale des travailleurs.Haymarket raconte le parcours de ces hommes dont les idées et le combat pour la dignité et la justice leur ont valu d'être persécutés par l'État et les puissants. Au fil de ce récit historique où l'auteur tente d'imaginer les sentiments qui les ont habités, depuis leur enfance jusqu'à leurs derniers jours, on plonge au coeur d'un jeune pays aux prises avec ses contradictions. Parce que les fragments du passé nous livrent parfois les clés du présent, ce livre s'adresse à tous les esprits curieux ainsi qu'à ceux qui croient encore qu'un autre monde est possible.

Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886. --- Labor movement. --- Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886 --- Labor movement

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For nearly 80 years, the Rock Island was a major railroad in Arkansas providing passenger and freight services. A decline in rail travel after World War II and an increase in trucks hauling freight over government-subsidized interstates were among factors that left the railroad struggling. Efforts to merge with other railroads were stalled for years by federal regulators. The Rock Island filed for bankruptcy in 1975 and attempted a reorganization, but creditors wanted the assets liquidated, with a judge shutting it down in 1980. Most of the tracks that traversed the state were taken up, but a few relics, like the Little Rock passenger station and the Arkansas River bridge, remain as monuments to this once great railroad.

Railroads --- History. --- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company. --- Arkansas.

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New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company (1923-1964)

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""The Ordeal of the Jungle" boldly revises previous scholarship regarding Chicago's labor movement in the World war I era. It examines the failures of the Chicago Federation of Labor to build a progressive, interracial organization. Following failed strikes and a tumultuous time, the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 shattered the CFL's tenuous interracial alliance."--Provided by publisher.

E-books --- African Americans --- Chicago Race Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1919. --- Working class --- Labor movement --- Employment --- History --- Social conditions --- Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council --- Chicago (Ill.) --- Race relations