The Autobiography of Mother Jones


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(4.8 étoiles; 8 critiques)

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the IWW, or the Wobblies), and was active in the United Mine Workers and the Socialist Party of America. (Summary by Denny) (5 hr 39 min)

Chapitres

The Early Years 8:38 Lu par Scott Henkel
The Haymarket Tragedy 9:37 Lu par Scott Henkel
A Strike in Virginia 5:05 Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew
Wayland's Appeal to Reason 2:50 Lu par Heather Lambert
Victory at Arnot, Pennsylvania 14:57 Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew
War in West Virginia 11:51 Lu par Carl Manchester
A Human Judge 9:34 Lu par Caitlin Kelly
Roosevelt Sent for John Mitchell 9:49 Lu par Caitlin Kelly
Murder in West Virginia 10:39 Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew
March of the Mill Children 18:56 Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom
Those Mules Won't Scab Today 7:28 Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom
How the Women Mopped Up Coaldale 6:13 Lu par Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom
The Cripple Creek Strike 35:42 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Child Labor 31:28 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone 7:46 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
The Mexican Revolution 13:33 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
How the Women Sang Themselves Out of Jail 4:29 Lu par Maddie
Victory in West Virginia 30:07 Lu par Elizabeth McAndrew
Guards and Gunmen 5:22 Lu par Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Governor Hunt, Human and Just 8:46 Lu par Kathy
In Rockefeller's Prisons 23:01 Lu par Kathy
You Don't Need a Vote to Raise Hell 13:08 Lu par Kathy
In a West Virginia Prison Camp 4:56 Lu par Kathy
The Steel Strike of 1919 23:22 Lu par Kathy
Struggle and Lose: Struggle and Win 6:35 Lu par Kathy
Medieval West Virginia 4:55 Lu par Kathy
Progress in Spite of Leaders 10:45 Lu par Scott Henkel

Critiques

the patron saint of labor


(5 étoiles)

Words falter in expressing the importance of this woman's life and her influence on the culture of American labor, indeed labor itself.. Amazing life story, well read and poignant.


(5 étoiles)

Well read . A story that must be remembered .