The Autobiography of Mother Jones


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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)

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

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the patron saint of labor


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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.


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Well read . A story that must be remembered .