Tag: 1984
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Jobs with Peace

Read more: Jobs with PeaceHow can progressive political movements win power in geographically expansive and multiracial cities like Los Angeles? The answer, according to the Los Angeles Jobs with Peace campaign was “coalition architecture,” an intentional strategy to link the interests of organized labor with the peace movement, the women’s movement, and the African American civil rights movement through […]
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“Springsteen Strikes a Chord With Laid-off Steelworkers”

Read more: “Springsteen Strikes a Chord With Laid-off Steelworkers”In November 1984, Bruce Springsteen made an unusual stop on his “Born in the U.S.A.” tour: a Food Bank near a shuttered steel mill in Maywood, CA. The Food Bank had been established after the Bethlehem Steel Corporation shuttered its mill there in 1982, resulting in job losses for thousands of workers represented by United […]