![[Labor History Workshop 9-23-1971 #2]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651061387_640-228x160.jpg)
The continuation of an organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.
![[Labor History Workshop 9-23-1971 #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651061274_640-228x160.jpg)
An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest to discuss organizing around tax policy and investigating grocery pricing in Illinois and Indiana. A month earlier, President Richard Nixon had issued an executive order freezing wages for 90 days. In response, supermarkets were pressured to suspend price increases, although this group felt they were not adhering to this promise.
![[Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #6: right to strike steering committee]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651060866_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.
![[Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #3: outside U.S. Steel]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651059914_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.
![[Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #1: strikers at Hilton]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651059875_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.
An interview with cultural theorist Leslie Fiedler in his home in Buffalo, New York.
An interview with cultural theorist Leslie Fiedler in his home in Buffalo, New York.
Today, we pay tribute to Pete Seeger, one of the greatest American singers, political role models, and human beings. He lived his 94 years to the fullest, never wavering from his beliefs in the dignity of all people, civil rights, the environment, and decency, even when he was questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. His musical and personal legacy will live on for generations. In fact, it already has! He was in Chicago in 1991 to be […]