Tag Archives: Communist Party
Book Review: Bridges of Reform
Shana Bernstein’s Bridges of Reform: Interracial Civil Rights Activism in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles is reviewed. It includes a focus on the Community Service Organization. Continue reading
Posted in Books, California
Tagged ANMA, Cold War, Communist Party, CSO, El Congreso, Roybal
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Hispanic Americans and the Spanish Civil War
Hispanic Americans have received little if any mention in most accounts of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). U.S. volunteers of Spanish, Cuban, and Puerto Rican heritage fought in the civil war, along with a smaller number of Mexican Americans. Continue reading
Posted in California, Northeast, South
Tagged Communist Party, El Congreso, Spanish Civil War, UCAPAWA/FTA
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The Labor Left and Proto-Affirmative Action
The labor left proposed proto-affirmative action in the late 1940s in order to protect the employment gains achieved during World War II. Continue reading
Posted in California, Unions
Tagged CIO, Communist Party, UCAPAWA/FTA, United Furniture Workers
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