Labor's turning point - the Minneapolis truck strike of 1934 [SILESIA]

Heroic story of trucking workers strikes against powerful transport companies in 1934. The victory of Teamsters union members, led by US Trotskyists from the Socialist Workers Party, helped spark off the biggest wave of working class struggle in US history, struggles that radically improved the working and living conditions of American workers for decades to come. Participants of the strike describe it as more like a civil war, with workers having to fight off a united capitalist class as well as the police, judges and political establishment of Minneapolis. silesia, 43 mins.


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