GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Industrial Workers Of The World, Luddite, Komagata Maru Incident
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Joe hill: leader of the international workers of the world (wobblies) Many labor workers were extremely racist, so they would not incorporate asian cultures or other multi cultural workers. Wobblies: they went against the typical labor worker ethics, where they would make use of asian cultures and other multi cultures as labor. They sought to go against the racial divide in canada, thus making them the target of state. Joe hill contributed by using top songs and rewriting the lyrics to make political statements. Lucy parsons: another member of the wobblies, became a highly respected/feared speaker (her husband was a political activist as well) Emma goldman: not a wobblie but a well known anarchy activist, born in. Russia and migrated to the us (worked as a seamstress and found the working conditions deplorable so became an activist) Estimate of the increase in total income inequality within the world graph.
