HISTORY 152A Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: International Longshore And Warehouse Union, Stevedore, Pineapple
29 Nov 2017
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People"s republic of hawai"i: hawaii"s politics have been arguable most progressive in country. Had a sharp break in 1940s and 1950s w/ long, resolutely conservative past how: beginning in late 1930s, intl. Longshoremen"s and warehousemen"s union (ilwu) organized island"s sugar, pineapple, stevedoring industries representing majority of hawaii"s organized labor + becoming generally recognized voice for working class as whole. Leftist; active both @ point of production + politics; interracial. Hawaii"s working class provides part of the answer. Before wwii, no one thought workers would form coherent, progressive social force in near future. Reconceptualizing interracialism: interracialism: author defines as ideology and practice of forming political community across extant racial boundaries. Within a nation would eventually become raceless in outlook + actions: marxist view on interracialism: interracial pol. Community they aspire is unified working class in struggle against capital. Critical question has gone unasked: did race recede in significance for.
