Workingclass giant : the life of William Z. Foster / by Arthur Zipser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : International Publishers, 1981.Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 219 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0717805905 :
  • 0717805824 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.88/092 B 21
LOC classification:
  • HD 8073 .F6 Z5 1981
Contents:
1. A bit of background -- 2. The Philadelphia story -- 3. Work, on land and at sea -- 4. Homesteading and railroading -- 5. A syndicalist in the making -- 6. Foster's militant minority -- 7. Steel: organization and strike -- 8. From syndicalist to Communist -- 9. The TUEL: with the tide -- 10. The TUEL bucking the tide -- 11. Toward a labor party -- 12. The Trade Union Unity League -- 13. Facing the crisis -- 14. A crack in the pitcher -- 15. Fighting for peace and democracy -- 16. Fascism leads to war -- 17. War ends - cold war begins -- 18. Three score and ten plus -- 19. One final conflict.
Summary: "I was secretary and research assistant to William Z. Foster from 1951 to 1957. Being with Foster six days a week and observing him in all aspects of his work and in the bosom of his family qualified me, I suppose, to undertake the present book. But the principal sources for a William Z. Foster biography are his own autobiographical writings -- From Bryan to Stalin (1937), Pages from a Worker's Life (1939) and More Pages from a Worker's Life (a posthumous collection I edited in 1979)...." - from the author's preface.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197 - 205) and index.

1. A bit of background -- 2. The Philadelphia story -- 3. Work, on land and at sea -- 4. Homesteading and railroading -- 5. A syndicalist in the making -- 6. Foster's militant minority -- 7. Steel: organization and strike -- 8. From syndicalist to Communist -- 9. The TUEL: with the tide -- 10. The TUEL bucking the tide -- 11. Toward a labor party -- 12. The Trade Union Unity League -- 13. Facing the crisis -- 14. A crack in the pitcher -- 15. Fighting for peace and democracy -- 16. Fascism leads to war -- 17. War ends - cold war begins -- 18. Three score and ten plus -- 19. One final conflict.

"I was secretary and research assistant to William Z. Foster from 1951 to 1957. Being with Foster six days a week and observing him in all aspects of his work and in the bosom of his family qualified me, I suppose, to undertake the present book. But the principal sources for a William Z. Foster biography are his own autobiographical writings -- From Bryan to Stalin (1937), Pages from a Worker's Life (1939) and More Pages from a Worker's Life (a posthumous collection I edited in 1979)...." - from the author's preface.

From the library of Roscoe and Oletta Proctor.

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