"MASS PROTEST WILL RELEASE THE FIGHTERS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED" RARE ILD COMMUNIST LABOR BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$1,583.56
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 2, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
1.25" w/union bug at 6 o'cock. Portraits of Harry Raymond, Robert Minor (Fighting Bob), William Z. Foster and Israel Amter- organizers for the March 6, 1930 Communist Party International Unemployment Day demonstration against hunger, joblessness and working conditions. Additional text "International Labor Defense" at bottom. Light surface wear from minimal use. Exc. A rarely offered ILD button connected to this historic demonstration. The multi-city demonstration saw huge turnouts in Chicago, New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland and other industrial centers w/crowds estimated at 1.25 million in total. At the New York event clashes w/police devolved into a riot and the four organizers were arrested and sentenced to maximum sentences of three years.
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