TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zecker,Robert
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - "A Road to Peace and Freedom" : : The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954 / 
SN  - 9781439915172
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Temple University Press
KW  - International Workers Order
KW  - fast
KW  - Working class
KW  - Societies, etc
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Labor movement
KW  - International labor activities
KW  - Civil rights and socialism
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Travailleurs
KW  - Activites internationales
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siecle
KW  - Associations
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Mouvement ouvrier
KW  - Droits de l'homme et socialisme
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Introduction -- A practical demonstration in democracy: the IWO -- A plan for plenty: the IWO tames capitalism -- We dare entertain thoughts not to the liking of present-day bigots: race, civil rights and the IWO -- A mandolin orchestra could attract a lot of attention: interracial fun -- Foreign policy and the IWO -- A fraternal order sentenced to death!: government suppression -- Conclusion; Open Access
N2  - The International Workers Order was an American consortium of ethnic mutual self-insurance societies that advocated for unemployment insurance, Social Security and vibrant industrial unions. This interracial leftist organization guaranteed the healthcare of its 180,000 white, black, Hispanic and Arabic working-class members. But what accounted for the popularity-and eventual notoriety-of this Order? Mining extensive primary sources, Robert Zecker gives voice to the workers in "A Road to Peace and Freedom." He describes the group's economic goals, commitment to racial justice, and activism, from lobbying to end segregation and lynching in America to defeating fascism abroad. Zecker also illustrates the panoply of entertainment, sports, and educational activities designed to cultivate the minds and bodies of members. However, the IWO was led by Communists, and the Order was targeted for red-baiting during the Cold War, subject to government surveillance, and ultimately "liquidated." Zecker explains how the dismantling of the IWO and the general suppression of left-wing dissenting views on economic egalitarianism and racial equality had deleterious effects for the entire country. Moreover, Zecker shows why the sobering lesson of the IWO remains prescient today
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/64076/
ER  -