S1E5 - President FDR's Mixed Message to Labor

1934: Mill City Revolt by Kele Cable

Sep 28, 201800:10:02Society & Culture

Episode Notes One last pre-strike episode! In this very short episode, we patch up a glaring hole so far in the narrative: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Rather than a full-blown analysis of the New De...

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