Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, labor and civil rights activist, feminist, and Communist, is the topic of this webinar presented by Dr. Mary Anne A. Trasciatti, author of the foreword of a new edition of Flynn’s My Life as a Political Prisoner. Trasciatti discusses 1) why it was important that Flynn was a home-grown radical, 2) her relationship to movements, and 3) her central role in civil liberties movement.
Image: Paterson Strike, Daily Worker/People’s World Archives.
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The Communist Party stands for the interests of the American working class and the American people. It stands for our interests in both the present and the future. Solidarity with workers of other countries is also part of our work. We work in coalition with the labor movement, the peace movement, the student movement, organizations fighting for equality and social justice, the environmental movement, immigrants rights groups and the health care for all campaign.
But to win a better life for working families, we believe that we must go further. We believe that the American people can replace capitalism with a system that puts people before profit — socialism.
We are rooted in our country's revolutionary history and its struggles for democracy. We call for "Bill of Rights" socialism, guaranteeing full individual freedoms.
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