Global Labor Struggles and International Tensions
Summary of labor disputes and government cost efforts from 1919 news notes. Reports include US figures on living costs rising since Wilson's 1918 letter, Ireland's tightening British control with raids and suppressions, Bolshevik and socialist positions in Europe, coal nationalization talks in Britain, US debt concerns, and Soviet peace offers amid global unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Householder
Wilson
Ireland
Dublin
England
Dublin Castle
Glass
Mordney
House Committee On Ways and Means
Mixed political notes on labor, nationalization, and election satire
A collage of 19th century political commentary from London and Chicago reviews labor unity for nationalization campaigns, Mexican claims postwar arbitration, and election satire. It merges Labour, co-operatives, and the American Legion with broad remarks on voters and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
International Commission
Guadeloupe
United States
American Legion
Chicago
Society For the Prevention
St To Animals
Washington
Yald
Old Laws By Curr People and Political Repression
Fragments critique government overreach and religious objector treatment. References to Lincoln, Palmer, and wartime rhetoric mix with notes on liberty, production aims, and donations for a Liberation Fund. Includes letters from Comrade F M G and A B Asonat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lincoln
America
Saya Atty General Palmer
Department of Justice
Boleh
Franklin
Religion and labor unions echo through ancient Rome text
A narrator discusses religion as a tool of wealth concentration and labor solidarity. He traces ancient worker brotherhoods from Egypt, Greece, and Rome, linking them to modern churches, and argues that slavery stifled progress while unions nurtured liberty and craftsmanship, shaping civilizational rise and the concept of Christ as a figure of unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Collins
Redolph
George
Anamoose
Gagea
Christ
Parsons
Spies
Brotherhoods of Labor
Egypt
Amasis
Solon
Greece
Numa Pompilina
Rome
Cha’ Tlen
Wereill
Jehovah
Rudolph
God
Presbyteriana
Labor
Bolsheviks Advance As Allied Powers Scramble for News
Dispatches from Moscow and Washington report Bolshevik forces pushing through Siberia and south Russia. Admiral Kolchak’s fate is unclear as Irkutsk and Taiga fall under red control. Denikine’s forces retreat toward the Sea of Azov while Semenoff takes eastern Siberia coordinated with Japanese officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epee
Siberia
Moscow
Tomsk
Washington
Russia
Sil
State Department
Cial
Irkutsk
Lake Baikel
Harris
Admiral Kolchak
Njw
Yen
Lansing
Taiga
Denikine
Department
Tme
Cech
Eross
Semenoff
Japan
Chita
Sea of Azov
Berdmansk
Mariupol
Taganrog
Rostov-on-Don
Caspian
Derben- Janpetrovak
Gutieff and
Krasnovodsk
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Gov
Bureau of the Statistic
Nicolai Mize
Serrati
Avanti Ad Yous
Bologna
Lenine
Europe
London
Great Britain
Trades ‘Union Congress
Coal Commission
Aes
Contr
The
Treasury
Glaus
Er. Adalien
Madrid
Saborit
Spain
Parliament
Parliamentary
Labor Party
House of Commons
South Staffs and Worcestershire Federation of Trades Councils
New Majority
State Department of Constabulary
Stuart
Paris
Germany
Place
Lorraine
Clementeau
Saad Zagloul
Alsace-Lorraine
Frankfort
Chamber of Deputies
France
Albert Thomas
Marshal Fochnd
Pau
Magin
Com
Berlin
German National Assembly
South Africa
Kimberly
Oviets
Congress of Soviets
Co-Operative Movement
Trade Union Congress
Labor ‘Party
Miners’ Federation
Dee. 1
Combine
Mexico City
Taliam
Congressiona
Berger
Wisconsin
Congress
Liberation Fund
A. B. Asonat
Sharlerol
Black
Chapt
RED Army
Invincible
Norhwest
Esthenia
Soviet Russia
Ukraine
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