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Labor Links   @   Labor Fiction   @   Audio/Video/Other Media   @   Labor Film Festival   @   General Labor Non-Fiction   @   Historical Non-Fiction   @   "If a man love the labour of his trade, apart from any suggestionof success or fame, the gods have called him."— Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chanceto work hard at work worth doing."— Theodore Roosevelt [Labor Day speech, 1903] "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the richwould have kept it all to themselves."— Lane Joseph Kirkland [president AFL-CIO, 1980-95] "Men do not shrink from work, but from slavery. The man who worksprimarily for the benefit of another does so only from compulsion,and work so done is the very essence of slavery."— Eugene V. Debs [1855-1926] "You don't own it until it costs you something."— George Meany [president AFL-CIO 1955-79] "Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage has decreased 38% since 1968."— Howard Dean, 2003 "Labor is the source of all wealth."—  G.E. Nordell purchase variations of this poster at AllPosters.com Labor Links sociologist C. Wright Mills [1916-62] labor leader Eugene V. Debs [1855-1926] links, timeline, and more links consolidated on the'Labor, Capitalism & the Working Mind' pageat Working Minds / Solutions American Labor History Timeline at Working Minds / Solutions UFCW Labor History Timeline 1800-1900 UFCW Labor History Timeline 1900-1979 <b>I.W.W.</b> page at Spirit of America @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @ Fiction Related to Union Struggles Triangle novel   "Triangle: A Novel" [2006] by Katharine Weber A woman in a nursing home who survived the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tells her story to her granddaughter. After the woman's death, a feminist scholar notices inconsistencies in the story and sets out to uncover the woman's secrets. FS&G 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/2006] for $15.64 Coal Camp Justice   "Coal Camp Justice: Two Wrongs Make A Right" [2005]by Ricardo L. García Univ NM Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $16.47 sequel "Coal Camp Days: A Boy's Remembrance" [2001] Univ NM Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2001] for $24.95 Labor Days   "Labor Days: An Anthology of Fiction About Work"[5 stories, 16 novel excerpts; 2004]Edited by David Gates Random House 8x5 pb [8/2004] for $11.16 Bucket of Blood / Ragman's War   "Bucket of Blood: The Ragman's War" [2003] by R.S. Sukle A fictional account of the 1927-28 strikes in the coalfields of Pennsylvania, based on family stories. iUniverse 9x6 pb [12/2003] for $17.95 iUniverse 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2003] for $27.95 author's booksite Haymarket   "Haymarket: A Novel" [2003] by Martin B. Duberman A fictional account of the Haymarket Massacre of 1886, centering on labor martyr Albert Parsons. Seven Stories Press 9¼x6.3 hardcover [12/2003] for $17.47 Sunnyside War   "The Sunnyside War" [2003] by Fred CivishYoung Dan Cook grows up fast in the coal mines of Sunnyside, Utah, in the 1920s. Cedar Fort 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $15.96 Slaves   "The Coal King's Slaves: A Coal Miner's Story" [2002]by William G. Williams A tale of Scranton PA coal-miners circa 1890. Burd Street Press 9x6 pb [11/2002] for $10.47 The Worker In American Fiction   "Labor's Text: The Worker In American Fiction" [2000]by Laura Hapke Rutgers Univ Press 10x7 pb [2/2001] for $32.95 Rutgers Univ Press 10¼x7¼ hardcover [2/2000] for $0.00 Thunder / Mtn   "Thunder On The Mountain: A Novel of 1936" [1999]by David Poyer A tale of labor strife in the Pennsylvania oilfields. Forge pb [8/2000] out of print/used St. Martin 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/99] out of print/used Chivers UNABR audio [1/2000] for $86.94 author website Coal Creek War   "Tennessee's Coal Creek War: Another Fight For Freedom" [1995]by Chris CawoodWorkers stand up to coal mine owners and the State Militia, in 1891-92. Magnolia Hill 9x6 pb [10/95] for $11.66 Storming Heaven   "Storming Heaven: A Novel" [1987]by Denise Giardina A compelling novel of Appalachian labor strife in the 1920s. Ivy Books pb [5/94] for $6.99 Ballantine 8½x5½ pb [2/99] out of print/used W.W. Norton hardcover [8/87] out of print/used Unquiet Earth   "The Unquiet Earth: A Novel" [1992]by Denise Giardina Sequel to "Storming Heaven" above. Ivy Books pb [5/94] for $6.99 W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [5/92] out of print/used Lonely Crusade   "Lonely Crusade" [Knopf 1947] by Chester Himes A young Negro man becomes a union organizer in the Los Angeles aircraft industry during World War II. Thunder's Mouth Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/97] out of print/used Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [11/86] out of print/used Knopf/Chatham/TMP hardcovers: out of print/used @       @       @       @       @       @ Labor Novels by Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair catalog at Amazon Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] Page The Jungle   "The Jungle: The Lie of The American Dream" [1906] B&N Classics pb [9/2003] for $4.95 Bantam Classics pb [10/81] for $5.95 Chelsea House 9¼x6¼ pb [7/2002] for $14.67 Chelsea House 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2001] for $37.95 7¼x4 library binding [8/2001] for $11.16 Globe Fearon ABR audio [12/95] for $26.90 Blackstone UNABR audio [10/94] for $78.94 Norton Critical Edition, edited by Clare Virginia Eby W.W. Norton 8¾x6¾ pb [12/2002] for $12.10 Jungle: Uncensored   "The Jungle: Uncensored Original Edition" [1906] "What 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for black slaves, 'The Jungle' has a large chance to do for the white slaves of today." — Jack London See Sharp Press pb [4/2003] for $9.60 Lost First Edition [1988], edited by Gene Degruson St. Lukes Press pb [10/88] out of print/used King Coal   "King Coal" [1917] A fictional version of the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado IndyPublish pb [7/2003] for $94.99 [!] Bantam Classic pb [7/94] out of print/used IndyPublish 9x6 hardcover [7/2003] for $100.99 [!] Amereon 8¾x6 hardcover [7/99] for $30.94 posthumous sequel "The Coal War" [1976] Univ Press of CO hardcover [6/76] out of print/used Oil! by US   "Oil!: A Novel" [1927] A fast-paced tale of the 1920s oil boom in Southern California Univ CA Press 8x5½ pb [4/97] for $13.27 Bentley hardcover [6/79] out of print/used Boston   "Boston: A Documentary Novel {of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case}"[1928] Bentley 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/78] for $32.00 "Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America" [1937] "The book was instrumental in the formation of the United Auto Workers' Union." Charles H. Kerr Publg 8¾x6½ pb [3/84] out of print/used Charles H. Kerr Publg pb [1/87] out of print/used @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @ Non-Fiction - General Speechless   "Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression In The American Workplace" [2007]by Bruce Barry Berrett–Koehler 9¼x6¼ pb [6/2007] for $18.45 official booksite State of Working America   "The State of Working America, 2006/2007" [10th edition 2006]by Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein & Sylvia Allegretto I.L.R. Press pb [12/2006] for $16.47 I.L.R. Press hardcover [12/2006] for $59.95 official book-series site • Economic Policy Institute Death In The Haymarket   "Death In The Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, The First Labor Movement & The Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America" [2006]by James Green Anchor 7¾x5¼ pb [3/2007] for $10.85 Pantheon 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $18.60 Taking Back The Workers' Law   "Taking Back The Workers' Law: How To Fight The Assault On Labor Rights" [2006]by Ellen Dannin I.L.R. Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $35.00 Solidarity For Sale   "Solidarity For Sale: How Corruption Destroyed The Labor Movement & Undermined America's Promise" [2006]by Robert Fitch PublicAffairs 9½x7 hardcover [2/2006] for $18.81 Subterranean Fire   "Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism In The United States" [2006]by Sharon Smith Haymarket Books pb [2/2006] for $10.40 Mobsters, Unions & Feds   "Mobsters, Unions and Feds: The Mafia & The American Labor Movement" [2006]by James B. Jacobs NY Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [1/2006] for $20.76 Fired / Tales   "Fired!: Tales of The Canned, Canceled, Downsized & Dismissed"[2006] Book & film edited by Annabelle Gurwitch Touchstone 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2006] for $12.97 L.A. Theatre Works audio CD of the play [7/2005] for $20.76 author's book, play & film site • official movie site Shout Factory Theatre color DVD [6/2007] for $17.99 film credits [aired March 2007] Restoring The American Dream   "Restoring The American Dream: A Working Families' Agenda For America" [2005]by Thomas A. Kochan M.I.T. Press 9x6 pb [10/2006] for $11.16 M.I.T. Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $21.24 publisher's bookpage Slaves To Fashion   "Slaves To Fashion: Poverty & Abuse In The New Sweatshops" [2004]by Robert J.S. Ross U.M.P. pb [10/2004] for $12.97 U.M.P. 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2004] for $65.00 Beasts of The Field   "Beasts of The Field: A Narrative History of California Farm Workers, 1769-1913" [2004]by Richard Steven Street listed as Los Angeles Times Book Review Best of 2004 Stanford Univ Press 10x7 pb [4/2004] for $19.77 Stanford Univ Press 10¼x7 hardcover [3/2004] for $75.00 Corruption / Reform / Teamsters   "Corruption and Reform In The Teamsters Union" [2003]by David Witwer Univ IL Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2003] for $41.94 Blue-Collar Hollywood   "Blue-Collar Hollywood: Liberalism, Democracy & Working People In American Film" [2003]by John Bodnar Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2006] for $25.00 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2003] for $45.00 Union Member's Guide   "The Union Member's Complete Guide: Everything You Want – And Need – To Know About Working Union" [2001]by Michael Mauer Union Comm'n Service 9x7¾ pb [11/2001] for $10.36 From The Folks Who Brought You The Weekend   "From The Folks Who Brought You The Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor In The United States" [2001]by Priscilla Murolo & A. B. Chitty; illustrations by Joe Sacco"[an] extraordinarily fine addition to U.S. history and labor literature" New Press 9.4x6¼ pb [2/2003] for $12.57 New Press hardcover [9/2001] out of print/used White Collar Sweatshop   "White Collar Sweatshop: The Deterioriation of Work & Its Rewards In Corporate America" [2001]by Jill Andresky Fraser W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [6/2002] for $11.17 W.W. Norton hardcover [2/2001] for $26.95 Labor Quotations   "The Great Labor Quotations: Sourcebook & Reader" [2000]by Peter Bollen Red Eye Press 9x6 pb [8/2000] for $13.97 Kids On Strike! book by Susan Campbell Bartoletti   "Kids On Strike!" [ages 9-12; 1999]by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Houghton Mifflin 10x7½ pb [8/2003] for $9.95 Houghton Mifflin 10¼x7¾ hardcover [10/99] for $16.00 Short History of the U.S. Working Class   "A Short History of The U.S. Working Class: From Colonial Times To The Twenty-First Century" [1999]by Paul Le Blanc Humanity Books 9x6 pb [7/99] for $24.00 Humanity Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/99] for $52.00 Why Unions Matter   "Why Unions Matter" [1998] by Michael D. Yates "particularly successful in the chapters that focus on the nuts & bolts of union activities" Monthly Rvw Press 9x6 pb [12/98] for $17.00 Monthly Rvw Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/98] out of print/used When the Mines Closed book by Thomas Dublin & George Harvan   "When The Mines Closed: Stories of Struggles In Hard Times" [1998]by Thomas Dublin, photographs by George Harvan Cornell Univ Press 9½x6¼ pb [9/98] for $23.95 Cornell Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used From The Ashes of The Old   "From The Ashes of The Old: American Labor & America's Future"[1998] by Stanley Aronowitz Basic Books pb [2/2000] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [9/98] for $25.00 Steward's Guide   "The Union Steward's Complete Guide" [1997]Edited by David Prosten Union Comm'n Service 10x8 pb [11/97] for $13.97 Negotiating Hollywood   "Negotiating Hollywood: The Cultural Politics of Actors' Labor" [1995]by Danae Clark A pioneering study of labor struggles in 1930s Hollywood Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [10/95] for $22.00 Univ MN Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/95] for $44.95 Overworked   "The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure"[1992] by Juliet B. Schor Basic Books 7¾x5¼ pb [2/93] for $11.20 Basic Books hardcover [2/92] out of print/used Electronic Sweatshop   "The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers Are Turning The Office of The Future Into The Factory of The Past" [1988]by Barbara Garson Penguin pb [10/89] out of print/used S&S hardcover [5/88] out of print/used ACLU Rights   "The Rights of Employees & Union Members: The Basic A.C.L.U. Guide To The Rights of Employees & Union Members" [1984]by Wayne N. Outten, Robert J. Rabin & Lisa R. Lipman SoIL Univ Press 6¾x6½ pb [2nd edition 3/94] for $14.35 Dynamite   "Dynamite: A Century of Class Violence In America, 1830-1930" [1984]by Louis Adamic A.K./Rebel Press 8¼x6 pb [6/84] for $12.99 Labor Struggles   "American Labor Struggles, 1877-1934" [1982]by Samuel Yellen Pathfinder Press 8¼x5½ pb [2/84] for $23.94 Ayer hardcover [10/82] out of print/used "Out of The Sweatshop: The Struggle For Industrial Democracy" [1977]Edited by Leon Stein Times Books hardcover [6/77] out of print / [many] used Strike!   "Strike!" [1974] by Jeremy Brecher an examination of the mass strike South End Press 8½x5.4 pb [10/97] for $22.00 South End Press 8½x5½ hardcover [1/98] for $40.00 History of American Labor   "A History of American Labor" [1961]by Joseph G. Rayback Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/66] for $23.95 Labor's Untold Story   "Labor's Untold Story" [1955]by Richard O. Boyer & Herbert M. Morais recommended by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [1922-2007] UERMWA pb [12/55] out of print/used via Amazon available from UERMWA [24th printing] New Men   "New Men of Power: America's Labor Leaders"[Harcourt Brace 1948] by C. Wright Mills Univ IL Press pb [9/2001] for $17.95 Univ IL Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2001] for $40.00 A.M. Kelley hardcover [1/71] for $46.99 more C. Wright Mills at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore @       @       @       @       @       @ Non-Fiction - Historical Events Blood Passion / Ludlow Massacre   "Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre & Class War In The American West" [2007]by Scott Martelle Rutgers Univ Press pb [8/2007] for $17.13 Pullman Strike of 1894 / YA   "Pullman Strike of 1894" [for ages 9-12; 2006]by Rosemary Laughlin Morgan Reynolds Publng YA hardcover [4/2006] for $26.95 Slaughter in Serene   "Slaughter In Serene: The Columbine Coal Strike Reader" [2005]by Eric Margolis, Joanna Sampson, Phil Goodstein & Richard Myers purchase online at Bread & Roses Workers' Cultural Center publisher's bookpage Labor, Civil Rights & The Hughes Tool Company   "Labor, Civil Rights and The Hughes Tool Company" [2005]by Michael R. Botson, Jr. The National Labor Relations Board unanimously ended Jim Crow unionism & segregated labor unions at the giant Hughes Tool factory in Houston, Texas in July, 1964 - a victory for both the labor movement and the civil rights movement. Texas A&M Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $18.06 see also the Howard Hughes [1905-76] Page Bread & Roses   "Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants & The Struggle For The American Dream" [2005]by Bruce Watson Penguin 7½x5½ pb [7/2006] for $10.88 Viking 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2005] for $18.96 Triangle Fire by David von Drehle   "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America" [2003]by David von Drehle Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover [9/2003] for $18.20 Hollywood Noir / Ronald Reagan   "Hollywood Noir: Featuring Ronald Reagan" [2001]by Richard Olsen Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $21.99 Xlibris 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2001] for $31.99 Pullman Strike & Labor Movement   "The Pullman Strike and The Labor Movement In American History"[for ages 9-12; 2001] by R. Conrad Stein Enslow Publrs 9¼x6¼ YA hardcover [3/2001] for $26.60 Pullman Case / Labor & Capital   "The Pullman Case: The Clash of Labor & Capital In Industrial American Society" [1999]by David Ray Papke Univ Press of KS 8½x5½ pb [4/99] for $12.95 Univ Press of KS 9x6 hardcover [4/99] out of print/used Pullman Strike / Turning Point   "Pullman Strike of 1894: Turning Point For American Labor" [for ages 9-12; 1994] by Linda Jacobs Altman Millbrook Press YA hardcover [3/94] for $26.89 Thunder In The Mountains   "Thunder In The Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21"[1990] by Lon Savage a journalist's account of the miners' strike in Matewan, West Virginia Univ of Pittsburgh Press pb [10/90] for $14.95 Univ of Pittsburgh Press hardcover [10/90] out of print/used Triangle Fire by LS   "The Triangle Fire" [1985]by Leon Stein I.L.R./Cornell 8½x5½ pb [4/2001] for $16.95 Carroll & Graf hardcover [7/85] out of print/used Buried Unsung   "Buried Unsung: Louis Tikas & The Ludlow Massacre" [1982]by Zeese Papanikolas; Foreward by Wallace Stegner Univ NE Press 9x6 pb [6/91] for $24.95 Univ UT Press hardcover [10/82] out of print/used Haymarket Martyrs   "The Autobiographies of The Haymarket Martyrs" [1978]Edited by Philip S. Foner Pathfinder Press pb [8/2001] for $20.94 Uprising of 1877   "The Great Labor Uprising of 1877" [1977]by Philip S. Foner Pathfinder Press 8¼x5¼ pb [1/2002] for $21.94 Pathfinder Press hardcover [6/77] out of print/used Pullman Strike / First-Hand Account   "The Pullman Strike: The Classic First-Hand Account of An Epoch-Making Struggle In U.S. Labor History" [orig 1894]by Rev. William H. Carwardine Charles H. Kerr Publng 11x5 pb [1/94] for $12.00 @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @ Music, Videos, Other Media Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways   "Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways" [2006] Smithsonian Folkways audio CD [5/2006] for $11.98 Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads   "Dust Bowl Ballads" by Woody Guthrie Buddha / BMG audio CD [7/2000] for $10.99 Seeger Carry It On   "Carry It On: Songs of America's Working People" [1992]by Pete Seeger, Si Kahn & Jane Sapp Flying Fish audio CD [9/92] for $14.99 @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @       @ Labor Film Festival "China  Blue"[Teddy Bear Films Jan 2007] China Blue documentary film   "Shopping will never be the same." A documentary filmed inside a factory in Guangdong, China that produces luxury bluejeans for the American & European markets. The peasant girls work long hours for insulting pay (six cents an hour!), suffer non-voluntary & unpaid overtime, have no benefits, and live in squalor. Produced & directed by Micha X. Peled; featuring worker 'Jasmine' & factory owner Guo Xi Lam Region 1 video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb official movie site "Harvest  of  Shame"[CBS News special Nov 1960] Harvest of Shame   TV journalist Edward R. Murrow describes the harsh living conditions, endless travel & low wages of migrant farm workers in America. Co-produced & directed by Fred W. Friendly; co-produced and hosted by Edward R. Murrow New Video Group b&w DVD [5/2005] for $21.99 full credits from IMDb "Matewan"[Cinecom/Goldcrest Aug 1987] Matewan video   Based on a coal miners strike in Mingo County, West Virginia in 1920. The mine owners brought in strike breakers and encouraged brutal violence against the local strikers. Written & directed by John Sayles; starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham & David Strathairn Lionsgate/Fox color DVD [6/2004] for $17.38 Hallmark Home Ent color VHS [4/97] for $13.99 Daring Records soundtrack CD [1/95] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 "Thinking In Pictures: The Making of The Movie Matewan" [1987]by John Sayles Mariner Books 9x6 pb [10/87] for $11.20 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/87] out of print/used "Norma  Rae"  [Fox March 1979] Norma Rae poster   A young Baptist mother with a dead-end job at a textile mill in the U.S. South agrees to help a Jewish New Yorker organize her co-workers into a union, going against management and many of her family & neighbors & friends. Directed by Martin Ritt; written by Harriet Frank Jr. & Irving Ravetch; starring Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Pat Hingle, Barbara Baxley, Gail Strickland & Morgan Paull; won Oscars for Best Actress, Best Original Song; Oscar noms for Best Picture, Best Script Adaptation, WGA nomination for Best Feature Drama Script Fox widescreen color DVD [4/2001] for $9.98 Fox double bill color DVD [12/2006] for $9.99 (with "Working Girl" [1988]} Fox color VHS [1/97] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb "On  The  Waterfront"[Columbia July 1954] won eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor   On The Waterfront poster   An aspiring prizefighter who runs errands for the local underworld witnesses the murder of a fellow dockworker who was going to testify to the Waterfront Crime Commission. When he meets the sister of the dead man, his conscience begins to assert itself. Directed by Elia Kazan; script by Budd Schulberg; starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Balsam & Nehemiah Persoff; won 8 Oscars: for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (EMS), Best B&W Cinematography, Best Set Decoration, Best Editing; Oscar noms for Best Supporting Actor x 3 (Cobb & Malden & Steiger), Best Music Score; won DGA & WGA Awards; listed on National Film Registry (1989); listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) Sony b&w DVD [10/2001] for $18.99 Sony b&w VHS [2/98] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb "On The Waterfront" posters at AllPosters [dot] com "Salt  of  The  Earth  [March 1954] and "The Hollywood Ten" [1950 short film] Salt of the Earth & Hollywood Ten   Salt of the Earth video   Pioneer b&w DVD [3/99] for $24.97 "The Hollywood Ten" 15-minute documentaryWritten & directed by John Berry "Hollywood Ten" credits from IMDb "Salt of The Earth: The Only Blacklisted American Film" Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico Directed by Herbert J. Biberman [B]; script by Michael Biberman & Michael Wilson [B]; produced by Paul Jarrico [B]; starring Will Geer [B]; listed on National Film Registry in 1992{NOTE: [Blacklisted] members of the cast & crew are indicated with '[B]'. "Salt of the Earth" only: b&w VHS [1/2000] for $19.95 "Salt of the Earth" only: MPI b&w VHS [7/87] for $14.23 "Salt of the Earth" credits from IMDb Salt of The Earth / Story of a Film   "Salt of The Earth: The Story of A Film" [1987]by Herbert Biberman [B] Harbor Electronic 9x6 pb [50th Anniv Edition 5/2003] for $21.21 New York Zoetrope hardcover [original 9/87] out of print/used Harbor Electronic CD-ROM [12/2000] for $25.47 'Hollywood Blacklist' Page at Magic Lantern Suppression of Salt of The Earth  "The Suppression of Salt of The Earth: How Hollywood, Big Labor & Politicians Blacklisted A Movie In Cold War America" [1999]by James J. Lorence Univ NM Press 9x6 pb [12/99] for $21.95 Univ NM Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [9/99] out of print/used Salt of The Earth Screenplay & Commentary   "Salt of The Earth: Screenplay & Commentary" [1977]Script by Michael Wilson [B]; commentary by Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt Feminist Press at CUNY 9x6 pb [9/77] for $14.95 "Strike" aka "Stachka" [Soviet/Goskino silent April 1925] Eisenstein's Strike 1925 silent   During Czarist rule, workers at a railroad locomotive factory go on strike; as time drags on, excitement is replaced by hunger, management brings in provocateurs & police, and the military arrives to liquidate the workers. Co-written & directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]; co-written & assistant-directed by & starring Grigori Aleksandrov Image Ent. b&w silent DVD [7/2000] for $22.99 Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. 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