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Mother Jones fans at Paradise Square Opening Night
We were honored to be invited by the Chicago Ireland Consulate for a special opening night of Paradise Square at Nederlander Theater in...
Rosemary Feurer
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Chicago Federation of Labor Endorses Statue Campaign
From the beginning of our campaign for a Chicago Statue, we have had advice and support from officers of the Chicago Federation of Labor....
Rosemary Feurer
May 17, 20213 min read
Mother Jones 100th Birthday Party, 1930
The telegrams came in by the hundreds on May 1, 1930, to the remote Burgess farmhouse in Maryland, where Mother Jones lived out her final...
Rosemary Feurer
May 1, 20213 min read
Meeting with Chicago Monuments Committee
Yesterday we had a heartening meeting with leaders of the Chicago Monuments Committee. Bill Fraher of our committee was also present,...
Rosemary Feurer
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Marty Walsh, the Department of Labor Nominee, and Mother Jones
Marty Walsh, the Mayor of Boston, has been nominated by President-elect Biden for Secretary of Labor. Marty Walsh is a fan of Mother...
Rosemary Feurer
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Mother Jones Died 90 years ago
Ninety years ago, Mother Jones died at the little farmhouse in Maryland where she had been cared for by Lillian Burgess. Newspapers...
Rosemary Feurer
Nov 30, 20203 min read
#StrikeforOurLivesUIC: Mother Jones on the Line with SEIU 73 & Illinois Nurses Association
"Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living" was never more appropriate than for these care workers. They are fighting for the...
Rosemary Feurer
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Lindsay Hand's Art Brings Fannie Sellins Spirit to Life
Lindsay Hand's new portrait of Fannie Sellins captures her rebel spirit, brings life to an unsung hero of the labor movement
Rosemary Feurer
Sep 7, 20206 min read
Rosemary Feurer
Sep 3, 20200 min read
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