OUTLINE OF THE BOOK |
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8. The Early Labour Song Tradition in Canada |
The Knights of Labour, Wobblies, and other early unions and workers’
organizations used music to varying degrees to animate their activities.
As folk music was created, these songs became an organic part of it, supplemented
by later compositions in the 30’s and 40’s. |
Cover of the Industrial Workers of the World songbook, IWW Songs, 27th Edition, January 1939 |
Cover of the book, Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners’ Struggle of ’31, by Stephen L. Endicott, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002) |
Photo of the Miners’ Union in Saskatchewan, 8 years after the 1931 Estevan Miners’ Strike, as printed in Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners’ Struggle of ’31, by Stephen L. Endicott, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002) |
Photo of the grave stone honouring the three miners killed by RCMP during the 1931 Estevan Miners’ Strike, taken at a memorial held in May 1997, as printed in Bienfait: The Saskatchewan Miners’ Struggle of ’31, by Stephen L. Endicott, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002) |