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Wilson’s choice in venue for her acceptance speech was at the Seattle Labor Temple. The Seattle Labor Temple is a historic union‑center that has served the city’s workers for more than a century. #workingclasshistory #seattle #labortemple #unions #wobblies #iww #pnw #anarchosyndicalism

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Historic photos of the original Seattle Labor Temple

1997 Mural of the 1934 SF General Strike, by Chuck Sperry, inside the Redstone Building, at 2926-48 16th St, in San Francisco’s Mission District. The mural depicts workers talking and reading, with a zoomed-in bubble showing the two longshoremen (Nick Bordoise and Howard Sperry) killed in the strike, lying on the pavement in a pool of blood.

The Redstone Building is also known as the Labor Temple. It has been home to numerous lefty activist organizations, including an IWW office and the now defunct pirate radio station, Radio X. The building was a center of San Francisco labor organizing for decades. In 1916, there were 54 different labor organizations based there.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #SanFrancisco #LaborTemple #redstonebuilding #ilwu #GeneralStrike #IWW #pirateradio

Labor Temple. Tucson, Arizona

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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769967/

The image is a black and white photograph depicting the "Labor Temple" building. It's an architectural structure with distinctive features, including rounded edges on its upper facade and what appears to be decorative or structural elements resembling wings on either side of the entrance. The signboard above the entrance clearly reads 'LABOR TEMPLE,' suggesting it was used for community gatherings related to labor organizations.

The scene is urban; there's a street running in front with various amenities such as benches, lampposts, and advertising signs visible. One noticeable advertisement on an adjacent building promotes "Labor Temple Arena" and mentions events like wrestling and boxing. The sky appears partly cloudy which could indicate the photo was taken during daylight hours.

The photograph carries historical connotations given its monochromatic style, reminiscent of mid-20th-century photography techniques used by photographers such as Dorothea Lange in documenting social issues or community spaces across America. This particular image is noted to be associated with a specific location: Tucson, Arizona. The photo's focus on the Labor Temple amidst urban infrastructure gives insight into labor communities and their use of public architecture for assembly during that era.

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In 2021, Lakeside Investment Company bought the Redstone Labor Temple in the Mission. tiny gray-garcia from Poor Magazine, and Rick Gerharter, a movement photographer who's had an office in the Redstone for decades, talk about the significance of the building as the new landlord drops a gentrification bomb in the form of massive rent increases.

#labortemple #laborhistory #generalstrike https://www.patreon.com/posts/97275952

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