2-20-16 Taking to the Courts to Defend Basic Human Rights in 2:00

[Omaha Steve]

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/february-20-2016-taking-to-the-courts-to-defend-basic-human-rights/




February 20, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1937. That was the day the National Lawyers Guild held their first convention at the Hotel Washington in the nation’s capital. The guild was established as way to bring together progressive lawyers dedicated to fighting “for basic and progressive change in our political and economic system and to assure that human rights be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

2:00 minute audio at link.