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October 26, 2008
Radical Espresso: Mario Savio and Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio's "operation of the machine" speech, Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, December 2, 1964
What happens when a Berkeley café lays claim to an Italian American free thinker?
October 4, 2008
Garment Workers and Union Activists in Tinsel Town
"The Garment Jungle"
Original Movie Poster for "The Garment Jungle" (1957)
My random encounter with a Hollywood Italian American labor activist.
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