Reclaiming the legacy of the 1919 general strike is a formidable task – one that will only happen if the unions and the Left are rebuilt in a reciprocal renaissance of the politics of opposition and class struggle.The prospects of either of these linked movements reviving alone, without the advance of the other, are slim indeed.
After being kept out of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, Canada's sleeping car porters formed the first Black labour union in North America. A new drama series airing on CBC and BET, The Porter, features the history of the primarily Black sleeping car porters in the 1920s.
Beginning on Monday, Feb. 21 at 9 p.m., CBC Television will broadcast the world premiere of The Porter. Taking place in the post-war 1920s and set primarily in Montreal’s Little