Teamster Politics Author:Farrell Dobbs Teamster Politics is the story of how: — - unions defended their democratic rights against FBI frame-ups — - Minnesota Teamsters spearheaded a united struggle for jobs - against drastic WPA layoffs — - revolutionaries fought for independent political action in the unions and the Farmer Labor Party — - an organizing drive by the Silver Shirts, an Ame... more »rican fascist group, was stopped cold by Local 544's Union Defense Guard
- the Minnesota unemployed movement combated the brutal repression ordered by "friend of labor" Franklin D. Roosevelt as he prepared to enter World War II.« less