Communists and community in wartime Detroit

<p>Dr. Ryan Pettengill explains how communist activists in Detroit worked with labor activists during and after the Second World War to enhance the quality of life in the community by advocating for civil rights, affordable housing, protections for the foreign-born, and more. Excerpted from the <a href='https://reutherlib.blubrry.net/'>Tales From the Reuther Library</a> podcast. And, on <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in 2:00</a>: Taft-Hartley’s effect on labor. Produced by Patrick Dixon and Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email <a href='mailto:laborhistorytoday@gmail.com'>laborhistorytoday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.</p> <p>#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle #LaborHistory @ReutherLibrary</p>