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Remembering the Winnipeg General Strike - A clip from the CBC Radio Archives of a 1969 segment about the Winnipeg General Strike.
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 - Wikipedia - Description of the causes and events of the strike, with links to related information.
NA Living Memory - Winnipeg General Strike - Film on Real Video from the 1919 Winnigeg General Strike.
Winnipeg General Strike - Canadian Heritage Gallery - Image of workers during the strike.
On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919 - Review of the film from CM Magazine.
Winnipeg General Strike 1919 - Links to information on the event.
Civilization.ca - Winnipeg general strike - Article reviewing the events of the labour action.
Winnipeg fights the One Big Union - Contemporary article from the Montreal Gazette opposing the General Strike.
Winnipeg Labour Choir - Formed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, and to sing the stories of people s struggles to build a just and equitable society. Information about practices and activities.
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Winnipeg General Strike - The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history. It resulted in drastic improvements in working conditions for millions of Canadians.
Albert Goodwin - Albert "Ginger" Goodwin (born Treeton, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, May 10, 1887 – 27 July 1918) inspired the first General Strike in Canada on August 2, 1918 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This strike preceded the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, an important moment in Canadian labour history.
Robert B. Russell - Robert Boyd Russell (October 31 1889, Glasgow - September 25 1964, Winnipeg) was a labour organizer and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a prominent figure in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, and was later the leader of Winnipeg's One Big Union.
Kitty Harris - Kitty Harris was a Soviet secret agent. Born to a poor Jewish family in London that emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada, she became a dedicated socialist, active in the Industrial Workers of the World and a leader of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.
Section 98 - Section 98 (s. 98) of the Criminal Code of Canada was a law enacted after the Winnipeg General Strike banning "unlawful associations.