Union members picketing alongside Goodyear Plant in Akron, Ohio, during strike in February, 1936. Sign at entrance of building reads 'Join Now'. Traffic along road. The U.S. flag on top of building. Men walk alongside the building. A tent of sorts is erected on the sidewalk where pickets can get hot drink. Police officers are seen. But the activity is peaceful.
World War II May Day Parade at Union Square in New York City. A pro-labor, pro-socialist crowd parades with signs and banners. Some of the signs held by people read 'Why Not Bosses Fight Their Own War' and 'Our War Is Battle For Freedom, Wages And Better Working Conditions'. Pennsylvania Station in background. A 'FURRIER' sign held by four men along a street. A crowd lines the sidewalks.
May Day Parade at Union Square in the Flat Iron district of New York City. A crowd parades with signs and banners. The crowd lines the sidewalks. Banners held by the people include "No Jim Crow" (expressing opposition to Jim Crow racial discrimination practices) and "Defeat the Vinson Bill" carried by members of the Fancy Fur Dyers Local 88 chapter. (Vinson Bill was H.R. 621, increasing Naval ROTC personnel by more than 3 times current size). Side of a rolling float along the street reads 'Convoys Means Coffins'. The parade turns at the 17th Street.
Shortly before America's direct involvement in World War 2, view of a rally and speaker for the American Union for Organization Against War in New York City. The anti-war speaker shows signs "Fight the Draft" and "No Loans to England. No Arms to anyone!" People in a crowd listen to the speaker. One man holds a sign which reads 'Selectees! Protest any Extension of Army Service - Write Your Congressman'. Another sign reads, "The Army and Navy are hotbeds of fascism."
May Day Parade at Union Square in the New York City Flat Iron District during World War II. Pennsylvania Station in background. The parade takes a turn at 17th Street. People march carrying placards, signs, and banners. Signs and banners held by people read 'Free Schneider', 'War Is Hell', 'New York State Committee Communist Party', 'Free Earl Browder' and 'No Convoys No AES'. Float passes on a street. Women push baby walkers along a road. Men and women march along street with banners.
People sell newspapers in London, England as World War II looms in Europe. Placard read 'What Hitler said', and 'Hitler's Demand'. A view of streets in London. People buy newspapers. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. Vehicular traffic on streets. Buses and streetcars pass by. Shops in the background. Crowd at Charing Cross Station. People carry posters. Posters read 'stop this War'. Pedestrians cross streets. Members of British Union of Fascists sell their newspaper 'Action'. People buy newspaper at the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange.
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