| Title: |
Alexis Buss
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Rowan University. History Department
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| Collection: |
We All Got History Oral History
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| Description: |
This interview took place on November 17th 2001 at Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia. The interviewee is Alexis Buss, the current general secretary treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World. The interview beings with some general questions about Alexis and her upbringing. It then goes into a little detail about the IWW and how it functions. It also covers her views on mainstream labor, and the role radical labor has played in shaping society. She also gives her views on the impacts of the September 11th tragedies, the media, and the way American labor differs from the rest of the world.
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| Extent: |
8 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.rowan.edu/oralhistory/interviewSearch/displayTranscript.cfm?ID=33
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2001 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Buss, Alexis, 1973-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
10-Jun-1973
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Age at speaking: |
28
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| Document date: |
17-Nov-2001
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| Interviewer: |
Zoda, Bill
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Federation of Labor, 1886-; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC
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| Locations discussed: |
Delaware; New Jersey; North America; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Federation of Labor, 1886-; American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; Delaware; Family--History; Labor unions; Neighborhood; New Jersey; North America; Oral history; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, PA; United States; Work; Work and family; Working class families
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Delaware Valley; Working people
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022547-23922
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