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A most interesting article that is focused upon events in Alabama and how progressive it was. Centered upon unions. Have not read the book that the article is based upon but I did read Robin D G Kelley's "Hammer and Hoe" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_and_Hoe> about the Communist Party organizing black and white sharecroppers alongside Birmingham mine and iron workers. Excellent piece of work. In the article there is a good description of "Big Jim" Folsom <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Folsom> and how relatively progressive he was. Was sorry that there was no mention of Richmond Flowers Sr and Jr <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Richmond+Flowers+Sr+and+Jr> who took similar unpopular stances. Damn. Just thought about it: Folsom prison might be named after "Big Jim". Irony. But I remember those two as I'm sure that bells were rung reading their names. Also brought to mind from the politics of that time and place is John Patterson, arch-segregationist governor, maybe better known than the two above because of movie based on his life "The Phoenix City Story" <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22The+Phoenix+City+Story%22.> As I recall it was centered upon corruption and Patterson's father was killed by gangsters. Wallace's loss to Patterson led him to make the promise that he "would not be out-niggered again". JAI _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
