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Draft registration protest

(Martha Holmes. 1948)

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EXHIBIT ON VIEW - CARGILL HALL GALLERY

Cosmic Trip: Psychedelic Posters by Juryj Ostroushko 

Minneapolis Central Library, 2nd floor, May 4-June 28, 2019

In 1969 and 1970, an unprecedented series of music shows took place at the Labor Temple in Southeast Minneapolis. The Temple’s ballroom held nearly 50 weekly dance concerts, featuring leading international acts such as the Grateful Dead and Jeff Beck Group, and local opening bands including Jokers Wild.

To accompany the series, colorful posters designed by Juryj Ostroushko featured appropriated images from published sources, the artist’s own fluid illustrations, and hand-lettered typography. The artist used colored paper stock, multiple inks on press, and posterization, which rendered the images in high contrast. Posters were printed in small quantities and placed in shop windows and on telephone poles but rarely kept, making them scarce today.

A chapter in the long and rich history of Minnesota music, see a collection of these original posters on display May 4-June 28, 2019 in Cargill Hall at Minneapolis Central Library.

Join us for an opening reception Saturday, May 4, 1-4 p.m., including a panel discussion with Juryj Ostroushko, and a Vinyl Revival pop-up listening session.

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Union Mural by Christine Williams

I appreciate how well they're kept up this mural throughout the years. You know it's in Everett, because of the seagull.

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Union Mural by Christine Williams

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“I.L.P. DEBATES MOVEMENT TO EXPEL ALD. FLYE,” Winnipeg Tribune. December 12, 1932. Page 3. --- Committee of Five Named to Thoroughly Investigate Charges --- Nearly three solid hours of charges and counter-chargs, motions and amendments, enlivened a meeting of the Centre branch of the Independent Labor held Sunday in the Agnes st. Labor hall, to consider a motion standing in the name of R. W. Queen-Hughes to expel Alderman Thomas Flye.

The final upshot of the meeting, which is described as having been tense from start to finish, was the appointment of a committee of five to go into the whole matter. This was announced after the meeting by the chairman, Alderman James Simpkin, who had a trying time endeavoring to pour oil over the troubled waters and to dispense even-handed justice.

In the main the complaints against Alderman Flye are his sponsorship of a motion in the city council excluding from simultaneous membership in that body representatives of the federal and provincial houses. Notice of this motion was given by Alderman Flye at the council meeting of December. It is seconded by Alderman Honeyman.

It also is alleged that Alderman Flye, to say the least, was lukewarm in his support at the recent civic election of John Queen, I.L.P., mayoralty candidate. The mover of the motion to expel the alderman is a son-in-law of Mr. Queen.

Pressure, it is believed, will be brought to bear on all concerned to drop the quarrel in the interests of party harmony. If not, the matter is almost certain to be aired before the general city executive of the party.

Sunday’s meeting was held not only behind closed doors, but a close scrutiny of the credentials of all present was undertaken. In addition, members of the party present from the other city branches were required to sit together, segregated from Centre branch members.

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SW 4th Avenue, 1967

SW 4th Avenue, 1967

SW 4th Avenue and SW Jefferson Street, 1967. City of Portland (OR) Archives, Labor Temple, SW 4th and SW Jefferson, A2012-005, 1967. View this image in Efiles by clicking here.

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SW 4th Avenue, 1967

SW 4th Avenue, 1967

The Temple Hotel SW 4th Avenue and SW Jefferson Street, 1967. City of Portland (OR) Archives, Temple Hotel, SW 4th Ave and SW Jefferson St, A2012-005, 1967. View this image in Efiles by clicking here.

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“Militarism Scored, Justice Demanded In Relief Schemes,” Toronto Globe. August 7, 1931. Page 09. ---- Labor Council Official Criticizes Northern Camps and Winter Road Building - And Strongly Urged for Men Living in Don Valley --- BLAME IS PLACED UPON GOVERNMENT ---- Organized labor has often been called ‘The Aristocracy of the Workers,’ but the central statement in the Labor Temple last night, at the bi-monthly meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, covered a visit to the Don Valley by Secretary John W. Buckley, and indicated the essential similarity of interests at both ends of the labor scale.

‘Nothing definite has yet been decided,’ said Mr. Buckley, ‘as to Governmental action regarding the proposed workers’ camps. A conference is being called between the Ottawa authorities and the Prime Minister of Ontario, with reference to the operation of those camps, in regards to the building of road arteries or main highways.

‘Justice Should Be Done’ ‘Organized labor, and this Council, feels that justice should be done to these workless men, in view of the fact that they will be sent into the North Country underfed and under-clothed. We feel that, if it is the intention of the Governments to send these men to Northern camps, it is about time that building operations started upon those camps, in order that they may be inhabited.

‘If it is the intention of the Government to build public roads, summer is the time, not in the middle of winter with frost in the ground.

‘Another matter that your executive has considered is the military atmosphere that seems to centre around those proposed camps. It appears as if many of our erstwhile military officers are looking for outdoor relief.’

Want No ‘War Machine’ As the laughter died away the speaker made reference to recent press statements by one, Colonel F. F. Clarke, and continued: ‘As far as organized labor is concerned, we feel that it would be far better, instead of placing these men under such a wasteful administration as the war machine was, to give the money direct to the workers in the North country, rather than pay for dead-head expenses of groups of military officers. There is no cause for, nor will the people sanction, the resurrection of a military autocracy.