I haven't read them but you might start with:

Michael Charles Nielsen - Hollywood's other blacklist: union struggles in the studio system

Gerald Horne - Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950

Danae Clark - Negotiating Hollywood: the cultural politics of actors' labor


Lang Thompson


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>From: "Holliday, Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 14, 2007 11:39 AM
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>Please forgive the possibly naive nature of my question, but in view of the writer's strike, I was wondering if the list might offer suggestions for someone interested in reading up on the history of the Hollywood labor movement?
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>Thank you all very much!

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