Demonstrators holding banner at International Left Opposition demonstration

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of two men holding a banner with a slogan which reads "To Victory! Under the Banner of Lenin and Trotsky" at an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration that took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Banners

Communism

Demonstrations

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 8, 9, 11, and 15.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions