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1935 – 1938

Alliances and Protests

RESPONDING TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1935 – 1939

THE POPULAR FRONT plus

The Workers’ Unity League is dissolved. Communists begin the Popular Front to build alliances
with all organizations opposed to fascism. It lasts until 1939 and the onset of the Second World War.

1935

LUMBER AND SAWMILL UNION ESTABLISHED plus

In June and July, the last strikes by the Communist Party’s Lumber Worker’s
Industrial Union of Canada occur. Under the leadership of Bruce Magnuson, the union
enters into an affiliation with the American Federation of Labor and becomes the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union. Local 2693 represent lumber workers at the Lakehead.

1935

ON-TO-OTTAWA TREK plus

The On-to-Ottawa Trek in June is a result of protests by thousands of unemployed
single men across Canada. Upset with federal work camps offering only subsistence living, they want the government to find them jobs. Originating on the West Coast, the trek gains momentum and becomes more militant as it proceeds across the country. It ends on June 1 in Regina with a clash between the protesters and police.


Edna Lilhook (L) & Aune Lilhook. They lived at 1385 Empire Ave in Port Arthur. Nieces of Viktor Lilhayk who is mentioned among early Finns in Port Arthur.LJubilee photo of Queen & King (Visit in 1935).
Naislutto in front of Vigor Restaurant on Bay St. North Branch. (Alf Widgien)
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World Events
1935   The Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws Issued in Germany
1936   King Edward VIII of England Abdicates
1936   Spanish Civil War Begins
1937   Japan Invades China

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1935 – 1938

Alliances and Protests

RESPONDING TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION

1935 – 1939

THE POPULAR FRONT plus

The Workers’ Unity League is dissolved. Communists begin the Popular Front to build alliances
with all organizations opposed to fascism. It lasts until 1939 and the onset of the Second World War.

1935

LUMBER AND SAWMILL UNION ESTABLISHED plus

In June and July, the last strikes by the Communist Party’s Lumber Worker’s
Industrial Union of Canada occur. Under the leadership of Bruce Magnuson, the union
enters into an affiliation with the American Federation of Labor and becomes the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union. Local 2693 represent lumber workers at the Lakehead.

1935

ON-TO-OTTAWA TREK plus

The On-to-Ottawa Trek in June is a result of protests by thousands of unemployed
single men across Canada. Upset with federal work camps offering only subsistence living, they want the government to find them jobs. Originating on the West Coast, the trek gains momentum and becomes more militant as it proceeds across the country. It ends on June 1 in Regina with a clash between the protesters and police.


Edna Lilhook (L) & Aune Lilhook. They lived at 1385 Empire Ave in Port Arthur. Nieces of Viktor Lilhayk who is mentioned among early Finns in Port Arthur.LJubilee photo of Queen & King (Visit in 1935).
Naislutto in front of Vigor Restaurant on Bay St. North Branch. (Alf Widgien)
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World Events
1935   The Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws Issued in Germany
1936   King Edward VIII of England Abdicates
1936   Spanish Civil War Begins
1937   Japan Invades China

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1935 – 1938

Yhteenkuuluvuus ja vastalauseet

REAKTIOT SUUREEN LAMAAN

1935 – 1939

KANSANRINTAMA plus

Työläisten yhtenaisyyden liitto (The Workers’ Unity League) lakkautetaan. Kommunistit alkavat kansanrintaman rakentaakseen yhteenkuuluvuutta kaikkien niiden järjestöjen kanssa, jotka vastustavat fasismia. Tätä kestää vuoteen 1939 ja toisen maailmansodan alkamiseen asti.

1935

PUUTAVARA-ALAN JA SAHALAITOSTEN AMMATTIYHDISTYS PERUSTETAAN plus

Kesä-ja heinäkuussa tapahtuvat viimeiset kommunistipuolueeseen kuuluvan Kanadan puutavara-alan työläisten teollisuusunionin (Lumber Worker’s Industrial Union of Canada) lakot. Bruce Magnusonin johdolla ammattiyhdistys liittyy Amerikan Työväenliittoon, ja siitä tulee puutavara-alan ja sahatyöläisten ammattiyhdistys (The Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union). Paikallisosasto 2693 edustaa näitä työlaisiä Lakeheadissa.

1935

MARSSI KOHTI OTTAWAA plus

Marssi kohti Ottawaa kesäkuussa on seurausta tuhansien työttömien, yksinäisten miesten protesteista lapi Kanadan. Pettyneinä siitä, että valtion työleirit tarjosivat ainoastaan hengissä pitävan toimeentulon. He haluavat hallituksen löytävaän heille työmahdollisuuksia. Saaden alkunsa lansirannikolla marssi voimistuu, ja siitä tulee aggressiivisempi edetessään maan halki. Se päättyy kesäkuun 1 päivä Reginassa protestoijien ja poliisin valiseen yhteenottoon.


Edna Lilhook (L) & Aune Lilhook. They lived at 1385 Empire Ave in Port Arthur. Nieces of Viktor Lilhayk who is mentioned among early Finns in Port Arthur.LJubilee photo of Queen & King (Visit in 1935).
Naislutto in front of Vigor Restaurant on Bay St. North Branch. (Alf Widgien)
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MAAILMAN TAPAHTUMIA
1935   Juutalaisvastaiset Nurbergin lait (Nuremberg Laws) julkaistaan Saksassa
1936    Englannin kuningas Edward VIII luopuu vallasta
1936   Espanjan sisallissota alkaa
1937   Japani hyökkää Kiinaan

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