Kim Kelly (journalist) Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor (2022)
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Communist Mexican-American labor activist Emma Tenayuca, "the Passionflower of Texas," led protests, walkouts, and demonstrations to protest the deplorable working and living conditions that Latino workers faced in her native San Antonio...Like many labor activists of her generation, Tenayuca was later blacklisted for her political affiliations, but there was no erasing the impact she'd made on San Antonio and the labor movement as a whole.

— Kim Kelly (journalist) on Emma Tenayuca

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About Kim Kelly (journalist)

Kim Kelly is an journalist and writer, best known for her coverage of labor issues and heavy metal music. She is the author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor (2022).