Penner, Norman

William A. Pritchard reminisces about his experiences as Reeve of Burnaby, B.C. from 1932-1935 and his involvement in left wing politics in the 1930s in Western Canada. The discussion also refers to many individuals who were members of the Socialist Party in Canada and in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century.

William A. Pritchard reminisces about his experiences as Reeve of Burnaby, B.C. from 1932-1935 and his involvement in left wing politics in the 1930s in Western Canada. The discussion also refers to many individuals who were members of the Socialist Party in Canada and in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century.

Deals with the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 from the perspectives of W.A. Pritchard, a central participant, and Norman Penner, a historian of the strike. Topics include the historical record of the strike, the Red Scare Menace, socialism in Canada, the disappearance of the trial transcripts for the charged strikers, Pritchard's address to the jury at his trial in 1920, Pritchard's political education, and the One Big Union.