Carlos Cortez Crystal Gazing the Amber Fluid and Other Wobbly Poems

Son of a Mexican Wobbly father and a German socialist-pacifist mother, Carlos Cortez served 2 years in the federal pen at Sandstone for refusing to fight for the bosses (ie Second World) War, and shortly afterward joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Ever since - as poet, artist, editor and public speaker - he has been one of the union's best-known figures. This is his first collection of his poems, illustrated throughout with his powerful woodcuts and cartoons. Passionate tributes to Joe Hill and other Wobbly martyrs, lyrics protesting war and racial injustice, humorous assaults on modern technology, and moving celebrations of biodiversity - all the poems of Carlos Cortez exemplify the old IWW slogan: Let's make this planet a good place to live. Eugene Nelson contributes a short introductory essay.Dimensions: 4.5 X 7", 55 pages Materials: Softcover book   Charles H. Kerr Publishing (South Chicago) Founded by Charles Hope Kerr, a son of abolitionists, in 1886, Charles