Spotlight
“Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years” by Mike Stout
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COVID-19 Where You Can Get Help
Partial List of Help Sites (Check frequently for updates) PITTSBURGH MUTUAL AID & NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC INFO: Pittsburgh Mutual Aid https://bhfdn.in/2UCUsPI"Buddy System” for Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Garfield, Polish Hill, Homewood Sign...
Silent Agitator – Ruth Ewan
For the High Line, Ruth Ewan presents a monumental-scale clock on the park at 24th Street, also visible from street level. The clock is based on an illustration originally produced for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) labor union by the North American writer...
2020 BHF Program Proposals Requested
To all BHF Members, Contacts, and Organizations:Greetings and Happy New Year!The BHF Program Committee is seeking your proposal ideas and energy for our 2020 Pump House events. The Battle of Homestead Foundation is now requesting submissions for its 2020 programming....
Build Solidarity to fight Antisemitism and Racism
The Tree of Life Massacre of October 2018 has cast an indelible stain on the history of Pittsburgh. We mark its first anniversary with a discussion by historians and activists reviewing both our country's response to race-bating, hate-mongering, and systematic...
Building Alliances for Tomorrow’s Work Force: New Voices, Technology, and Ideas
Workshop held Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Historic Pump House. There are jobs today that pay a living wage with benefits, provide a decent retirement, and don't require a college education. Union apprentice program leaders and other new workforce job educators...
1919 Steel Strike: Immigrant, Black, Red, and Female.
Charles McCollester, past president of the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Keynote address: Pennsylvania Historical Association Annual Meeting, October 18, 2019, Indiana PA
The Fannie Sellins Memorial Commemoration, August 26, 2019
On August 26, 2019, The Battle of Homestead Foundation labor supporters gathered in Natrona Heights, Brackenridge and Arnold Cemetery, Pennsylvania, to remember the one hundred year anniversary of the death of labor...
Fannie Sellins Photo Gallery
The Battle of Homestead Foundation, All-Kiski Historical Society, United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers sponsored the "Fannie Sellins Memorial Commemoration" on August 26, 2019. This all day event...
Fahrenheit 11/9
In this excellent moving film, Michael Moore takes on the task of examining the serious class, ethnic, racial, and other divisions that exist today in the U.S. Unlike so many political experts, he had correctly predicted that Donald Trump would win the 2016...