COMPLETE: ]The Trial of a New Society by Justus Ebert -jo

[JoannaHoyt]

The Trial of a New Society, by Justus Ebert (1869 - )

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/the-trial-of-a-new-society-by-justus-ebert/

In 1912 textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, mostly immigrants, went on strike in response to a pay cut, speedups, and unsafe working conditions. Representatives from the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW/Wobblies) came in to help organize the strike. The city declared martial law and a tense standoff went on for weeks. National newspapers provided breathless coverage of the strike and painted drastically different pictures of what was happening and who was to blame. When a woman was shot in ambiguous circumstances, strike leaders were tried for murder--not for shooting her, but for purportedly inciting mob violence leading to her death. They were acquitted.

This book by an ardent IWW member, which seems to have been written in haste as well as in great enthusiasm, gives a vivid journalistic account of labor conditions, of the strike which was afterward known as the Bread and Roses strike, of the trial of strike leaders Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovanitti, and of the general strike organized to support them.

The linked text includes reproductions of various cartoons, posters, and leaflets from the strike, which have not been read aloud. It also includes many footnotes, detailed citations of sources for quotes, which also have not been read aloud--only those footnotes required to explain quotes which had no attribution in the main text have been included.

(Summary by Joanna Michal Hoyt)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/trialofnewsociet00eber/page/n3/mode/2up

Target completion date: 0-12-00

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Modern (20th C); *Non-fiction/Business & Economics

Keywords that describe the book: history, socialism, immigrants, strike, labor, Union, iww

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:

"Section (or Chapter) # of The Trial of a New Society. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Trial of a New Society, by Justus Ebert. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"Section (or Chapter) # of The Trial of a New Society, by Justus Ebert. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of The Trial of a New Society, by Justus Ebert."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: trialofanewsociety_##_ebert_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. trialofanewsociety_01_ebert_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

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[JoannaHoyt]

Justus Ebert does not have a Wikipedia page. Here's his page on a UPenn site: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Ebert%2C%20Justus%2C%201869%2D

[DOLZ]

Hello. I am available to DPL this project if it hasn't already been claimed. Thank you.

[JoannaHoyt]

Hello. I am available to DPL this project if it hasn't already been claimed. Thank you.

Thank you very much! I'd be delighted to have you DPL this project. (I think this has to be actually confirmed by the meta-coordinator once there is one...)

[knotyouraveragejo]

Hi Joanna. I'll MC this for you. MW will be up shortly.

[JoannaHoyt]

Hi Joanna. I'll MC this for you. MW will be up shortly.

Thank you very much!

[DOLZ]

Hello. I am available to DPL this project if it hasn't already been claimed. Thank you.

Thank you very much! I'd be delighted to have you DPL this project. (I think this has to be actually confirmed by the meta-coordinator once there is one...)

The pleasure is all mine. Standing by when ready. Cheers.

[JoannaHoyt]

The pleasure is all mine. Standing by when ready. Cheers.

Thanks again! I've just put up the introduction. I've recorded Chapter 1 (presently 40 minutes, may be closer to 30 once I finish edits) but it may be a couple of days before it's ready to post here. I'm figuring on recording a chapter a week or so, since farm work is starting to pick up.
I really appreciate your taking time to PL.

[DOLZ]

The pleasure is all mine. Standing by when ready. Cheers.

Thanks again! I've just put up the introduction. I've recorded Chapter 1 (presently 40 minutes, may be closer to 30 once I finish edits) but it may be a couple of days before it's ready to post here. I'm figuring on recording a chapter a week or so, since farm work is starting to pick up.
I really appreciate your taking time to PL.

No worries. I just learned how to do Wikipedia links so I have that to work on between reads. I understand the demands of farming. Not a farmer myself but I live in a farming community . I check in daily so I'll be pretty good with keeping up on my end. Thanks.

[JoannaHoyt]

Thank you for your patience, and thank you again for agreeing to PL! Chapter 1 is now loaded into the Magic Window as well as the introduction. I hope your Wikipedia projects are going well.

[DOLZ]

Thank you for your patience, and thank you again for agreeing to PL! Chapter 1 is now loaded into the Magic Window as well as the introduction. I hope your Wikipedia projects are going well.

Thank you. Yes, my other project is off to a 'rookie' bumpy start but its ironing itself out as happens with learning something new. I'll have your works done this evening

[JoannaHoyt]

Thank you. Yes, my other project is off to a 'rookie' bumpy start but its ironing itself out as happens with learning something new. I'll have your works done this evening

Thank you again for proof-listening and payments! I hope your Wikipedia bumps are smoothing out. I've posted chapter 2 in the magic window.

[DOLZ]

Thank you. Yes, my other project is off to a 'rookie' bumpy start but its ironing itself out as happens with learning something new. I'll have your works done this evening

Thank you again for proof-listening and payments! I hope your Wikipedia bumps are smoothing out. I've posted chapter 2 in the magic window.

All is well with Chapter 2. MW updated. Thank you.

[JoannaHoyt]

All is well with Chapter 2. MW updated. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Here, belatedly, is Chapter 3. I hope to be a bit more prompt with the next one. Also maybe when I record the next one the spring peepers will be quieter. I had the window shut and my blanket tent over me and I ran noise reduction twice and the peepers can still be heard in the background, though I hope not loudly enough to be too distracting. I hadn't realized they were quite that loud--I just get used to them.


https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/trialofanewsociety_03_ebert_128kb.mp3

[DOLZ]

Hi Joanna,

This was a doozy of a chapter, to be sure. I made a couple of notes that I sent via PM because I'm not sure my findings will even be changes. I will wait to hear back from you.

Don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions.

Thanks