Mike Quill January 28, 2016
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Many thanks to the person who noted that it is the 50th anniversary of the death of Mike Quill, one of the most significant left-wing Irish labour leaders in New York history. Here is an article from about 10 years ago.
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
“Mr. Samuelsen kept a few trophies. On his desk was a model of a Northern Ireland wall with the phrase “You are now entering Free Derry,” a nod to his Irish Republicanism.”
http://factcheck100.blogspot.com
He’s juggling a book about the labor movement and politics in the 1970s (“Staying Alive: The 1970s and the End of the Working Class”) and a book about the Irish who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War (“Connolly Column, The Story of the Irishmen who Fought for the Spanish Republic, 1936-1939”).
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/john-samuelsen-twu-president-leads-contract-talks-mta-article-1.1001490
https://storify.com/public/templates/slideshow/index.html?src=//storify.com/TWULocal100/sights-and-sounds-of-quill-connolly-day-2014#3
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