Axis of Logic
Finding Clarity in the 21st Century Mediaplex

Workers & Labor
The Salt of the Earth
By This 1954 film is in the Public Domain
from YouTube
Saturday, May 8, 2021


Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses.

Stars: Juan Chacon, Rosaura Revuelta, Will Geer