Break

Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available for attendees during this break.

Break

Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available for attendees during this break.

Nordic Film Series: "To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War"

Finlandia University's Nordic Film Series, a free event open to the public, will feature two viewings of "To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War," with writer Dr. Saku Pinta available for questions. This documentary features the story of Jules Päiviö (1916-2013), who was the last surviving Canadian volunteer of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battallion of the “International Brigades”.

Nordic Film Series: "To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War"

Finlandia University's Nordic Film Series, a free event open to the public, will feature two viewings of "To My Son in Spain: Finnish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War," with writer Dr. Saku Pinta available for questions. This documentary features the story of Jules Päiviö (1916-2013), who was the last surviving Canadian volunteer of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battallion of the “International Brigades”.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters Roger Burt, Peter V. Krats, Paul Lubotina.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters John Beck, Thomas Mackaman, and Erik Nordberg.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters Sarah Fayen Scarlett and Peter V. Krats.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters Daniel Schneider, Gary Kaunonen, and Jari Nikkola.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters Pauli Heikkilä, Oren Tikkanen, and Lynn Laitala.

Q & A

Question and answer session with presenters Tanja Aho, A. Brooke Boulton, and Saku Pinta.

Finnish Miners versus Ivy League Capitalists

Finnish immigrants were recruited to work in the copper mines of Michigan by Boston capitalists intimately associated with Harvard. Boston capitalists defined the culture of capitalism in the United States. They extended their culture across the continent as they acquired mines and railroads. Finnish workers encountered Ivy League capitalism in Michigan, Minnesota, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona—often with the same interrelated group of capitalists. The two groups continually met in explosive confrontations in Montana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Arizona. To the Ivy League capitalists, Finns were terrorists who threatened the American social order. For the Finns, it was a war for social justice. In my presentation, I will trace the experience of Finnish workers in corporations controlled by Ivy League capitalists from the first strike at Calumet & Hecla in 1873 to the Red Scare of 1919-1921.