2 Quotes & Sayings By Peter Maurin
Dr. Peter Maurin (1888-1953) was a pioneering social activist who founded the Community Labor Unions of America. Born in France, he immigrated to the U.S. as a child and grew up in Chicago, where he became a labor organizer and a labor publisher
In 1914 he co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), a union for all workers regardless of their occupation or industry. In the 1930s he helped form the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). After his death, IWW members founded community centers across the country based on his ideas about self-reliance, cooperation, and mutual aid.