How does Zinn's view of Roosevelt's New Deal, in chapter 15 of A People's History of the United States, differ from most histories' view? Most...

Though
labor unions certainly existed long before, the 1930s, under the cloud of the Great Depression,
were truly a hotbed for the rise of labor unions and a multitude of other rights groups and
organizations fighting for political, economic, and social change. This rise can be attributed
to such factors as massive unemployment, unsafe working conditions, low wages, long hours,
unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, the loss of life savings, and discrimination of all
types.

Now, though it may appear on the surface that all these unions and
other groups were fully united in their vision of what America could, or should, be, the reality
is that there were deep divisions spelled out along ideological lines. For example, there were
labor unions and other organizations that adhered strictly to Marxian economic and political
principles and envisioned a radical do over of society and economy via revolution. These
organizations were emboldened by the Depression, brought on by what they...