Dorothy Day founded the Catholic Workers in 1933, a movement based on radical activism through the Catholic Works of Mercy, and was committed to serving the poor, outcast, and downtrodden for the majority of her life (1897–1980). The Catholic Workers opened up Houses of Hospitality, established farming communes and published a monthly paper, The Catholic Worker. The movement became highly visible during the Great Depression when hundreds of people could be seen standing in breadlines outside their House of Hospitality in Manhattan. The Workers lived in poverty, solicited donations from readers, handed out papers on the street corner, and begged. … Continue reading Was Dorothy Day a Libertarian?