Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jan 31 2017 01:19
Rather than being purely fascist or a mysterious contradictory collection of personalities, the Trump Administration can be best seen as a popular front reflecting and representing most of the American right-wing, argues Juan Conatz.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 18 2016 03:49
An account by Juan Conatz of an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) campaign at a liquor store in Minneapolis during the first half of 2013.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 23 2016 21:13
A brief indulgence in 1990s nostalgia by Juan Conatz, centering on his first job.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 19 2016 02:19
A short review by Juan Conatz of Anatole Dolgoff's Left of the left: my memories of Sam Dolgoff.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 11 2016 05:26
An overview of some of the material Juan Conatz contributed to the libcom.org library during May 2016.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 3 2015 04:44
A review by Juan Conatz of Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 6 2015 22:29
A response by Juan Conatz to a blog that criticizes the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 1 2015 07:47
A 2011 interview with Juan Conatz about the protests in Wisconsin.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jan 22 2015 00:57
A response to some of the articles written by 'Wobbling Towards Communism', an informal group of left communists in the IWW.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 17 2014 03:57
Announcement and list of events in Minneapolis for 80th Anniversary commemoration of 1934 Teamsters strike.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on May 18 2014 00:59
An announcement and excerpt of a recently released book about the financial crisis and responses to austerity.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Dec 16 2013 03:06
A blogpost about various 'zines, underground comics and alternative publications I was exposed to during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Dec 5 2013 02:56
A mostly finished writing on Ty Moore, Socialist Alternative, Occupy and SEIU in Minneapolis. For the 'sewer socialism' reference in the title, see this Great Moments in Leftism strip.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 7 2013 03:05
A review and some comments from Juan Conatz on Theodore Draper’s history of the various factions that would become the Communist Party USA.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 28 2013 04:13
A glossary of currently used, mostly in the Twin Cities, IWW slang and lingo.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 13 2013 05:24
A repost from another blog I run, with a personal update and an idea for a project about the Dubuque Packing Company, a large meat processing plant that once employed 3,500 people, until its decline and eventual closure, in 2001.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Sep 5 2013 05:44
Juan Conatz goes over some reasons for his personal problems with being able to write, exploring underlying reasons behind the 'writer's block'.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Apr 7 2013 08:12
Some updates on a recent IWW campaign in Minneapolis, in which 5 workers were fired for organizing.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 16 2013 22:27
An update on an ongoing strike at a nonprofit 'mobile foodshelf' in the Twin Cities.
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Mar 7 2013 01:48