Juan Conatz's blog

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.

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.

A brief indulgence in 1990s nostalgia by Juan Conatz, centering on his first job.

A short review by Juan Conatz of Anatole Dolgoff's Left of the left: my memories of Sam Dolgoff.

An overview of some of the material Juan Conatz contributed to the libcom.org library during May 2016.

A review by Juan Conatz of Always on Strike: Frank Little and the Western Wobblies.

A response by Juan Conatz to a blog that criticizes the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

A 2011 interview with Juan Conatz about the protests in Wisconsin.

A response to some of the articles written by 'Wobbling Towards Communism', an informal group of left communists in the IWW.

Announcement and list of events in Minneapolis for 80th Anniversary commemoration of 1934 Teamsters strike.

An announcement and excerpt of a recently released book about the financial crisis and responses to austerity.

A blogpost about various 'zines, underground comics and alternative publications I was exposed to during the late 1980s and 1990s.

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.

A review and some comments from Juan Conatz on Theodore Draper’s history of the various factions that would become the Communist Party USA.

A glossary of currently used, mostly in the Twin Cities, IWW slang and lingo.

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.

Juan Conatz goes over some reasons for his personal problems with being able to write, exploring underlying reasons behind the 'writer's block'.

Some updates on a recent IWW campaign in Minneapolis, in which 5 workers were fired for organizing.

An update on an ongoing strike at a nonprofit 'mobile foodshelf' in the Twin Cities.

An article by Juan Conatz replying to some of the Direct Unionism discussion paper responses.