Considered one of the most important strikes in American history, the Toledo Autolite strike is best remembered by its mass pickets and running battles between strikers and police/National Guard.
An article by "friends of gongchao" describes the development of strikes in China in recent years as well as the strike at Yue Yuen shoe factories in Dongguan, South China, in April 2014.
In this article Phinneas Gage describes how workers at Canada Post have organized themselves, and the ups and downs and risks of organizing.
Nick Heath on the wave of rebellions and uprisings of rank-and-file Russian workers and peasants across the country in 1919-1921 against the Bolsheviks, who were consolidating their grip on power...
To view a larger version of an image, click on the relevant square thumbnail. You can then navigate the larger images in a pop-up slideshow.
Click here to register now. Logged in users:
Can comment on articles and discussions
Get 'recent posts' refreshed more regularly
Bookmark articles to your own reading list
Use the site private messaging system
Start forum discussions, submit articles, and more...
Comments
Brecher on the strike:
http://libcom.org/history/toledo-auto-lite-strike-1934-jeremy-brecher
Great stuff doing all these photo galleries JC!
No problem, that's how I spent my lonely Christmas.
spending time with family is a bourgeois distraction