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The making of an organizer: A history and analysis of the Chicago Couriers Union 2003-2006

Submitted by wojtek on Jul 24 2015 10:27

A personal account of an organiser's time in the Chicago Couriers Union (CCU)

Red Vienna: experiment in working class culture, 1919-1934. - Helmut Gruber

From 1919 to 1934, the Socialist government in Vienna sought to create a comprehensive working-class culture, striving to provide a foretaste of the socialist utopia in the present. In Red Vienna, Gruber critically examines the impact of this experiment in all areas of life, from massive public housing projects and health and education programs to socialist parades, festivals, and sporting events designed to create a "new" working class.

Race, education, intelligence: a teacher's guide to the issues

race and iq

A late 1970s pamphlet from the National Union of Teachers on the bankruptcy of IQ studies and the biologizing of 'race'.

The CIO (1935-1955) - Robert H. Zieger

Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 14 2015 02:30

A comprehensive, if institutional, history of the CIO, an American federation of industrial unions that organized many of the mass industries in the United States during the 1930s-1950s.

The CIO's left-led unions, edited by Steve Rosswurm

Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 12 2015 03:34

A collection edited by Steve Rosswurm of the CIO's unions's that had radical left leadership.

Rudolf Rocker: anarchist missionary (1873-1958) - W.J. Fishman

Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 12 2015 03:03

A biography by W.J. Fishman of Rudolf Rocker, a German anarcho-syndicalist.

Anarchism in Germany (Volume 1: the early movement) - Andrew R. Carlson

Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 12 2015 02:45

A history of the early German anarchist movement by Andrew R. Carlson.

Open Vistas: a bi-monthly of life and letters

Archive of Open Vistas, a 1925 magazine that published poetry and reviews, as well as essays reflecting the editors' anarchist politics.

Authentic organizing: ideas for reviving the grassroots

This essay explores the nitty-gritty dealings of the activist community from the point of view of an on-the-ground organizer.

The Road to Freedom Vol. 1, No. 7 (May 1925)

The May 1925 issue of The Road to Freedom, an anarchist newspaper published out of New Jersey and New York from 1924-1932. Contributors include Marcus Graham, Ricardo Flores Magon, Herbert Spencer, Rabindranath Tagore and Harry Kelly.