The tragic week, Spain 1909 - Murray Bookchin
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 30 2014 15:51
Murray Bookchin's history of the "tragic week": a spontaneous workers' uprising in Catalonia, Spain, which was isolated and crushed by the government, leaving hundreds dead.
The 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite Strike - James Howard
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 26 2014 04:18
A paper by James Howard about the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike.
When the union's the enemy: an interview with Cleo Silvers
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 23 2014 09:16
Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in the labor movement with Andrew Elrod.
Reflections on a rowdy picket line: The July 20th Ritzy strike
Submitted by Chilli Sauce on Jul 21 2014 20:40
Cinema workers have been some of the leading lights of the class struggle in London. A primarily young workforce, they've been active in forming unions and going on strike. How are we, as radicals, to relate to this new wave of struggle that encompasses both self-organisation and trade unionism?
"We were the poor people": The Hormel strike of 1933 - Larry D. Engelmann
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 21 2014 04:16
An article by Larry D. Engelmann about the 1933 Hormel strike, organized by the IWW-influenced Independent Union of All Workers (IUAW).
The 1916 Minnesota miners' strike against U.S. Steel - Robert M. Eleff
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 21 2014 03:17
An article by Robert M. Eleff detailing a 1916 strike which involved the IWW, in the Iron Range of Minnesota.
Images from the South-St. Paul CIO-United Packinghouse Workers ̓strike of 1948
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 20 2014 23:59
Images from a CIO strike in the meatpacking industry in St. Paul, Minnesota. The strike dragged on for months, picket lines were broken by the National Guard, and the strike was lost.
The 1935 Flour City Ornamental Iron Works strike - Drew Shonka
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 20 2014 22:52
An article by Drew Shonka about an AFL strike at the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works in Minneapolis, which left 2 dead and dozens injured after police opened fire on pickets after street fighting.
The 1935 Strutwear strike: ‘The stories of the workers are different’ - Elizabeth Faue
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jul 20 2014 22:17
An article by Elizabeth Faue about the 1935 Strutwear strike in Minneapolis.
The occupation of the factories: Italy 1920 - Paolo Spriano
Submitted by Steven. on Jul 16 2014 18:45
The story of the mass wave of strikes and factory occupations which swept Italy 1920-21 told from the documents and accounts of the time. Written in 1964 and translated into English in 1975 by Gwyn A Williams, who also wrote the introduction. We don't agree with all of the political perspective of the author but reproduce this text for its historical factual information.
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