Washington

A review: socialist organizing attempts at Pizza Hut

A brief article by John O'Reilly on Socialist Alternative's efforts in fast food organizing.

Industrial Worker (Spokane, Seattle: 1909-1930)

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 8 2012 00:47

A summary of the University of Washington's microfilm collection of the Industrial Worker newspaper.

The One Big Union in Washington

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 29 2012 04:26

An article by David Jay Bercuson on the radical Canadian 'One Big Union' and its efforts to organize in Washington state (U.S.).

Red Harbor: class, violence, and community in Grays Harbor, Washington

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Aug 27 2012 02:09

A thesis by Aaron G. Anthony on class struggle in a Washington town.

Wesley Everest, IWW Martyr

An academic article about the life of Wesley Everest, a Wobbly who was lynched by an angry mob after defending the IWW hall in Centralia, Washington from an attack by the American Legion.

Spatial deconcentration in D.C. - Yulanda Ward

Submitted by Red Marriott on May 16 2007 23:13
Cartoon by Ron Cobb

1981 article about a US Government housing policy - conceived in the aftermath of the 1960s ghetto riots - arguing that the policy was aimed at removing concentrations of potentially rebellious blacks and other poor people from the inner city and disperse them in small groups to the suburbs. Serious issues have been raised about some of the facts of this article, which are discussed here, but we reproduce it for reference.

1919: The murder of Wesley Everest

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 11 2006 10:34
The burial of Wesley Everest

The story of the lynching of the American revolutionary unionist and former soldier Wesley Everest by "patriots."

1919: The Seattle general strike

Submitted by Steven. on Sep 10 2006 10:41

A general strike of 100,000 workers, which saw the city shut down and all essential services provided under workers' control.