What next for the American workers? - United Workers Party of America Pamphlet from the United Workers Party of America, soon to be known as the Council Communists, which…
World wide fascism or world revolution? Manifesto and program of the United Workers Party of America Manifesto and Program of the United Workers Party of America, soon to be known as…
Bolshevism or communism: on the question of a new Communist Party and the "Fourth" International A piece discussing the Left Opposition and Trotksyism from the point of view of …
Race and the CIO: the possibilities for racial egalitarianism during the 1930s and 1940s An essay by Michael Goldfield, identifying what he believes are the most important…
"Who gets the bird?" or, How the Communists won power and trust in America's unions: the relative autonomy of intraclass political struggles An essay on the American Communist Party's efforts in the CIO.
The CIO: from reform to reaction - E. Jones In popular mythology, the CIO was a revolutionary union in the tradition of the IWW. In actuality, the CIO was created by those opposed to the…
"We are all leaders": a symposium on a collection of essays dealing with alternative unionism in the early 1930s A collection of reviews and commentary on Staughton Lynd's book of 1930s labor history.
1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery Images from the 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, one of the most iconic strikes in American history. The strikers shut down transport of…
One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
Holiday! The Lansing general strike of 1937 A summary of the 1937 Lansing 'Labor Holiday', a general strike in the city in response to police raids on union organizers.
The battle of the overpass - Jenny Nolan An article from The Detroit News describing a 1937 incident in which UAW organizers, in their attempts to leaflet at a factory in the Detroit…
The Memorial Day massacre Daniel J. Leab looks at the different accounts of The Memorial Day Massacre, an incident in 1937 in which Chicago police killed 10 strikers.
