The left and rape : why we should all be ashamed of the left’s role in covering up the rape of 2 million women. A blogpost from an ex-Socialist Workers Party (UK) member about the neglect of the…
Left out: reds and America's industrial unions This study discusses the legacy of the Communist Party USA in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from the 1930s through the 1950s.
The Oakland general strike - Richard Boyden This article by Richard Boyden is the most comprehensive account of the 1946 Oakland General Strike. It relies extensively on first-hand sources,…
Personal histories of the early CIO Transcript of a talk given by 5 people who were involved in CIO organizing in the 1930s.
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 1946 General Strike of Rochester, New York An article about a general strike that happened in Rochester, NY over the AFL's efforts in organizing city workers.
American labor on the defensive: A 1940’s odyssey - Stan Weir An article by Stan Weir surveying the effects World War II and the post-war years had on CIO unions…
The American Worker - Paul Romano and Ria Stone An extensive two-part article on factory workers in the US in 1947. In the first half, auto worker Phil Singer (using the pen name, Paul Romano)…
Mutiny in the RAF: the air force strikes of 1946 - David Duncan Book documenting a 1946 series of strikes in the British Air Force that spread across much of the…
