Workers, employers and unions in the US sitdown strike wave, 1933-1937 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's excellent history and analysis of the wave of sitdown strikes in US from 1933-1937…
The US national textile workers' strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's history of the largely unsuccessful nationwide strike of textile workers during the…
The Minneapolis Teamsters strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's short history of the militant and successful strike of truck drivers in Minneapolis…
The Toledo Auto-Lite strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's short history of the victorious strike at an auto parts plant in 1934, in which the unemployed played a key role in helping…
The dock workers strike and San Francisco general strike, 1934 - Jeremy Brecher Jeremy Brecher's history of the 1934 strike of dock workers and the San Francisco general strike it…
In dubious battle - John Steinbeck Story about two Communists who set out to organise a strike of seasonal fruit pickers in California.
How Teamsters quelled fascist thugs Excerpts from the book Teamster Politics by Farrell Dobbs describing how in the 1930s Teamsters Local 544 and other unionists formed a defense…
Forgotten men, what now? : New Deal "security" - Abe Bluestein Abe Bluestein's post- New Deal pamphlet encouraging self organisation and mass direct action among…
The unemployed workers’ movement - Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward give a detailed account and analysis of the militant movement…
Wobbly Fred Thompson on the 30s depression - Studs Terkel The late Wobbly veteran, in conversation with the late Studs Terkel, looks back on his experience in…
The great "bootleg" coal industry - Louis Adamic A fascinating look at an alternative 'economic strategy' in US mining communities during the 1930s Depression.
