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.
The council communists between the New Deal and fascism - Gabriella M. Bonacchi A history by Gabriella M. Bonacchi of council communist efforts in the US in the 1930s.