Johnson–Forest Tendency

The Coal Miners’ General Strike of 1949-50 and the Birth of Marxist-Humanism in the U.S.

Written by Andy Philips with a foreword by Raya Dunayevska this gives an overview of the 1949-1950 US coal strike by a participant.

A New Notion

This book contains two essays. The first is Every Cook Can Govern by C.L.R. James. The second is The Invading Socialist Society, by James and Raya Dunayevskaya.

Grace Lee Boggs R.I.P.

Submitted by Hieronymous on Oct 6 2015 02:34

Grace Lee Boggs, founding member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency (where her party name was Ria Stone), has died at the age of 100 in Detroit. She was born on June 27, 1915 and passed away today, October 5, 2015

Notes on dialectics: part II the Hegelian logic - CLR James

Part of a 1948 publication by CLR James

Introduction to L’operaio americano (1954)

From Battaglia Comunista, a. XV, n. 2 (febbraio-marzo 1954), the introduction to the Italian translation of The American Worker.

Introduction to L’ouvrier américain (1949)

From Socialisme ou Barbarie no. 1 (1949), the introduction to The American Worker.

The American worker and the Forze Nuove: Turin and Detroit at the twilight of Fordism

Nicola Pizzolato on the commonalities between Detroit and Turin, Italy in the 1960s.

Workers’ inquiry: a genealogy

Asad Haider and Salar Mohandesi's exhaustive look at 'workers' inquiries' and how they were practiced and theorized by the Johnson-Forest Tendency, Socialisme Ou Barbarie and operaismo groups.

The American worker - Paul Romano and Ria Stone

Submitted by Steven. on Dec 28 2009 18:32

General Motors workers assemble an engine

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) vividly describes factory life, and in the second, Grace Lee Boggs (using the pseudonym, Ria Stone) outlines a Marxist analysis.