Martin Glaberman

Content by or about US autoworker and socialist, Martin Glaberman (December 13, 1918 – December 17, 2001).

Martin Glaberman

Martin Glaberman

Strata in the working class - Martin Glaberman

Article by Martin Glaberman on the divisions within the working class.

Back to the future - The continuing relevance of Marx - Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber

Article by Martin Glaberman and Seymour Faber discussing the ongoing relevance of…

The Factory Songs of Mr. Toad - Martin Glaberman

In addition to his political writings, Martin Glaberman was also a published poet. Here is an example of his work.

Review - Punching out by Martin Glaberman - Red and Black Notes

Red and Black Notes review of Punching Out by Martin Glaberman.

Glaberman, Martin: 1918 - 2001 - Obituary by Red and Black Notes

Red & Black Notes was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Martin Glaberman on December 17,…

A different sort of democracy - Martin Glaberman

The following article was written as an introduction to C.L.R. James' Every Cook can Govern. It has been slightly edited for publication with the…

Sitting down

1911-1970s: Unions and workers: limitations and possibilities, by Martin Glaberman

Detroit auto-worker Martin Glaberman analyses the bureaucratisation and decline of the US trade…

An open letter to rank and file labor activists

An open letter by the IMPACT group in Ohio, USA, to rank-and-file workers. The letter cointains short accounts of sell-outs and closed-door deals…

Working for Wages

The Working Class and Social Change - Martin Glaberman

Glaberman discusses different notions of class consciousness, based partly on his experiences as…

The workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them

Based on his experience in auto factories, Glaberman discusses the contradictions of the union's…

Walter Reuther, "social unionist" - Martin Glaberman

Martin Glaberman's review of 'The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit: Walter Reuther and the Fate of American Labor'.