Image 1973: Prisoners Take Control of Walpole Prison In 1973 inmates at Walpole prison took advantage of a prison guards strike to take control of the day to day running of the facility.
Image Shays' rebellion, 1786 A short history of the "Shays' rebellion" in Massachusetts in the wake of the American Revolution, in which many poor farmers and war veterans…
Image The trial of a new society - Justus Ebert Justus Ebert's pamphlet on the Lawrence textile strike and the trials of Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso, IWW organizer falsely charged with murder…
Image The struggle of the 'mill girls': class consciousness in early 19th century New England - Ian Schlom This article traces the development of class consciousness of and the antagonism…
Image Massachusetts nurses win strike after only five hours The nurses at Umass Memorial Medical Centre have won the demands of their strike after five hours'…
Image Massachusetts nurses set to strike today About 850 nurses are due to strike today at UMass Memorial Medical Center in the first strike at a Massachusetts hospital since nurses waged a…
Image 1916-1927: The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti The story of two Italian-born anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, framed for murder and then executed for their beliefs.
Image The Lawrence textile strike, 1912 - Sam Lowry A short history of the strike of 20,000 textile workers, mostly women and girls who included native and immigrant workers, which won big…
Image The Lynn shoe strike, 1860 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's history of the strike of 20,000 US shoe manufacturing workers - men and women - in New England. Lasting several weeks, the strike…
Image Class Struggle Beyond Unionism: Boston-Area Public Workers' Ferment. 1981-82 Goldner interviews Scott McGuire about the attempts of Boston Public Workers to resist the effects…
Image Worker resistance at a liquor company An account of resistance at a closing-down alcoholic drinks company by Roy, a shipping clerk.
