Building branch culture: Mesaba and Red November, Black November An article I wrote about two Twin Cities IWW branch events in 2011. Was originally intended for The…
1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike photo gallery Images from the 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, one of the most iconic strikes in American history. The strikers shut down transport of…
One day in July: Remembering the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike An article written on the 1934 strike in Minneapolis for the 'One Day in July' festival.
Small time unionism Kevin S on the contradictions between being a union with more experience with smaller employers and growing to be able to exert power on bigger…
“We’ve been robbed long enough. It’s time to strike” : Remember the 1916 strike on Minnesota’s iron range Jeff Pilacinski takes a look back at a 1916 IWW struggle in northern Minnesota.
Striking back at bosses: solidarity networks and sexual assault Members of the Twin Cities IWW take on a creepy boss through solidarity network-type tactics.
Free CeCe, the girl who lived CeCe McDonald is a transgender woman of colour, who survived a brutal assault by racist transphobes, which left her seriously injured and one of…
May 1st in the Twin Cities From the Twin Cities IWW's blog, The Organizer, an account of the May Day protests and marches in the Twin Cities.
Duluth IWW editorial from 1913 An 1913 editorial from the Industrial Worker on a dockworkers strike on Duluth, Minnesota.
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…
Interview with a Jimmy John’s Worker A 2011 interview with an organizer at Jimmy John's in Minneapolis.
White supremacist rally in Minnesota shut down On March 3rd, a white supremacist group tried to hold a rally in Duluth, MN to spread their message of hate. Anti-fascists locally and from…
