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.
'The Long Civil Rights Movement and the Political Uses of the Past' by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall The author dispels the myths of the Civil Rights movement constructed by the mainstream and the New Right instead reconstituting it towards struggles for economic equality and anti-militarism. The author delineates the complex mechanisms and modes of liberation contained within the Civil Rights Movement, turning away from the traditional narratives of 'legislative liberation'. The article contains interesting…
The Elk river spill: capitalism at its “best” Article on the Elk River Spill in West Virginia by a member of the WSA. This is our first regular blog entry for libcom.org
Authority and democracy in the United States - Paul Mattick Paul Mattick shows that corresponding to the absence of a socialist movement in America is the…
Jeremy Brecher recalls forty years with Tim Costello Jeremy Brecher's obituary of Tim Costello, who wrote for Root & Branch occasionally.
Root & Branch: a libertarian socialist journal Complete archive of the libertarian socialist publication out of the U.S. published from 1970-1982. Includes all 10 issues, 6 pamphlets, and…
What is the IWW? A candid statement of its principles, objects and methods A pamphlet laying out the program of the IWW from 1922. It was translated through out the world, and…
The first congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921 The first congress of the Red Trade Union International at Moscow, 1921. A report of the proceedings by George Williams, delegate of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World).
The politics of genocide - Edward Herman and David Peterson Herman and Peterson review the Western media's response to several different bloodbaths and…
American labor: new beginning The U.S based group, Unity & Struggle's first political document from 2009, analyzing the situation as they see it.
The Communist Party of the United States: from the Depression to World War II An overview of the American Communist Party from the time right before the Popular Front era until…
Standing fast: a novel - Harvey Swados Harvey Swados' fictional story of a group of socialists and their lives from the dawn of USA's involvement in World War II to the Kennedy…
