The rise of the fast food worker An article from US-based group, Unity & Struggle, on the prevalence of fast food work in the American economy.
The American Peace Corps: volunteers for free enterprise [extended] Originally post on "Reflections on a Revolution" Like many Americans, I knew very little…
Boston school bus drivers in wildcat strike On Tuesday morning over 600 school bus drivers in Boston took wildcat action. They are angry at the complete ineffectiveness of their trade union…
Gays take on cops: From rage to madness The following is a report by Howard Blum in The Village Voice (Sept. 3, 1970) of a gay march/riot that took place in NYC on August 29, 1970. The…
Vital Signs worker newsletter A newsletter for healthcare workers in New York City focused on struggles around hospital closures and care labor. The attached pdf is the…
[Video] Modibo Kadalie on the 1977 Atlanta sanitation workers' strike and direct action "This damn Maynard Jackson..." Scholar/actvist Modibo Kadalie discusses his role in organizing…
Left out: reds and America's industrial unions This study discusses the legacy of the Communist Party USA in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) from the 1930s through the 1950s.
[Video] Modibo Kadalie on the "bat patrols": Community self-defense and the 1981 Atlanta child murders Scholar/actvist Modibo Kadalie discusses helping to organize community self-defense…
Ghosts of Leninist past: a review of The Roots of American Communism A review and some comments from Juan Conatz on Theodore Draper’s history of the various factions…
The red closet: RCP and gay members Part two of what's turned into a very lengthy look at the US Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) and its history of homophobia. This part focuses on the parties actions in regards to its own members who failed to toe the line.
The roots of American communism - Theodore Draper Theodore Draper's incredibly detailed book about the many groups, factions and individuals that would form what became the Communist Party USA…
Against the IWW series Part I: The bankruptcy of the American labor movement The first in a series of reposts of common arguments against the IWW (both historical and…
