A Fight for Free Speech in San Diego: Davey Jones An account of the San Diego Free Speech Fight, focuses on the role of the local press in stirring up hostility to the IWW, and its support for…
1912: The San Diego free speech fight A history of the most violent of the Free Speech Fights. A combination of police brutality and vigilante terror was unleashed against the IWW and…
Hillary Clinton’s complaints about the spread of “fake news” belie her contributions to it The 2008 Clinton campaign played an instrumental role in spreading rumors that…
Authoritarian Neoliberalism: the Specter of Pinochet This essay explores the rise of populist demagogues and the economics of their regimes. Rather than marking a clear break with neoliberalism or a…
Unionism and Anti-Fascism - Twin Cities General Defense Committee Statement on Opposing All Oppression from the Twin Cities GDC Local 14 on the importance of fighting…
Montana Wobblies, Antifa Out-Organize Nazis Report on an antifascist mobilisation in Whitefish, Western Montana, where neo-nazis had called for an armed rally against Jewish residents.
American labor isn’t dead, but definitely needs to wake up The mood and discussions of late have largely been doom and gloom. Our series has tried to shine a…
Labor’s death under trump? The potential for a renewed workers movement in an era of dangers Following the Trump victory speculation has been rampant and has led to various…
This Is Not a Drill: Bracing for the Trump Era In our second installment in our Labor under Trump mini-series, Mark Brenner from Labor Notes explores what union members can do in the face of…
Labor under Trump Great four-part series from the Recomposition blog about the implications for the American working class of the Republican majorities in every branch of government with President Trump at it…
Against factional struggles in ruling classes/elites The polarization in the US following the Trump electoral victory is transformed to the ex-western bloc geography. The ruling classes' inter…
When toil meant trouble: Butte's labour heritage A short roundup of key events in working class history in Butte, Montana, with a labour history timeline from the 19th century up to 1986, by…