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…
Database of repression of the IWW, 1906-1920 A table detailing hundreds of instances of state and employer repression of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United…
Review: Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers, and the Question of Unions in Contemporary Capitalism Loren Goldner's extensive review and analysis of Frank Bardacke. Trampling Out The…
Violence in the 1979 Imperial Valley Lettuce strike LA Times article from 1986 discussing the court hearings about violence deployed during the Imperial Valley lettuce strike 1979. The article is…