From militant to Washington insider
On Richard Trumka
by Tim GouletTim Goulet discusses the life and death of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka.
Seattle educators endorse BDS
An interview with six SEA members
by Darrin HoopSeattle Education Association member Darrin Hoop interviews six other members of the union who organized to pass a resolution in solidarity with Palestine.
A history of revolutionary class struggle
A review of the book The Fight for Workers’ Power: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the 20th Century
by Steve LeighSteve Leigh reviews the new book The Fight for Workers’ Power by authors Mick Armstrong and Tom Bramble.
New Jersey Communists in the 1920s
A review of The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike by Jacob Zumoff
The ghastly specter of sectarianism
Re-learning lessons from Northern Ireland
by Sean MitchellSeán Mitchell, a socialist activist and historian from West Belfast, eloquently provides a framework for the history of sectarianism in Ireland, necessary for our understanding of these resurgent dynamics.
Labor law reform and class struggle
Myths and realities
by Charlie PostIn the context of an ongoing campaign to pass the PRO ACT, Charlie Post looks at important moments of labor law reform and their relationship to the broader class struggle.
Worker and popular education
by Avery Wear & James Boyle
Avery Wear and James Boyle discuss the massive adult education system organized by the U.S. Left in the early 20th century.
No free speech for fascists (excerpted)
Exploring ‘No Platform’ in history, law, and politics
by David RentonA chapter from David Renton’s forthcoming book, No free speech for fascists is excerpted, and is entitled: “Since when did the Supreme Court ever protect free speech?”
History and independent politics in the U.S.
A review of “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers”
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews Kim Moody’s “Tramps and Trade Union Travelers: Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900.
The Black Legion and beyond.
The (less and less) hidden history of the Michigan far right
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy looks at the history of far right organizing in Michigan and the meaning of its recent resurgence.