Articles
The Strike at River Rouge: Detroit 1941
In 1941, tens of thousands of auto workers at the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, overcame many obstacles to build a union from the bottom up …
Workers Struggles
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The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike, Lawrence Massachusetts
In 1912, in the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, 25,000 workers went on strike. …
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Joel Beinin: Workers and the Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
Revolutionary University October 2016 Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East …
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The 1934 Minneapolis General Strike
The Minneapolis strikes of 1934 have always occupied a special place in the historical understanding of the Trotskyist movement …
Articles
The Other Civil War: The Railroad Strike Of 1877
In 1877, a strike erupted across the U.S. which newspapers called an “insurrection” and even …
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Striking Flint
Remembering the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike, Genora Johnson …
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The Oakland General Strike (1946) – by Stan Weir
1946 Oakland General Strike, recalled by a participant: Stan Weir …
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May Day – Made in the USA, Exported to the World
One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s …
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The IWW by James Cannon
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago in 1905 …
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The Seattle General Strike of 1919
The Seattle General Strike as recorded by the strikers, recounting the extraordinary story of the working people of an entire city coming together to run their city in their interests. …