Workers Struggles

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 …

In 1912, in the city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, 25,000 workers went on strike. …

Revolutionary University October 2016 Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East …

The Minneapolis strikes of 1934 have always occupied a special place in the historical understanding of the Trotskyist movement …

In 1877, a strike erupted across the U.S. which newspapers called an “insurrection” and even …

Remembering the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike, Genora Johnson …

1946 Oakland General Strike, recalled by a participant: Stan Weir …

One of the most important working-class holidays originated in the United States in the 1880s …

The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago in 1905 …

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. …