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Working Class History

Articles

San Francisco General Strike 87 Years Ago: The Power of Worker Solidarity

July 5, 2021

Eighty-six years ago, longshore workers all along the Pacific coast were on strike. …

Articles

The Significance of the Pullman Strike of 1894

June 25, 2021

On June 26th, 1894, members of the American Railway Union began a boycott in support …

Pamphlets

The Russian Revolution of 1917

March 16, 2018

Russian workers led the people of Russia in an effort to build a better world, and they reached out to help the rest of the international working class to do the same …

Pamphlets

The Paris Commune, 1871: When the Working Class Seized Power for the First Time

March 15, 2018

In 1871 the workers of Paris were “ready to storm heaven.” …

Articles

The Strike at River Rouge: Detroit 1941

March 13, 2018

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 …

Pamphlets

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn – Rebel with a Cause

November 18, 2017

download pdf of this pamphlet There are many heroes and heroines in the working-class movement, …

Pamphlets

The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike, Lawrence Massachusetts

November 17, 2017

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

Pamphlets

The 1934 Minneapolis General Strike

September 1, 2015

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

April 1, 2013

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

Pamphlets

Striking Flint

May 16, 2010

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

Pamphlets

The Oakland General Strike (1946) – by Stan Weir

May 16, 2010

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

Pamphlets

Big Bill Haywood: A Giant in the Struggles of the Working Class

May 16, 2010

download illustrated PDF of this pamphlet Big Bill Haywood was one of the most important …

Pamphlets

May Day – Made in the USA, Exported to the World

May 16, 2010

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

Pamphlets

The IWW by James Cannon

May 16, 2010

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

Pamphlets

The Seattle General Strike of 1919

May 16, 2010

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. …

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