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Lessons From the Gilded Age

America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?
by Sarah Jones via The New Republic on June 13, 2018
Black and white photograph of workers of various affiliations march together at a 1946 May Day parade in New York City, holding signs about "world labor unity."

Welcome to Operation Dixie, the Most Ambitious Unionization Attempt in the U.S.

Southern segregation, racism and a militarized police meant the plan was destined to fail.
by Meagan Day via Medium on May 8, 2018
Striking miners

A Culture of Resistance

The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in historical perspective.
by Chuck Keeney via Lapham’s Quarterly on March 30, 2018
Dolores Huerta receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama.

Pioneering Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

Huerta was far more than an assistant of Cesar Chavez, leader of United Farm Workers, and she risked her life for her activism.
by Dolores Huerta, Lily Rothman via TIME on March 27, 2018
Firefighters trying to put out the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in 1911.

How Poor, Mostly Jewish Immigrants Organized 20,000 and Fought for Workers Rights

These women came ready to fight.
by Meagan Day via Timeline on March 9, 2018

Labor and the Long Seventies

In the 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the nation, and employers launched a fierce counterattack.
by Lane Windham, Chris Brooks via Jacobin on February 25, 2018

The Ballot and the Break

Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party, the most successful labor party in US history, is rich in lessons for challenging the two-party system.
by Eric Blanc via Jacobin on December 4, 2017
A group of female workers at a protest in Russia.

The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day

From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.
by Cintia Frencia, Daniel Gaido via Jacobin on March 8, 2017
Coal-stained house in West Virginia.

When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining and Labor History

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Adena Barnette via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016

The History of National Women's History Month

The celebratory month has its roots in the socialist and labor movements.
by Julia Zorthian via TIME on February 29, 2016
Policemen confronting a crowd of protesters

How a Revolutionary Was Born

Carl Skoglund's early life as a militant worker in Sweden prepared him for leadership in the 1934 Teamster Strikes.
by Joe Allen via Jacobin on December 21, 2015
Joe Hill.

Remembering the Life and Music of Labor Agitator Joe Hill, Who Was Executed 100 Years Ago Today

A musician who released a tribute album of Joe Hill's songs discusses Hill's music, politics, and legacy.
by David Cochran, Bucky Halker via In These Times on November 19, 2015
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Fierce Urgency of Now

Exploring the origins and impacts of the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," on that event's 50th anniversary.
via BackStory on August 23, 2013

Lincoln and Marx

The transatlantic convergence of two revolutionaries.
by Robin Blackburn via Jacobin on August 28, 2012
Hard hats on Nixon's cabinet conference table.

When Blue-Collar Pride Became Identity Politics

Remembering how the white working class got left out of the New Left, and why we're all paying for it today.
by Jefferson Cowie, Joan Walsh via Salon on September 6, 2010

Don’t Despair About the Supreme Court

In 2005, Howard Zinn explained why it was naive to depend on the Court to defend the rights of marginalized Americans.
by Howard Zinn via The Progressive on October 21, 2005
Illustration of Karl Marx in front of map of the United States.

The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.
by Robin Blackburn via The Nation on October 13, 2025
ILGWU parade float bearing the union label, December 7, 1960.

Look for the Union Label

Clothing labels have often played a political role in the fight for the rights of garment workers.
by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox via The Saturday Evening Post on September 16, 2025
Split rectangle: one side blue, one side red.

How Today’s America Came About

Two different accounts from former Democratic Party insiders about the “giant U-turn” from postwar prosperity to the polarization and inequality of today.
by Paul Starr via The American Prospect on September 10, 2025
Edit of different mayoral candidates distored to spiral

Fusionism Has Never Worked. Democrats Keep Trying Anyway.

Mamdani’s NYC mayoral rise revives debates over Democratic fusionism, echoing 1890s Populist struggles with establishment power.
by Zeb Larson via Dame Magazine on September 4, 2025
Demonstrators march, carrying signs against firing City College faculty.

Eric Foner’s Personal History

Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.
by Eric Foner via The Nation on August 14, 2025
The Communist National Convention at its first session on June 24, 1936, at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City.

The Long Anti-Zionist History of the American Jewish Left

Thousands of left-wing American Jews have protested Israel. They are taking part in a tradition of anti-Zionist Jewish radicalism.
by Benjamin Balthaser via Jacobin on July 21, 2025
Union workers hold American flags and a sign reading "No work without a fair contract."

Requiem for the Wagner Act

Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.
by Joseph A. McCartin via The American Prospect on July 8, 2025
William Sentner address a crowd of union workers at a small arms plant

The Radical Midwest of Bill Sentner

St Louis organizer Bill Sentner led some of the most successful labor battles in Midwestern history by uniting workers across race and gender lines.
by Devin Thomas O’Shea via Jacobin on June 23, 2025
John Cassidy

John Cassidy on Capitalism and Its Critics

The author on capitalism’s critics, why everyone is so unhappy with the system, and what may come next.
by John Cassidy, James Surowiecki via The Yale Review on May 27, 2025
A caricature of Murray Kempton.

The Rebellions of Murray Kempton

One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.
by Vivian Gornick via The Nation on April 8, 2025
A drawing of a variety of social movements protesting.

Peaceable Revolutions

Linda Gordon argues that social movements are vital partnerships that, by challenging the status quo, are indispensable to the health of the nation.
by Brenda Wineapple via New York Review of Books on March 20, 2025
Three members of the Wages for Housework campaign running a table and handing out pamphlets.

Home Is Where the Unpaid Labor Is

A new history traces the development and influence of the global Wages for Housework movement from its founding to present day.
by Hannah Rosefield via The New Republic on March 19, 2025
Donald Trump awards the National Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese.

Trump’s Antisocial State

The administration is trying to neuter the redistributive and protective arms of the state, while exploiting its bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport.
by Melinda Cooper via Dissent on March 18, 2025
A drawing of a strike for gay rights at San Francisco State.

Queer Transformations at San Francisco State, 1969-1974

What roles did SF State play in the broader upsurge in LGBTQ student and faculty activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
by Marc Stein via OutHistory on March 1, 2025
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