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Steve Fraser

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The Left Needs Its “Schools of Enlightenment and Revolution”

Throughout the entire history of left-wing organizing in the United States, the building of institutions of political education has been key.

by Nelson Lichtenstein, Steve Fraser via Jacobin on February 9, 2025
The Child Labor of Early Capitalism Is Making a Big Comeback in the US

Child labor was common in urban, industrial America for most of the country’s history. Now lawmakers are making concerted efforts to repeal statutes that prohibit it.

by Steve Fraser via Jacobin on July 7, 2023

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Striking workers at General Motors in 1970.

Nelson Lichtenstein on a Half-Century of American Class Struggle

The esteemed labor historian reflects on his life and career, including Berkeley in the 1960s, Walter Reuther, the early UAW, Walmart, Bill Clinton, and more.

by Nelson Lichtenstein, Micah Uetricht via Jacobin on July 10, 2023

Remnants of the New Deal Order

We can only understand the left’s present dilemmas by seeing them in light of the conflicted legacy of the New Deal.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via Dissent on April 13, 2020

Life Under the Algorithm

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class.

by Gabriel Winant via The New Republic on December 4, 2019

Donald Trump speaking at a meeting with small businesspeople at the White House on January 30, 2017.

Family Capitalism and the Small Business Insurrection

The increasingly militant right supports the private, unincorporated, and family-based versus the corporate, publicly traded, and shareholder-owned.

by Melinda Cooper via Dissent on January 13, 2022

The People, It Depends

What's the matter with left-populism? A review of Thomas Frank's "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism."

by Erik Baker via n+1 on March 24, 2021

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