US History
75 years since the San Francisco general strike
By Marge Holland and Robert Louis, September 18, 2009
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco general strike, which began as a strike of longshoremen.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike
By Ron Jorgenson, August 31, 2009
We are posting here an article on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike, originally published in four parts. It is also available in PDF.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part four
By Ron Jorgenson, August 29, 2009
The final part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike—Part three
By Ron Jorgenson, August 28, 2009
The third part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Revolutionary leadership and the struggle of 1934
75th anniversary of the Minneapolis truck drivers’ strike–Part one
By Ron Jorgenson, August 26, 2009
The first part of a four-part series on the 1934 Minneapolis general truck drivers’ strike.
Writer Budd Schulberg, unrepentant informer, dead at 95
By David Walsh, August 7, 2009
Schulberg was a member of the Communist Party in the late 1930s and subsequently “named names” before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) in May 1951. To the end of his life he de...
Citizen of the world: a brief survey of the life and times of Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
By Ann Talbot, June 8, 2009
June 8 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of 18th century revolutionary Thomas Paine.
75th anniversary of the Toledo Auto-Lite strike
Historic 1934 struggle
By Charles Bogle, May 27, 2009
In 1934 workers in Toledo, Ohio, carried to victory one of the most important strikes in US history. Led by socialists, the Auto-Lite strike won broad support from the unemployed.
Book review: Death in the Haymarket
The eight-hour-day movement and the birth of American labor
By James Brewer, May 19, 2009
Death in the Haymarket by James Green is an important contribution to the early history of the American labor movement.
The Haymarket frame-up and the origins of May Day
Part three
By Walter Gilberti, May 13, 2009
We are republishing a series of articles that originally appeared in April 1986 under the title “One hundred years since the Haymarket frame-up.” The articles were published in the Bulletin, the n...
The Haymarket frame-up and the origins of May Day
Part two
By Walter Gilberti, May 12, 2009
We are republishing a series of articles that originally appeared in April 1986 under the title “One hundred years since the Haymarket frame-up.” The articles were published in the Bulletin, the n...
The Haymarket frame-up and the origins of May Day
Part one
By Walter Gilberti, May 11, 2009
We are republishing here a series of articles that originally appeared in April 1986 under the title “One hundred years since the Haymarket frameup.” The articles were published in the Bulletin, t...
