And Other Writings Covington Hall & David Roediger ed.     1999     264p     5x 8 In the half-century since it was written, Hall’s Labor Struggles In The Deep South, has become an underground classic among activist historians writing on the South and on working people. Hall—journalist, organizer, rebel, professor, and poet—brings … Continue reading Labor Struggles in the Deep South →

Rebellion and Convict Lease in Tennessee’s Coalfields, 1891-1895 Sweet Tea     2010     32p     5 x 8 From the back cover: “Something happened in Tennessee, something almost unimaginable to the mine owners and politicians of that state. When the companies tried to intimidate their workers by bringing in convict labor to … Continue reading The Stockade Stood Burning →

Three Classic IWW Pamphlets from the 1910s Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Walker C. Smith & William E. Tautmann 2014     128p     5 x 8 The pamphlets reprinted here were first published in the 1910s amid great controversy. Even then, the tactics of direct action and sabotage were often associated with the cartoonists’ image … Continue reading Direct Action and Sabotage →

Black Radical Organizations 1960-1975 Muhammad Ahmad     2007     340p     5 x 8 Dr. Muhammad Ahmad was national field chairman of the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) during the mid-60s and founder of the African People’s Party in the 1970s. He has worked closely with Malcolm X, Jesse Gray, Amiri Baraka, Stokely … Continue reading We Will Return in the Whirlwind →

Radical Perspectives in the Caribbean Fundi     1988     24p     5 x 8 A compilation of excerpts from a forum on Grenada and Jamaica, which was held in San Francisco in December, 1983, follow-up interviews and informal discussions. These edited statements belong 53-year-old Jamaican named Fundi. The basis for his critical … Continue reading None Shall Escape →

1492 to Present Howard Zinn     1980     768p     6 x 9 In Zinn’s own words, ‘My history… describes the inspiring struggle of those who have fought slavery and racism (Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses), of the labor organizers who have led strikes for the rights … Continue reading A People’s History of the United States →

The Left Wing Alternative Daniel Cohn-Bendit     1968     272p     5.5 x 8.5 In May 68 a student protest spread to other universities, to Paris factories and in a few weeks to most of France. A million Parisians marched; ten million workers went out on strike. This is Daniel Cohn-Bendit’s – … Continue reading Obsolete Communism →

A Short History Of The International Workers’ Holiday 1886-1986 Philip Foner    1986    192p    5 x 8 A useful introduction to the history of labor struggles, and the birth, and celebration, of May Day, first as an American, soon an international, workers’ holiday. $6-10 Other works involving philip foner, may day

John Steinbeck    1936    274p    MMPB With only a few weeks to pick the apples before their spoil, tensions run high and boil over after migrant workers go on strike right as the apple-picking season begins. $1-5 Other works involving john steinbeck, labor struggles

Rose Pesotta 1944 435p 6 x 8 Rose Pesotta was an anarchist, feminist labor organizer and the vice president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Born in Ukraine in the 1890s, Pesotta’s interest in Narodnaya Volya eventually lead her to anarchism. Arriving in New York City in 1913, Pessota found work in the garment … Continue reading Bread Upon the Waters →