Stop the Presses, Start Fighting!: The 1967 Newspaper Strike in Utica, New York
J.N. Cheney recounts the 1967 Utica, NY newspaper workers’ strike, arguing that the trajectory of the struggle and the demands raised by the strikers exemplify …
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Resistance to a Backlash: Maryland Public Employees On Strike, 1968-1974
Emily Fox argues that a series of illegal strikes by Maryland state public employees between 1968 and 1974 provide key historical insight into the rise …
On Communist Work in the Working Class Movement
In a debate on labor strategy, Kat and Chantelle argue for the merger of political, economic, and theoretical struggles; for boring from within the reactionary …
Toward a People’s History of the University of Maryland: AFSCME Local 1072
Emily Fox recounts the history of AFSCME Local 1072, a militant union of campus staff at the University of Maryland organized during a period often …
Science and Democratic Management
Amelia Davenport provides a brief overview of left-wing approaches to scientific management and argues that this field of inquiry should be embraced by socialist labor …
Letter: A Gap in Marxist Unity Group’s Labor Position
I have been impressed by the ideas Marxist Unity Group has been putting forward in DSA debates for several years now. It is a shame …
A Bookish Strike
Jennifer Albert Mann reports on the recent UAW Local 2110 strike at HarperCollins Publishers and argues that, considering the union’s past militancy, HarperCollins workers should …
How the Rail Carriers, Wall Street, and the US Government Crushed Class I Freight Rail Workers
Shuvu Bhattarai reports on the status of the U.S. railworkers struggle in the aftermath of Congress’ forced tentative agreement. Introduction Four railroad unions, representing 55 …