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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAbbey, Edward: Connexipedia Article Article American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. (1927-1989). Abu-Jamal, Mumia: Connexipedia Article Article An African-American activist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. His conviction was based on dubious evidence and dubious legal proceedings. ... African-American Socialist Pioneer: Against The Current vol. 144 Lang, Clarence Article 2010 In holding aloft the Banner of Ethiopia: Caribbean Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century America, Winston James singled out Hubert Henry Harrison for his “pioneering role in what became known as the N... American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs  Boggs, Grace Lee Film/Video 2014 A documentary about the ideas and activism of 98-year-old Grace Lee Boggs, covering her lifetime of vital thinking and action, traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labo... Anthony, Susan B.: Connexipedia Article Article American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. (1820-1906). Asch, Moses: Connexipedia Article Article Founder of Folkways Records. The label, founded in 1948, was instrumental in bringing folk music into the American mainstream. (1905-1986). The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm, X Book 1964 The personal story of the man who become the most dynamic leader of the Black Revolution in the United States, completed shortly before his assassination.
The Autobiography of Mother Jones Jones, Mary (Mother Jones) Book 1925 In spite of oppressors, in spite of false leaders, in spite of labor's own lack of understanding of its needs, the cause of the worker continues onward. Baker, Ella: Connexipedia Article Article African American civil rights and human rights activis. (1903-1986). Baxandall, Lee: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, translator, editor, and activist, first known for his New Left engagement with cultural topics and then as a leader of the naturist movement. (1935-2008). Rosalyn Baxandall, Feminist Historian and Activist dies at 76 Grimes, William Article 2015 Rosalyn Baxandall, a feminist historian who was among the first to bring scholarly attention to the historical role of women in the workplace and to expand the meaning of "women's work," has died. Berkman, Alexander: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for his political activism and writing. (1870-1936). Berman, Marshall: Connexipedia Article Article American philosopher and Marxist Humanist writer. (Born 1940). Berra, Yogi: Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article (Born 1925). American philosopher and former Major League Baseball player and manager. Berrigan, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article American poet, peace activist, and Roman Catholic priest. (Born 1921). Bertell, Rosalie: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Canadian-American researcher who has worked in the field of environmental health. (Born 1929). Boggs, Grace Lee: Connexipedia Article Article A Chinese-American author, anti-racist activist and feminist. (Born 1915). Grace Lee Boggs, Legendary Activist, Dead At 100 Bellware, Kim Article 2015 Boggs spent her life actively supporting causes ranging from civil rights and labour to the Black Power and feminist movements. Grace Lee Boggs R.I.P. Article 2015 Grace Lee Boggs, founding member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency (where her party name was Ria Stone), has died at the age of 100 in Detroit. She was born on June 27, 1915 and passed away October 5, 20... Bookchin, Murray: Connexipedia Article Article American libertarian socialist-anarchist, political and social philosopher, environmentalist, conservationist, atheist, speaker, and writer. (1921-2006). Borsodi, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article Economic theorist and practical experimenter interested in ways of living useful to the modern person or family desiring greater self-direction and self-reliance. (1886-1977). The Boy Who Could Change the World Article 2016 Remembering the brief life of Aaron Swartz: programmer, activist, entrepreneur, community builder. Bridges, Harry: Connexipedia Article Article Australian-American union leader in the ILWU, a longshore (dock) and warehouse workers' union on the West Coast, Hawai'i and Alaska. (1901-1990). Brown, John: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end slavery. (1800-1859). Bruce, Lenny: Connexipedia Article Article American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. (1925-1966). Bryant, Louise: Connexipedia Article Article American journalist and writer best known for her Marxist and anarchist beliefs and her essays on radical political and feminist themes. (1885-1936). Callenbach, Ernest: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, known as an author of green books, namely as author of the ecological utopias Ecotopia (1975) and Ecotopia Emerging (1981). (Born 1929). Ron Carey, Militant Union Reformer: Against The Current vol. 138 Anonymous Article 2009 “Ron Carey was the nation’s most charismatic and successful labor leader as the twentieth century was coming to an end. He will be remembered as a major figure in American labor history on the basis o... Carmichael, Stokely: Connexipedia Article Article Trinidadian-American black leader active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. (1941-1998). Carson, Rachel: Connexipedia Article Article American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings, especially 'Silent Spring', are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. (1907-1964). Chaplin, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article Labour activist at the age of 7, after witnessing a worker shot dead diurng the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois. (1887-1961). Chávez, César: Connexipedia Article Article Mexican American farm worker, labour leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). (19... Chomsky, Noam: Connexipedia Article Article American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. (Born 1928). Coming Home to the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Thompson, Wendy Article 2008 I became a political activist at the age of 12, when I marched for open housing in Evanston, Illinois. We lived next to the Black community in Evanston; African-American students made up 40% of my gra... Barry Commoner 1917-2012 Article 2012 Barry Commoner, biologist, environmental, socialist, humanist, and one of the central leaders of the anti-nuclear-testing movement, dies at 95. He is particularly remembered for the “Four Laws of Ecol... Deborah Cunningham, 1945-2015 Article 2015 Deborah Cunningham was an ADAPT activist and Executive Director of the Memphis Center for Independent Living (MCIL). When she died on May 7, the movement lost a tireless, creative, committed activist,... Daly, Herman: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article American ecological economist and professor. (Born 1938). Dann, Mary and Carrie: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Leaders in the struggle of the Western Shoshone to retain their ancestral lands. Day, Dorothy: Connexipedia Article Article American journalist, social activist, distributist, anarchist, and devout Catholic. (1897-1980). De Leon, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. (1852-1914). De Leon, Daniel: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. (1852-1914). Debs, Eugene V.: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist politician and union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). (1855-1926). Defender of the Forests: Bonnie Phillips vs. the Timber Beasts, Gang Green and the Big Foundations Schlossberg, Josh Article 2015 Veteran forest advocate Bonnie Phillips passed away on May 4, 2015 in Olympia, Washington. This article is based on her final interview. Deganawida (The Great Peacemaker): Connexipedia Article Article The founder of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Dellinger, David: Connexipedia Article Article American radical pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change. (1915-2004). Detroit celebrates Grace Lee Boggs' 100th birthday Dettlinger, Madison Article 2015 About the weeklong celebration of the life of Grace Lee Boggs, radical activist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Dewey, John: Connexipedia Article Article American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. (1859-1952). Douglass, Frederick: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. (1818-1895). Draper, Hal: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist activist, Marxist and author of a number of key works about Marxism. (1914-1990). Hal Draper, Introduction to: Connexipedia Article Article Link to brief biography of Hal Draper, an American socialist activist, Marxist and author, and participant in the Berkeley, California Free Speech Movement. (1914-1990). Du Bois, W. E. B.: Connexipedia Article Article American civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian, author, and editor. (1868-1963). Evers, Medgar: Connexipedia Article Article African American civil rights activist from Mississippi, murdered in 1963. (1925-1963). Finkelstein, Norman: Connexipedia Article Article An American political scientist and author, whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. (Born 1953). Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley: Connexipedia Article Article Labour leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). (1890-1964). The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr. Goodrich, Matthew Miles Article 2018 King believed that a multiracial working-class movement was required to overcome the failings of capitalism. Frank Fried (1927-2015) Quinn, Patrick M. Article 2015 Frank Fried, a revolutionary U.S. socialist, passed away on January 13, 2015.
Garrison, William Lloyd: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. (... Ginsberg, Allen: Connexipedia Article Article American poet best known for the poem "Howl", in which he celebrates fellow members of the Beat Generation and critiques what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the Unit... Glaberman, Martin: Connexipedia Article Article An influential American Marxist, teacher, and autoworker. (1918-2001). Global Crisis and Opportunity: Against The Current vol. 134 Terrall, Ben Article 2008 Ben Terrall interviews Mike Davis. Mike Davis is a veteran writer and activist who cut his progressive teeth in the 1960s civil rights and antiwar movements. He has worked as a meat cutter, long-dista... Goldman, Emma: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. (1869-1940). Goodman, Paul: Connexipedia Article Article American sociologist, poet, writer, anarchist, social critic, and public intellectual. (1911-1972). Gould, Stephen Jay: Connexipedia Article Article American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. (1941-2002). Guthrie, Woody: Connexipedia Article Article American singer-songwriter and folk musician. (1912-1967). Hagerty, Thomas J.: Connexipedia Article Article American Roman Catholic priest from New Mexico, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. (Born 1862). Halper, Jeff: Connexipedia Article Article Co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). (Born 1946). Hamer, Fannie Lou: Connexipedia Article Article American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. (1917-1977). Hayden, Tom: Connexipedia Article Article An American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the animal rights, and the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. (Born 1939). Haywood, Bill (Big Bill Haywood): Connexipedia Article Article American unionist and communist, one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (1869-1928). Hennacy, Ammon: Connexipedia Article Article American pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a Wobbly. (1893-1970). Herman, Edward S.: Connexipedia Article Article Economist and media analyst with a specialty in corporate and regulatory issues as well as political economy and the media. (Born 1925). Hill, Joe: Connexipedia Article Article Swedish-American labour activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. (1879-1915). Hoffman, Abbie: Connexipedia Article Article Social and political activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"). (1936-1989). Horton, Myles: Connexipedia Article Article American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School. (1905-1990). Howard Zinn (1922-2010): In Lieu of Flowers, Organize Giordano, Al Article 2010 Where other leftish icons have spent these decades gnashing their teeth, lecturing and bemoaning how awful everything that happens up above has been (as if most folks born down below didn't already kn... Huerta, Dolores: Connexipedia Article Article The co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. (Born 1930). I Don't have to be what you want me to be Malik, Kenan Article 2016 'A strange fate befell Muhammad Ali in the 1990s', Mike Marqusee writes in Redemption Song, his wonderful, illuminating study of 'Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties'. ‘The man who had defied t... Jackson, Wes: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article American agronomist and advocate for sustainable agriculture. Jacobs, Jane: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Author, urban advocate, economist, ecologist, and philosopher. (1916-2006). Jacobs, Jane: Connexipedia Article Article Author, urban advocate, economist, ecologist, and philosopher. (1916-2006). Jagger, Bianca: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article A Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress and fashion icon. (Born 1950). James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928 Palmer, Byran D. Book 2010 John Holt: Homeschooling Pioneer and Visionary Progressive Nall, Jeffrey Article 2014 The stereotype of homeschooling as the haven for conservative, religious ideologues overshadows the movement's radically progressive roots. One of the movement's foremost pioneers, John Holt, was an e... Jones, Mary Harris (Mother Jones): Connexipedia Article Article American labour and community organizer, a Wobbly, and a Socialist. (1837-1930). Keller, Helen: Connexipedia Article Article American author, political activist and lecturer. (1880-1968). King, Martin Luther Jr.: Connexipedia Article Article (1929-1968). Was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. Knabb, Ken: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, translator, and radical theorist. (Born 1945). Kolko, Gabriel: Connexipedia Article Article An American revisionist historian and author. (Born 1932). Kovel, Joel: Connexipedia Article Article American politician, academic, writer, and eco-socialist. (Born 1936). Kunstler, William: Connexipedia Article Article American radical lawyer and civil rights activist. (1919-1995). Lappé, Frances Moore: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Activist and writer on food, hunger, economics, and democracy. (Born 1944). Lawson, James: Connexipedia Article Article Theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the American Civil Rights Movement. (Born 1928). Leopold, Aldo: Connexipedia Article Article American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist who was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation. (1887-1948). The Life, Loves, Wars and Foibles of Edward Abbey: Monkeywrenching the Machine Proyect, Louis Article 2015 Fifty-three years ago, long before I had heard of Edward Abbey and Abraham Polonsky, I saw a film titled "Lonely are the Brave" that was based on Polonsky's adaptation of Abbey's novel "The Brave Cowb... Lincoln, Abraham: Connexipedia Article Article President of the United States during the American Civil War. (1809-1865). Little, Frank: Connexipedia Article Article American labour leader who organized miners, lumberjacks and oil field workers. (1879-1917). The Long Haul: An autobiography Horton, Myles Book 1990 Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for over sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, including... A Long View from the Left: Memoirs of an American Revolutionary Richmond, Al Book 1972 A memoir of a member of the American Communist Party. Lynd, Staughton: Connexipedia Article Article American author, activist, historian, and lawyer. (Born 1929). Macdonald, Dwight: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, editor, social critic, philosopher, and political radical. (1906-1982). Malcolm X Research Site Website A comprehensive website on the life and legacy of Malcolm X , with text, film, video, graphics and more, plus a large listing of African American scholars on the left, with links to their sites and wo... The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights Reynolds, David S. Book 2005 A biography of John Brown. The Man Who Recorded the World : A Biography of Alan Lomax Szweed, John Book 2011 Documentarian of the folk culture of American life,, Lomax was diligent and tireless in preserving the irreplaceable vernacular cultures that have fallen into the past. Marcos, Subcomandante: Connexipedia Article Article Spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Marxist Art Historian: Meyer Schapiro, 1914-1996 Wallach, Alan Article 1996 Schapiro will no doubt be remembered for his brilliance, for the extraordinary range of his mind, but his legacy as a scholar belongs to those willing to engage his most profound and most challenging ... Mattick Paul: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Marxist writer and activist. (1904-1981). The Measure of a Revolutionary: Remembering Eugene V. Debs Harris, Mark Article 2015 Debs was an articulate, far-reaching critic of American society, staunchly anti-capitalist and opposed to both Democratic and Republican parties, which he saw as controlled by Wall Street. In his five... Morrison, Norman: Connexipedia Article Article Baltimore Quaker best known for committing suicide in an act of self-immolation to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War. (1933-1965). Mumford, Lewis: Connexipedia Article Article American historian and philosopher of technology and science. (1895-1990). Muste, A. J.: Connexipedia Article Article A socialist active in the pacifist movement, the labour movement, and the US civil rights movement. (1885-1967). My Studs Terkel, and Yours: Against The Current vol. 138 Fried, Frank Article 2009 When Against The Current asked me to write a piece on Studs Terkel, I wondered why me? But after I pondered the idea, I thought, of course me. And you. All readers of his books, Against the Current an... Nader, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article American attorney, author, lecturer, and political activist. (Born 1934). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Douglass, Frederick; Jacobs, Harriet; (Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah) Book 2000 Two first-person accounts of African-American slavery. Nearing, Scott: Connexipedia Article Article American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and advocate of simple living. (1883-1983). Newton, Huey P.: Connexipedia Article Article Co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party. (1942-1989). Noam Chomsky: Moral & Social Thinker: Against The Current vol. 145 McCarthy Michael A.; Pine, Glen Article 2010 Noam Chomsky is a powerhouse of insightful thought – this book attests to that. So analyzing or even summarizing Anthony Arnove’s The Essential Chomsky is no simple task. A moderately lengthy and nota... Ochs, Phil: Connexipedia Article Article U.S. protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, an... The Oratory of Malcolm X: Against The Current vol. 120 McTaggart, Ursula Article Spike Lee closes his 1989 film “Do the Right Thing” with two quotes: In one, Malcolm X proclaims the right to self defense and in the other, Martin Luther King, Jr. insists upon non-violent protest. E... Osceola: Connexipedia Article Article War chief of the Seminole in Florida who led a small band of warriors in the Seminole resistance when the United States tried to remove the Seminoles from their lands. (1804-1838). Paine, Thomas: Connexipedia Article Article Author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary. (1737-1809). Tom Paine, restless democrat: Profile of a radical Marqusee, Mike Article 2009 Mike Marqusee celebrates the life, work and ideas of the great revolutionary who declared that "my country is the world and my religion is to do good." Papanek, Victor: Connexipedia Article Article Designer and educator who became a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools, and community infrastructures. (1927-1999). Parsons, Lucy: Connexipedia Article Article Radical American labour organizer and anarchist communist. (1853-1942). The Passing of Ronnie Gilbert: A Great Woman Has Died Macaray, David Article 2015 Ronnie Gilbert, an original member of the legendary folk group, the Weavers, has died . Pauling, Linus: Connexipedia Article Article American chemist, peace activist, author, and educator. (1901-1994). Peltier, Leonard: Connexipedia Article Article American activist and member of the American Indian Movement. (Born 1944). A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World Dear, John Book 2007 Jesuit priest John Dear ministers to the needy at the margins of society. He is a pacifist and anti-war activist who has spoken out against the Pentagon and the wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq. His vi... Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune Bowser, Kenneth (director) Film/Video 2010 A documentary film on the life and times of folk singer-songwriter Phil Ochs. Phillips, Utah: Connexipedia Article Article Labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller, and poet. (1935-2008). Utah Phillips 1935-2008: Against The Current vol. 138 Duncan, Brad Article 2009 Bruce “Utah" Phillips, who died in May 2008, was a living, singing museum of radical working-class culture. Through his songs and stories he connected three generations to the living memory of class s... The Power of Women United: Against The Current vol. 134 Dawson, Kipp Article 2008 Interview with Kipp Dawson. Ralph Nader and the Legacy of Revolt (Part 3): Against The Current vol. 90 Sheasby, Walt Contreras Article 2001 Ralph Nader has a complex relationship with the historical currents of change before World War I (populism, socialism and progressivism), but it may be his relationship to the Communism of the mid-twe... Remembering Dave Dellinger: Against The Current vol. 112 McReynolds, David Article 2004 Dave Dellinger’s death on May 25th of this year, at the age of 88, marked the end of a remarkable life. Most readers know him from the event that, more than any other, made him a public figure — the i... Remembering Milt Zaslow Davis, Mike Article 1997 Milt disdained inflated revolutionary bravado, but time and again his group were the first to put themselves in harm's way when activists in Southcentral or the Eastside of Los Angeles were under atta... Lester Rodney: The Long Ball Hitter: Against The Current vol. 145 Fried, Frank Article 2010 I am writing this piece after reading the New York Times obituary of Lester Rodney, where both the role of the Daily Worker and Lester’s role as its sports writer were given their due credit in the fi... Sacco and Vanzetti: Connexipedia Article Article Labourers and anarchists who were tried, convicted and executed in Massachusetts in 1927. Sacco and Vanzetti Goldman, Emma; Berkman, Alexander Article 1929 This struggle marks the real history of progress. Its heroes are not the Napoleons and the Bismarcks, not the generals and politicians. Its path is lined with the unmarked graves of the Saccos and Van... Said, Edward, Critical Notes on Habib, Irfan Article 2005 Edward Said was admired by the anti-imperialist left for his courageous defence of Palestinian rights. However, Irfan Habib argues that unfortunately Said's scholarly work, notably his major work 'Ori... Saint John, Vincent: Connexipedia Article Article American labour leader and prominent Wobbly. (1876-1929). The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould York, Richard; Clark, Brett Book 2011 Stephen Jay Gould was not only a leading paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, he was also a humanist with an enduring interest in the history and philosophy of science. The extraordinary range of... Shadd, Mary Ann: Connexipedia Article Article A key figure in the Underground Railroad and a subscription agent for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. (1823-1893). Skaggs, Joey: Connexipedia Article Article American prankster who has organized numerous successful media pranks, hoaxes, and other presentations. He is considered one of the originators of the phenomenon known as culture jamming. (Born 1945). Social Activist Grace Lee Boggs on Shaking Up the Status Quo in America Film/Video 2007 Grace Lee Boggs has been a part of almost every major movement in the United States in the last 75 years, including: Labor, Civil Rights, Black Power, Women’s Rights and Environmental Justice. Stephen Jay Gould: Dialectical Biologist Gasper, Phill Article 2002 Gould, the world’s leading expert on the evolution of Bahamian land snails, and one of the most influential evolutionary theorists of his generation, shared Engels’ enthusiasm for understanding the na... Still, William: Connexipedia Article Article An African-American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, writer, historian and civil rights activist. (1819-1902). The website of I.F. Stone Stone, I.F. Website Website devoted to the journalism and life of radical journalist I.F. Stone (1907-1989). Tecumseh: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Shawnee chief who attempted to form an alliance of tribes to combat American territorial ambitions and tried to rally the tribes in a common defence against the Americans. (1768-1813). Tecumseh: Connexipedia Article Article Shawnee chief who attempted to form an alliance of tribes to combat American territorial ambitions and tried to rally the tribes in a common defence against the Americans. (1768-1813). Terkel, Studs: Connexipedia Article Article American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. (1912-2008). Toledo, Francisco: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Mexican community activist. (Born 1940). Tresca, Carlo: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist, newspaper editor, and labour agitator. (1879-1943). A Tribute To American People's Historian - Howard Zinn Siddiqui, Habib Article 2010 With the death of Howard Zinn there is no doubt that the anti-war and peace movement in the USA has lost one of its best activists and an honest historian. Truth, Sojourner: Connexipedia Article Article African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. (1797-1883). Tubman, Harriet: Connexipedia Article Article An African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. (1822-1913). Turner, Nat: Connexipedia Article Article American slave who led a slave rebellion in 1831. (1800-1831). Vidal, Gore: Connexipedia Article Article American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, essayist, short story writer, actor and politician. (Born 1925). Walter Reuther, 'Social Unionist' Glaberman, Martin Article 1996 The book is full of self-serving quotations from Reuther and others that are accepted at face value. There is a very superficial understanding of the auto industry, of life in the union and on the sho... Wood, Ellen Meiksins Article A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be: Against The Current vol. 133 Early, Steve Article 2008 As a 35-year veteran of union activity in America, I can personally attest that Tony Mazzocchi of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) was a rare bird, perhaps the last of his kind. Malcolm X: Connexipedia Article Article African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. (1925-1965). You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A personal history of our times Zinn, Howard Book 1994 Zinn tells his personal stories about more than thirty years of fighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College to recent protests against war. Zapata, Emiliano: Connexipedia Article Article A leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910. (1879-1919). Zinn, Howard: Connexipedia Article Article American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright. (1922-2010). Sources LibraryAntoniou, Laura Laura Antoniou (born 1963) is an American novelist. She is the author of The Marketplace series of BDSM-themed novels, which were originally published under the pen name of Sara Adamson. Brame, Gloria Gloria Glickstein Brame (born August 20, 1955) is a U.S. writer and sex therapist based in Athens, Georgia. Hiss, Alger Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Alger Hiss (1904 - 1996) was an American lawyer, civil servant, businessman, author, and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and UN off... The Information Sage Meet Edward Tufte, the graphics guru to the power elite who is revolutionizing how we see data Yaffa, Joshua 2011 Jacoby, Russell Wikipedia article Russell Jacoby (born April 23, 1945) is a professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an author and a critic of academic culture. His fields of interest are twentieth-cen... McCarthy, Joseph Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 - May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in... Miller, Arthur Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons... Oppenheimer, J. Robert Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known for his role a... Palmer, Alexander Mitchell Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 - May 11, 1936) was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He was nicknamed The Fighting Quaker and he directed the controversial Palmer Raids. Parker, Dorothy Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 - June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles. Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 - June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 - June 19, 1953) were American communists who were executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionag... Ruthenberg, Charles Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Charles Emil "C.E." Ruthenberg (1882 - 1927) was an American marxist politician and was a founder and head of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Shakur, Assata Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Assata Olugbala Shakur (born July 16, 1947 as JoAnne Deborah Byron, married name Chesimard) is an African-American activist and escaped convict who was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Bl... Shirer, William L. Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian, who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich a history of Nazi Germany... Sweezy, Paul Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 - February 27, 2004) was a Marxist economist and a founding editor of the magazine Monthly Review. 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