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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. Results276 Connexions Library4 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 5 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 25 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAbraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Article 1865 The speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at his inauguration at the start of his second term as president. The Accumulation of Capital  Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1913 Rosa Luxemburg's analysis of the inherent contradictions of capitalist accumulation. Against Our Better Judgement: How the U.S. was used to create Israel Weir, Alison Book 2014 An account of how U.S. support enabled the creation of modern Israel, and of how U.S. politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. The Age of Aquiescenence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power Fraser, Steve Book 2015 A groundbreaking investigation of how and why, from the 18th century to the present day, American resistance to our ruling elites has vanished. From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights mo... Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991 Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. Agrarian-Industrial Revolt: Against The Current vol. 137 Toweill, Jim Article 2008 Reformers and radicals in the post-reconstruction South faced a daunting set of circumstances. Many of these are well known: In the former confederacy, Black laborers were eventually shut out of the e... America is a Smuggler Nation: Why Legal Trade is a Greater Threat to National Security Barry, Tom Article 2013 Smuggler Nation is not the oft told, routinely taught story of America’s emergence as a major nation and a global power, rather we come to see U.S. history as “the story of how smuggling – and the att... American Anti-Slavery Society: Connexipedia Article Article An abolitionist society (1833-1870) founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights Blackburn, Robin Book 2009 Robin Blackburn, an acclaimed historian of slavery, discusses the emergence of anti-slavery ideas and the important events that paved the way for abolitionist movements. American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation Kazin, Michael Book 2011 History of the radical left in the United States from the abolitionists to anti-globalization activists. The author sees the left as historically championing a pluralist spirit that runs counter to th... American Negro Slavery (Third Edition): A Modern Reader Weinstein, Allen; Gatell, Frank Otto; Sarasohn, David (eds.) Book 1968 Incorporating significant and at times controversial literature on questions about the institution of slavery and the social and cultural response of the slaves to their enslavement, this collection o... American Power and the New Mandarins Chomsky, Noam Book 1969 Chomsky writes about American power and violence, especially in the context of the Vietnam war, and he focuses especially on the complicity of American intellectuals in supporting and enabling the Ame... American Primitive in Red, Black and White: Race and Class in the U.S. Goldner, Loren Article 1989 The centrality of race in the formation of the American working class, its inseparability from the question of class, can be stated very succinctly: in 1848 and 1968, when working-class upsurges explo... The American Socialist Movement: 1897-1912 Kipnis, Ira Book 1952 A history of the American Socialist Party, which at its height had over 150,000 dues-paying members, published hundreds of newspapers, and won almost a million votes for its presidential candidate. The American Working Class in Historical Persepctive Glaberman, Martin Article 1973 A review of Jeremy Brecher's Strike! (See CX6590) The Anti-Empire Report #132 Blum, William Article 2014 Each of you I’m sure has met many people who support American foreign policy, with whom you’ve argued and argued. You point out one horror after another, from Vietnam to Iraq. From god-awful bombings ... The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes: 315 years. 20,528 voyages. Millions of lives. Kahn, Andrew and Bouie, Jamelle Article 2015 Usually, when we say "American slavery" or the "American slave trade," we mean the American colonies or, later, the United States. But North America was a bit player. From the trade's beginning in the... Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History Tanner, Helen Hornbeck (ed): Cartography by Miklos Pinther Book 1987 Focuses on the Great Lakes Region, in both Canada and the United States. Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti Guthrie, Woody Audio 1946 An album of songs written and recorded by Woody Guthrie about the notorious case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants and anarchists in the 1920s who were charged and eventually executed afte... Becoming a Revolutionary: Against The Current vol. 133 Ortiz, Roxanne Dunbar Article 2008 Against the Current: Which events of 1968 were you involved in? How did that event/those events affect you personally and politically at the time? Before the White Race Was Invented: Review of The Invention of the White Race Scott, Jonathan Article 1998 With white racial oppression in place, the ruling class could promote poor and propertyless European-Americans into the "middle class," the same way the British promoted "mulattos" in the Caribbean, b... Behind the Confederate Flag Controversy: The Unfinished Civil War: Against The Current vol. 85 Miah, Malik Article 2000 Some 50,000 people, ninety percent African Americans, marched in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 17, the federal holiday honoring the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The march p... The Black Belt Communists Kelley, Robin D. G. Article 2015 During the Great Depression, black sharecroppers and the Communist Party waged war against tenant farming in the South. Black Liberation and the Fight for a Socialist America Samuels, Reuben Article 2010 From slavery to convict labour, from the chain gang to the assembly line, American capitalism has been built upon the lash-scarred backs of black labour. Any organization that claims a revolutionary p... Black Reconstruction: An essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880 Du Bois, W.E.B. Book 1935 On the role of black Americans during reconstruction. Black Women's Narratives of Slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction Wilson, Carla Article 2005 Anyone who has ever wondered how black people managed to struggle and survive the hideous tortures meted out during slavery and afterward would gain from reading these books. They offer inspiration to... Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story De Felitta, Raymond Film/Video 2012 In 1965, African-American waiter Booker Wright spoke out in a television documentary, outraging many white Southerners and resulting in his murder. Years later, the filmmaker's son returns to examine... Bound By Power: Intended Consequences Klaehn, Jeffery (ed.) Book These essays focus on how power and ideology work within society. Interviews are with Noam Chomsky, Linda McQuaig, Robert Bertuzzi and others. They speak to the issues of the understanding of power an... Boxcar Bertha: An Autobiography Thompson, Bertha, as told to Ben Reitman Book 1989 Memoirs of a woman who lived as a hobo and anarchist. Brown, John: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end slavery. (1800-1859). Das Capital, Volume 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Marx, Karl Book 1867 Marx's great work sets out to grasp and portray the totality of the capitalist mode of production, and the bourgeois society that emerges from it. He describes and connects all its economic features, ... The Case for Socialism Maass, Alan Book 2005 An argument for socialism: a society built from the bottom up through the struggles of ordinary people against exploitation, oppression, and injustice -- one in which people come before profit. A soci... Challenging the Mississippi Fire Bombers: Memories of Mississippi 1964-65 Dann, Jim Book 2013 With a firsthand account of the details and thoughtful descriptions of key people on the front lines, author Jim Dann brings the historic period, the June 1964 civil rights struggle to register as man... Chicago '68 Farber, David Book 1988 A vivid history of the political and social movements of that turbulent time, when the power structure felt itself threatened by social movements that rejected much of what it stood for. The CIA's 60-Year History of Fake News: How the Deep State Corrupted Many American Writers Whitney, Joel; Scheer, Robert Article 2017 In this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer interviews Joel Whitney, author and co-founder of Guernica magazine.Whitney's new book, "Finks: How the C.I.A. T... Class Conflict, Slavery and the United States Constitution: Ten essays Lynd, Staughton Book 1967 One of the first studies to identify the importance of slavery to the founding of the American Republic. Class War in the Confederacy: Why Free State of Jones Matters Johnson, Cedric Article 2016 Free State of Jones may well be the most politically important film about the civil war and its aftermath to appear in a quarter century. Free State of Jones is a proper antidote to identitarian think... Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom Blackstock, Nelson Book 1976 The first in-depth look at the covert and illegal FBI counterintelligence program - code-name COINTELPRO. COINTELPRO: Connexipedia Article Article A series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the ... Colorado Labor Wars: Connexipedia Article Article Colorado's most significant battles between labor and capital which occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. The Comintern, CPUSA & Activities of Rank-and-File CPers Post, Charlie Article 1996 CP members, including worker and African-American militants capable of leading heroic mass struggles, were unable to develop their own revolutionary socialist viewpoint independent of the leadership. ... Committees Of Correspondence: To Defend Freedom And Secure Good Government Cox, William John Article 2013 Two hundred and fifty years ago the people of America were subject to an unrepresentative government controlled by powerful commercial interests. They rebelled and formed their own government, which h... The Communistic Societies of the United States Nordhoff, Charles Book 1875 Describes a dozen Utopian societies. Confederacy Redux?: Why We Should Celebrate Reconstruction Lusane, Clarence Article 2011 Reconstruction is the era that some have referred to as the United States' greatest moment of democracy. Connexions Library: USA Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the United States of America. Convict Labor in America: Book review Ortiz, Paul Article 1998 Convict labour, like antebellum slavery, was an American way of life, a cultural practice that tied northern capitalists, plantation owners, university-trained social reformers, federal officials and ... Dakota War of 1862: Connexipedia Article Article An armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux or Dakota. David Roediger's Working Toward Whiteness: Against The Current vol. 125 Poitevin, René Francisco Article 2006 A disturbing aftermath of the pro-immigrant demonstrations recently held in dozens of cities across the United States, besides the obvious anti-immigrant backlash, has been the increase in Black/Brown... The day the Klan messed with the wrong people gjohnsit Article 2010 By the mid-1950's the Civil Rights Movement was gaining momentum and the KKK decided they had to fight back. James W. "Catfish" Cole, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, made a cri... 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). Debunking Columbus: Against The Current vol. 131 Jopp, Jennifer Article 2007 “I knew it couldn’t be true!” exclaimed my then eleven-year-old daughter when I explained the premise of Restall’s book. “The Ancients knew that the earth was round,” she continued, “so Columbus could... Declaration of Independence Jefferson, Thomas Article 1776 The document in which the 13 American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Defeat of Reconstruction and the Betrayal of Black Freedom Part One Wilde, Alan Article 2014 Reconstruction was a tumultuous, brief and extraordinary period of American history defined by an unprecedented experiment in interracial democracy. It was an era of exceptional developments, all taki... Democracy is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago Miller, James Book 1987 A thoughtful and evocative history of the American New Left in the 1960's, looking critically but sympathetically at the struggles and passions of that period. Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 Our rights and liberties are under ever-increasing attack. Detroiters Remember the 1967 Rebellion: Kim D. Hunter interviews Ed Vaughn Vaughn, Ed; Hunter, Kim D. Article 1997 An interview with Ed Vaughn, an eyewitness observer of the 1967 Detroit rebellion, on the event, its causes and its impact on history. Do Indian Lives Matter? Police Violence Against Native Americans Loevy, Debra Article 2015 With all our talk about police violence aimed at poor and minority communities, we have yet to talk about the group most likely to be killed by law enforcement: Native Americans.
Native American men ... Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement: Connexipedia Article Article An organization of African-American workers formed in May 1968 in the Chrysler Corporation's Hamtramck Assembly plant, formerly Dodge Main, Detroit, Michigan. Early American Marxism Website A History of Marxism in the United States As Explained by the Participants Themselves. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movements: A Radical Democratic Vision Ransby, Barbara Book 2003 An insightful biography on one of the leading organizers of the American civil rights movement. Facing West: the Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire Building Drinnon, Richard Book 1997 From John Endicott's war on the Niantics and Pequots, to the horrors of the My Lai massacre, Drinnon illustrates how Indian-hating in the Americas became a national pastime, and how that same hate was... Failure of a Dream?: Essays in the History of American Socialism Laslettt, John H. M.; Lipset, Seymour Martin Book 1974 Examines the reasons for the relative weakness of American socialism. Fascism, American-Style: One-Step from the Third Reich? Stanton, John Article 2014 Unbeknownst to most Americans the United States is presently under thirty presidential declared states of emergency. They confer vast powers on the Executive Branch including the ability to financiall... The Fight for Canada: Four Centuries of Resistance to American Expansionism Orchard, David Book 1993 In an effort to realize their grand dream of one nation from Panama to the Arctic, Americans have attempted to conquer Canada using war, trade sanctions, and political interventions of all kinds. "Tha... The Fight for Freedom for Women Tremain, Rose Book 1973 The fight for women's rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primarily focusing on Britain and the USA. Fire in the Streets: America in the 1960s Viorst, Milton Book 1980 A political and cultural history of each year of the 1960's, focusing on one person to exemplify the year. Activist John Lewis is used to emphasize the Civil Rights movements heating up in 1960; Clark... 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). For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. Forgotten February In The United States Of Aggression Z., Mickey Article 2015 Since it appears so many folks need reminding that "USA" has always stood for "United States of Aggression," here are a forgotten few from February’s Files. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Mann, Charles. C. Book 2005 A portrait of human life in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. The Free Speech Movement and the Negro Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Article 1965 It is, of course, true that it was contact with the Negro people that inspired the Berkeley revolt. It is, however, also true that the Berkeley revolt, followed by the teach-ins, in turn, changed the ... Free Speech Movement Archives Website Documenting the history of the 1960s Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.
Freedom rides: Connexipedia Article Article Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists who rode on interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. Freedom Summer McAdam, Doug Book 1990 An analysis of the 1964 Freedom Summer movement and the myths surrounding the campaign and 60s activism in general. Freedom Summer: Connexipedia Article Article A campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally excluded black voters. Freedom Summer, 1964: An Overview Oppenheimer, Marty Article 2014 Oppenheimer provides a historical overview of the events leading up to and surrounding the 1964 Freedom Summer, when organizers worked to register Black voters in segregationist Deep South in the Unit... The Fusion of Anabaptist, Indian and African as the American Radical Tradition Goldner, Loren Article 1987 The native American radical tradition, originating ultimately in the radical religious currents who "lost" at the very dawn of capitalism, and their meeting with the non-Western peoples--Indian and Af... Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign Honey, Michael K Book 2008 A history of the sanitation worker strike in Memphis. 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). Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Chomsky, Noam Book 2003 Chomsky documents how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of dominating the globe. A history of American anti-immigrant bias, starting with Benjamin Franklin’s hatred of the Germans Merelli, Annalisa Article 2017 In the 1750s, the United States of America was not yet a country, but its trouble with immigrants already had begun. People of non-WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant) descent were crossing the ocean t... A history of American lynchings Hopkina, Ruth Article 2017 A soil collection project is commemorating the forgotten victims of lynching and helping to tell their stories. The History of Democracy: A Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... History of union busting in the United States: Connexipedia Article Article Union Busting is a term used by labor organizations and trade unions to describe the activities that may be undertaken by employers, their proxies, workers and in certain instances states and governme... History's Mad Hatters: The Strange Career of Tea Party Populism Fraser, Steve; Freman, Joshua B. Article 2010 Tea Party anger reaches far beyond the ranks of the modest Tea Party movement. It resonates with other Americans who understandably feel that political and economic elites, serving themselves at the e... How American History Erases Mass Killings Against Native Americans Article 2017 In the wake of recent American mass killings, the author reminds us of mass murders of indigenous people in American history. How they shot those campus bums: Review of The Truth About Kent State Diemer, Ulli Article 1973 How Ohio National Guard troops out to "get" campus radicals and teach them "what law and order is all about" shot down students at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, killing four and wounding nine ... The I.F. Stone's Weekly Reader Stone, I.F. Book 1973 An anthology of 20 years of journalism by independent journalists I.F. Stone. In a Time of Torment Stone, I.F. Book 1968 Independent journalist I.F. Stone on the events and issues of the 1960s. An Indigenous People's History of the United States Bunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne Book 2014 Historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted exp... Inspired by Injustice: Scottsboro in History: Against The Current vol. 144 Mullen, Bill V. Article 2010 “In many respects this is an archival project,” writes James A. Miller, Chair of the American Studies Department at George Washington University, at the end of his introduction to Remembering Scottsbo... An Introduction: Capital's Global Turbulence Walker, Richard Article 1999 A JOYLESS IRONY of our time is that just as capitalism seemed all-triumphant and the sirens of neoliberalism had declared history to be at an end, the crisis rolling out of Asia has brought the self-r... Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignity in England and America Morgan, Edmund S. Book 1989 The author makes the case that the United States has remained politically stable because the Founding Fathers invented the idea of the American people and used it to impose a government on the new nat... I've Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Payne, Charles M. Book 2007 A study and history of the legacy of community organizing in Mississippi. Jim Crow laws: Connexipedia Article Article Were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. Jim Crutchfield's I.W.W. Page Crutchfield, Jim Website Historic documents on the Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies). Journey of Reconciliation: Connexipedia Article Article An attempt in 1947 to challenge segregation laws on interstate buses in the Southern United States, through non-violent direct action. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume I: State and Bureaucracy Draper, Hal Book 1977 A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy. Labor Politics in Action, 1901-1911: The Union Labor Party of San Francisco: Against The Current vol. 81 Perry, Hayden Article 1999 In 1900 San Francisco had an organized labor movement that reflected the unique development of this metropolis of the West. San Francisco did not experience the slow and steady growth of Chicago and o... Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike: Connexipedia Article Article Occurred as a result of rapid industrialization and consolidation of the mining industry. Leninism vs. Debs's Socialist Party: The Communist Fight Against Black Oppression Article 2015 Articles by Eugene Debs, written as polemics against racists within the Socialist Party, are eloquent in defending black people against racism, in calling for working-class unity across racial lines a... Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits: Great Cities of North America Since 1600 Lemon, James T. Book 1996 An exploration of city life through time, focusing on the life [economically, socially, politically, etc.] of five large North American cities at various times in the past - Philadelphia during the ti... Lincoln: A Review: Civil War, Not Compromise, Smashed Slavery Zorn, Jacob Article 2013 Lincoln—Steven Spielberg’s new movie reduces the abolition of slavery to so many parliamentary maneuvers. Lincoln, Abraham: Connexipedia Article Article President of the United States during the American Civil War. (1809-1865). Little Rock Central High School: Connexipedia Article Article The site of forced school desegregation during the American Civil Rights Movement. Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. LIVING IN THE U.X.A. Curl, John Article 2009 At the height of the Great Depression, a group of unemployed Oakland workers decided to take matters into their own hands. The system wasn't working, so they set up their own system. Money was nearly ... A Long and Terrible Shadow: White Values, Native Rights in the Americas 1492-1992 Berger, Thomas R. Book 1991 Against the odds, Native peoples have waged a tenacious struggle to survive and the re-emerge as distinct cultures. Looking Back -- and Ahead: Against The Current vol. 133 The Editors Article 2008 The year 1968 stands out as one of those pivotal years on multiple political and cultural levels. Against the Current will devote considerable space to discussing what the upheavals of that year meant... Malcolm X Speaks X. Malcolm; edited and with prefatory notes by George Breitman Book 1965 A series of speeches, seminars and press conferences given by Malcolm X during the last years of his life in 1964 and early 1965. 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. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Connexipedia Article Article Large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 at which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Me... Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 19: Marx and Engels 1861 - 1864 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book Colonialism, slavery, and the American Civil War. A Marxist History of the World part 46: The American Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 In 1764, Americans thought of themselves as British subjects of King George III. By 1788, they would, by their own decisions and actions, have made themselves the free citizens of a new republic forge... A Marxist History of the World part 57: The American Civil War Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 One hundred and fifty years ago North America saw the start of a revolutionary war fought between rival systems and opposing political ideologies. Neil Faulkner looks at The American Civil War. A Marxist History of the World part 81: The Roaring Twenties Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Although the 'American Dream' became a reality for millions in the 1920s, it was built on shaky grounds - the huge speculative bubble that was building up on Wall Street was waiting to collapse MarxistHistory.org Website Website dealing with the history of the early American Marxist movement. A repository of source material 1864 - 1946.
Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left Gitlin, Todd Book 1980 An analysis of the media's prediliction for "politics of confrontation" in America in the late 60's. He focuses on how the media distorted the anti-war movement. Mass Murder at Colfax, The Bloody Death of Reconstruction: Against The Current vol. 144 Caldwell, Robert Article 2010 On April 13, 1873, white supremacists laid siege to a Black Republican stronghold in rural north Louisiana, brutally slaying freedmen and altering the course of the United States. The Colfax massacre ... Max Eastman: One American Radical's View of the 'Bolshevization' of the American Revolutionary Movement and a Forgotten, and Unforgettable, Portrait of Trotsky Goldner, Loren Article 2006 May Day & SDS & SNCC Jubilee Linebaugh, Peter Article 2010 Class consciousness is the knowledge that emancipation is ours. Class struggle is the fight for it, the fight to be a class, and then the fight to abolish the class system. It is not economistic; it... Mining History Written in Blood Sandronsky, Seth Article 2018 Domestic coal mining history above and below ground lives on the pages of Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction edited by Wess Harris (PM Press, 2017). The anth... "Mr. Boston": Meet the Man Who Secretly Helped Daniel Ellsberg Leak Pentagon Papers to the Press Goodman, Amy Article 2018 Interview with historian Gar Alperovitz. Alperovitz has revealed for the first time the key role he and a handful of other activists played in helping whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg leak to journalists... The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson Book 1987 Robinson recounts the origins and sustaining force of the famous boycott led by Montgomery's African American women. Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam: Connexipedia Article Article A large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War that took place across the United States on October 15, 1969. More from the Greatest [sic] Generation: This is What We Are Up Against Z, Mickey Article 2014 The Nazi-CIA connection is ancient news but is finally getting play some seven decades later when it’s safe to file it under "Mistakes, well-intentioned." Here’s my “scoop”: The Nazi-CIA connection sh... The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Ehrlich, Judith; Goldsmith, Rick Film/Video In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of top-secret documents to The New York Times, a ... Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life & Death on the American Left Ross, John Book 2004 Much of this book is in the form of a fictional dialogue between two radicals discussing the political events of both of their lifetimes. 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. The National Question: Selected Writings by Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa (edited by Davis, Horace B.) Book 1976 In her penetrating analysis of nationalism, Rosa Luxemburg argues that the formula of "the right of nations to self-determination" is essentially not a political or programmatic guide to the nationali... Negroes in the Civil War James, C.L.R. (writing as J.R. Johnson) Article 1943 The struggle of the Negro masses derives its peculiar intensity from the simple fact that what they are struggling for is not abstract but is always perfectly visible around them. In their instinctive... The New Refugees: American Voices in Canada Christy, Jim Book 1972 Stories of 18 "new refugees" who came in Canada to escape the U.S. war against Vietnam. New World Order: A postwar analysis Chomsky, Noam Article 1991 Everyone is allowed to play the game, so long as it's according to the U.S. rules. The 1960 Sit-ins in Context Oppenheimer, Marty Article 2010 The Civil Rights Movement that we associate with the 1960s was the culmination of a vast set of social and economic changes. The tradition of Black struggle itself, going back to the very beginnings o... The Nonviolent History of American Independence Sun, Riviera Article 2016 Often minimized in our history books, the tactics of nonviolent action played a powerful role in achieving American Independence from British rule. Benjamin Naimark-Rowse wrote, "the lesson we learn o... Notebook of an Agitator Cannon, James P. Book 1958 Over 100 articles from the pen of an active participant in the events of thirty years of labor history. Cannon covers the campaigns to save Sacco and Vanzetti, the historic strikes of the 1930s, the K... Of National Lies and Racial America: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama and the Unacceptability of Truth Wise, Tim Article 2008 To some, the horror of 9/11 was not new. To some it was not on that day that "everything changed." To some, everything changed four hundred years ago, when that first ship landed at what would become ... The Okinawa missiles of October Tovish, Aaron Article 2015 John Bordne, a resident of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, had to keep a personal history to himself for more than five decades. Only recently has the US Air Force given him permission to tell the tale, whic... On Roediger's Wages of Whiteness Allen, Theodore, W. Article 2002 An extended discussion and critique of David Roediger's book Wages of Whiteness. Allen writes: "David Roediger's Wages of Whiteness, because of its almost universal acceptance for use in colleges and ... On the CP-USA and the Unions Haberkern, Ernie Article 1997 Trade union officialdom, especially its top layers, not only defends the rights of the employer against those demands of the members that can't be met at a given time; it also, and at the same time, d... On The Non-Formation of a Working-Class Political Party in the U.S., 1900-1945 Goldner, Loren Article 1983 Thus the basic thesis presented here is that no major working-class political party developed in the U.S. in the 20th century because in the U.S., in contrast to all other major capitalist countries, ... On Translating Securityspeak into English: In the Land of False Cognates Carson, Kevin Article 2012 The Security State has its own language: Securityspeak. Like Newspeak, the ideologically refashioned successor to English in Orwell’s “1984,” Securityspeak is designed to obscure meaning and conceal t... 150 Years Since the Emancipation Proclamation: Finish the Civil War! Article 2013 The Emancipation Proclamation was a pledge, a promise. It only freed slaves in areas that were not yet controlled by Union armies, true enough. But in that sense it was like the Declaration of Indepen... The Origins of Left Culture in the U.S.: 1880-1940: Issue 6-7 of Cultural Correspondence and Issue #6 of Green Mountain Irregulars Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 A selection of materials from the early years of radical popular culture in the United States, showing how different peoples, over several generations, sought to create out of their own resources a be... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 2, 2014: Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 This issue of Other Voices looks at why so many people deny or ignore the very real and very near threat of climate change. We also look into the ways on how NGOs tame and undermine grassroots movemen... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 16, 2014: Arms Trade Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Topic of the week is the Arms Trade. Featured resources include The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade, an article on Israel's War Business, and the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade. A new feature ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 26, 2015: Ukraine Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Ukraine is spotlighted in this issue of Other Voices, with several articles on the events of the past year, from the overthrow of the government, to the rise of the far right, the armed conflict in th... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 28, 2017: Resisting Injustice Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 In this issue, we look at the relentless persistence of people challenging injustice and entrenched power in places around the world, including Palestine, Korea, China, Canada, and the United States. ... Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List Blum, William Article 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. Paine, Thomas: Connexipedia Article Article Author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary. (1737-1809). Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. A People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard Book 1995 Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.
A People's History of the United States Zinn, Howard Book 1980 Howard Zinn attempts to present the history of the United States through the perspectives of common people rather than political and economic elites. The Pittsburgh Reds, 1911-1914: Revolutionary Socialists in Allegheny County: Against The Current vol. 81 Hudson, Mark Article 1999 The Socialist Party of America reached the peak of its strength and influence in 1912. In that year, the party could claim 118,000 members, and 879,000 American voters (about 6% of the total) cast the... Polemics and Prophecies 1967-1970 Stone, I.F. Book 1972 An anthology of I.F. Stone's articles from 1967 - 1970. The Politics of History Zinn, Howard Book 1990 A series of case studies and essays arguing for a radical approach to history and providing a revisionist interpretation of the historian's role. Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South: An Interview with Historian Keri Lindley, Robin Article 2017 Historian Keri Leigh Merritt presents a comprehensive study of this malignant and overlooked aspect of slavery in her new book Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South (Cambridg... The Popular Front: Rethinking CPUSA History Post, Charlie Article 1996 Very simply, the legacy of the Communist movement in the United States points to the need for revolutionaries today to develop rank-and-file worker organizations independent of and opposed to the labo... The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America Goodwyn, Lawrence Book 1978 Goodwyn explores the agrarian revolt and the nature of democratic movements. The Port Huron Statement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Article 1962 A seminal statement of the New Left, adopted by SDS in 1962. Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order Chomsky, Noam Book 1999 Chomsky confronts neoliberalsim: the pro-corporate system of economic and political policies presently waging a form of class war worldwide. Pullman Strike: Connexipedia Article Article A nationwide conflict between labour unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894. The Purge Davis, Chandler Article 1988 Between 1947 and 1960 it was even harder than usual for left-wingers in the United States to get by. If you were active on the left, or were thought to be, there were more ways then than now that you ... Race and Class in Civil War Mississippi Spritzler, John Article 2009 The poor whites of Mississippi who fought the Confederacy alongside slaves did so because of working class values that they shared with slaves. The fact that poor whites may have believed some racist ... Race and Class: Paris to New Orleans: Against The Current vol. 120 Miah, Malik Article 2006 It turns out that the city of lights and city of jazz have a lot in common. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and militant explosions in the suburbs of Paris expose the underbelly of racism and class... Racist Terror, Then and Now Oppenheimer, Martin Article 2015 African-Americans have been murdered by white mobs, vigilantes, and "law enforcement" from the time of slavery to, quite possibly, this morning. The fundamental reason for the killing of African-Ameri... Radical America - Volume 7, Number 4-5: Volume 7, Numbers 4 & 5 - Women's Labor Serial Publication (Periodical) 1973 The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951 Klein, Mason Book 2011 Artists in 'the Photo League', active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life. Radicalism in America Lens, Sidney Book 1969 American rebels and the causes for which they fought from 1620 to the 1960s. Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir Bageant, Joe Book 2010 A fascinating and extremely readable account of a life now vanished, destroyed by the insatiable appetite of capital. Ralph Nader and the Legacy of Revolt (Part 2): Against The Current vol. 89 Sheasby, Walt Contreras Article 2000 Our electoral dilemma today derives from a political realignment a hundred years ago, when a faction of populists joined in fusion with William Jennings Bryan and the “Free Silver” Democratic Party. A... The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda Herman, Edward S. Book 1982 Herman sets out to show that the U.S. ignores or sponsors terror by authoritarian states that are allied with U.S. interests. Recovering Nonviolent History: Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles Bartkowski, Maciej (ed.) Book 2013 Essays showing, in considerable detail, the varied roles played by civil resistance in fifteen liberation struggles in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Reinterpreting the Cotton Kingdom: Book Review Donegan, Connor Article 2014 Book review of Walter Johnson's "River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom." Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
Review Essay: Reaching for Revolution: Radicals in America: The U.S. Left Since the Second World War Wald, Alan Article 2015 Book review of Howard Brick's and Christopher Phelpss Radicals in America: The U.S. Left Since the Second World War. Review of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S Truman: by Alonzo L Hamby Chomsky, Noam Article 1996 Chomsky criticizes Hamby's biographical attempt claiming that Truman - regardless of how his achievements are regarded - deserves a better account. The Right of Self-Determination and the Negro in the United States of North Americas James, C.L.R. Article 1939 Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West Worster, Donald Book 1992 A history of the agribusinessmen and engineers who financed and built the system of damns, reservoirs, and canals which transformed the American West from a sparsely inhabited dry region to the site o... Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower Blum, William Book 2005 A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War. Rolling Back Reconstruction: Against The Current vol. 159 Miah, Malik Article 2012 The 'Reconstruction Amendments” — the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution — are targeted in many of the Tea Party and far-right Republican campaigns against the rights of ... The Romance of American Communism Gornick, Vivian Book 1978 Using USA Communist Party members' personal experiences, Gornick examines the attraction of the party and its philosophy. SDS Sale, Kirkpatrick Book 1973 The rise and development of the Students for a Democratic Society, the organization that became the major expression of the American left in the 1960s -- its passage from student protest to institutio... The Seattle General Strike of 1919 History Committee of the General Strike Committee Article 1919 From February 6 to February 11, 1919, nearly 100,000 Seattle workers participated in a general strike. This pamphlet is a history of the strike, written by the History Committee of the General Strike ... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. The Seminole-African Alliance : World News Trust Mickey Z. Article 2014 The Native American Indian people that comprised the Seminole Nation grew out of the Creek Nation in Florida. Multilingual and diverse, the Seminoles (from a word meaning “runaway”) became infamous fo... Sex and Marriage in Utopian Communities in Nineteenth Century America: Nineteenth-Century America Muncy, Raymond Lee Book 1973 A look at original approaches to sex and marraige in the utopian communities of nineteenth-century America. Many of these communities abolished monogamy and individualism and sought ways of dealing wi... Sexual revolution in 1960s America: Connexipedia Article Article Attitudes to a variety of issues changed, sometimes radically, throughout the decade. The urge to 'find oneself' the activsm of the 1960's and the quest for autonomy were characterised by the changes ... Shaping 20th Century America Ruff, Allen Article 2015 Stating that "The world must be made safe for democracy,” president Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany on April 2, 1917. The United States formally entered World Wa... Shays' Rebellion: Connexipedia Article Article An armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The Shocking Savagery of America's Early History: Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation's Dark Ages Rosenbaum, Ron Article 2013 A discussion with reknowned historian Bernard Bailyn whose recent book "The Barbarous Years" examines a particularly violent period of America's early history which has since been almost erased. Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild Siegel, Deborah Book 2007 A study of controversies in the feminist movement from the 1960s to the 2000s. Siegel wants readers to know about the multifaceted and contentious history of what is called feminism's "second wave" so... '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... The Slave Narratives: American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography Website Interviews with former slaves. Nearly all of the information presented here came from the WPA collection at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, in addition to the 232 boxes of unproces... The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870 Thomas, Hugh Book 1997 A comprehensive history of the Atlantic slave trade in which approximiately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work on plantations, in mines, or as servants in hou... Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Blackmon, Douglas A. Book 2008 An account of how African Americans were forcibly enslaved by a corrupt legal system in the southern States, from the end of the Civil War through WWII. Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism - Book Review: Edward E. Baptist’s "The Half Has Never Been Told" Larson, Charles R. Article 2014 A review of Edward E. Baptist’s examination of slavery, presented in an entirely new way, extensively through the voices of the slaves themselves. SNCC: The New Abolitionists Zinn, Howard Book 1964 An account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). SNCC at 50 Walker, Corey D.B. Article 2010 The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is vitally important not just for learning and understanding the past but, more importantly, for imagin... SNCC: Same Lesson, 50 Years On: Power Yields Nothing Without Demand Sigal, Clancy Article 2010 The SNCC lesson is that power yields nothing without demand and the guts to back it up. So Different Yet So Familiar: Book Review by William Bowles Bowles, William Article 2010 A fascinating and extremely readable account of a life now vanished, destroyed by the insatiable appetite of capital and told with acid wit and great style making it enjoyable to relish the language b... The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror Parenti, Christian; Rossetti, Chip (eds.) Book 2004 Parenti explores the history of American surveillance from colonial times to the present. What this historical evidence clearly reveals is a continuum of the culture of surveillance. The weakest, most... Sojourner Truth: A Life, a Symbol Painter, Neil Irvin Book A biography of Sojourner Truth, a famous northern slave, born in the 1790's. A devout Christian, she came to symbolize the shame of slavery and the promise of women's emancipation. The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, Vol. 1 Foner, Philip Book Argues that the Cuban nation was a central protagonist in the conflict - rather than a passive victim of a conflict between great powers.
The Spanish-Cuban-American War and the Birth of American Imperialism, Vol. 2 Foner, Philip Book Covers the imposition of the U.S. domination over Cuba through the Platt Amendment, which marks the beginning of U.S. neocolonialism.
Spontaneity and Organization: Some Comments Montgomery, David Article 1973 A contribution to a symposium on Jeremy Brecher's book Strike!
Steady Hands for Freedom: Book Review Brewer, Rose M. Article 2014 Book Review of "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC" by Faith S. Holsaert, et. al Stolen Continents: The "New World" Through Indian Eyes Wright, Ronald Book 1992 A history of the Americas through Native eyes. Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America: Original title: History of American Socialisms Noyes, John Humphrey Book 1870 Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States. Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. The Student Movement of the Thirties: A Political History Draper, Hal Article 1965 Most of the references one hears to the student movement of the thirties, and most published references too, are quite wrong in one basic respect: they speak as if 'the thirties' represented a single,... Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: Connexipedia Article Article One of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Swords in the Hands of Children: Reflections of an American Revolution Lerner, Jonathan Book 2017 Against the vividly evoked chaos and conflicts of the Vietnam Era, Jonathan Lerner probes the impulses that led a small group of educated, privileged young Americans to turn to violence as a means of ... Targeting Iran Barsamian, David Book 2007 A critical analysis of the Bush administration's policies towards Iran. Textile workers strike (1934): Connexipedia Article Article A strike involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states. A Time for Learning: Against The Current vol. 133 Slaughter, Jane Article 2008 I don't recall being aware of the events in France in May-June 1968. I was in college, beginning to get radicalized on several fronts, notably the war. Something called the “Free University” was start... Towards a New Past: Dissenting Essays in American History Bernstein, Barton J. Book 1969 A critical look at established views of American history. Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There Chomsky, Noam Book 1982 A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan. Towards the Abolition of Whiteness Roediger, David Book 1994 Roediger's genda is to show how race consciousness among whites needs to be fought so that the working class can be brought to an emancipatory agenda. The Truth About Kent State: A Challenge to the American Conscience Davies, Peter and The Board of Church and Society Book 1973 An account of the murder of four students at Kent State University by National Guard troops. Uncovering the Sixties: Life and Times of the Undergound Press Peck, Abe Book 1985 A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered t... Underhanded History of the USA: Radical America - Volumer 7 No.3 Thorkelson, Nick; O'Brien, Jim Book 1973 An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln Blackburn, Robin Book 2011 A study of Marx's analysis of the American Civil War as a conflict about slavery, not tarrfifs. Marx saw the north as a bourgeois republic, and the south as expansionist. Untold History of the United States Stone, Oliver (director) Film/Video 2012 A 2012 documentary series directed, produced, and narrated by Oliver Stone. The ten-part series is supplemented by a 750-page companion book, The Untold History of the United States, also written by S... U.S. Labor's Subterranean Fire: Against The Current vol. 131 Post, Charlie Article 2007 The broad outlines of the crisis of the U.S. labor movement -— sharply declining union density, concession bargaining, failures to organize the growing non-union manufacturing and service sectors, the... US Navy Veterans Continue to Seek Justice for Israeli Attack Jamail, Dahr Article 2010 On June 8, 1967, while sailing in international waters, the US Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty was attacked by air and naval forces of the state of Israel. Of the Liberty's crew of 294, more than h... The Virigina Declaration of Rights Mason, George Article 1776 Drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent natural rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government. The Declaration was adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of Dele... The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class Roediger, David Book 1991 A book that has reoriented how historians look at the American working class. The Wages of Whiteness is Early Death Street, Paul Article 2015 The white working class has never had it easy in American history. It's been viciously exploited, disrespected, deceived, divided, repressed, and otherwise and generally abused from the United States'... The War of Northern Aggression Oakes, James Article 2012 A leading Civil War historian challenges the new orthodoxy about how slavery ended in America. The "War Scare" in the Kremlin, Revisited: Is History Repeating Itself? Goodman, Mel Article 2015 The Washington Post on October 25, 2015 published an important story based on a recently-published U.S. intelligence review from 1990 that confirmed Soviet leaders in 1983 believed the Reagan administ... The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Wilkerson, Isabel Book 2010 Wilkerson chronicles the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million p... The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism: The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1 Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward S. Book 1979 Chomsky and Herman demonstrate, with devasting logic and overwhelming documentation, that the purpose of U.S. global policy is to make the world safe for exploitation by U.S. corporate interests and t... Watergate: A sceptical view Chomsky, Noam Article 1973 Noam Chomsky asserts that in light of the other telling symptoms of an unhealthy democracy - such as Kissinger's murderous war ambitions - the Watergate scandal should not have come as a shock to even... We Own the World Chomsky, Noam Article 2007 The whole debate about the Iranian 'interference' in Iraq makes sense only on one assumption, namely, that we own the world. If we own the world, then the only question that can arise is that someone ... Western Federation of Miners: Connexipedia Article Article Radical labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States and British Columbia. What Uncle Sam Really Wants Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and pain... The Women Who Gave Us Christmas: Exposing America's Greatest Crime Katz, William Loren Article 2010 In 1834, African American and white men and women members of William Lloyd Garrison’s newly formed Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society saw Christmas as an opportunity to expose a hypocritical republic ... Workers of America, Unite! Racism is a Trade Union Issue Finamore, Carl Article 2015 The American working class is the most powerful in the world, is the most productive in the world and we operate the largest and most profitable economy in the world. American workers are also represe... 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. The World Without Us Weisman, Alan Book 2007 A thought experiment to see what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared.
'Worse than Slavery': Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice Oshinsky, David M. Book 1997 After the abolition of slavery the white rulers of Mississippi developed a new system for keeping the ex-slaves in line: laws were passed to maintain white supremacy, including the system of convict l... The Writings of David Roediger Horowitz, Roger Article 1997 Roediger criticizes Marxists for too often reducing racial discrimination to conflicts over resources, such as jobs or housing, that are manipulated by a society's upper classes in order to divert att... Year 501: The Conquest Continues Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus. The Year of Awakening: Against The Current vol. 133 Winslow, Barbara Article 2008 Against the Current: Which events of 1968 were you involved in? How did that event/those events affect you personally and politically at the time? 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. Zinn, Howard: Connexipedia Article Article American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright. (1922-2010). Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Antiwar.com Libertarian-capitalist site opposed to imperialism and war, with extensive news and analysis.
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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryBonus Army Connexipedia Article 1932 The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summ... Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom Grant, Richard; photographs by Allison Shelley 2016 The Great Dismal Swamp was once a thriving refuge for runaways. Archaeologists are learning more about their free communities. Denver students stage mass walk-out over US history 'censorship' 2014 Hundreds of Denver-area high school students walked out their classrooms in a mass protest against what they call an attempt to censor their history curriculum by refocusing it on topics that promote ... Dorothea Lange's Censored Photographs of FDR's Japanese Concentration Camps 2016 A collection of photographs by Dorothy Lange, commissioned by the US government to record the process of relocating Japanese-americans into internment camps in 1942, along with accompanying quotations... Francis Daniel Pastorius 2017 Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651-1720) was a German born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official, who is particularly known for his anti-slavery advocacy. In 1983 'war scare', Soviet leadership feared nuclear surprise attack by U.S. Hoffman, David E. 2015 A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in the leadership of the Soviet Union that the maneuvers were a cover for a nuclear surprise attack by the United States, trig... The Irish Slaves: What They Will Never, Ever Tell You in History Class or Anywhere Else 2013 The first slaves imported into the American colonies were 100 White children. They arrived during Easter, 1619, four months before the arrival of a the first shipment of Black slaves. Mainstream histo... Lincoln's Contested Legacy Kunhardt, Philip B. III 2009 Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Defender of civil liberties or subverter of the Constitution? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was he? Made in America An Informal History of the English Language in the United States Bryson, Bill 1994 A history of American English. My Lai Massacre Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The My Lai Massacre was the mass murder conducted by a unit of the U.S. Army on March 16, 1968 of 347–504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam, all of whom were civilians and a majority of whom were wo... Nadir of American race relations Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The "nadir of American race relations" refers to the period in United States history from the end of Reconstruction through the early 20th century, when racism is deemed to have been worse than in any... Nativism (politics) Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Nativism favors the interests of certain established inhabitants of an area or nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants. It may also include the re-establishment or perpetuation of such... New Deal Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The New Deal was a series of economic programs passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, from 1933 to 1938. The programs were resp... Reconstruction era of the United States Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia In the history of the United States, Reconstruction Era has two uses; the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865-1877 following the Civil War; the second one, used in this article, covers t... Red Shirts (Southern United States) Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were paramilitary groups in the 19th century, active primarily after the formal Reconstruction era of the United States. They first arose in M... Red Summer of 1919 Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Red Summer describes the bloody race riots that occurred in the United States during the summer and early autumn of 1919. In most instances, whites attacked African Americans in more than two dozen Am... Riding the rail Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Riding the rail (also called running out of town on a rail) was a punishment in Colonial America in which a man (rarely a woman) was made to straddle a fence rail (usually the triangular split-rail ra... Sedition Act of 1918 Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The Sedition Act of 1918 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on May 16, 1918. It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language... Segregation Had to Be Invented Semuels, Alana 2017 During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today. Slavery in the United States Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Slavery in the United States was a form of unfree labor which existed as a legal institution in North America for more than a century before the founding of the United States in 1776, and continued mo... Stand in the Schoolhouse Door Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural pr... Tarring and feathering Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Tarring and feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforce unofficial justice. Union League Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia A Union League is one of a number of organizations established starting in 1862, during the American Civil War to promote loyalty to the Union side and the policies of Abraham Lincoln. U.S. Elites The Original Gangsters Alexandrov, Nick 2016 Donald Trump is at home in the underworld. Tom Robbins writes that the de facto GOP nominee "has encountered a steady stream of mob-tainted offers that he apparently couldn't refuse" in his decades in... White League Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The White League was a white paramilitary group started in 1874 that operated to turn Republicans out of office and intimidate freedmen from voting and political organizing. Its first chapter in Grant... From the Connexions Archives |
