The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 Demonstrated the Power of Workers’ Organizing
The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by the local union of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. It became one of the most important and influential struggles of the working-class response to the Great Depression. Background to the […]
A Racist Massacre in Buffalo
Payton Gendron, an 18 year-old white man from a small town in New York, armed himself with military-style gear and drove to Buffalo to kill as many Black people as he could. He chose a particularly busy time at a popular supermarket in a Black neighborhood, shooting 13, ten of whom died. Just imagine being […]