The 1934 Minneapolis General Strike

The 1934 Minneapolis General Strike

download PDF of this pamphlet Originally from Revolutionary History, Vol.2 No.1, Spring 1989. Used by permission on Marxists.org The 1934 Minneapolis Strike The Minneapolis strikes of 1934 have always occupied a special place in the historical understanding of the...
The Other Civil War: The Railroad Strike Of 1877

The Other Civil War: The Railroad Strike Of 1877

In 1877, a strike erupted across the U.S. which newspapers called an “insurrection” and even a “revolution.” Just twelve years after the civil war ended, railroad workers led the first nationwide strike in U.S. history. It was the first time that entire working class...
Striking Flint

Striking Flint

download PDF of this pamphlet Remembering the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike Genora (Johnson) Dollinger talking to Susan Rosenthal (Reprinted with permission from Susan Rosenthal) Preface There are times in history when the forces of capital and labor are so...
The Oakland General Strike (1946) – by Stan Weir

The Oakland General Strike (1946) – by Stan Weir

download a PDF of this pamphlet This is the story of the 1946 Oakland General Strike told by a participant – Stan Weir, a seaman at the Oakland Port, and a revolutionary working class militant. We reprint this pamphlet because it shows first-hand the power of the...
Big Bill Haywood: A Giant in the Struggles of the Working Class

Big Bill Haywood: A Giant in the Struggles of the Working Class

download illustrated PDF of this pamphlet Big Bill Haywood was one of the most important and colorful leaders of the U.S. working class. He was a leader of some of the most important labor battles from the 1890’s until the 1920s. He was born in 1869 in the...