March 12, 1984 The U.S. economy is going through a transformation that is fundamentally altering the situation of American working people. It is removing the majority of workers from relatively secure job structures and thrusting them into a semi-casualized labor market. It is destroying the existing bases of power for both union and non-union… Read More »
BRASS VALLEY
December 1, 1982 “Absolutely wonderful — the best single book on working class history in the U.S. we now have.” —George Rawick, University of Missouri. “An excellent study of the brass workers of the Naugatuck Valley… weaves the views of participants and charts, statistics, and excellent photographs into a rich narrative. Recommended.” —Library Journal. Click… Read More »
STRIKE!: A REVIEW – ROOT & BRANCH
December 14, 1973 Reviewed by Steven Sapolsky in Root & Branch No. 4, 1973 There is a growing awareness among the left that we are approaching a fateful turning point in our history. The apocalyptic expectations of the 60s have dissolved away, leaving remarkably little profound disillusionment. Instead, there are many radicals throughout the… Read More »
Notes on the Postal Strike, 1970
Root and Branch on the wildcat strike of US postal workers in 1970 and its implications. I A new labor movement is being born in America. It is the autonomous creation of the working class. It exists more potentially than actually, but its early seeds are appearing in wildcat strikes in the trucking, air transport,… Read More »
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