This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager
Saturday, September 12, 2009
*Labor's Untold Story- Lessons Of The Minneapolis Teamsters Strikes Of 1934- A Communist Perspective
Click on title to link to a "Workers Vanguard" article, Number 940, July 31, 2009, commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the famous Minneapolis Teamsters Strikes that went a long way toward organizing the local truckers, and later the over-the-road drivers into one powerful international industrial union. Academic historians can draw one set of conclusions from a study of that struggle, communists, as here need to draw the practical political lessons for when that next big labor upsurge takes place. Be ready, and be ready for anything they throw at us. Read this article for starters, especially about the tactics of the capitalist opposition and the appropriate militant labor response.
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