AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

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

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*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By-Merle Travis' "Dark As A Dungeon"

*Labor's Untold Story- The Documentary "Harlan County, USA"- A Guest Review

***Out In The Be-Bop 1950s Night- Storms Are On The Ocean- For Prescott Breslin

Films To While Away The Class Struggle By- The Class Struggle is….”hot running water and a big old bathtub”- "Harlan County, U.S.A."- A Review

Out In The Be-bop 1950s Night- A Good Old Boy Tries To Keep It Together- For Prescott Breslin Wherever He Is

Out In The Be-Bop 1950s Night- Storms Are On The Ocean- For Prescott Breslin

Labor’s Untold Story- A Personal View Of The Class Wars In The Kentucky Hills And Hollows-"Our Mother, The Mountain- The Music Of Jean Ritchie"

Labor’s Untold Story- A Personal View Of The Class Wars In The Kentucky Hills And Hollows-"Our Mother, The Mountain- The Music Of Jean Ritchie"

*Labor’s Untold Story- A Personal View Of The Class Wars In The Kentucky Hills And Hollows-"Bloody Harlan" In Song

*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By- Kathy Mattea's"Black Lung"

*From The Archives Of "Women And Revolution"-Women Fight for UMWA in Harlan County-Brookside Organized After 13-Month Strike

*From "The Rag Blog"-Coal Mining : Union-Busting and the Massey Disaster

*Films To While Away The Class Struggle By- The Class Struggle is….”hot running water and a big old bathtub”- "Harlan County, U.S.A."- A Review

*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By- Billy Edd Wheeler's "Coal Tattoo"

*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By- Jean Ritchie's "The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore"

*Those Who Fought For Our Communist Future Are Kindred Spirits- Honor Aunt Molly Jackson

*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By- Florence Reece’s “Which Side Are You On?”

*Songs To While Away The Class Struggle By-"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"

Labor’s Untold Story- A Personal View Of The Class Wars In The Kentucky Hills And Hollows-"Our Mother, The Mountain- The Music Of Jean Ritchie"

*Labor’s Untold Story- A Personal View Of The Class Wars In The Kentucky Hills And Hollows-Hard Times In Babylon-Growing Up Working Poor In The 1950s