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A site looking at the varied, rich, history of the U.S. left through the original articles, books, essays, pamphlets, flyers, etc. of periodicals from our beginnings until entry into World War Two.
‘How the Left Wing of the Shoe Workers Won a Strike at Haverhill’ by William J. Ryan from Labor Unity. Vol. 2 No. 3. April, 1928.

How militants in Massachusetts led 5000 workers from different unions and the unorganized in a largely successful strike.
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‘How the Left Wing of the Shoe Workers Won a Strike at Haverhill’ by William J. Ryan from Labor Unity. Vol. 2 No. 3. April, 1928.
How militants from the Protective Shoe Workers Union in the Massachusetts shoe-making center led 5000 workers from different unions and the unorganized in a largely successful strike. ‘How the Left…
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December 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
'The Marx-Engels Archive' by David Riazanov from Communist International. Vol. 2 No. 8. January, 1925.

Riazanov, head of the Marx-Engels Institute, on the riches between the covers of the inaugural issue of the Institute’s journal.
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‘The Marx-Engels Archive’ by David Riazanov from Communist International. Vol. 2 No. 8. January, 1925.
David Riazanov, head of the Marx-Engels Institute which sought to collect, contextualize, and publish the extant workers of Marx and Engels, on the riches between the covers of the inaugural issue …
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December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'Socialism Becoming Respectable' by Charles H. Kerr from The International Socialist Review. Vol. 9 No. 12. June, 1909.

Kerr says the Party preparing for revolution is the best way for it to wring out reforms.
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‘Socialism Becoming Respectable’ by Charles H. Kerr from The International Socialist Review. Vol. 9 No. 12. June, 1909.
In an editorial dismayed at the increasing influence of socially middle class and politically opportunist leaders in the Socialist Party, Kerr says the Party preparing for revolution is the best wa…
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December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
‘The Brass-Knuckles Santa Claus: Company Unionism on the I.R.T.’ by Robert W. Dunn from New Masses. Vol. 1 No. 5. September, 1926.

The decades-long struggle to unionize New York City’s massive transportation system is one of U.S. labor’s great stories.
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‘The Brass-Knuckles Santa Claus: Company Unionism on the I.R.T.’ by Robert W. Dunn from New Masses. Vol. 1 No. 5. September, 1926.
The decades-long struggle to unionize New York City’s massive transportation system, all of the employees on its busses, trains, subways, and ferries, is one of U.S. labor’s great stori…
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December 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
‘The Counterrevolution in the Party’ by I.E. Ferguson from The Revolutionary Age. Vol. 1 No. 34. June 7, 1919.

Ferguson’s brutal, day-by-day, account of the S.P. leadership plenum of May, 1919
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‘The Counterrevolution in the Party’ by I.E. Ferguson from The Revolutionary Age. Vol. 1 No. 34. June 7, 1919.
There is not a more damning report of the Socialist Party Right Wing’s rejection of the will of the members and democratic norms in its fight with the Left Wing than this. Ferguson’s br…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
‘Ireland’s Liberation a World Task’ by J.T. Murphy from Truth (Duluth). Vol. 7 No. 12. March 23, 1923.

Murphy reflects on the defeat of the Republican Army and the Left in the Civil War and the end of Ireland’s ‘revolutionary period’.
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‘Ireland’s Liberation a World Task’ by J.T. Murphy from Truth (Duluth). Vol. 7 No. 12. March 23, 1923.
The IRA’s Dublin headquarters, the Four Courts, is destroyed at the beginning of the Civil War. Murphy reflects on the defeat of the Republican Army and the Left in the Civil War and the end …
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December 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
‘In the Kingdom of Gary’ by Mary Heaton Vorse from Justice (I.L.G.W.U.). Vol. 1 No. 41. October 25, 1919.

Some of labor journalist Mary Heaton Vorse’s finest work was around the era-defining 1919 Steel Strike.
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‘In the Kingdom of Gary’ by Mary Heaton Vorse from Justice (I.L.G.W.U.). Vol. 1 No. 41. October 25, 1919.
Vorse Some of labor journalist Mary Heaton Vorse’s finest work was around the era-defining 1919 Steel Strike. In the article below she dramatically encapsulates what the giant struggle was ab…
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December 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
‘Equal Pay for Women Workers’ from The Daily Worker Vol. Vol. 8 Nos. 162 & 163. July 7 & 8, 1930.

Our class has yet to enforce this most basic of demands. Resolution of the International Women Workers’ Trade Union Conference.
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‘Equal Pay for Women Workers’ from The Daily Worker Vol. Vol. 8 Nos. 162 & 163. July 7 & 8, 1930.
New Bedford strike, 1928. Our class has yet to enforce this most basic of demands. Resolution of the International Women Workers’ Trade Union Conference held in tandem with the 5th Profintern…
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December 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
‘The Russian Metal Workers' Union and the New Economic Policy’ by W. Demar from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 2 No. 56. June 30, 1922.

The relationship between private enterprise and unions in a workers’ state? The functioning of the NEP.
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‘The Russian Metal Workers’ Union and the New Economic Policy’ by W. Demar from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 2 No. 56. June 30, 1922.
“New elections to the Petrograd soviet at the Putilov factory, after the report by Comrade Glebov-Putilovskii, July 1920” What is the relationship between private enterprise and labor unions in a w…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
'To Ukrainian Comrades.

'Only in the fraternal alliance of Soviet Ukraine with Soviet Russia is the salvation of workers and peasants from world predators and robbers--landlords, capitalists and generals.'

Artist Nikolay Kochergin, 1920.
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
‘Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg’ by Sen Katayama from Revolutionary Age. Vol. 1 No. 16. February 1, 1919.

Katayama, here still living in New York, honors the martyred comrades and remembers Rosa Luxemburg at the 1904 Congress in Amsterdam.
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‘Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg’ by Sen Katayama from Revolutionary Age. Vol. 1 No. 16. February 1, 1919.
Katayama front and center with Plekhanov, Luxemburg behind with other noted delegates to the 1904 Congress of the International in Amsterdam. Katayama, here still living in New York, honors the mar…
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
‘The Invention of Hell’ (1909) by Paul Lafargue from The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of the Soul. Charles H. Kerr Publishers, Chicago. 1922.

Lafargue on the origins of Western notions of the Hot Place.
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‘The Invention of Hell’ (1909) by Paul Lafargue from The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of the Soul. Charles H. Kerr Publishers, Chicago. 1922.
Lafargue on the origins of Western notions of the Hot Place. ‘The Invention of Hell’ (1909) by Paul Lafargue from The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of the Soul. Charles H. Kerr Publishers, Chica…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘Ten Days of Struggle’ by Amy Schechter from The Daily Worker. Vol. 5 No. 203. August 27, 1928.

T.U.E.L. organizer Amy Schechter on the high drama that began the militant 1928 Fall River, Massachusetts mill strike.
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‘Ten Days of Struggle’ by Amy Schechter from The Daily Worker. Vol. 5 No. 203. August 27, 1928.
T.U.E.L. organizer Amy Schechter on the high drama that began the militant 1928 Fall River, Massachusetts mill strike, often overlooked by the larger and longer struggle in nearby New Bedford, both…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
'The Enormous Thefts of Texas Lands' by Gustavus Myers from International Socialist Review. Vol. 12 No. 7. January, 1912.

A slave-holders feast as the state, stolen from Mexico, is divided up among thieves.
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‘The Enormous Thefts of Texas Lands’ by Gustavus Myers from International Socialist Review. Vol. 12 No. 7. January, 1912.
A slave-holders feast as the state, stolen from Mexico, is divided up among thieves. One of Myers unimpeachable researches into the nexus of capital and government that makes for the ‘free ma…
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December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
‘The Communist Party of Roumania’ by Al Badulescu from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 3 No. 28. July 5, 1923.

A look at the early difficulties of the Romanian Communist Party.
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‘The Communist Party of Roumania’ by Al Badulescu from International Press Correspondence. Vol. 3 No. 28. July 5, 1923.
‘The Romanian delegation in Vienna on their way to the Congress of the Third International in Moscow: Gheorghe Cristescu between the two women; Constantin Popovici first on the right; Ioan Fl…
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December 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
‘The Blood Bath Against Caribbean Workers’ from Labor Defender. Vol. 4 No. 8. August, 1929.

The Caribbean seethes under Empire in the late 1920s with revolts, suppression and imperialist intervention in Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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‘The Blood Bath Against Caribbean Workers’ from Labor Defender. Vol. 4 No. 8. August, 1929.
The Caribbean seethes under Empire in the late 1920s with revolts, suppression and imperialist intervention in Haiti, Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. ‘The Blood Bath Against Caribbean Wor…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
‘Palestine Prisoners Call Hunger Strike' from The Daily Worker. Vol. 5 No. 168. July 17, 1928.

Jewish anti-Zionist Communists on hunger strike against the prison regime of imperialist Britain led then, as today, by the ‘Labour Party.’
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‘Palestine Prisoners Call Hunger Strike’ from The Daily Worker. Vol. 5 No. 168. July 17, 1928.
Jewish anti-Zionist Communists on hunger strike against the prison regime of imperialist Britain led then, as today, by the ‘Labour Party.’ ‘Palestine Prisoners Call Hunger Strike&#8217…
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December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
'Save-Our-Schools in Detroit' by Isidore Kalish from Student Review (N.S.L.). Vol. 3 No. 5. Summer, 1934.

National Student League activity at Detroit Northern High School (today’s Frederick Douglass Academy on Woodward) during the Great Depression.
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‘Save-Our-Schools in Detroit’ by Isidore Kalish from Student Review (N.S.L.). Vol. 3 No. 5. Summer, 1934.
Northern. 9026 Woodward Ave National Student League activity at Detroit Northern High School (today’s Frederick Douglass Academy on Woodward) during the Great Depression. ‘Save-Our-Scho…
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December 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
‘Industrial Unionism in Flathead County, Montana’ by Fred W. Heslewood from Industrial Union Bulletin. Vol. 2 No. 16. June 13, 1908.

A fascinating look at the organization of workers in the camps and towns of Montana’ Flathead County.
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‘Industrial Unionism in Flathead County, Montana’ by Fred W. Heslewood from Industrial Union Bulletin. Vol. 2 No. 16. June 13, 1908.
Flathead County lumber A fascinating look at the organization of workers in the camps and towns of Montana’ Flathead County. ‘Industrial Unionism in Flathead County, Montana’ by Fred W. Hesle…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'Call of the Liga Anti-lmperialista de las Americas' by Julio A. Mella from The Daily Worker. Vol. 4 No. 2. January 15, 1927.

A call from Mella and the All-American Anti-Imperialist League for a gathering to counter the designs of U.S. imperialism.
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‘Call of the Liga Anti-lmperialista de las Americas’ by Julio A. Mella from The Daily Worker. Vol. 4 No. 2. January 15, 1927.
A call from Mella and eleven secretaries of the All-American Anti-Imperialist League for a gathering to counter the designs of U.S. imperialism in the hemisphere. ‘Call of the Liga Anti-lmper…
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December 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
'Resolution Against War with Mexico' by William D. Haywood from International Socialist Review. Vol. 13 No. 5. October, 1912.

Haywood’s September 26, 1912 anti-Mexican war resolution to the National Executive Committee that led the Socialist Party.
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‘Resolution Against War with Mexico’ by William D. Haywood from International Socialist Review. Vol. 13 No. 5. October, 1912.
Haywood’s September 26, 1912 anti-Mexican war resolution to the seven-person National Executive Committee that led the Socialist Party of America, of which Haywood was then a member. The reso…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
‘The Philadelphia Red Raids’ by Erasmo Abate from The Toiler. No. 180. July 16, 1921.

Years after the first Palmer Raids and the repression keeps on. Thirty-eight, largely foreign-born radicals lifted in a swoop by local police in Philadelphia.
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‘The Philadelphia Red Raids’ by Erasmo Abate from The Toiler. No. 180. July 16, 1921.
New York I.W.W. headquarters after a November, 1919 raid. Years after the first Palmer Raids and the repression keeps on. Thirty-eight, largely foreign-born radicals lifted in a swoop by local poli…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
‘Working in Macy’s Model Restaurant’ by Macy Worker from The Militant. Vol. 2 No. 2. January 20, 1934.

Brutally fast-paced, back-breaking service work for little pay and appearance standards no man would ever be asked to abide.
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‘Working in Macy’s Model Restaurant’ by Macy Worker from The Militant. Vol. 2 No. 2. January 20, 1934.
Brutally fast-paced, back-breaking service work for little pay and appearance standards no man would ever be asked to abide. The department store restaurant waitress. ‘Working in Macy’s Model Resta…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
‘The First International Anti-Fascist Conference’ by A. Markoff from Labor Defender. Vol. 4 No. 6. June, 1929.

A report of the Communist International-called International Anti-Fascist Congress was held in Berlin during March, 1929.
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‘The First International Anti-Fascist Conference’ by A. Markoff from Labor Defender. Vol. 4 No. 6. June, 1929.
Henri Barbusse addressing the Congress. Willi Muzenburg, center. A report of the Communist International-called International Anti-Fascist Congress was held in Berlin during March, 1929. ‘The First…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
‘Why The Infernal Machine Exploded in Bulgaria’ by Al. Kolossov from The Daily Worker. Vol. 2 No. 121. June 3, 1925.

An April, 1925 assault on Sofia’s St. Nedelya Cathedral killed 200 people, mostly members of the country's ruling class.
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‘Why The Infernal Machine Exploded in Bulgaria’ by Al. Kolossov from The Daily Worker. Vol. 2 No. 121. June 3, 1925.
Bulgaria of the early 1920s was home to many White refugees from Soviet Russia and, with its substantial Communist and peasant movements, was the site of a ferocious campaign against the left that …
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December 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM