Category: History
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Revisionism and Organized Labor in the US
“Dialectical logic shows that the internal contradiction is primary. The external factor of imperialism’s influence in the labor movement becomes operative according to the development of the trade unions, which in turn hinges on the development of higher working-class leadership, the Communist Party. At every major turn in the labor… Read more
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Our History: The Sharecroppers Union of Alabama
As part of New Labor Press’s efforts of educating revolutionary workers and sympathetic activists on the history of our class struggles, and in honor of Black August, we wanted to share a brief overview and summary of the Sharecroppers Union and the Communist Party’s organizing within Alabama during the 1930s.… Read more
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Our History: The Loray Mill Strike
Ninety-five years ago, the American textile industry was shaken to its core as workers at Loray Mill, the largest textile mill in the entire world, went on strike. On April 1st, 1929, close to two thousand workers, led by the National Textile Workers Union (NTWU), a Communist-led union part of… Read more
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Our History: The Needle Trades Workers
As part of New Labor Press’s goal of highlighting and educating revolutionary workers and sympathetic activists on the history of our class’ struggles, and in honor of International Working Women’s Day, we wanted to share with you all a brief overview and summary of the incredibly important, but now almost… Read more
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