history
Ode to a labor troubadour: Woody Guthrie
July 13, 2012We pause now from the almost constant commentary on active politicians and political activism to render an ode to Woody Guthrie.
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Book review: “Woody, Cisco and Me”
July 12, 2012This seems a good time to review a remarkable book that covers one of the least-discussed periods of Woody's life.
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Today in labor history: MLK honored by Carter
July 11, 2012Martin Luther King Jr. was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
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Bernice Blohm Diskin, “Greatest Generation” communist, dies at 91
July 10, 2012One of the last Communist Party USA members from the "Greatest Generation" of World War II, Bernice Blohm Diskin, passed away June 25 at age 91.
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Today in labor history: Homestead strikers battle Pinkerton thugs
July 6, 2012On July 6, 1892, under the cover of darkness, two barges, loaded with armed Pinkerton thugs hired by the Carnegie Steel Co., landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River.
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