Labor Studies
Labor Studies
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Higher Education’s Labor Upsurge: Insights from the Militant Edge of the Movement
Edited by Sarah Mason and Jamie Woodcock
This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand, and join, the growing movement fighting for the future of higher education.
This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand, and join, the growing movement fighting for the future of higher education.
$21.95
Music CDs
Starvation Army - Chris Westover-Muñoz, Harris Ipock, with Sing In Solidarity and The Brass Band of Columbus & Friends CD
Starvation ArmyThis is the music of Direct Action! Music to fan the flames of discontent!
$14.95
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Labor 101: Socialism and the Labor Movement
Fred Glass
Unions have been essential institutions for worker empowerment for more than a century and a half, and they remain so today.
Unions have been essential institutions for worker empowerment for more than a century and a half, and they remain so today.
$6.95
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Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard
Ellen David Friedman • Illustrated by Fernando Martí
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
$25.00
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Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories
Gabriel San Román
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
$24.95
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Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
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Mutiny in the Mountains: West Virginia Public Workers 1969–2019
Gordon Simmons
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
$19.95
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Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms
Jarrod Shanahan
A decade of American society coming apart.
A decade of American society coming apart.
$25.95
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What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns
Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
$17.95
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The Housing Monster, Second Edition
prole.info
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
$15.95
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Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
Raymond Tyler • Summer McClinton
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
$19.95
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Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023
David Van Deusen · Foreword by Kim Kelly · Introduction by Steve Early
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
$19.95
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The Workers’ Way to Freedom and Other Council Communist Writings
Anton Pannekoek • Edited by Robyn K. Winters
Pannekoek’s council communist ideas encourage individual thought rather than submission to dead-end traditions.
Pannekoek’s council communist ideas encourage individual thought rather than submission to dead-end traditions.
$24.95
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SCRIP: How the Coal Companies Impoverished Harlan County
Charles Edward Thomas
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
$29.95
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Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism
Michael Zweig
A book for those who want to understand the underlying connections among today’s social justice movements.
A book for those who want to understand the underlying connections among today’s social justice movements.
$22.95
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Mr. Block: The Subversive Comics and Writings of Ernest Riebe
Graphic History Collective with Paul Buhle and Iain McIntyre
This wickedly funny anthology of Riebe’s writings and comics is a treasure trove of radical 20th-century art.
This wickedly funny anthology of Riebe’s writings and comics is a treasure trove of radical 20th-century art.
$22.95
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Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex
Edited by Matilda Bickers, peech breshears, and Janis Luna • Foreword by Molly Smith
An intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers.
An intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers.
$17.95
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Books
Labor Power and Strategy
John Womack Jr. • Edited by Peter Olney and Glenn Perušek
This book provides rational, radical, experience-based perspectives to a new generation that help target and run smart, strategic, effective campaigns in the working class.
$16.95
Options
Books
Critique of the Gotha Program
Karl Marx
Marx's fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state.
Marx's fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state.
$15.95
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Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War
Jon Melrod
This inspiring tale recounts Jon Melrod's thirteen-year journey to harness working-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of American Motors.
This inspiring tale recounts Jon Melrod's thirteen-year journey to harness working-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of American Motors.
$24.95
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The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry, 1925–1942
Mitch Troutman
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania.
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania.
$24.95
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The Future Is Unwritten: A Working Class History Blank Journal
Working Class History
An enduring repository for your thoughts, dreams, and battle plans for collective action.
An enduring repository for your thoughts, dreams, and battle plans for collective action.
$21.95
Activism & Organizing
21st Century Revolution: Through Higher Love, Racial Justice and Democratic Cooperation
Ted Glick
21st Century Revolution was written based upon the author's 53 years of continuous involvement in the movement for fundamental, justice grounded, political, social, economic and cultural change--revolution.
21st Century Revolution was written based upon the author's 53 years of continuous involvement in the movement for fundamental, justice grounded, political, social, economic and cultural change--revolution.
$10.00
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Books
Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism
Silvia Federici
More than just a redefinition of classical Marxism. It is an urgent call for a new kind of radical politics.
More than just a redefinition of classical Marxism. It is an urgent call for a new kind of radical politics.
From $16.00
Options
Upcoming Releases
Higher Education’s Labor Upsurge: Insights from the Militant Edge of the Movement
Edited by Sarah Mason and Jamie Woodcock
This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand, and join, the growing movement fighting for the future of higher education.
This is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand, and join, the growing movement fighting for the future of higher education.
$21.95
Music CDs
Starvation Army - Chris Westover-Muñoz, Harris Ipock, with Sing In Solidarity and The Brass Band of Columbus & Friends CD
Starvation ArmyThis is the music of Direct Action! Music to fan the flames of discontent!
$14.95
Books
Labor 101: Socialism and the Labor Movement
Fred Glass
Unions have been essential institutions for worker empowerment for more than a century and a half, and they remain so today.
Unions have been essential institutions for worker empowerment for more than a century and a half, and they remain so today.
$6.95
Books
Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard
Ellen David Friedman • Illustrated by Fernando Martí
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren’t going as expected.
$25.00
Books
Days of Dissent: Revolts, Strikes, and Rebel Histories
Gabriel San Román
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
Days of Dissent brims with defiance in recounting the rebellious history that has reshaped the United States and the world.
$24.95
Books
Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
Joe Uehlein
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
Three Roads is the distillation of Joe’s dynamic strategy of “building bridges and pushing the envelope” to simultaneously unify and challenge the divergent forces that must come together to protect workers and our planet.
$19.95
Books
Mutiny in the Mountains: West Virginia Public Workers 1969–2019
Gordon Simmons
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
Mutiny in the Mountains uses labor history to show the way forward for millions of workers struggling in an age of uncertainty.
$19.95
Books
Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help: A Decade of Rebellion, Reaction, and Morbid Symptoms
Jarrod Shanahan
A decade of American society coming apart.
A decade of American society coming apart.
$25.95
Books
What the Boss Doesn't Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns
Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
After the labor movement faded away in the lives of most Americans, organizing is back!
$17.95
Books
The Housing Monster, Second Edition
prole.info
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
A scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing—a house—and looks at the social relations that surround it.
$15.95
Books
Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars
Raymond Tyler • Summer McClinton
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
This graphic interpretation of people’s history features unforgettable main characters while also displaying the diverse rank-and-file workers who stood in solidarity during this struggle.
$19.95
Books
Insurgent Labor: The Vermont AFL-CIO 2017–2023
David Van Deusen · Foreword by Kim Kelly · Introduction by Steve Early
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
Insurgent Labor tracks the trials and tribulations of bringing a formerly stagnant labor union into national relevance with an unapologetically left-wing agenda
$19.95
Books
The Workers’ Way to Freedom and Other Council Communist Writings
Anton Pannekoek • Edited by Robyn K. Winters
Pannekoek’s council communist ideas encourage individual thought rather than submission to dead-end traditions.
Pannekoek’s council communist ideas encourage individual thought rather than submission to dead-end traditions.
$24.95
Books
SCRIP: How the Coal Companies Impoverished Harlan County
Charles Edward Thomas
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
Scrip was a system designed to pay miners in pinto beans and corn meal from the company store and make billions in profits for the coal companies.
$29.95
Books
Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism
Michael Zweig
A book for those who want to understand the underlying connections among today’s social justice movements.
A book for those who want to understand the underlying connections among today’s social justice movements.
$22.95
Books
Mr. Block: The Subversive Comics and Writings of Ernest Riebe
Graphic History Collective with Paul Buhle and Iain McIntyre
This wickedly funny anthology of Riebe’s writings and comics is a treasure trove of radical 20th-century art.
This wickedly funny anthology of Riebe’s writings and comics is a treasure trove of radical 20th-century art.
$22.95
Books
Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex
Edited by Matilda Bickers, peech breshears, and Janis Luna • Foreword by Molly Smith
An intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers.
An intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers.
$17.95
Books
Labor Power and Strategy
John Womack Jr. • Edited by Peter Olney and Glenn Perušek
This book provides rational, radical, experience-based perspectives to a new generation that help target and run smart, strategic, effective campaigns in the working class.
$16.95
Books
Critique of the Gotha Program
Karl Marx
Marx's fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state.
Marx's fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from the shackles of capital, but also the state.
$15.95
Books
Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War
Jon Melrod
This inspiring tale recounts Jon Melrod's thirteen-year journey to harness working-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of American Motors.
This inspiring tale recounts Jon Melrod's thirteen-year journey to harness working-class militancy and jump start a revolution on the shop floor of American Motors.
$24.95
Books
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry, 1925–1942
Mitch Troutman
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania.
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania.
$24.95
Books
The Future Is Unwritten: A Working Class History Blank Journal
Working Class History
An enduring repository for your thoughts, dreams, and battle plans for collective action.
An enduring repository for your thoughts, dreams, and battle plans for collective action.
$21.95
Activism & Organizing
21st Century Revolution: Through Higher Love, Racial Justice and Democratic Cooperation
Ted Glick
21st Century Revolution was written based upon the author's 53 years of continuous involvement in the movement for fundamental, justice grounded, political, social, economic and cultural change--revolution.
21st Century Revolution was written based upon the author's 53 years of continuous involvement in the movement for fundamental, justice grounded, political, social, economic and cultural change--revolution.
$10.00
Books
Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism
Silvia Federici
More than just a redefinition of classical Marxism. It is an urgent call for a new kind of radical politics.
More than just a redefinition of classical Marxism. It is an urgent call for a new kind of radical politics.
From $16.00