December Study Group: Worker Radicalism and Struggle in the US before WWI, Part III


In the United States today, most socialists are isolated from the working class. And most stewards and militants have no connection to socialist ideas and organization.

What can change that? We’ll look at successful examples where hundreds of thousands of militants became socialists, from Turin to Johannesburg to Seoul.

We’ll explore how working class consciousness develops, the role of socialist organization, and what we can do today to bring about the fusion of socialist organization and working class struggle.

Next meeting: Worker Radicalism and Struggle in the US before WWI

Sunday, December 5, 3 PM, email nyc@solidarity-us.org for the location.

Readings:

David Montgomery, The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, The State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925: Introduction, Chapters 7-9.

Used copies available at:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=montgomery%2C+david&sts=t&tn=the+fall+of+the+house+of+labor&x=0&y=0

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0521379822/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1274699820&sr=1-1&condition=used

More on the Study Group

Click here for a more in-depth take on the study group and what we'd like to accomplish.

Click here for the presentation that kicked off our introductory session.

Full outline with projected readings coming soon! For more information and to join the low-traffic New York Solidarity list for related announcements, email nyc@solidarity-us.org!

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