Category Archives: people’s history

In Memory of the Unknown Worker, this May Day | Aditya Nigam

Posted on May 1, 2011 by

This piece nicely situates class struggle in India in the context of the global situation.  While I personally find it inadequate to simply allude to the “post-national” or reduce all efforts at party-building to the rigidity of Stalinism, the broader … Continue reading →

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“It is a subterranean fire” | SocialistWorker.org

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

“ON MAY 1, 1886–125 years ago this month–hundreds of thousands of workers were taking the streets of cities around the U.S. to demand an eight-hour day.” via “It is a subterranean fire” | SocialistWorker.org.

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A woman’s place is in the revolution | SocialistWorker.org

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

    IT’S THE 100th anniversary of the first International Women’s Day, and Newsweek is celebrating “150 Women Who Shake the World.” While it includes a small selection of women rights activists, the list of shakers is weighted down by … Continue reading →

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