Punching Out & Other Writings - By
Martin Glaberman, edited and introduced by Staughton Lynd.
Glaberman is the most important writer on labor matters in the United States during the second half of the Twentieth century. He developed distinctive concepts concerning the nature of trade unionism; the unfolding of working-class consciousness; and the forms of revolutionary organization appropriate to modern industrial society.
"Autoworker, historian, humorist, sociologist, poet, and baseball coach, Marty Glaberman had as close a knowledge of working people as any intellectual of his generation. He also had, as these wonderful collected writings show, the most firm confidence in their revolutionary potential."
Read a review of this book by IWW member, J.D. Crutchfield.
246 Pages; Illustrated - $14.00
Singlejack Solidarity -
By Stan Weir.
Blue-collar intellectual and activist publisher, Stan Weir participated in many of the key struggles that shaped the labor movement and the political left in postwar America. For 50 years he worked as a seaman, autoworker, teamster, housepainter, and longshoreman. Gathered here for the first time, Weir's writings analyze issues central to working-class life today ad provide humorous commentaries and portraits of people he encountered, including James Baldwin, CLR James, and Eric Hoffer. "A striking collection of very powerful essays by longtime radical organizer Stan Weir that offers an uncommonly expansive and generous Left history, rooted in the pssibilities oif change in everyday life." - David Roediger. Includes a foreword by Norm Diamand and an afterword by George Lipsitz, who also edited this collection.
384 pages - $19.95
The Power in Our Hands - by William Bigelow and Norman Diamond.
Curriculum materials for middle and high school teachers on the history of
work and workers in the United States, including units on workers rights,
exploitation, scientific management, the Homestead and Lawrence strikes,
racial conflict and the labor movement, labor songs, and more. Includes
lesson plans, hand-outs for students, and other resources. --
$18.00
Living Inside Our Hope: A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding
the Movement -- by Staughton Lynd. From his days in the civil rights
movement to the fight against plant closings, Staughton Lynd has been on
the front lines for decades. This book collects 12 essays on solidarity
unionism, socialism with a human face, and thoughts on the role of
intellectuals within the movement. -- $10.00
Success While Others Fail: Social Movement Unionism and the Public
Workplace - by Paul Johnston. Johnson draws upon his experiences as a
union organizer, as well as detailed case studies of union campaigns by
janitors, nurses and public sector workers. When public sector workers
build coalitions around the work they do, he argues, they can serve as
powerful advocates for public needs and simultaneously strengthen their
struggle for improved wages and conditions. -- $15.00 (hardcover
only)
The New Labor Press: Journalism for a Changing Union Movement -
edited by Sam Pizzigati and Fred J. Solowey. Twenty essays review the need
for a labor press, offering a series of case studies of local and national
labor papers (a couple of chapters address the Internet, photography and
tv), ending with a discussion of the prospects for a national labor daily.
A frank assessment of the possibilities of a reinvigorated labor press
which recognizes the limitations of what too often serve as puff sheets
for local officials. New York Times labor journalist A.H. Raskin notes:
"Eugene Victor Debs told the union movement that the labor editor is far
more important than the president. American labor is incapable of
resurgence without a revitalized labor press. I want the Debs standard."
-- $15.00
Bling Blang - by Woody Guthrie, with pictures by Vladimir Radunsky.
A children¹s song about building a house zing-o, zang-o boldly and
playfully illustrated. Sheet music on reverse side of jacket --
$11.00 (hardcover)
My Dolly - by Woody Guthrie, with pictures by Vladimir Radunsky.
Who's the best dolly around? Woody Guthrie knows. And when his
affectionate lyrics are paired with Vladimir Radunsky's playful images,
you'll want to walk, dance, and sing with Dolly too! Sheet music on
reverse side of jacket -- $11.00 (hardcover)
