A new book by J.N. Cheney, an independent socialist historian focusing on the labor movement, radical politics, and community action in New York State's Mohawk Valley, looks at a largely forgotten but important moment in US labour history. The Little Falls Textile Strike of 1912-1913 took place between the famous Bread & Roses Strike and the Paterson Silk Strike, which likely contributes to its relative obscurity. Conditions for the strike were similar to the one in Lawrence,

Big Bill Haywood at a rally in Moscow, USSR 1923 (Haywood is at lower left) -- Daily LIFT #816 Legendary IWW leader Haywood fled the...