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,

Coming right on the heels of the triumphant hosting of the Group of 77 and China in Havana, First Secretary of the Central Committee of...

Mass Communist rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City USA, 1931 -- Daily LIFT #649