Revolutionary Reading List
A [non-exhaustive] list of further readings, split up by topic.
(Note: This is a living page, and will be updated over time with additional readings and topics!)
LABOR
Strike! - Jeremy Brechner
Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America and tells this exciting hidden history from the point of view of the rank-and-file workers who lived it.
Teamster Rebellion - Farrell Dobs
This is the story of the strikes and union organizing drive the men and women of Teamsters Local 574 carried out in Minnesota in 1934, paving the way for the continent-wide rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) as a fighting social movement.
A History of America in Ten Strikes - Erik Loomis
This book challenges all of our contemporary assumptions around labor, unions, and American workers. Labor historian Erik Loomis recounts ten critical workers' strikes in American labor history that everyone needs to know about.
Labor’s Untold Story - Richard O. Boyer
“Labor’s Untold Story is a history of the U.S. labor movement from the Civil War through the Eisenhower Administration. Widely regarded as a classic study since it was first published in 1955, the book documents labor-management conflict from the workers’ perspective” (Labor’s Bookstore).
From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend - Priscilla Murolo
Hailed as the first comprehensive look at American history through the prism of working people, this book "[puts] a human face on the people, places, events, and social conditions that have shaped the evolution of organized labor" (Library Journal).
Honorable Mentions
American Labor Struggles - Samuel Yellen
The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker - Theresa S. Malkiel
Empire of Timber: Labor Unions and the Pacific Northwest Forests - Erik Loomis
Detroit: I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revolution - Dan Georgakas, Marvin Surkin, Manning Marable