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Sidney Lens

The Labor Wars

From the Molly Maguires to the Sit Downs

Sidney Lens

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English
Haymarket Books
01 April 2009
History; Strikes
The rise of the American labor movement was characterized by bloody and revolutionary battles. From the first famous martyrs, the Molly Maguires in the Pennsylvania coal fields in the nineteenth century, to the crucial workers' victory of the 1930s in the sit-down strikes against General Motors, it has a history of pitched battles that frequently erupted into open warfare.

This is also the story of the factional wars within the American labor movement itself and of the great leaders it generated: Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers, William Z. Foster, Bill Haywood, John L. Lewis, Walter Reuther, and many more-some of them Sidney Lens' personal friends.

There have been no revolutions in the United States since the first one in 1776. The closest America has come to revolution has been the Labor Wars, each one of which has been, in a sense, a revolution-in-microcosm. The strikers in these industrial fl are-ups confronted not only the power of their employers but, ultimately, that of the State . . . and in the process there was always the possibility of a widening and escalating conflict bordering on insurrection.

Sidney Lens (19121986) was the author of many books about labor and radical movements in the United States, including The Forging of the American Empire (republished in 2003 by Haymarket Books and Pluto Press). He was a candidate for the Senate for the Citizens Party and an editor at The Progressive.
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Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   590g
ISBN:   9781931859707
ISBN 10:   1931859701
Pages:   366
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Sidney Lens (1912-1986) was the author of many books about American labor and radical movements, including The Forging of the American Empire (republished in 2003 by Haymarket Books and Pluto Press). He was a candidate for Senate for the Citizens Party and an editor at the Progressive.

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