southern organizing
A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
Read morePower, intimidation and jobs at play in VW union vote
February 18, 2014Before observers and commentators blame "backward or racist southerners" for voting no, it is useful to look at this narrow vote in the context of power and intimidation.
Read moreThe sun shone on massive North Carolina Moral March
February 10, 2014The march, organized by the NAACP, labor unions, and religious leaders, amounted to a dramatic comeback of the Moral Monday protests that drew the nation's attention here over the last year.
Read moreToday in black history: “Jail-No-Bail” campaign began in S.C.
February 7, 2014SNCC leaders staged a Jail-No-Bail sit-in in solidarity with the imprisoned CORE activists. The sit-in re-energized the movement in Rock Hill, SC.
Read moreAt Nissan and beyond, workers’ rights are civil rights
January 14, 2014Thanks to the works of those who came before us, this new generation is equipped with the knowledge of how to make change, and it is become more and more apparent what we need to fight...
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