Norman Markowitz

Norman Markowitz is a Professor of History. He writes and teaches from a Marxist perspective, and has written many articles on a variety of topics, including biographical entries on Jimmy Hoffa, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the civil rights movement, 1930-1953, and poor peoples movements in U.S. history.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Norman Markowitz

Labor

Striking Rutgers history professor: The administration thinks academic workers don’t matter
April 12, 2023 By Norman Markowitz
Direct reporting from the picket line by Rutgers history professor Norman Markowitz.
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Politics

A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history
March 1, 2023 By Norman Markowitz
Major histories of women in and of the CPUSA have yet to be written, just as true women’s equality has yet to be won in the United States.
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Culture

Manuel Tiago’s ‘A Line in the Sand’: How to beat back a fascist coup
December 12, 2022 By Norman Markowitz
In many of his previous works , “Tiago” would use his own experiences to look at Communist militants emerging from a life of underground struggle in prisons, factories, shops and streets in the last days of...
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Opinion

Rittenhouse acquittal is latest chapter in long and sinister history of racism
December 13, 2021 By Norman Markowitz
The acquittal, while it is seen throughout the world as a disgrace to both human rights and the rule of law, is unsurprising.
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CP100

Against fascism and war: The Communist Party USA’s third decade
August 19, 2019 By Norman Markowitz
Was there truth to the allegation that Communists—both in the Soviet Union and around the world—had helped Hitler start World War II?
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CP100

Harry Hay: Communist pioneer in the fight for gay liberation
June 28, 2019 By Norman Markowitz
From a Communist Party activist to leader of the gay liberation struggle - the life of Harry Hay.
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CP100

Sit down! The CPUSA, the CIO, and the great industrial union drive
June 3, 2019 By Norman Markowitz
In the second half of the 1930s, Communists took on the task of organizing America's industrial workforce and fighting fascism in Spain.
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CP100

The Communist Party in the ’30s: The Depression and the great upsurge
May 14, 2019 By Norman Markowitz
When the Depression struck, Herbert Hoover and the business press said to wait for economic adjustment. But unemployed and hungry people couldn't wait.
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