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Articles by Aaron Goings
Bosses in Sheets: How American Elites Waged War on Workers
Editor’s Note: The following essay is adapted from CounterPunch and examines a little-known chapter of early twentieth-century American history in Grays Harbor, Washington. It explores the entanglement of business elites, far-right movements, and vigilante violence, revealing how employers across industries and political factions collaborated to suppress labor organizing and control local politics.
America’s Far Right and the Further Right: the Klan and a Coup in 1920s Lumber Country
It’s not hard to find episodes of business class cooperation in United States history. Particularly when it comes to labor relations and suppressing workers’ rights, employers from different parties, industries, regions, and religions have much in common—and act accordingly. During the early twentieth century, bosses routinely expressed this solidarity by creating organizations ranging from chambers of commerce and professional associations to citizens’ committees and citizens’ alliances.
May Day and the Murder of William McKay: 100 Years Past
This week marks the passage of a century since the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) led a strike of several thousand workers. The IWW (often called the Wobblies) called the May Day 1923 General Strike with a primary demand: the liberation of all political – often called “Class War” – prisoners. As a center of IWW strength, Pacific Northwest lumber and maritime workers led the way as thousands of loggers, sawmill and longshore laborers, and sailors poured off the job.
Class War Violence: Centralia 1919
“The Resurrection of Wesley Everest,” mural depicting IWW figures from the Centralia Massacre. Photograph Source: Richard Coit – CC BY-SA 4.0 November 11, 2019, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice Day Tragedy in Centralia, Washington, a horrible event in Pacific Northwest history. On Armistice Day, 1919, a mob of American Legionaires raided the Centralia Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) hall and later lynched Wesley Everest, an IWW logger.
Aaron Goings - The Red Coast: Radicalism and Anti-Radicalism in Southwest Washington
Aaron Goings - The Red Coast: Radicalism and Anti-Radicalism in Southwest Washington
The Origins of Right-to-Work: Vance Muse, Anti-Semitism, and the Maintenance of Jim Crow Labor Relations
Michael Pierce Michael Pierce, associate professor at University of Arkansas, is working on a book project examining the rise and fall of New Deal-style liberalism in Arkansas.
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