5LL #224 - California, Trains, Miners, Class, History

The Largest Strike in the History of American Higher Ed
Nelson Lichtenstein, Dissent
What happens at the University of California will set the standard for a sector that today employs more people than the federal government.
U.S. Rail Workers Are Poised to Begin a National Strike Next Week
Jeff Schuhrke, In These Times
After rejecting an agreement brokered by the White House, railroad workers could walk off the job ahead of the busy holiday season.
Alabama Women Put Their Bodies on the Line to Keep a Miners' Strike Alive
Kim Kelly, Jezebel
The Warrior Met Coal strike just hit a historic 600 days, in large part due to the dedication of wives, mothers, and sisters.
Breaking out of The Class Matrix
William Clare Roberts, Radical Philosophy
Attention to culture, ideology and false consciousness need not be a problem.
Marxists Changed How We Understand History
Alfie Steer, Jacobin
Marxist historians in Britain — like E. P. Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm — sparked a revolution in understanding the role of working people in making history. Their work is still fresh and vibrant today.
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