By Niklas Pivic Niklas reviews Jon Melrod has, for a long time, been part of worker struggles, mainly in hard…
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Jon Melrod on Cream City Social
By Cream City Social April 7th-14th, 2023 Jon Melrod, a Milwaukee organizer in the 70s and 80s, takes us back…
Jon Melrod on The Federalist Outpost
The Federalist OutpostDecember 23rd, 2022 A rebel in the 1960’s and 70s’, Jon Melrod was a political activist and union…
Fighting Times, Organizing on the Front Lines— Jon Melrod on Lean to the Left
Lean to the LeftDecember 18th, 2022 It’s hard to believe that in this day and age unions representing freight rail…
Jon Melrod: Labor Lessons Learned
by Jon Melrod and Peter Olney Convergence November 17th, 2022 “Stay in for the long haul and roll with the…
The Factory Floor Delivers
By Gabriel Kuhn Left Two Three November 1st, 2022 A review of Jon Melrod, Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front…
From Ivy League to Assembly Line: An Organizer’s Story
by Ella Teevan Democratic Socialists of America October 21st, 2022 Melrod addressing the Young Demcratic Socialists of America (YDSA) earlier…
Fighting Times: An Organizer’s Tale of Patience and Audacity
by Roger Bybee Counterpunch “Mark my words, motherfucker: You’ll see me again.” That’s what Jon Melrod snarled after being lifted…
Jon Melrod on Open to Debate with David Moscrop
What is the future of the labour movement? Open to Debate with David Moscrop The labour movement is having a…
Two Sixties’ Radicals Recall Fighting Times in U.S. Labor
By Steve Early New Politics October 7th, 2022 A review of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the…