By Steve Early New Politics October 7th, 2022 A review of Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the…
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How a Wisconsin Autoworker Dodged Death Threats to Grow a Fighting, Multiracial Union
An interview with Jon Melrod By Ella Teevan Jacobin Jon Melrod was part of a wave of student radicals who…
A union firebrand in the 1970s and ‘80s sees labor’s future in his past
By Erik Gunn Wisconsin Examiner September 27th, 2022 Jon Melrod has written a memoir that tells a slice of labor…
Jon Melrod Interviewed on WBAI Arts Express
By Jack Shalom September 24, 2022 As corporations are making record profits, workers are being squeezed more than ever. But…
North Bay Resident Jonathan Melrod Pens Labor Memoir
‘Fighting Times’ author will speak at Sebastopol Copperfield’s Books on Oct. 6 By Jon Melrod North Bay Bohemian September 14th,…
Fightin’ for the Union
By Erik Gunn The Progressive September 6th, 2022 An activist memoir chronicles one of the United Auto Workers most militant…
Rousing the Power of the Rank and File
By Ron Jacobs Counterpunch September 9th, 2022 Image by Jakayla Toney. In the 1970s thousands of leftists—many of them members…
Lessons From a Radical Past: One Man’s Journey Into the Factories in the 1970s
By Peter Olney In These Times August 18th, 2022 A veteran of the New Left’s turn to the factories tells…
Fighting Times in Workers World
By Otis Grotewohl Workers World August 19, 2022 If you are looking for a fun read based on real-life events…
Wade’s World: Jon Melrod
Wade’s World Interview with Jon Melrod about his time as a radical, internal organizer on the American Motors assembly line.