From the author of On New Terrain, a historical examination of why American workers never organized in early industrial America and what it means today. Why has

“One of the leading intellectuals of the labor movement” explores the state of unions in the United States, as well as evaluating the forces working against

“A detailed and provocative study of how capital has changed since the 1980s and its effects on the working class and political parties in the USA.” —Scot

Newly arrived in New York in 1882 from Tsarist Russia, the sixteen-year-old Bernard Weinstein discovered an America in which unionism, socialism, and anarchism

"Carrying a union journeyman’s card, a few basic tools, and little else, these 'itinerant' or 'tourist' typographers criss-crossed the continent for more than