History of the Socialist Party
If the defining characteristic of an American third party is finishing third in a presidential contest, then the Socialist Party has been the country’s quintessential third party, recording seven third- place finishes from 1904 to 1944. And the Socialists arguably...
KCTS 9 – History Making: General Strike
In 1919, workers in Seattle staged the first general strike in the United States. Sixty thousand union men and women walked off their jobs in shipyards, bakeries, restaurants, and lumber mills. This five day citywide shutdown was an important first...
Anna Louise Strong Archive
Anna Louise Strong Archive Works: 1919: No One Knows Where 1925: Children of Revolution 1925: First Time in History 1925: Stalin ‘The Voice of the Party’ Breaks Trotsky 1941: Stalin 1946: Talk with Mao Tse Tung 1949: In North Korea:...
Anna Louise Strong story
Anna Louise Strong story Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970) was one of the leaders of the Seattle General Strike in 1919 and an early advocate of communism. Although she left the United States just as the Communist Party was starting, her...
Parsons, Lucy Gonzales
Parsons, Lucy Gonzales Lucy Gonzales Parsons (c. 1853 – March 7, 1942) was a labor organizer and orator. A dynamic, militant, self-educated public speaker and writer, she became the first American woman of color to carry her crusade for socialism across...
Lucy Parsons Biography
Lucy Parsons Biography Biographies on Lucy Parsons Challenging the blatant sexism of her time, Lucy Parsons, the wife of Haymarket martyr Albert Parsons, was one of the most influential women involved in the American anarchist and labor movements.
The politics of Helen Keller | International Socialist Review
The politics of Helen Keller | International Socialist Review Helen Keller is one of the most widely recognized figures in US history that people actually know very little about. That she was a serious political thinker who made important contributions...