The history of working-class organizing in the United States is full of examples of immigrant resistance to mass deportation, sweeps, and other tactics. Time and again, immigrant worker activity has ...

The New York Times had a lengthy piece giving a story on how the Democrats lost the support of working-class voters over the last three decades. The essence of the argument is that working-class ...

Introduction: the subjective side of working-class history -- The Blessed Virgin made me a socialist historian: an experiment in Catholic autobiography and the historical understanding of race and ...

MANCHESTER, England — In the center of this industrial city in northern England, a memorial commemorates protesters killed here at a demonstration for workers' rights in 1819, in what became known as ...

Responding to a guest essay, readers discuss the Democratic Party’s history and its options now. To the Editor: Re “The History Lesson Democrats Need to Relearn,” by David Paul Kuhn (Opinion guest ...

In the 1760s, powerful men in the American colonies were in danger. The working-class people beneath them were sick of the corruption and bullying and were ready to rebel. All they needed was a ...

The history of the Turkish working class was written through resistance against bans and oppression. Struggles from Kavel to Paşabahçe, from Zonguldak to TEKEL, turned strikes into a tradition. The ...

British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre, when troops were ordered to disperse the crowds. (Rischgitz | Getty ...