In the face of capitalist triumphalism, with its seemingly endless vistas of polarization, poverty, alienation, crisis and ecological catastrophe, the classical Marxist theory of socialismand communism remains the only credible alternative vision for human development. Yet the experience of the post-capitalist societies of the 20th century, inspired by Marxism, was clouded by the narrow technical, political and cultural foundations on which they were built.
Calvin Winslow, ed. Waterfront Workers: New Perspectives on Race and Class. The Working Class in American History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998. 204 pp. Notes and index. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-252-02392-7; $17.95 (paper), ISBN 0-252-06691-X.
Reviewed by [MAILTO]pcole@boisestate.edu Peter Cole[/MAILTO], Department of History, Boise State University.
Published by H-Labor (October, 1999)
Carlotta R. Anderson. All-American Anarchist: Joseph A. Labadie and the Labor Movement. Great Lakes Books. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. 324 pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-8143-2707-9.
Reviewed by [MAILTO]andrew.lee@nyu.edu Andrew H. Lee[/MAILTO], Tamiment Library, New York University.
Published by H-Labor (January, 2000)
During the last few months the following members of IALHI opened their Web site:
Posted: 9 February 2000
There will be a conference on 'Images of Labour: films and the
working class in Britain, 1957-1997' on 14th and 15th March, 1997, at
the University of Manchester. The conference includes video
screenings of films, speakers (eg Huw Beynon, Sheila Rowbotham,
Trevor Griffiths), and speakers from trade unions at Ford Halewood
and Liverpool Docks.
Cost will be stlg15 (stlg5 for unwaged)
Further details can be obtained from Anne.Morrow@man.ac.uk
Mike Savage
Please forward this message to colleagues who might be
interested in Labnet.
Dear colleague,
Proceedings of the founding meeting of Labnet, Amsterdam, 18
February 1997.
Dear members of Labnet,
