Jon Melrod News Today

Since taking over the United Auto Workers union in April, Shawn Fain has demanded increased government subsidies for the auto industry and resurrected the class-warfare rhetoric the labor union had abandoned decades ago.

A Room of Ones Own discussion of "Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War," new book with Bill Franks. Free.

Picks for Sept. 28-Oct. 1 includes the return of the Great Midwest Hemp Fest; a benefit at Red Rooster for the family of musician Bob Corbit.

Isthmus Picks for Sept. 25-28 includes a talk on faith and phenomena in African American art by curator Bridget Cooks; the return of metal music fest Blades of Steel.

A Room of Ones Own discussion of "Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War," new book with Bill Franks. Free.

By the mid-1900’s, a “Buffalo Soldier” named David Fagen was virtually a household name, particularly in the African American community.

This book will certainly arm the consciousness and inspire a new generation of labor organizers and workers of the skills and attitude to challenge the odds.

Melrod has gone from being a UW student activist to a factory worker and militant unionist to a human rights lawyer.

A number of veteran organizers and labor journalists are publishing books this year that will be of interest to Labor Notes readers. Many of them participated in a "Meet the Author" session at the recent Labor Notes Conference. Here are a few books to check out or pre-order: “We are getting our asses kicked... To revive the labor movement, we need to revive class struggle