
Assessing 40 Years of Labor Notes
Labor Notes is one of the most successful socialist projects in the labor movement in US history. It has trained and connected tens of thousands of union militants throughout the world.
Nelson Lichtenstein is a research professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His most recent book is A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism.

Labor Notes is one of the most successful socialist projects in the labor movement in US history. It has trained and connected tens of thousands of union militants throughout the world.
What was the mass strike and what would a successful one look like today?
The brilliance of strikes and stoppages like the Day Without Immigrants and the Women's Strike lies in organizers' willingness to halt business as usual.