Steven Parfitt teaches history in the United Kingdom. He is the author of upcoming books on the global history of the Knights of Labor and on the life and work of two pioneering woman trade unionists, Emma Paterson and Leonora Barry.
Too often, the US labor movement has favored narrow nationalism over cross-border solidarity. But in the late 19th century, the US-based Knights of Labor preached a working-class internationalism that sought to organize workers throughout the globe.
The UK university lecturers’ strike is over, but their struggle isn’t.
The UK university strike has put management on the defensive. Now UCU members will have to decide what counts as a victory.
Workers on strike in UK universities said no to a bad deal yesterday — and they’re prepared for the long haul.
University lecturers in the UK will walk off tomorrow in the largest-ever strike called in British higher education.
Jeremy Corbyn’s recent success has finally deflated New Labour’s favorite boogeyman: Michael Foot’s 1983 general election defeat.
Today’s tumultuous political environment resembles the Gilded Age more than the 1930s.
Labour Party elites aren’t really worried about Trotskyists infiltrating the party — they’re afraid of grassroots democracy.