Class Struggle Was a Crucial Part of the American Revolution

The American Revolution was linked to a surge of working-class political activity on both sides of the Atlantic. The struggle against British rule unfolded in tandem with another struggle over who would dominate the post-independence US.

In Defense of the American Revolution

1776 began as a petty squabble among odious and powerful elites. In spite of them, it soon became the lodestar of emancipatory movements everywhere.

The New Founding Hagiography and Its Enemies