McCarthyism and Organized Labor

Schrecker, Ellen

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“…works on McCarthyism and the US labor movement, see Schrecker (2000), Schrecker (1999), andSchrecker (1992). 9.…”

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The War on the North American Left-Wing Labor Movement From World War I Through the Post-World War II Period

Devinatz

2024

Labor Studies Journal

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Repression of the North American trade union movement dates to the late nineteenth century. Much of this repression has occurred in response to union militancy during strikes, some of which were directed against political radicals of various orientations. Peaks of repression against radical trade unionism occurred during World War I and in the immediate postwar years as well as in the early Cold War period, after World War II’s conclusion into the early 1950s. Through the analysis of three recently published volumes, I argue that the repression of North American left-wing unions was intentionally severe because of the strength of these labor organizations and the threat they were perceived to pose to employers and the government. Given that these left-wing unions were much more militant than the American Federation of Labor unions, this governmental repression (as well as that of other forces) can be viewed as a conscious set of tactics invoked that were meant to break, or at a minimum tame, these radical unions in the service of capital. Such behavior also acted as a warning to nonradical unions that repression could be directed against them as well.

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“…works on McCarthyism and the US labor movement, see Schrecker (2000), Schrecker (1999), andSchrecker (1992). 9.…”

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“…A volume that deals with the time in which Canadian McCarthyism occurred is Whitaker and Marcuse (1994). For works on McCarthyism and the US labor movement, see Schrecker (2000), Schrecker (1999), and Schrecker (1992).…”

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The War on the North American Left-Wing Labor Movement From World War I Through the Post-World War II Period

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2024

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“…For her major books, see Schrecker (1986, 1994, 1998, 2004). With respect to her articles on McCarthyism and the labor movement, see Schrecker (1992, 1999, 2000).…”

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“…One scholar who has written extensively on McCarthyism is Ellen Schrecker although the bulk of her writing has not dealt with McCarthyism's effects on trade unionism per se. For her major books, see Schrecker (1986Schrecker ( , 1994Schrecker ( , 1998Schrecker ( , 2004. With respect to her articles on McCarthyism and the labor movement, see Schrecker (1992Schrecker ( , 1999Schrecker ( , 2000.…”

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The Death of the “Old Labor Movement” and the Birth of the New: Revitalizing U.S. Labor in the Early 21st Century

Devinatz

2009

Journal of Labor and Society

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Economic Inequality and Economic Crisis: A Challenge for Social Workers

Goldberg

2012

Social Work

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To social workers, extreme economic inequality is primarily a violation of social justice, but this article shows how growing economic inequality since the mid-1970s was not only unjust, but also dysfunctional to the U.S. economy and linked to the recent economic crisis with its devastating effects, particularly on the social work clientele. The article identifies interrelated changes in ideology, the market economy, and government policies since the mid-1970s; contrasts the political economy of this period with the preceding post-World War II decades when the trend was toward a "shared prosperity"; and shows how increased economic inequality and political consequences that undermined democracy itself contributed to the economic meltdown. The analysis has implications for the direction of social reform and for broadening the constituency of social movements in pursuit of the social work mission of social justice. How social workers can contribute to such movements and to a reduction of economic and political inequality is explored.

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McCarthyism and Organized Labor

Abstract: The author maintains that the anticommunist struggle split the labor movement and contributed to its loss of vision and militancy and to its ultimate decline.

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The War on the North American Left-Wing Labor Movement From World War I Through the Post-World War II Period

The War on the North American Left-Wing Labor Movement From World War I Through the Post-World War II Period

The Death of the “Old Labor Movement” and the Birth of the New: Revitalizing U.S. Labor in the Early 21st Century

Economic Inequality and Economic Crisis: A Challenge for Social Workers

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