Why is there no labor party in the United States? - Robin Archer
Why is the United States the only advanced capitalist country with no labor party? This question is one of the great enduring puzzles of American political development, and it lies at the heart of a fundamental debate about the nature of American society. Tackling this debate head-on, Robin Archer puts forward a new explanation for why there is no American labor party–an explanation that suggests that much of the conventional wisdom about "American exceptionalism" is untenable.
The Knights of Labor, 1869-1885 - Louis Adamic
The autobiography of Mother Jones
Documents of the Knights of Labor
Letters from the South Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, revealing that the color line still remained a serious problem, and that the Knights did not succeed in breaking down the wall separating white and black. They also throw light on some of the special problems facing the KoL when it moved into the South.
Mayday, the 8-hour movement and the Knights of Labor - Jeremy Brecher
Autobiographies of the Haymarket martyrs
Life of Albert R. Parsons, with brief history of the labor movement in America.
"Dynamite... That’s the Stuff" - Louis Adamic
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