Harvey Schwartz
Harvey Schwartz

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Harvey Schwartz is curator of the ILWU Oral History Collection at the union’s library in San Francisco. His most recent book is <em>Labor Under Siege</em> with Ronald E. Magden. Other books include <em>The March Inland: Origins of the ILWU Warehouse Division, 1934-1938 </em>(1978; rpt. ILWU 2000)<em>; Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU</em> (2009); and <em>Building the Golden Gate Bridge: A Workers’ Oral History</em> (2015). He holds a Ph.D. in history from The University of California, Davis.
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Harvey Schwartz on John Womack’s Labor Strategy

Labor Power and Strategy (PM Press, 2023)John Womack Jr.’s Labor Power and Strategy, published by PM Press in 2023, offers a blueprint for

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An Interview with Historian Robert Cherny, Author of Harry Bridges

HS: It is an honor to be asked by Professor Rosemary Feurer of LaborOnline to interview Robert W. Cherny about his monumental 2023

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Harvey Schwartz reviews Robert Cherny’s book on Harry Bridges

Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend by Robert W. ChernyRobert W. Cherny’s new book, Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend  (University of Illinois

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The ILWU History Project

In the February-March 2016 issue of Labor, under LAWCHA Watch, John W. McKerley and Jennifer Sherer write that multiple generations of labor scholars,

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