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1934 and Now: History Lives!

     Over the first three decades of the 20th century, Minneapolis was the most notorious “open shop” city in the country.  An employers’ organization (the.

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On the “Trucker” Protests in the U.S. and Canada

“Freedom” is a fickle force, especially when it is expressed in the guise of aggressive flag-waving nationalism. Recent convoys in Canada and the.

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Dining Out in Dinkytown: Remembering the Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934

This is a different and expanded version of a previously published essay that appeared in Jacobin. Dinkytown’s Best Breakfast If you are in.

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