Communists and Miners 1928-1933

In all of American labor history, there have been five national labor organizations —the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, Industrial Workers of the World, Trade Union Unity League, Congress of Industrial Organizations—or six if we count the merged AFL-CIO. Of only one can it be said that not a single book, dissertation or article, scholarly or otherwise, has ever been devoted to it. With one possible exception, not a single book, dissertation or article has ever been devote...