Books and films
Books and films that help us understand collective action.
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Britain’s Revolutionary Summer: The General Strike of 1926
Midnight, 30 April 1926. Mineowners lock out a million miners.
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A Spirit of Revolt: Conrado Alvillar and the Rank-and-File Wobblies of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike
“A deeply researched, innovative, and passionate history of the rank-and-file activists behind one of the most important labor strikes of America’s ‘roaring twenties.’ Gonzales unearths the lives and struggles of a generation of long-forgotten men and women in Colorado’s coal fields who revolted against intolerable conditions to demand a better world.”…
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Matewan: Blood and Coal
One of the latest releases from Hardball Press, Matewan is a new fictionalized take on the events of Matewan, West Virginia, in the coal wars of the 1920s—one of America’s most explosive labor conflicts, where, the publisher writes, “courage is measured in sacrifice, and history is written in blood.” Corley, a history teacher, says of the book, based on…
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MA – Cry of Silence
Mi-Thet, a garment factory worker in Yangon, faces wage issues. Nyein-Nyein leads female workers to organize a strike.