Sources of Labor Weakness Expanding Industrial economy Under-representation Shifting labor force The Struggle to Unionize National Labor Union Gender Politics “Molly Maguires” Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Great Railroad Strike The Homestead Strike The Pullman Strike
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
Radical critiques of capitalist system Socialist gains – Eugene V. Debs – Reform via elections – 1900 had 100,000 voters – 1904 had 400,000 – 1912 had 1 million 1,200 gained office in 350 towns Victor Berger’s “gas and water socialism”
Third Parties 2 parties since 1852 Goals of Third Parties Third-Party Peak in 1912 Other examples – 1924 & 1948 (Progressives twice & Dixiecrats) – 1968: Segregationists – 1992: Bush I, Perot, Clinton – 2000: Bush II, Nader, Gore
Militant direct action – Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) – “Wobblies” – formed by William “Big Bill” Haywood, Debs, Mother Jones – Single union for all workers Social network for migratory workers in West – Abolition of “wage slave” system – General strike instead of political action Ludlow, Colorado Lawrence, Mass. Paterson, NJ 1917 timber strike in northwest
3 mins – (Lectures in History Preview: Socialism in America) 4:50 – (Eugene Debs: American Revolutionary) related 4:50 (inappropriate sex joke 1:20 – 1:30) related – (Bill Maher Demystifies Socialism) 5:35 – (Bill Maher: NFL Socialism)
0:12 – 2:25 – (Heaven on Earth: Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1, Seg 3) NO LONGER WORKS 3:20 – 7:45 – (Heaven on Earth: Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1, Seg 5) NO LONGER WORKS 0:10 – 2:38 (Heaven on Earth: Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1, Seg 6) NO LONGER WORKS 6:30 (Socialism vs. Capitalism ) NO LONGER WORKS