Beginning with the 1947 publication of The American Worker pamphlet a new form of “proletarian literature” emerged from the automotive factories and corners of Marxian movements in the United States. The pamphlet begins by providing intimate, all-encompassing, and actual details about the functioning, power relationships, and autonomous nature of workers’ struggles in an auto factory—from the workers’ perspective.
In this opening episode of the new season of All Hail To The Pod, Jim Slaven chatted with Kevin Van Meter about working class history, organising, and the search for The American Worker pamphlet originally published in 1947.
Take a listen to the full podcast here.
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