American Worker
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Join the search for The American Worker. Kevin Van Meter: author, labor educator, union organizer, PhD. Books at @akpress.org. Inquiry via workersinquiry.work. Writing at readingstruggles.info.
Joined Clark McAllister for a talk about the history of workers' inquiry at the Belfast Radical Bookfair yesterday. Appreciate the organizers having us, all the participants, and the IWW Ireland for their support. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Joined Clark McAllister for a talk about the history of workers' inquiry at the Belfast Radical Bookfair yesterday. Appreciate the organizers having us, all the participants, and the IWW Ireland for their support. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
I stand with @sbworkersunited.org and you should too!
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I stand with @sbworkersunited.org and you should too!
Joined Jack Edmunds-Bergin, Emma Rebekka Petersen, and Clark McAllister for a talk on workers' inquiry in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US in Dublin on Wednesday. Appreciate @catuireland.bsky.social and @notesfrombelow.bsky.social for putting out the word, Peader Browns pub for hosting!
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Joined Jack Edmunds-Bergin, Emma Rebekka Petersen, and Clark McAllister for a talk on workers' inquiry in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US in Dublin on Wednesday. Appreciate @catuireland.bsky.social and @notesfrombelow.bsky.social for putting out the word, Peader Browns pub for hosting!
Wonderful crowd last night in Edinburgh for a workshop on first-person narratives of work and workers' inquiry. Met fantastic trade unionists and new comrades. Thank you to the TUIC Hub for hosting and @jimslaven.bsky.social of the #JamesConnollySociety for their support organizing the event.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wonderful crowd last night in Edinburgh for a workshop on first-person narratives of work and workers' inquiry. Met fantastic trade unionists and new comrades. Thank you to the TUIC Hub for hosting and @jimslaven.bsky.social of the #JamesConnollySociety for their support organizing the event.
In London this evening? Don’t miss @jamie_woodcock talk about game worker organizing to be held at @maydayrooms.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In London this evening? Don’t miss @jamie_woodcock talk about game worker organizing to be held at @maydayrooms.
"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 US." Apprecaite @maydayrooms hosting my talk last night and the support of those who attended!
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"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 US." Apprecaite @maydayrooms hosting my talk last night and the support of those who attended!
Picked up this tome at the @maydayrooms release event for Ed Emery's new book out now on @pressagit. Not only was it an incredible evening of talks from @sethnotes.bsky.social and the author but the passages read we're really joyful and beautiful during these dark times. #workersinquiry
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Picked up this tome at the @maydayrooms release event for Ed Emery's new book out now on @pressagit. Not only was it an incredible evening of talks from @sethnotes.bsky.social and the author but the passages read we're really joyful and beautiful during these dark times. #workersinquiry
Check it out: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check it out: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...
When Marxist and author of The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, CLR James was asked to reflect on his own political development he reportedly said that “he didn’t really understand what it meant to be revolutionary until he went to Ireland.”
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
When Marxist and author of The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, CLR James was asked to reflect on his own political development he reportedly said that “he didn’t really understand what it meant to be revolutionary until he went to Ireland.”
Excited to offer our Workers’ Inquiry to Organize and Fight the Boss along with @OvetzRobert in San Fransciso on Sunday, December 7 as part of the Howard Zinn Book Fair. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Excited to offer our Workers’ Inquiry to Organize and Fight the Boss along with @OvetzRobert in San Fransciso on Sunday, December 7 as part of the Howard Zinn Book Fair. #WorkersInquiry #BookFair
Café, nonprofit, and public and private sector workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join @americanwork47.bsky.social and @OvetzRobert in the Bay Area in December.
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Café, nonprofit, and public and private sector workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join @americanwork47.bsky.social and @OvetzRobert in the Bay Area in December.
Tour 2025! Offering workshops and public talks on workers' inquiry, The American Worker pamphlet, CLR James, and the contemporary labor movement in the US this November to be held in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Belfast. Tell all your friends: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tour 2025! Offering workshops and public talks on workers' inquiry, The American Worker pamphlet, CLR James, and the contemporary labor movement in the US this November to be held in London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Belfast. Tell all your friends: www.readingstruggles.info/post/london-...
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. Quite pleased to be speaking about it at @maydayrooms in London on November 10th. Join us after HM!
October 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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. Quite pleased to be speaking about it at @maydayrooms in London on November 10th. Join us after HM!
Getting excited for this years @histmat.bsky.social conference in London and participating in the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream on Workers and Capital. #workersinquiry
October 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Getting excited for this years @histmat.bsky.social conference in London and participating in the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream on Workers and Capital. #workersinquiry
A month from today, I will be giving at talk in Dublin, Ireland titled "CLR James, Irish Question, and Black Liberation Struggle." A preview of a section from my forthcoming book "Reading Struggles." Can't wait and mroe details as it approaches. #CLRJames
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A month from today, I will be giving at talk in Dublin, Ireland titled "CLR James, Irish Question, and Black Liberation Struggle." A preview of a section from my forthcoming book "Reading Struggles." Can't wait and mroe details as it approaches. #CLRJames
Workers are on the move—refusing work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives and struggles. Join Clark McAllister (@notesfrombelow.bsky.social) & Kevin Van Meter (@americanwork47.bsky.social) in Belfast for a talk on #workersinquiry
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Workers are on the move—refusing work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives and struggles. Join Clark McAllister (@notesfrombelow.bsky.social) & Kevin Van Meter (@americanwork47.bsky.social) in Belfast for a talk on #workersinquiry
Immigrant workers, agricultural, cafe and grocery, digital platform, arts and culture, and education workers in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US have been sharing their lives and struggles through workers’ inquiries. Join us in Dublin as we examine these recent inquires!
October 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Immigrant workers, agricultural, cafe and grocery, digital platform, arts and culture, and education workers in Ireland, Germany, England, and the US have been sharing their lives and struggles through workers’ inquiries. Join us in Dublin as we examine these recent inquires!
Workers are on the move—fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives, and demanding workplace and real democracy. One of the tools to understand and amply these struggles is workers’ inquiry. Join me in Edinburgh in Nov
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Workers are on the move—fighting bosses and organizing unions, demanding control over housing, speaking about their working lives, and demanding workplace and real democracy. One of the tools to understand and amply these struggles is workers’ inquiry. Join me in Edinburgh in Nov
Immigrant Service, Cafe, Care and Nonprofit Workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join us at @histmat.bsky.social London, part of the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream!
October 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Immigrant Service, Cafe, Care and Nonprofit Workers are on the move—refusing current regimes of work, fighting bosses and organizing unions, speaking about their working lives and demanding workplace democracy. Join us at @histmat.bsky.social London, part of the @notesfrombelow.bsky.social stream!
New merch days are the best days when its supporting @amazonlabor. #UnionDrip Check it out: shop.amazonlaborunion.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
New merch days are the best days when its supporting @amazonlabor. #UnionDrip Check it out: shop.amazonlaborunion.org
Attending @histmat.bsky.social in London? Join @abolisheconomics.bsky.social, @americanwork47.bsky.social, @bbiunion.bsky.social, and others for our workshop "Workers’ Inquiry in the United States: Immigrant Service Workers, Café, Care, and Nonprofit Workers" hosted by @notesfrombelow.bsky.social!
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Attending @histmat.bsky.social in London? Join @abolisheconomics.bsky.social, @americanwork47.bsky.social, @bbiunion.bsky.social, and others for our workshop "Workers’ Inquiry in the United States: Immigrant Service Workers, Café, Care, and Nonprofit Workers" hosted by @notesfrombelow.bsky.social!
Checking out samples for The American Worker project. Prefer the typeface from the 1972 edition, which is an exact replica of the 1947 verison just in green rather than blue, than the standard lettering on a embroidered name tag.
September 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Checking out samples for The American Worker project. Prefer the typeface from the 1972 edition, which is an exact replica of the 1947 verison just in green rather than blue, than the standard lettering on a embroidered name tag.
New book days are the best days, especially when its the new issue of @notesfrombelow.bsky.social on worker organizing in arts and culture. #workersinquiry
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New book days are the best days, especially when its the new issue of @notesfrombelow.bsky.social on worker organizing in arts and culture. #workersinquiry
Do you like strikes and records? Join us on Wednesday as we celebrate the release of a new book Strike While the Needle is Hot on strike records from around the world w/ Kennedy Block, Josh MacPhee of @justseeds.bsky.social, Al Bradbury of @labornotes.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, and Kevin Van Meter
September 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Do you like strikes and records? Join us on Wednesday as we celebrate the release of a new book Strike While the Needle is Hot on strike records from around the world w/ Kennedy Block, Josh MacPhee of @justseeds.bsky.social, Al Bradbury of @labornotes.bsky.social, Robert Ovetz, and Kevin Van Meter
Join @commonnotions.bsky.social, authors, labor journalists, and educators at a special celebration of the books release for organizers as they explore how some of the biggest swings musicians, workers, and supporters have co-created cultures of resistance. Register: tinyurl.com/StrikeLaunch
August 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Join @commonnotions.bsky.social, authors, labor journalists, and educators at a special celebration of the books release for organizers as they explore how some of the biggest swings musicians, workers, and supporters have co-created cultures of resistance. Register: tinyurl.com/StrikeLaunch