Death in the Haymarket

The Devil is Here in These Hills

West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom

James R. Green

Describes the labor struggle of 50,000 West Virginia coal miners, whose fight for unionization and civil rights in the late 1800s led to violent skirmishes and open armed conflict. Illustrations. Map(s).

Taking History to Heart

The Power of the Past in Building Social Movements

James R. Green

Blending autobiography and history, James Green reflects on 30 years as an activist, educator and historian. He recounts how he became immersed in political process and in recovering and preserving the history of progressive social movements, demonstrating how the two are linked.

Devil is Here in These Hills

James Green

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Grass-Roots Socialism

Radical Movements in the Southwest, 1895–1943

James R. Green

Grass-Roots Socialism answers two of the most intriguing questions in the history of American radicalism: why was the Socialist party stronger in Oklahoma than in any other state, and how was the party able to build powerful organizations in nearby rural southwestern areas? Many of the same grievances that had created a strong Populist movement in the region provided the Socialists with potent political issues—the railroad monopoly, the crop lien system, and political corruption. With these widely felt grievances to build on, the Socialists led the class-conscious farmers and workers to a radicalism that was far in advance of that advocated by the earlier People’s party. Examined in this broadly based study of the movement are popular leaders like Oklahoma’s Oscar Ameringer (“The Mark Twain of American Socialism”), “Red Tom” Hickey of Texas, and Kate Richards O’Hare, who was second only to Eugene Debs as a Socialist orator. Included also is information on the party’s propaganda techniques, especially those used in the lively newspapers which claimed fifty thousand subscribers in the Southwest by 1913, and on the attractive summer camp meetings which drew thousands of poor white tenant farmers to week-long agitation and education sessions.

The World of the Worker

Labor in Twentieth-century America

James R. Green

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Commonwealth of Toil

Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions

Tom Juravich, William F. Hartford, James R. Green

This book tells their story. In eighteen chapters, beginning with the first industrial workers in the nation - the Lowell "mill girls" - the authors describe the struggles of working men and women to improve their lives. In the process, the book provides a valuable perspective on the development of the American labor movement.