“David Struthers’s fresh and fascinating look at Los Angeles radicalism shows us long-forgotten facets of city history. Dedicated anarchist activists, an alphabet soup of radical organizations, an interracial rank-and-file—all had a profound impact on Los Angeles’s transformation into a modern city. Struthers’s mix of research and fluid storytelling takes us back to an era of soaring hopes and racial togetherness that, for a time, sustained a grand vision of a Los Angeles that might have been.”
Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
Praise for Spreading Rebellion:
“Spreading Rebellion is a major contribution to Atlantic history, labor history, and the vibrant new area of study called ‘maritime radicalism.’ Three cheers for Bieito Alonso and David M. Struthers, who reveal the power and agency of Spanish maritime workers in exciting and original ways.” —Marcus Rediker, coauthor of The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
“This wonderful book excavates forgotten and hidden histories of Spanish migrants employed in maritime jobs in the Americas. The book tells the stories of anarchist seafarers organising general strikes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, struggles against reformist unions in Cuba, Spanish communities of mobilization in New York’s multiple ports, and much more beyond. The book brims with richly drawn historic characters, workers whose lives we seldom we hear about, and with the accounts of their resistance across the Americas.” —Laleh Khalili, author of Corporeal Life of Seafaring
Winner of the 2019 Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship in Transnational American Studies by American Studies Association
Cover interview in Rorotoko
Download a chapter excerpt in the Journal of Transnational American Studies here.
Praise for Wobblies of the World:
“As a second-generation member of the IWW, I am delighted to this outstanding collection on the Wobblies, their achievements, and their substantial impact despite severe repression.” – Noam Chomsky
“Splendid… a vitally important book.” – Paul Buhle, author of Wobblies! A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World
“Finally! A book about the IWW that takes seriously their global self-description. This book is a landmark in the history of the planetary proletariat.” – Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship: A Human History and The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
French edition: Hors d’atteinte Press (France)
French edition: Les Éditions de la rue Dorionin (Canada)
Spanish edition: Confederación Sindical Solidaridad Obrera. Traducción y edición digital: C. Carretero.
Full List of Academic Publications: Google Scholar
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