posts and bio Tom Alter

Tom Alter is an assistant professor of history at Texas State University where he specializes in working class and Texas history. He is the author of Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas.

The Role of Independent Working-class Political Action

by Tom Alter on September 26, 2022

This is the fourth and final contribution to our symposium on Tom Alter’s new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas, published recently by University of Illinois Press. We started with Kyle Wilkison’s analysis of the book’s contribution and survey of previous literature.

Report on Lansing: anti-RTW Protest 12-11-12

by Tom Alter on December 13, 2012

On December 11 around 13,000 trade unionists and their allies gathered outside the capitol building in Lansing, Michigan to protest anti-union “right-to-work” legislation. In spite of the anger and militancy of the protest the legislation was passed and signed into law that day making Michigan the twenty-fourth “right-to-work” state.

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posts and bio Tom Alter

The Role of Independent Working-class Political Action

Report on Lansing: anti-RTW Protest 12-11-12