Writing labor's emancipation : the anarchist life and times of Jay Fox / Greg Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Greg, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fox, Jay, 1870-1961.

Fox, Jay.

Anarchists--United States--Biography.

Anarchists.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

Labor movement--United States--History.

Labor movement.

Anarchism--United States--History.

Anarchism.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Jay Fox (1870-1961) was a journalist, intellectual, and labor militant, whose influence rippled across the country. In Writing Labor's Emancipation, historian Greg Hall traces Fox's unorthodox life to shed light on the shifting dynamics in US labor radicalism from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Radicalized as a teenager after witnessing the Haymarket tragedy, Fox embarked on a lifetime of organizing for labor unions, helping build anarchist communities (including Home, Washington), and, perhaps most notably, working as a writer. Thanks to his accessible writing style, insightful working-class perspective, and sharp wit, he became a popular and influential voice, often in dialogue with fellow anarchists such as Emma Goldman and Lucy Parsons. Drawing on previously unused sources, Hall both explores Fox's life and shines a light on the utopians, revolutionaries, and union men and women with whom Fox associated and debated. Hall's research ultimately provides valuable knowledge of the lived experiences of working-class Americans and brings to light alternative visions for activism and social change"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Becoming an Anarchist

2. Writing Anarchy

3. Labor's Revolutionary Potential

4. The Agitator at Home

5. The Syndicalist in Chicago

6. Boring Within

7. An Anarcho-Syndicalist Adrift

8. A Communist at Home.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hall, Greg. Writing labor's emancipation

ISBN:

9780295750576

029575057X

9780295750583

0295750588

OCLC:

1286210002