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The Long Deep Grudge will complement Haymarket's other books on the history of labor and radicalism in the United States, as well as those - like Kim Moody's On New Terrain and Steve Early's The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor- that address the current state of the labor movement. Until now the left-wing Farm Equipment Workers has received little historical attention and this book incorporates a variety of sources, including oral histories, corporate records, and FBI and military intelligence files, many of which have not been utilized in any previously published works. In addition, through its sustained focus on both workers and business executives, The Long Deep Grudge provides an unusual, up-close-and-personal look at how both labor and management are affected by ongoing class conflict. It is simultaneously a labor history and a history of capital, with a broad reach from the early 19th century up to the present. The Long Deep Grudge constitutes a valuable serious contribution to academic discussion but - unlike many scholarly works - also serves as an engrossing read for general audiences.

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In this highly resonant study of the Farm Equipment Workers, Toni Gilpin reminds 21st century labor partisans of how a militant, democratic and multicultural union won power and improved the lives of thousands-and why corporate and political elites came to fear the example it set for the rest of the working-class. We need a revival of industrial unionism in the Midwest and elsewhere. Her book helps tell us how to do it. -Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy and history professor, UC Santa Barbara

In this highly resonant study of the farm equipment workers, Toni Gilpin reminds 21st century labor partisans of how a militant, democratic and multicultural union won power and improved the lives of thousands-and why corporate and political elites came to fear the example it set for the rest of the working-class. We need a revival of industrial unionism in the Midwest and elsewhere. Her book helps tell us how to do it. -Nelson Lichtenstein, director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy and history professor, UC Santa Barbara

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Toni Gilpin is a labor historian, activist and writer. She is a co-author of On Strike for Respect: The Clerical and Technical Workers' Strike at Yale University, and is the recipient of the 2018 Debra Bernhardt Award for Labor Journalism.

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