The Dig: Labor Histories w/ Nelson Lichtenstein
Jacobin Radio
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Walter Ruth, a Figure Undoubtedly Flirted With Communism
Walter Luther is a touchstone for everyone on the left. He was clearly trying to construct a corporatist governance of American industry, he says. But again, there are many pitfalls in that because it makes you a collaborationist with companies and the state. Ruth created this machine that's now being challenged by current debates inside the UAW.
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