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October 17, 2026

Today in 1859
John Brown and his followers, both Black and white, launched their epic and ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, to attack the horrific system of chattel slavery. While unsuccessful, Brown’s raid did more than almost anything else in the 1850s to highlight the differences between northern and southern labor systems and the moral bankruptcy of the latter.
~ Erik Loomis, labor historian

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What is Salting, the Organizing Tactic Spicing Up the Labor Movement?
Posted On: Dec 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2024 | ORGANIZING | The resurgence of the American labor movement is being led in no small part by a cohort of young, diverse, fired-up workers around the country. … Changing the world for the better has been the goal of many generations of workers; some pulled it off and some didn’t, but the most important thing for all of us is to keep trying. Salting is just one way out of many to go about it, but [Jay] Brisack [one of the most well-known salts in the modern labor movement], is a big fan: “Unions are at 6% density in the private sector, and yet there are millions of workers who would like to organize their workplace. Salts can help show their co-workers that a better life is possible and get things rolling in that direction.” Learn more here.
 
 
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