Labor Revolution

From one of the most electric and consequential figures to emerge from the contemporary American labor movement, the remarkable story of his battle to create the first Amazon union in the U.S. and a powerful call to arms on behalf of the working class “With candor and fierce moral clarity...

Ah, the tempest of technological transformation is upon us, not merely as a gentle breeze but as a veritable hurricane, threatening to upheave everything in its path! The AI Revolution, much like a celestial asteroid hurtling toward an unsuspecting planet, stands poised to strike the labor market with a force so cataclysmic that it promises to render the old ways of working as obsolete as the poor, doomed dinosaurs of yore. But fear not! For where there is disruption, there is also opportunity—a chance to evolve from the vulnerable majority of outdated roles into the thriving minority of ...

The Union of Nothing A Darkly Funny Lesbian Space Opera of Labor Strikes, Revolutions, and Bad Sex Scandals by Krysta M Jax Dart never asked to be a revolutionary—she just wanted to get paid. After a galactic lawsuit goes sideways and her scandalous affair with a union leader leaks across the stars, Jax becomes the accidental face of the galaxy’s biggest labor revolt. Overnight, she’s turned into a working-class icon, a corporate fugitive, and the subject of every late-night talkstream in five sectors. Now the miners are chanting her name, corporations are sending assassins, and the ...

An Enthralling Look at How Machines and Factories Changed Our World The Industrial Revolution marked one of the most dramatic shifts in human history. What began as a wave of invention turned into a complete transformation of how people lived, worked, and thought. This book unpacks that turning point with clarity and depth—making sense of both the breakthroughs and the costs. You'll explore: How millions were drawn from farms into factories, laying the foundation for explosive industrial growth. Why the steam engine became a force of global change, reshaping not just industries but daily ...

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of readers new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and...

A Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025 A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics. At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and inequality are raising fundamental questions about the economic system, Capitalism and Its...

Victorian Poverty Was Not Chaos. It Was Arithmetic. Beyond the myths of Jack the Ripper and Charles Dickens lies the brutal, mechanical reality of the London Underworld. You’ve read the novels. You’ve walked the gaslit streets in your imagination. But what did survival actually cost in the East End? How much did you pay for eight hours of sleep on a stretched rope? How many calories sustained a workhouse inmate? What did it mean to raise a family inside a single, airless room in a rookery? The stories are familiar. The numbers are not. In The Victorian Rookery: The Economic Reality of ...

From the cofounder of the Amazon Labor Union, a definitive how-to guide to workplace organizing told through a David vs. Goliath chronicle for the ages. This program is read by the author. On April 1, 2022, the Amazon warehouse known as JFK8, in Staten Island, notched an improbable victory when...

In 1669, a bankrupt alchemist boiled 1,500 gallons of human urine in a desperate quest for gold. He didn’t find the Philosopher’s Stone, but he discovered a substance that glowed in the dark: white phosphorus. In Phosphorus: The Light-Bearer That Ate Their Jaws, investigative writer Vera Lansing traces the forensic trail of a chemical that transformed from a mystical curiosity into a global industrial powerhouse—and a biological nightmare. Used to light every friction match on Earth, white phosphorus built empires while liquefying the jawbones of the girls who manufactured them. ...

A revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland’s most infamous disaster In 1845, European potato fields from Spain to Scandinavia were attacked by a novel pathogen. But it was only in Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom, that the...

A revelatory investigation into how America is failing its children, and an urgent manifesto on why helping them is the best way to improve all of our lives—from the New York Times bestselling author of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice “Compelling . . . an extremely sympathetic...

Bloomsbury presents Solidarity: The Work of Recognition by Dr. Rowan Williams, read by Niall Lucas. Celebrated thinker Rowan Williams explores the shared burdens and hopes that make solidarity possible. From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for...

A timely, in-depth, and vital exploration of the American labor movement and its critical place in our society and politics, from acclaimed labor reporter Hamilton Nolan. Inequality is America’s biggest problem. Unions are the single strongest tool that working people have to fix it. Organized...

Following Perdido Street Station and The Scar, acclaimed author China Miéville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut. With a fresh and fantastical band of characters, he carries us back to the decadent squalor of New Crobuzon—this time, decades later. It is a time of...

Étienne Lantier arrives in the mining town of Montsou unemployed and desperate. He finds work at Le Voreux mine, descending into hell: miners crawling through passages barely high enough to permit movement, working in suffocating heat, constantly threatened by cave-ins and explosions, earning wages insufficient to feed their families. Émile Zola published Germinal in 1885 after spending two weeks in the Anzin mining region, descending into pits, interviewing workers, documenting everything from extraction techniques to household budgets. He arrived during a 56-day strike involving over ...

Welcome to the most pivotal moment of our generation—a turning point that is reshaping your job, your career, and your child’s future. In AI Shock, bestselling author and AI strategist Elijah Low delivers a wake-up call and a survival guide for a world being rapidly rewritten by artificial intelligence. For decades, economic value was measured by job titles, college degrees, and accumulated knowledge. But AI is now replacing all three—faster than anyone expected. From law firms and classrooms to factories and hospitals, no industry is safe. And yet, this moment of disruption offers a ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder what work truly means—beyond the paycheck, the routine, and the burnout? Chains Through the Ages offers a sweeping yet concise exploration of the evolution of work—from tribal cooperation and ancient slavery to the digital demands of our hyperconnected age. This thought-provoking nonfiction journey invites readers to reflect on the deep historical, psychological, philosophical, and technological forces that shape our daily labor. Discover how industrial revolutions redefined human toil Understand how work-related stress reshaped modern health Dive into ...

From historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, America in 25 Revolutions follows America’s 250-year quest to fulfill the founders’ promise of a nation where all are created equal, introducing us to the ordinary champions who moved progress forward. When Thomas Jefferson penned...

Children as Infrastructure They weren’t just cared for. They were used to sustain the system. For much of human history, childhood was not protected. It was used. Factories ran because children worked inside them. Mines operated because children crawled through tunnels too small for adults. Textile mills relied on small hands to reach dangerous machinery. Farms depended on young laborers who worked from sunrise to sunset. In many ways, children were treated as infrastructure — an invisible workforce that powered entire economies. Today, these stories are rarely discussed. Modern ...

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