About
The Movement of Labor
The Movement of Labor is a simultaneous analysis of three topics:
Workers’ movements to change their conditions;
Mass migrations of workers;
Struggles for civil rights and democracy.
I hope weaving these histories together can illuminate some of the broader patterns that shape our present conditions, and thereby fuel our struggles to win a better world.
Author Note
My name is Roger Ezra Butterfield. I’m a self-taught independent researcher and social historian specializing in labor, migration, and civil rights history. I write about labor unions, my home state of Florida, farmworkers, and other matters.
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We are caught in history and it is caught within us.