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The St. Louis Commune of 1877 - Communism in the Heartland (Paperback)
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The St. Louis Commune of 1877 - Communism in the Heartland (Paperback)
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Following the Civil War, large corporations emerged in the United
States and became intent on maximizing their power and profits at
all costs. Political corruption permeated American society as those
corporate entities grew and spread across the country, leaving
bribery and exploitation in their wake. This alliance between
corporate America and the political class came to a screeching halt
during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, when the U.S. workers in
the railroad, mining, canal, and manufacturing industries called a
general strike against monopoly capitalism and brought the country
to an economic standstill. In The St. Louis Commune of 1877 Mark
Kruger tells the riveting story of how workers assumed political
control in St. Louis, Missouri. Kruger examines the roots of the
St. Louis Commune-focusing on the 1848 German revolution, the Paris
Commune, and the First International. Not only was 1877 the first
instance of a general strike in U.S. history; it was also the first
time workers took control of a major American city and the first
time a city was ruled by a communist party.
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