Lucy Parsons Archive releases Brazilian edition of The General Strike, by Ralph Chaplin
The Lucy Parsons Archive presents the Brazilian edition of The General Strike, by Ralph Chaplin, a classic of revolutionary unionism originally published in 1933.
Connected to the tradition of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the work discusses the general strike as a strategic tool for working-class organization at the point of production, addressing themes such as industrial unionism, direct action, class solidarity, and industrial democracy.
Translated and published in Fortaleza, this booklet edition seeks to contribute to the circulation of historical materials related to experiences of autonomous worker organization.
In-person launches
Fortaleza — Ceará
On May 8, the booklet was launched during the Literary and Artistic Fair organized by Revista Pindaíba, held at Praça Rosa da Fonseca / João Gentil, in the Benfica neighborhood of Fortaleza.
The Lucy Parsons Archive table was supported by militants from the Organização Popular Terra Liberta and the Sindicato Geral Autônomo da Educação do Ceará (SIGAE-CE), strengthening the local circulation of the work and dialogue between initiatives focused on memory, political education, and popular organization.
Rio de Janeiro — RJ
On May 9, the booklet was featured at the Feira Autônoma do Rio Popular Ameríndia (FARPA), organized at the Gilberto Domingos Occupation by the Movimento Unificado dos Camelôs (MUCA).
The table of the Associação dos Trabalhadores de Base do Rio de Janeiro (ATB-RJ) displayed and distributed the work alongside publications from publishers and groups such as Intermezzo, Ácrata, and the Instituto de Estudos Libertários (IEL), expanding the circulation of the edition within spaces of popular organization and grassroots unionism.
New chats!
The Lucy Parsons Archive also invites research groups, study spaces, struggle organizations, unions, collectives, and other interested initiatives to organize dialogues, debates, reading groups, and educational activities — in person or online — around the work, revolutionary unionism, and the memory of working-class struggles.
Photos from the launch can be found here. We encourage the republication of this email and the photos from our website by other outlets and initiatives sympathetic to the subject.
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