Direct Action Gets the Goods

A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada

By Graphic History Collective  

For the union makes us strong!

Coming January 2019

1919

A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike

By Graphic History Collective and David Lester  

The six week strike that changed Canada forever

Coming January 2019

What’s Yours is Mine

Against the Sharing Economy, 2nd Edition

By Tom Slee  

The friendly language of sharing, trust, and community masks a darker reality

Published January 2018

Shopping for Change

Consumer Activism and the Possibilities of Purchasing Power

Edited by Louis Hyman and Joseph Tohill  

Shopping lines and picket signs—pocketbook politics from boycotts to buycotts

Published February 2017

Fired Up about Capitalism

By Tom Malleson  

Shatters the myth that there is no alternative to free-market capitalism

Published November 2016

Showdown!

Making Modern Unions

By Rob Kristofferson and Simon Orpana  Foreword by Paul Buhle  

Which side are you on? A graphic history of organizing

Published September 2016

Drawn to Change

Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle

By Graphic History Collective  With Paul Buhle  

Picture this, working class history!

• Wilson Book Prize, The Wilson Institute for Canadian History, 2017 (Winner)
• Public History Prize, Canadian Historical Association, 2017 (Winner)

Published March 2016

Ginger Goodwin

A Worker’s Friend

By Laura Ellyn  

The life and death of a legendary labour activist

Published January 2016

Joe Hill

The IWW & the Making of a Revolutionary Workingclass Counterculture

By Franklin Rosemont  

The life and work of the famous Wobbly bard

Published November 2015

Lunch-Bucket Lives

Remaking the Workers’ City

By Craig Heron  

A fascinating look at working-class life in early twentieth-century Canada

• Clio Ontario Prize, 2016 (Winner)
• Fred Landon Award, 2016 (Winner)
• International Labor History Association, Book of the Year, 2015 (Winner)
• CAWLS Book Prize for the best book in work and labour studies, 2016 (Winner)
• Speakers Book Award, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 2015 (Short-listed)
• Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, 2016 (Short-listed)

Published June 2015