A Cold War at International Harvester
The Shachtmanites and the Farm Equipment Workers Union's Demise, 1946–1955
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10487543 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor G Devinatz (0000-0002-6236-4569, Illinois State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-207 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-8237 • E-ISSN: 1943-2801 |
| Publisher | Guilford Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1521/siso.2008.72.2.182 |
| OpenAlex | W2054268912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Workers Party (WP)/Independent Socialist League (ISL), whose members were known as the Shachtmanites, obtained control of United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 6 through the dominant Positive Action Caucus (PAC). The Shachtmanite-led PAC red-baited the United Farm Equipment and Metal Work-ers Union (FE), the first time in U. S. trade union history in which a Marxist organization of the ostensibly revolutionary left aided in the destruction of a Communist Party USA–led union. Using Local 6 as the base from which to attack the FE, whose membership was concentrated in the Chicago-area Harvester plants, the PAC demonized Local 6's CPUSA-led caucus, the Com-mittee to Build Local 6 (CBL6), by arguing that it was pro-CPUSA, pro-FE and anti-UAW. Once the PAC successfully painted the CBL6 as the adversary within the local possessing an ideology “foreign” to the UAW, it was easy to portray the FE as being the UAW's major enemy, which had to be destroyed at any cost
Adversary · Caucus · Communism · Demise · Economic history · Economics · Ideology · International trade · League · Political science · Politics · Trade union · American Political and Social Dynamics · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Law · Mathematics · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |