Kim Scipes

Kim Scipes, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Purdue University Northwest in Westville, IN.  His latest book, Unions, Race, and Popular Democracy:  Building a Progressive Labor Movement, will be published in August 2026 by Cornell University Press.  For a list of his over 300 publications, most linked to the original article, see his website.

The Idiocy of Trump’s War on Iran

Why is the US Left so Chickensh*t?

US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade

What’s Our Left Strategy Going Forward in the US?

It’s Time to Organize or Die

US Labor Today and the Way Forward

The United States in the World:  Making Sense of the Past Forty Years

The Human Costs of iPhones

Cuba’s Revolution in Health Care

The AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Program: Where Historians Now Stand

Fighting Racism in the US Marine Corps

The Battle Over History and Howard Zinn

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy! Observations from a Week in the Philippines

Where Do We Go From Here? How Do We Get There?

Gary’s Steel Academy: “Gary is Not a Dump, Our Education is More Important Than a Dump!”

The Epic Failure of Labor Leadership in the United States, 1980-2017 and Continuing

Black Subjugation in America

Strategic Thinking and Organizing Resistance

The Coalition of Chicago is Back!

The National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela

Deja Vu All Over Again