Michael Goldfield is a former labor and civil rights activist, Professor Emeritus of political science and a Research Fellow at the Fraser Center for Workplace Issues at Wayne State University. He has written numerous books and articles on labor, race, and the global economy, including The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States, The Color of Politics: Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics, and most recently,The Southern Key: Class, Race, and Radicalism in the 1930s and 1940s.
White Supremacy and Labor's Failure
Against the Current No. 211, March/April 2021
Black Liberation, Working-Class Unity, and the Popular Front: A Reply to Mel Rothenberg
Against the Current, No. 78, January/February 1999
A Reply to Nelson Lichtenstein: Assessing Union Leaderships
Against the Current, No. 70, September/October 1997
On Walter Reuther: Legends and Lessons
Against the Current, No. 67, March/April 1997