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A review by dreamgalaxies
Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly
4.0
3.5 stars
This felt like a corrective for many things I should've learned about American history in school but didn't. But it also feels like a starting point.
An important primer for people interested in getting more involved in the labor movement, but Kelly doesn't delve very deeply into the lives of those she profiles. This very much reads like book-length journalism, so as long as you go in expecting that you'll likely appreciate it. I liked how Kelly tied in the organizing struggles of sex workers, disabled people, and prisoners.
This felt like a corrective for many things I should've learned about American history in school but didn't. But it also feels like a starting point.
An important primer for people interested in getting more involved in the labor movement, but Kelly doesn't delve very deeply into the lives of those she profiles. This very much reads like book-length journalism, so as long as you go in expecting that you'll likely appreciate it. I liked how Kelly tied in the organizing struggles of sex workers, disabled people, and prisoners.