By Dylan Barrow (@vrydisgruntled)
Racial Justice and Labor Movements
The battle for Racial justice and fair labor practices have been front and center in the South for centuries. What you may not know is that leftist organizations have played a big part in that fight.
- The Lost History of Southern Communism – The Nation
- Stunning that Amazon’s groundbreaking union vote is in Alabama – Alabama.com
- Democratic socialism takes off in Southern metros – Facing South
- “We Were Called Comrades Without Condescension or Patronage” – Jacobin Magazine
Climate Change and The South
The South is the region with the most to lose due to climate change. The links below show how failures and successes in land conservation in the South have affected their areas plus how the South is adapting to the new challenges brought on by climate change
- Orange is the new Peach – The Bitter Southerner
- How Georgia Protected it’s Salt Marsh – WABE (NPR)
- Georgia Has a Coast? – The Bitter Southerner
- Keeping Louisiana – Defend New Orleans (DNO)
- The American South Will Bear the Worst of Climate Change’s Costs – The Atlantic
Secret Leftist History of the South
Did you know that some of the South’s most famous leaders and thinkers were also Leftys?
- The People of Freetown -Popula
- Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer: her unstoppable war against Jim Crow – Freedom Socialist Party
- The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr. – In These Times
- The politics of Helen Keller – International Socialist Review
Reading List
- The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South – by John T. Edge
- The Taste of Country Cooking – by Edna Lewis
- Every Man A King: The Autobiography Of Huey P. Long – by Huey P. Long
- Hammer and Hoe Alabama Communists During the Great Depression – by Robin D. G. Kelley
- Red, Black, White: The Alabama Communist Party, 1930-1950 – by Mary Stanton
Podcast List
- Dixieland of the Proletariat: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Libsyn | Twitter | Facebook | Patreon
- Trillbilly Worker’s Party: Apple Podcast | Spotify | Soundcloud | Twitter | Patreon
- The Valley Labor Report: Youtube | Spotify | Twitter | Facebook
Listening List
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – “Reunions”
- Belle Adair – “Tuscumbia”
- The Secret Sisters – “You Don’t Own Me Anymore”
- Cedric Burnside – “Benton County Relic”
+ Dylan Barrow is a photographer from Northern Alabama, currently living in Savannah, Georgia. He specializes in capturing the landscapes and architecture of the American South. He has been featured in several Southern focused publications such as Southern Glossary Magazine, Wonder South Journal, and Okra Magazine. Most recently he participated in the High Tide, Low Country exhibit featured at Photopoint Gallery in Richmond Hill, Georgia. He can currently be found capturing the ebbs and flows of the Low Country region of Coastal Georgia and South Carolina.