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One that you might like is The Long Deep Grudge, A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class war in the American heartland by Tony Gilpin.

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John Sales says of the book,

a capitalist family dynasty, a radical union,

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Tony Gilpin's The Long Deep Grudge is a detailed chronicle of one of the most active battlefronts in our ever-evolving class war.

The Long Deep Grudge, a story of big capital, radical labor, and class war in the American heartland.

By Tony Gilpin. Out now from Haymarket Books.

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