America’s strike wave is a rare – and beautiful – sight to behold | Hamilton Nolan

Labor uprisings are not a spectator sport. They demand not just your attention, but your participation

You may be forgiven for having the strange feeling this week that America has suddenly been seized by a very retro kind of labor revolution. If you don't track these things closely, it may have snuck up on you. Better get your marching shoes. This party is just getting started.

In March, 800 nurses at St Vincent hospital in Massachusetts went on strike. In April, 1,100 coalminers in Alabama went on strike. (Both of those groups are still on strike) In July, Frito-Lay factory workers went on strike; they were followed in August by their union siblings at Nabisco factories, and, this month, by those who work at Kellogg's factories.

Hamilton Nolan is a labor reporter at In These Times