Workers, Strikes, and Pogroms

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Focusing on the Donbass-Dnepr Bend region, this reassessment of Russian labor history reveals a complex interplay between class struggle and violence. Charters Wynn highlights how the unskilled and semi-skilled workers, while participating in revolutionary activities, also engaged in pogromist violence against Jews and others. This contrasts with the traditional view centered on skilled workers in major cities. Wynn traces these dynamics to the harsh frontier culture of the region, illustrating a coexistence of radicalism and "low consciousness" within the working class.