Strike! Working Class Struggle in Little Falls, NY w/ James Cheney - The Green and Red Podcast (July 8, 2026)
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: J.N. CHENEY - The Spilled Ink and Coffee Show (June 25, 2026)
Dance Party, Clowns, Trans Rights, & a Historic Labor Struggle - The Hot Seat: Media Monday with Ron Klopfanstein (March 25, 2026)
"New Book on Little Falls Textile Strike Published," The Daily Post (Little Falls, New York)
"Area Historian Writes Book About Valley Strike," The West Winfield Star (West Winfield, New York)
"Little Falls Textile Strike of 1912-1913 is Topic of New Book," The Daily Sentinel (Rome, New York)
"New Book Looks at New York Little Falls Textile Strike of 1912-1913," The Left Chapter
"The Little Falls Textile Strike: New Scholarship Brings a New Book," New York Almanack
2025 Labor History Bibliography, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
"Herkimer Alum Publishes History of Little Falls Textile Strike," The General (Herkimer College Student Newspaper)
"Video, Museum, and Book Reviews," New Jersey Council for Social Studies Journal
Review by Steven Davis for the New York Labor History Association
Women, Immigrants, and the Working-Class Battle in Little Falls, New York: The Textile Strike of 1912-1913. Algora Publishing (New York, NY), 2025.
Available at:
Herkimer County Historical Society
Praise for the book:
"I loved the book - and honestly I don't get to read too many books anymore so it's a small miracle and testament to his work that I even finished it." - John Warren, founder and editor of New York Almanack
"Commemorating and Learning From the Little Falls Textile Strike" - Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica, Utica, NY. September 6, 2026
"The Little Falls Textile Strike and the Hidden Radical Kernels of the Mohawk Valley" - The Other Side, Utica, NY. August 12, 2026
"Threads of Solidarity: A Case Study of Intersectional Feminist Resistance"/"Threads of Solidarity: The Little Falls Textile Strike and Its Significance" - Variants of this talk have been given at:
"Story Hour For Grown-Ups" - Athenix Books & Brews, Little Falls, NY. March 19, 2026. This event featured a signing and reading from my book on the Little Falls Textile Strike
"The Redco Foods Strike of 2007-2008 and the Radical Legacy of Little Falls" - Herkimer County Historical Society, Herkimer, NY. August 9, 2025
"The Waterville School District's Watershed Moment: An Examination of the 1974 Strike" - Waterville Historical Society, Waterville, NY. April 26, 2025
"Utica's Significance in the 1936 Split of the Socialist Party of America" - History Project Symposium, Utica University, Utica, NY. April 12, 2025
“Small Town Radicals: A Look at the Student Walkout of 1934” - Greater Winfield Historical Society, West Winfield, NY. November 18, 2024
"This Day in History - Oct. 9, 1912: The Little Falls Textile Strike Begins" - Zinn Education Project, 8/25/2026.
"Strike In Deansboro Over Conditions" - The Waterville Times, 8/18/2026. Online preview, published in print 8/19/2026.
"The Forgotten Fight in Little Falls, New York" - LaborOnline, 7/29/2026.
"Looking Back: Citizens Stop Flooding" - The West Winfield Star, 5/12/2026. Online preview, published in print 5/13/2026.
"7 Cents an Hour: The 1950 Utica Bus Strike" - New York Almanack, 4/14/2026.
"Socialists Can Learn from Radical Local History" - Democratic Left, 3/13/2026.
"Looking Back: Conflict" (Stop The Bus! The Bus Drivers Dispute of 1980) - The West Winfield Star, 3/11/2026.
"The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire & The Little Falls Textile Strike" - New York Almanack, 2/23/2026.
"From Wobbly to Fascist: The Political Tragedy of Filippo Bocchini" - Cosmonaut, 2/11/2026.
"Immigration and Labor in Little Falls, New York" - New York Almanack, 2/11/2026. This is a short excerpt from my first book on the Little Falls Textile Strike.
"The Story of the Bertelle Manufacturing Company Strike of 1950" - New York History Review, 10/23/2025.
"The Little Falls Textile Strike" - New York Archives Magazine, Fall 2025, Volume 25, No. 2, 18-23.
"The Municipal Socialism of a Local New York State Mayor" - The Bias/Institute for Christian Socialism, 10/6/2025.
"Looking Back: Mount Markham Teachers" - The West Winfield Star, 9/24/2025.
"A History of Radical Voices at Utica University" - The Tangerine, 9/18/2025.
"Looking Back: To 1911" (Not So Plush Work: The Clark Mills Weavers Strike of 1911) - The Waterville Times, 7/16/2025.
"First of the City and Last of the State: Benjamin Nichols and Ithaca's Flirtations with Socialism" - Cosmonaut, 6/18/2025.
"Uprising in Richfield Springs" - The West Winfield Star, 4/29/25. Online preview, released in print on 4/30/25.
"Standing Up by Sitting Down: The 1906 Sit-Down Strike in Schenectady, New York" - Z Network, 4/16/2025.
"Looking Back: Strike of 1974" - The Waterville Times, 4/8/2025. Online preview, released in print on 4/9/2025.
"Civil Workers, Uncivil Problem: The 1934 Civil Works Administration Strike in Utica, New York" - Dissident Voice, 3/7/2025.
"The 1971 Frankfort-Schuyler Teachers Strike and the Unique Paradigm Against Public Employees" - Cosmonaut, 2/12/2025.
"Looking Back: Electric Hike Sparks Protest" - The West Winfield Star, 1/28/2025. Online preview, released in print on 1/29/2025.
"Looking Back" (The 1990 Teachers Dispute in Waterville, New York) - The Waterville Times, 11/25/2024.
"Stop the Presses, Start Fighting!: The 1967 Newspaper Strike inUtica, New York" - Cosmonaut, 11/15/2024.
"A Short Burst of Electricity: The Brief General Electric Strike of 1913 in Schenectady, New York" - The Journal of American Socialist Studies, Issue 3 (2023/2024), October 16, 2024.
"Richfield Springs Had Dispute in 1975" - The West Winfield Star, 8/27/2024. Online preview, released in print on 8/28/2024.
"How the Mohawk Valley Popularized A Brutal Method of Strikebreaking" - Dissident Voice, 8/6/2024.
"Review: Bill Buell – George Lunn: The 1912 Socialist Victory in Schenectady (2019)" - Midwestern Marx, 7/19/2024.
"Strike In Mt. Markham" - The West Winfield Star, 7/9/2024. Online preview, released in print on 7/10/2024.
"The Battle of the Trees" - The West Winfield Star, 5/7/2024. Online preview, released in print on 5/8/2024. Two part article, only part one received an online preview.
"Review: Angela Harris – Strike Story: A Dramatic Retelling of the Little Falls Textile Strike of 1912 (2013)" - Midwestern Marx, 4/29/2024.
"Student Protest in 1934"; The West Winfield Star, 4/2/2024. Online preview, released in print on 4/3/2024. Reprint of Dissident Voice article.
"Student Solidarity: The 1934 One Day Walkout of West Winfield,New York" - Dissident Voice, 1/27/2024.
"A Special Strike: The 2019 Special Metals Strike in New Hartford, New York" - Dissident Voice, 1/24/2024.
"Remington 2020: Capitalism's Greatest Failure in the Mohawk Valley" - Midwestern Marx, 11/3/2023.
