Books and Publications by Kim Scipes | AFL-CIO Education International Project

Books by Kim Scipes

Building Global Labor Solidarity

Building Global Labor Solidarity: Lessons from the Philippines, South Africa, Northwestern Europe, and the United States (2021, 2022 paperback)

AFL-CIO's Secret Weapon against Developing Country Workers

AFL-CIO’s Secret War Against Developing Country Workers: Solidarity or Sabotage? (2010, 2011 paperback)

Building Global Labor Solidarity In a Time of Accelerating Globalization

Building Global Labor Solidarity in a Time of Accelerating Globalization (2016)

Articles by Kim Scipes

2025. “Review of Jeff Schuhrke’s No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine” at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/review-of-jeff-schuhrkes-no-neutrals-there-us-labor-zionism-and-the-struggle-for-palestine/. October 28.

2024. “Review Essay—Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade by Jeff Schuhrke.” Class, Race and Corporate Power, Vol. 12, Issue 2, Article 2, October 22. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/review-blue-collar-empire-the-untold-story-of-us-labors-global-anticommunist-crusade-by-jeff-schuhrke/.

2022. “Labor Activists Launch New Organization to Challenge AFL-CIO Foreign Policy.” Covert Action Magazine, June 3. On-line at https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/06/03/labor-activists-launch-new-organization-to-challenge-afl-cio-foreign-policy/.

2022. “‘As Workers Win Victories in Mexico, It’s Important to Remember Past Machinations Against Them’: A Review of El Golpe: US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico by Rob McKenzie (with Patrick Dunne). February 28. On-line at https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/02/28/as-workers-win-victories-in-mexico-its-important-to-remember-past-machinations-against-them/.

2020. “The AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Program: Where Historians Now Stand.” Class, Race, and Corporate Power. Vol. 8, No. 2, Article 5. On-line at https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/06/the-afl-cios-foreign-policy-program-where-historians-now-stand/,

2018. “American Labour’s Cold War Abroad: From Deep Freeze to Detente, 1945-1970 by Anthony Carew: A Review Essay.” Class, Race and Corporate Power, Vol. 6, No. 2, Article 8. On-line at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339159581_American_Labour%27s_Cold_War_Abroad_From_Deep_Freeze_to_Detente_1945-1970_by_Anthony_Carew_A_Review_Essay.

2016. “Labour Imperialism” in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-imperialism,edited by Immanuel Ness and Zak Cope. London: Palgrave Macmillan: 1294-1304. On-line at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339129986_Labour_Imperialism.

2012. “Globalization from Below: Labor Activists Challenging the AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Program.” Critical Sociology,Vol. 38, No. 2, March: 303-323. On-line at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254084376_Globalization_from_Below_Labor_Activists_Challenging_the_AFL-CIO_Foreign_Policy_Program.

2011. “Book Review: ‘In the Interest of Democracy’: The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence Agency by Quenby Olmsted Hughes.” Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, Vol. 14, No. 4, December: 634-638. On-line at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263115507_In_the_Interest_of_Democracy_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Early_Cold_War_Alliance_between_the_American_Federation_of_Labor_and_the_Central_Intelligence_Agency_-_By_Quenby_Olmsted_Hughes.

2010. “Why Labor Imperialism? AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Leaders and the Developing World.” Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society, Vol. 13, No. 4, December: 465-479. On-line at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263615708_Why_labor_imperialism_AFL-CIO’s_foreign_policy_leaders_and_the_developing_world.

2007. “The AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Program and the 2002 Coup in Venezuela: Was the AFL-CIO Involved?” Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, Vol. X: 133-147. On-line at https://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Labor/AFL_CIO_VenezCoup_2002.html.

2007. “Is Cosatu Playing with the Devil? Investigating the AFL-CIO and Its Solidarity Center.” South African Labour Bulletin,Vol. 30, No. 5: 15-18. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/is-cosatu-playing-with-the-devil-by-kim-scipes/.

2005. “Democracy Now!” “Unholy Alliance: The AFL-CIO and the National Endowment for Democracy in Venezuela.” July 26. A live TV interview with Kim Scipes and Fred Hirsch, beginning at 49:32. On-line at https://www.democracynow.org/2005/7/26/unholy_alliance_the_afl_cio_and,

2005. “Head of AFL-CIO International Affairs Department Refuses to be on Amy Goodman’s ‘Democracy Now!’ Program with Labor Activists Kim Scipes and Fred Hirsch.” Chicago Indymedia Center, July 26. On-line at https://chicago.indymedia.org/archive/newswire/display/60815/index.php.

2005. “Free Labor from the Empire: Breaking the NED-Solidarity Center Connection.” MR on Line,July 19. On-line at https://mronline.org/2005/07/19/free-labor-from-the-empire-breaking-the-ned-solidarity-center-connection/.

2005. “An Unholy Alliance: The AFL-CIO and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela.” ZNet,July 10. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-unholy-alliance-by-kim-scipes/.

2005. “Labor Imperialism Redux? The AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Since 1995.” Monthly Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, May: 23-36. (References are in on-line version only.) On-line at https://monthlyreview.org/articles/labor-imperialism-redux-the-afl-cios-foreign-policy-since-1995/.

2005. “Are AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Leaders Engaging in Dirty Tricks? Foreign Policy Efforts Being Challenged.” Z Net, June 23. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/are-afl-cio-foreign-policy-leaders-engaging-in-dirty-tricks-by-kim-scipes/.

2005. “AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Leaders Help Develop Bush’s Foreign Policy, Target Foreign Unions for Political Control.” Labor Notes, March. On-line https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/afl-cio-foreign-policy-leaders-help-develop-bushs-foreign-policy-by-kim-scipes/

2004. “California AFL-CIO Rebuke National Level Foreign Policy Leaders. ZNet, September 5. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/california-afl-cio-rebukes-labors-national-level-foreign-policy-leaders-by-kim-scipes/.

2004. “AFL-CIO in Venezuela: Déjà vu All Over Again.” Labor Notes,April: 5. On-line at https://labornotes.org/2004/04/afl-cio-venezuela-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-all-over-again.

2004. “AFL-CIO Refuses to ‘Clear the Air’ on Foreign Policy, Operations.” Labor Notes, February: 2. On-line at https://labornotes.org/node/957.

2003. “US Labor Against the War.” Z Net,October 28. On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-labor-against-the-war-by-kim-scipes/.

2003. “Labor’s Cold War’ von Tim Shorrock: Rezension von Kim Scipes.” [“Labor’s Cold War” by Tim Shorrock, The Nationof May 19, 2003: Reaction by Scipes.] [Posted in English on the LabourNet Germany web site on May 12.] On-line at https://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/scipes3.html,

2002. “AFL-CIO and Venezuela: Return of Labor Imperialism, or a Mistaken Reaction?” Z Magazine, May 2.l On-line at https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/afl-cio-and-venezuela-return-of-labor-imperialism-or-a-mistaken-reaction-by-kim-scipes/.

2000. “Building International Labor Solidarity One Central Labor Council at a Time.” Z Net Daily [e-mail] Commentary, Z Magazine,October 21. On-line in English at https://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/scipes1.html.

2000. “It’s Time to Come Clean: Open the AFL-CIO Archives on International Labor Operations.” Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, Summer: 4-25. On-line in English at https://archiv.labournet.de/diskussion/gewerkschaft/scipes2.html.