Series II: Writings
Scope and Content Note
Contains drafts and copies Fitch's writings, which were published in periodicals and journals including The Village Voice, The Baffler, Newsday and The Nation. For many of his published articles, multiple versions are present, many with annotatations and proposed revisions by Jane LaTour and Martin Fishgold. Multiple drafts of Fitch's 2006 book Solidarity for Sale, including early versions under the title of Sellout!, are included in this series.
About the Author, undated
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Anatomy of a Mob Run Union, undated
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The Asian Bear Arrives in the U.S., Aug 1998, inclusive
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The Assassination of New York: Reviews, 1993, inclusive
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Bad Faith and the Common Good, Nov 2006, inclusive
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Beyond "Charlie Brown", Feb 2010, inclusive
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The Big Fix, Sep 1999, inclusive
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Big Labor's Big Secret, Dec 2005, inclusive
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Black Jobs, White Theories, undated
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Card Check: Labor's Charlie Brown Moment?, 2010, inclusive
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The Carpenter's Greatest Hits, undated
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The Carpenter's Greatest Hits: Jane Latour Edits, undated
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The Case of the Disappearing Work, Dec 1996, inclusive
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Circling La Guardia, Nov 1989, inclusive
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The Coming Breakup of New York, Apr 1994, inclusive
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Crash, 1997, inclusive
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Dancing with Wolves: Social Movements or Social Control?, undated
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DC37 Crashes, Nov 1998, inclusive
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DC37 Epilog, undated
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Dead Men Leading, Apr 1996, inclusive
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Division of Labor, Dec 1996, inclusive
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Downsizing Fills Up, undated
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The Dutch Masters, 1995, inclusive
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Economic Suicide, Nov 1993, inclusive
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The Empire Strikes Back, 1998, inclusive
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Explaining New York City's Aberrant Economy, 1994, inclusive
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The Fashion Fascists, undated
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The Fat Cats of Labor, Oct 1995, inclusive
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Fighting Back, Jan 2000, inclusive
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Flubber, Dec 1997, inclusive
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Foundations and the Charter, Dec 1989, inclusive
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Foundations and the Charter: Responses, Feb 1990, inclusive
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From Jobs to Hugs, 1993, inclusive
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A Global Crisis Made in the U.S.A., Nov 1997, inclusive
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Greedy Gus, Jan 1996, inclusive
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H. Ross Perot: America's First Welfare Billionaire, Nov 1971, inclusive
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Hard Hat News, 1997-1999, inclusive
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The Haunting of Hill House, undated
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Have You Seen the Mother Jones Makeover?, undated
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Heartbreak Highway, undated
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How DC37 Caught Vote Fraud Fever, undated
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How Perot Made a Quarter Billion Dollars by Running for President, 1993, inclusive
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How Stanley Got His Hammer, undated
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How to Fix DC37, 1999, undated, inclusive
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Imperialism: The Coming Period, undated
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In Bologna, Small is Beautiful, May 1996, inclusive
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In Defense of Washington and Wall Street, 2009, inclusive
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It Wasn't Management That Killed Labor, undated
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Just What the City Doesn't Need, Oct 2001, inclusive
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Labor Pain, Nov 1996, inclusive
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The Laborers, undated
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The Labor's Two Worlds, Nov 1995, inclusive
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Local 138: A Case Study in the Roach Motel Effect, undated
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Local 138: The Revolution Betrayed, 2001, inclusive
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Lombardo's Legacy, undated
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Look Behind the Union Label, undated
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Looting Labor's Capital, undated
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The Man Who Destroyed Honcho Heaven, undated
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Mayor, The Sequel, Jul 1990, inclusive
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Miscellaneous drafts, 2004, inclusive
E-records: 1 (Material Type: electronic records)
Extent
727 kilobytes (8 computer files)
Scope and Content Note
Interview with Fitch, notes and drafts of Learning to Labor on High Steel, Philadelphia '69, Did the Democrats Do-In Ron Carey, Unite's Garment Gulag, What's Wrong With Corruption?
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A More Perfect Union?, Jul 2005, inclusive
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Mr. Wallerstein's Planet, 1997, inclusive
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Nelson Rockefeller: An Anti-Obituary, Jul 1979, inclusive
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The New Poor Laws, Jan 1995, inclusive
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The New Worker Atop, Feb 1993, inclusive
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New York Budget War, May 1995, inclusive
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New York City: What a Friend We Have in David, Apr 1991, inclusive
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New York Forum Column, 1988-1991, inclusive
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New York's Real Transit Crisis, Jan 2006, inclusive
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Nixon: With a Little Help For His Friends, Mar 1970, inclusive
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Of Urban Bondage, Apr 1991, inclusive
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Office Buildings - As Obsolete as Walk Ups, Nov 1993, inclusive
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OPEC: The Big Cartel That Couldn't, undated
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Our Cash Crop: Office Towers, Jun 1988, inclusive
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Our Labor Leaders Need French Lessons, 1996, inclusive
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The Political Economy of New York City, undated
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Prisoners of Money, 1987, inclusive
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The Producers, undated
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Prolog to Reform, undated
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Remembering Jerry Rubin, Apr 1995, inclusive
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Rent Control Reform, undated
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The Return of the Shadow, 2009, inclusive
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Revolution in the Teamsters, 1993, inclusive
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Raod to Rudy, Nov 1993, inclusive
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SEIU: From Mobsters to Managers, undated
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Sellout! How Corruption Beat Reform in the Battle to Revive America's Unions, 1998, undated, inclusive
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Sellout! How Corruption Beat Reform in the Battle to Revive America's Unions, undated
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Sewing Suspicion, Apr 1998, inclusive
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Sleeping With the Enemy, Nov 1997, inclusive
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Solidarity for Sale
Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 1, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 2, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 3, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 4-6, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 8, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 8, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 8, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 9, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 10, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 11, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Chapter 13, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Conclusion, undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Drafts (complete), undated
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Solidarity for Sale: Public Affairs (publisher), 1999-2006, inclusive
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Solidarity for Sale: Reviews, 2006, inclusive
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Stardust Memories, undated
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State/Local Fiscal Crises, Oct 1990, inclusive
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Sweeney: American Needs a Raise`, Nov 1996, inclusive
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Sweeney Among the Warlords, 1997, inclusive
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Talk Show Proposal, Mar 1998, inclusive
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The Two Labor Demos, Jul 1998, inclusive
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The Two Souls of Rudolph Giuliani, undated
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Uncreative Destruction, undated
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Underexposure, Oct 2000, inclusive
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Union For Sale, Sep 1998, inclusive
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The Union From Hell, Jan 1998, inclusive
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The Union From Hell: Responses, May 1998, inclusive
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Union Jacked, Aug 1999, inclusive
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The Union Makes Us Strong?, 2000, inclusive
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Union Reformation, Apr 2000, inclusive
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Unkindest Cuts, Feb 1995, inclusive
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Urban Origins of the Great Repression, undated
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Vetting God's Politics, Nov 2006, inclusive
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What's Left to Write?, May 1989, inclusive
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Who Rules the Corporations?, undated
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White House, DNC and Clinton-Gore Campaign Fundraising Efforts, undated
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Who Is Ross Perot?, Jun 1992, inclusive
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Who's Who on the Far Left?, Nov 1996, inclusive
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Why American Workers Need Constitutional Protection, May 2008, inclusive
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Why Johnny Can't Organize, undated
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