Deconstructing Settler Socialism

“Deconstructing Settler Socialism: The Internationals and Anarchism in the Wild West” compiles original research on the early days of anarchism, communism, etc. This zine is geographically situated in the violent settler-colonial context of the 19th century “Wild West.” Some of the earliest North American sections of the First International in 1860s San Francisco feature alongside early miners unions in the Rockies and Indigenous hop-picker strikes on the Salish Sea. Exploring trans-regional connections makes clear the relevance and interconnection of events in this region to better-known histories such as the 1873 split of the International and the 1886 Haymarket uprising.