WWII Sparked Anti-Fascist Ideas Among War Workers. What Lessons Can We Learn? 

by Derek Seidman | Nov 11, 2026 | antifascism, Civil Rights Movement, Interview, labor history, Strikes, US history, US Military, Veterans, World War 2

World War II was a period of enormous mobilization in U.S. society that brought together tens of millions of “war workers” — soldiers and laborers in war-essential industries, spanning the globe. While mainstream mythologies persist of the World War II years as a period of “consensus,” Black Americans fought in a Jim Crow military while Japanese Americans were interned by the U.S. government.
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