Author: Bryan Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer is the author of James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-1938 (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021), Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 (Chicago: Haymarket, 2014), co-author of Toronto’s Poor: A Rebellious History (Between The Lines, 2016), and a past editor of the journal, Labour/Le Travail. His most recent book is Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins, 1500-1890 (James Lorimer, 2024). He is Professor Emeritus, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.

Joan Sangster, Bryan Palmer and Gaetan Heroux – Class Struggles, TO – Women and the Poor in the City’s History

A panel of activists and historians on the struggles of women and the poor in the city’s history. Watch video »

Poverty, Social Movements • June 26, 2016 • Joan Sangster, Bryan Palmer and Gaetan Heroux
Dining Out in Dinkytown

Remembering the Minneapolis Truckers’ Strikes of 1934 If you are in Minneapolis, after a hard day’s night, the place to go for a morning pick-me-up is Al’s Breakfast. Or so I … Keep reading »

Labour, Social Movements • November 19, 2014 • Bryan Palmer
Launching the Socialist Register 2014: Registering Class

The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of ‘registering class’ in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s … Watch video »

Theory • December 8, 2013 • Leo Panitch, Bryan Palmer, Judy Hellman, John S. Saul, Stephanie Ross and Greg Albo
Capitalism and Confrontation

Ottawa — 19 March 2010. Keynote address by Bryan Palmer, Trent University. Recorded at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Critical Social Research Collaborative (CSRC).

Social Movements • November 21, 2010 • Bryan Palmer
Working Class Fightback: Lessons of the Last Great Depression

Toronto, January 25, 2009 – A 10 Minute Production Bryan Palmer, Labour Historian and AuthorCanada Research Chair in Canadian Studies at Trent University. The financial crisis has certainly brought on … Watch video »

Labour • January 29, 2009 • Bryan Palmer