Book Tours: An Evening with Chris Smalls

What can the history of the labor movement teach us about work, power, and collective change?

Join the Stowe Center for Literary Activism for a conversation with Chris Smalls about his new book, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class. The book offers a firsthand account of one of the most closely watched labor campaigns in recent history, exploring the challenges, strategies, and experiences that shaped the effort.

In conversation with Anita Durkin, Unit Chair of the Stowe Center’s union, Smalls will reflect on the history and evolution of labor organizing in the United States, the role of workers in shaping social and economic change, and the contemporary significance of these movements.

Through discussion of the book and the broader history it engages, this program invites audiences to consider how stories of labor, activism, and collective action continue to inform public conversations about work and democracy today.