Jon Melrod

Jon Melrod is the author of “Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War.” At UW-Madison from 1968 to 1972, Melrod was an anti-war activist and supporter of the Black Panthers. After graduation, he spent the next 13 years in Milwaukee and Kenosha at factory jobs organizing his fellow workers. He rose through the ranks of the United Auto Workers union despite FBI surveillance and interference. He earned a law degree from Hasting College School of Law and opened a law firm representing political refugees. He is now retired and living in Sonoma County, California.

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