The Ghosts of Bisbee
Bisbee ‘17 is a documentary about an Arizona town facing its ghosts. In June 1917, when copper miners organized by the Industrial Workers of.
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Challenging Trump’s Border Policy in a Song: Alejandro Escovedo’s “Silver City”
I write this in the midst of the longest government shutdown in US history — 25 days and counting — idling 800,000 federal.
- by Daniel Graff
- January 29, 2019
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Working Class in American History Series: Perspective from Appalachia
Editor’s note: This is our 5th in the series on the celebration and reflections on the anniversary of the University of Illinois Press.
- by Jessica Wilkerson
- December 28, 2018
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Working Class in American History Series: A Perspective From the African-American Field
We continue our commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working Class in American History Series, which is celebrating.
- by Joe William Trotter
- December 23, 2018
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Writing History with Working People as Central Actors
The project was imbued with E. P Thompson’s vision of class as a historical relationship, and of course there was his iconic statement.
- by Julie Greene
- December 20, 2018
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The Global Working Class Fights Back
2018 has seen many working-class people around the world standing up for their rights and pushing back against injustice and inequality. Some of.
- by Sarah Attfield
- December 19, 2018
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40 Years of Working-Class History: The Series and the Field
Thanks to the organizers and to the Newberry. I always listen carefully to and learn from Nelson, but I think he and I.
- by James Barrett
- December 16, 2018
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The University of Illinois Working Class in American History Series at 40
In the next two weeks, we’ll be publishing a series of commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working.
- by Nelson Lichtenstein
- December 13, 2018
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Class Prejudice and the Democrats’ Blue Wave?
Two days after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post published an analysis under the headline “These wealthy neighborhoods delivered Democrats the House majority.” Jack Metzgar
- by Jack Metzgar
- November 30, 2018
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Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS
In recent weeks, President Trump has been warning of an “invasion” of a caravan of 3,000 Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, heading north.
- by Juan L. Belman Guerrero
- November 29, 2018