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- May 1, 2025
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Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 1, 2023
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Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s
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- Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University
- Chad Pearson, University of Texas
- Ian Rocksborough-Smith, University of Fraser Valley
- Randi Storch, SUNY-Cortland
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Film & video
The Moving Past: Seeing Labor History in Archival Films
- January 30, 2025
Sherwood: The Crimes of Thatcher’s War
- January 12, 2023
Rails, Jails and Trolleys
- November 28, 2022
Authors new book interviews
Alan Singer on his new book, Class-Conscious Coal Miners
- February 5, 2025
Jesse Chanin on Building Power, Breaking Power
- December 6, 2024
Paul Shackel on his new book, The Ruined Anthracite
- January 30, 2024
Book symposia
Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished
- August 14, 2020
Goldfield Roundtable: The Author Replies to Critics
- July 17, 2020
In Memoriam
Nancy Felice Gabin, 1954-2024
- July 5, 2024
Stephen Meyer (1942 – 2020)
- May 14, 2023
Jane LaTour (1946-2023)
- April 24, 2023
Staughton Lynd (1929-2022)
- November 19, 2022
LaborOnline features commentary on a host of issues, contemporary and historical. To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu).
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