Joseph Rathke

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<span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Joseph Rathke is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Chicago. He studies twentieth century US history with a focus on labor, radicalism, political economy, political repression, surveillance, and Chicago and the Midwest.</span>
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“Illinois Teachers and the Fight for Labor Rights”: Free Essay available

The essay related to this blog is offered free for the next three months.-Ed.What can be learned from the past struggles to win

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Jesse Chanin on Building Power, Breaking Power

Jesse Chanin’s book Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008, published earlier this year, tells the remarkable story of

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Max Fraser on his new book, Hillbilly Highway

Hillbilly Highway: The Transappalachian Migration and the Making of a White Working Class explores one of the most significant and under-examined migrations in

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