Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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Rosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among others. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Articles

Peter Rachleff, “Struggle against racist sports nicknames gives labor movement opportunity to discover its own history – and find a path forward”

In early September the AFL-CIO held a dramatic convention in Los Angeles. With the labor movement’s segment of the U.S. workforce down to

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Call for Proposals Events (Old)

“The Nature of Work”: 36th Annual North American Labor History Conference

October 16-18, 2014, Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) The Program Committee of the NALHC, an international conference with global perspectives, invites proposals for

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Articles

Peter Cole, “An Irresistible Force”: Longshore unions and the fight for freedom and justice in Palestine

Before dawn one Sunday in June 2010, nearly 1,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland in northern California. Following a well-devised plan,

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Activism Global Affairs Articles

Letter of Support for Mexican Intellectual Edur Velasco Arregui

Please see the following call to action passed along to us by Richard Roman and LAWCHA member Manny Ness. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is

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Labor History

Graphic History Collective, “Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada, 1880-1900”

Dreaming of What Might Be is the first comic book to be published as part of the larger initiative known as The Graphic

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Call for Proposals Labor History

Open Access Journal Class, Race and Corporate Power Seeking Submissions

Class, Race and Corporate Power is an open-access, online academic journal examining the politics of corporate power. This includes an analysis of capital,

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LAWCHA

Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding History, Deadline: January 3rd, 2014

Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among

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Call for Proposals

Lawrence History Center, Upcoming “New Immigration” Symposium (Deadline: December 31)

Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among

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Call for Proposals Events (Old)

UALE 2014 Annual Conference, “Organizing for Power”

Organizing for Power: A New Labor Movement for the New Working Class Los Angeles, California, March 26-29, 2014. Proposals are due December 15.

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Events (Old)

Radical Cities: Dublin and Belfast, Queens University, Belfast

Friday, October 25, 2013. Lanyon, G74, Queen’s University Belfast. Speakers: Emmet O’Conner, Peter Bunting, John Gray, Brian Kelly, Michael Pierse, Christopher J.V. Loughlin,

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