Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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

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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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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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LAWCHA

Defend the Irish University Campaign—A call for Solidarity

University professors in Ireland are leading a campaign that links concerns for their work with a concern for education as a public good.

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Call for Proposals Events (Old)

44th Annual PNLHA Conference, “Mining Our Past”

The 44th Annual Conference of the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association (PNLHA) takes place in the historic village of Cumberland, B.C., June 13-15,

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