The Worlds of American Communism: An Interview with Author Joshua Morris
Joshua Morris has published The Many Worlds of American Communism in September. Morris completed his Ph.D. at Wayne State University and teaches at.
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“Lions Led by Asses”
While labor historians have organized a letter signing campaign to the Biden administration asking them to grant some concession to rail workers, others.
- by Chris Townsend
- November 30, 2022
Film & Video
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Rails, Jails and Trolleys
Rails, Jails, & Trolleys is a feature-length documentary, directed by Henna Mann and produced by the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) at the University.
- by Dr. Satwinder Kaur Bains and Sargun Kaur
- November 28, 2022
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From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the Fall of Soviet Communism
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the death of Mikhail Gorbachev this year have sparked renewed interest in the USSR’s 1991 disintegration, a moment.
- by Jeff Schuhrke
- November 22, 2022
In Memoriam
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Staughton Lynd (1929-2022)
Staughton Lynd, one of labor history’s icons, died on November 17. He was an academic and activist when those combinations were reviled as.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 19, 2022
Film & Video
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Peterloo and Pedagogy
Editor’s Note: We select a featured essay from each issue of Labor: Studies in Working Class History. We’ve never featured a film review,.
- by Richard Wells
- October 13, 2022
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Standing Up: Tales of Struggle A Novel Resource for Labor Leaders
Over five decades of organizing, we’ve seen the power of story to move people. We wanted to write about the workers Imbole Mbue.
- by Ellen Bravo & Larry Miller
- October 10, 2022
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New Book Interviews
The Role of Independent Working-class Political Action
This is the fourth and final contribution to our symposium on Tom Alter’s new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of.
- by Tom Alter
- September 26, 2022
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New Book Interviews
A Refreshing Return to Agrarian Class Struggle Scholarship
This essay is the third contribution to our symposium on Tom Alter’s new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor.
- by Chad Pearson
- September 24, 2022
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New Book Interviews
An Ambitious and Provocative New History
This essay is the second contribution to our symposium on Tom Alter’s new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor.
- by Theresa Case
- September 23, 2022