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Wishbone of The Good Lord Bird: Historical Fiction and Poetic Truth

Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird uses the events around John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry to weave a fictional tale incorporating some.

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Middle Class Nightmares: The presidential elections and the “middle class”

This is an English translation of a review first published https://commonware.org/recensioni/vite-di-commessi-elettori-le-elezioni-americane-e-la-middle-class ) Sarah Jones reviews The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger “Once.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Aaron Goings on his new book: The Port of Missing Men

In his fascinating new book, Aaron Goings interrogates the legend of Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a union official accused of dozens of murders. He.

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United Campus Workers of South Carolina

In the spring of 2019, workers at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) organized after a controversial university Presidential search highlighted campus-wide dissatisfaction.

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Who should “rule at home”?

Early in September, Polk County Iowa District Judge Jeffrey Farrell ruled that state officials had the right to overrule local school boards in.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte: Interview with author and editors

A People’s History of Life and Labor in the San Gabriel Valley: An Interview with authors and editors of East of East: The.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Ryan Pettengill on his new book, Communists and Community . . .in Detroit

Our series of interviews with authors of new books in labor and working-class history continues with Ryan Pettengill, author of the new book,.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Alexandra Finley on Her New Book, An Intimate Economy

Our series of interviews with authors of new books in labor and working-class history continues with Alexandra Finley, author of the new book.

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Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished

Today we wrap up our roundtable with Nate Holdren’s response to commenters on his new book  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law.

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Company Doctors and Working-Class Unrest: Roundtable on Nate Holdren’s Injury Impoverished

Chad Pearson offers comments on employer violence in understanding workplace injury as part of a roundtable on Nate Holdren’s  Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents,.

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