“They’re Not Alone”: An Oral History of the Pennsylvania Faculty Strike of 2016 with an update
We are glad to take this article from behind a paywall link at the Labor: Studies in Working Class History, and are grateful.
Issues of Labor
Labor History
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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.
- by Mark Lause
- November 27, 2020
Labor History
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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.
- by Sarah Jones
- November 23, 2020
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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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 14, 2020
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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.
- by Stephanie Riley
- October 9, 2020
LaborOnline
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.
- by Shelton Stromquist
- September 24, 2020
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.
- by Nick Juravich
- September 17, 2020
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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,.
- by Randi Storch
- September 3, 2020
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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.
- by Jacob Remes
- August 31, 2020
Book Roundtable
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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.
- by Nate Holdren
- August 14, 2020