Lachlan MacKinnon on his new book, Closing Sysco
June 11 is Davis Day, a holiday originating in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, that honors the martyrs of the labor movement. It marks.
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George Floyd and the Costs of Racial Capitalism
George Floyd’s public viewing will be held this afternoon at The Fountain of Praise Church in southwest Houston. A private funeral service will.
- by Ken Estey
- June 10, 2020
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LAWCHA Statement on Racist Violence and Solidarity in Working-Class History
The Labor and Working-Class History Association condemns the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and all victims of racist police brutality,.
- by LAWCHA Executive Committee
- June 5, 2020
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Does the History of Labor Struggles Really Mandate a Vote for Joe Biden?
In this essay, Ahmed White argues that the recent profiling of the GM Strike of 1936-1937 as a model for the potential of.
- by Ahmed White
- May 25, 2020
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The Contagion and a Cure
Mark Lause looks at the 1793 yellow fever pandemic in Philadelphia from a working class history perspective, and finds it informs us today..
- by Mark Lause
- May 18, 2020
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Labor & Working Class Cultural Picks to Click
One of my favorite quotes from Mother Jones is “Sit Down and Read. Educate Yourself for the Coming Conflicts.” While she had a.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 13, 2020
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Remapping the American Left: A History of Radical Discontinuity
Duke University Press is allowing us to offer free access for three months to James Gregory’s provocative new essay “Remapping the American Left:.
- by James Gregory
- May 6, 2020
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Covid-19, the Halifax Explosion, and Crises of Care
One of the first principles of critical disaster studies is that disasters exist not as time-out-of-time, but as embedded in the times and.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 5, 2020
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OpEd
Front-line workers in the covid-19 fight need unions
New Deal-era labor laws must be refreshed and improved to support and empower today’s essential workers. William Jones
- by William Jones
- April 23, 2020
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Labor and COVID-19: An International Perspective
How can we examine COVID-19 crisis from a global labor perspective? Several hundred people tuned in on April 9, 2020, for a discussion.
- by Lisa Philips
- April 21, 2020