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Zohran Mamdani and the History of Municipal Socialism

The stunning victory of self-identified “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic Party primary has sent a shock wave through the.

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Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist

On June 17, 2025, an official Illinois historical marker that highlights the experiences and activism of Black coal miners in Illinois was dedicated.

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Ben Fletcher and Local 8: the Mural and the Marker

Ben Fletcher might be the most important African American labor leader you’ve never heard about. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Fletcher led 4,000.

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“Illinois Teachers and the Fight for Labor Rights”: Free Essay available

The essay related to this blog is offered free for the next three months.-Ed.What can be learned from the past struggles to win.

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Trump, Historians, and the Lessons of U.S. Tariff History

In his recent executive order on “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” President Donald Trump criticized historians for “replacing objective facts with.

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Dana Frank on What We Can Learn from the Great Depression

Dana Frank’s What Can We Learn From the Great Depression: Stories of Ordinary People & Collective Action in Hard Times shares four Great.

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Chicago Teachers Union is Model for American Labor

“When the union’s inspiration through the workers’ blood shall run,There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun;Yet what force on earth.

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Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s

 by Kathy M. Newman; Joseph Entin; Patricia HillsPhilip Tipperman: Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930sThe cover of the newly designed Labor: Studies in.

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Sean Griffin on The Root and The Branch: Working-Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790–1860

 Sean Griffin, The Root and the Branch (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024)The Root and the Branch: Working Class Reform and Antislavery, 1790-1860 conveys.

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Where does Marxism in Labor History Come From? Where Does It Go?

I read the recent report on the Business History Conference by Michael Hilliard and Chad Pearson with great interest. I count myself among.

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