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Michael Hillard on his book, Shredding Paper

A Conversation between Emily E. LB. Twarog and Michael Hillard, author of Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine’s Mighty Paper Industry.

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

Bryan D. Palmer on his new book, James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism

Chad Pearson recently interviewed Bryan Palmer about this new book,  James P. Cannon and the Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States, 1928-1938.

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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.

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Film & Video LaborOnline

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.

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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.

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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.

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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,.

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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.

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LaborOnline 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.

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