Pete Seeger, A Voice for Social Justice (1919-2014)
LAWCHA remembers legendary folk singer and activist, Pete Seeger, who passed away on January 27, 2014. Seeger captivated multiple generations of activists through.
Activism
Labor History
Donations Needed to Restore the Mother Jones Monument
I often hear from trade unionists who stop at Mother Jones’ gravesite and monument in Mount Olive, Ill., (just off Highway 55, about.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 19, 2014
Labor History
People
Eva Swidler, “Academic Freedom From Below: Toward an Adjunct Centered Struggle”
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 10, 2014
Labor History
Inequality.is Makes Plain What Inequality Is
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 22, 2013
Labor History
Mother Jones Lives Facebook Page
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 22, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor History
LRAN Conference, June 18-19 at Georgetown Law
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 21, 2013
Labor History
Graphic History Collective, “Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada, 1880-1900”
Dreaming of What Might Be is the first comic book to be published as part of the larger initiative known as The Graphic.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 23, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor History
Open Access Journal Class, Race and Corporate Power Seeking Submissions
Class, Race and Corporate Power is an open-access, online academic journal examining the politics of corporate power. This includes an analysis of capital,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 22, 2013
Labor History
Heather Thompson, “How Prisons Have Changed America’s Electoral Politics,” The Atlantic
What has it really cost the United States to build the world’s most massive prison system? To answer this question, some point to.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 7, 2013
Labor History
People
Inaugural David Montgomery Award (Deadline: November 1)
The David Montgomery Award will be given annually beginning in 2014 by the OAH with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 1, 2013