Our Man in Rio: Leon Fink Reports on Inspiring Conference
From November 27 to November 30, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the Second International “Worlds of Labor” conference—effectively the Brazilian labor.
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Remembering Al Young, by Leon Fink & Jesse Lemisch
Alfred F. Young, a pioneer of the “new labor history,” noted social historian of the early American nation, and a founding editor of.
- by Leon Fink
- November 16, 2012
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Destruction of Labor History Archives at Ruskin College, Oxford
The archives of Ruskin College, pioneer institution of working-class education, have been partly destroyed, on the instructions of the college principal and despite.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 27, 2012
Call for Proposals
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CFP: UALE Student Conference, “Across Boundaries” (Deadline: Dec 1)
The United Association for Labor Education invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal for our 2013 Annual Conference, “Across Boundaries: What.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 25, 2012
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North American Labor History Conference: Insurgency & Resistance
Insurgency & Resistance. Throughout history, workers have engaged in insurgency and resistance from factories to fields, from plantations to plants, from mines to.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 5, 2012
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Eric Hobsbawm, 1917-2012
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
- October 3, 2012
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Eugene Genovese, 1930-2012
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
- October 3, 2012
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In Memoriam: Larry Gibson, Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activist, 1946-2012
Larry Gibson was literally the last man standing on Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. The 500 people who once called the community.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 12, 2012
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Fifteenth Annual Women’s History Conference: Activism & Scholarship
Keynote by women’s historian Alice Kessler Harris, distinguished professor at Columbia University. Also featuring a round table discussion about the life and work.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 10, 2012
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CFP: SLSA, The Many Souths (deadline: 9/14)
The Southern Labor Studies Association is soliciting panels for its (March 7-9) 2013 conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference theme, the “Many.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 22, 2012