The State of Wisconsin: Neoliberalism’s Ground Zero
Readers of this blog are probably aware of what has been going on in the state of Wisconsin over the past couple of.
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Registration Open for the LAWCHA Conference, “Fighting Inequality”
Registration is now open for the 2015 LAWCHA Conference, “Fighting Inequality: Class, Race, and Power.” Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 17, 2015
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Camille Guérin-Gonzales, 1945-2015
Camille Guérin-Gonzales, a founding member of LAWCHA, former board member, and one of the stalwarts of the LAWCHA Landmark Committee, whose work was.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 4, 2015
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Protest, Politics and Policing: What Bayard Rustin Could Tell the Ferguson-Garner Movement
“I can’t breathe” actions in street crossings, sports fields and other civic spaces have blown new life into civil rights public history. Demonstrators.
- by Roberta Gold
- January 19, 2015
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LAWCHA Session at the 2015 AHA: “From the Frontlines with New York Labor: What Is Working?”
Historians and activists gathered at the Murphy Institute on Friday, January 2nd for a LAWCHA event: “From the Frontlines with New York Labor:.
- by Lara Vapnek
- January 13, 2015
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Ferguson and Emerson Electric: The Paradox of Imperial Reach
Six weeks following the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Emerson Electric Chairman and CEO, Michael Farr, unveiled the corporation’s $1.5.
- by Henry Berger
- December 19, 2014
Events (Old)
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From the Frontlines with New York Labor: What Is Working?
January 2, 4-7pm in New York City, at the Murphy Institute. Please join us for a panel discussion on exciting current organizing strategies.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 15, 2014
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Long Time LAWCHA Activist Undertakes Building a New Institution Devoted to Working Class History
A year and a half ago, I left Macalester College after a three decades-long career. I decided that it’s time to devote myself.
- by Peter Rachleff
- December 15, 2014
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Launch of LAWCHA’s Teacher/Public Sector Initiative
Today we launch the teachers/public sector toolkit, a set of resources that we hope will contribute to dialog on teacher and public sector.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 9, 2014
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James Green: Labor Festival Talk, Upcoming Book, and PBS Series
James Green, a past president of LAWCHA, delivered the keynote address at this year’s Mother Jones Festival in Cork, Ireland, a four-day community-organized.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 12, 2014