Remember a President for Free Labor
Reflections about the importance of workers power in American aspirations seem particularly appropriate at the approach of this President’s Day–that holiday formed by.
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Leftwing cartoons and comics offer unique view of mid 20th century
This new book of political cartoons, In an Era of Wars and Revolutions: American Socialist Cartoons of the Mid-Twentieth Century, edited by Sean.
- by Paul Buhle
- February 13, 2014
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UIC United Faculty on Front Lines of Crisis in Higher Ed
University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty (UICUF) have announced that they will launch a 2 day strike Feb 18 and 19. In the Fall,.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- February 5, 2014
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The Elk River Spill — Capitalism at its “best”
On the morning of Thursday, January 9, 2014, 7500 gallons of a coal cleaning chemical known as Crude MCHM (principally composed of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol).
- by Gordon Simmons
- January 30, 2014
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LAWCHA at the OAH Panel and Reception, “Immigration Activism IS Labor Activism: The Undocumented Economic Justice Movement in the Old Confederacy”
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- by Ryan Poe
- January 24, 2014
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LAWCHA at the OAH, Atlanta 2014
LAWCHA has two main events at this year’s OAH. We encourage all LAWCHA members to attend the public Friday night activist plenary organized.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 24, 2014
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Celebrating MLK Day: Dream Defenders, Moral Mondays, and the Fight for 15
Another national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is upon us. I know that I’m speaking to the choir here when I.
- by Clarence Lang
- January 20, 2014
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Former LAWCHA President Mike Honey publishes Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition
Descended from African American slaves, Native Americans, and white slaveowners, John Handcox was born at one of the hardest times and places to.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 17, 2014
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Five Ideas for Digital Labor History
Over the last two decades, digital technologies have transformed practically every aspect of historians’ professional lives. Tobias HigbieTobias Higbie is a professor of.
- by Tobias Higbie
- January 9, 2014
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The Latest Strike Against Academic Freedom
I wrote an entry for LaborOnline in September concerning a faculty member at the University of Kansas. David Guth, an associate professor of.
- by Clarence Lang
- December 26, 2013