The Radicalism of Working-Class Americans
In the United States there exists today, and has existed since at least the 1950s, a dominant political narrative according to which most.
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Herbert G. Gutman Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation: Deadline December 2
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor.
- by Dwjuan Frazier
- October 13, 2021
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Membership list is back!
After a long period of downtime for the membership list, we have finally fixed it! Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 20, 2021
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Call For Papers: Invisible Labor in Carceral Spaces: A Special Issue of International Labor and Working-Class History
CALL FOR PAPERS ILWCH is soliciting articles for a special issue that will examine the history of unfree labor in carceral spaces within.
- by James McElroy
- November 3, 2020
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LAWCHA Statement on Racist Violence and Solidarity in Working-Class History
The Labor and Working-Class History Association condemns the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and all victims of racist police brutality,.
- by LAWCHA Executive Committee
- June 5, 2020
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Teaching Blog
What do Teaching, Publishing, & Collective Action have in common?
LAWCHA’s Teaching Labor’s Story project has an answer – NEW to the TLS project: Thematic Threads. Nikki Mandell
- by Nikki Mandell
- March 7, 2020
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Jake Altman on Socialism before Sanders
Our series of interviews with authors of new books in labor and working-class history continues. In this edition, Stephanie Riley interviewed Jake Altman.
- by Stephanie Riley
- December 5, 2019
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Jimmy Hoffa: Symbol of a Bygone Era
Jimmy Hoffa used to say he’d be forgotten ten years after his death. This was an uncharacteristically unintelligent judgment. Forty-four years after his.
- by Chris Wright
- December 2, 2019
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The Red Scare and Radical Unionism
One hundred years ago this November, a small army of federal agents, backed by police and vigilantes, launched the first of a series.
- by Ahmed White
- November 29, 2019
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Research on Graduate Assistants & Right to Unionize Challenges NLRB proposed rule
On November 20, 2019, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of.
- by William Herbert
- November 27, 2019