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President’s Perspective: Looking Forward from New York
The New York conference in June marked an important threshold for LAWCHA. The programmatic diversity and stimulus to membership the conference created invites.
- by Shelton Stromquist
- June 18, 2013
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Watch: Recap of the 2013 National Conference
How have working people developed solidarity and power to confront employers and the state, to struggle with each over and within their communities,.
- by Eileen Boris
- June 14, 2013
LAWCHA
Staughton Lynd’s Message at the Closing Plenary, LAWCHA Conference, NYC
Staughton Lynd, historian and longtime labor and social activist sent the following message and greeting to be read at the Closing Plenary of.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 13, 2013
LAWCHA
Beyond the Right: Anti-Unionism and Reform
A clear-eyed assessment of current attacks against organized labor reveal that the “right”—the Republican Party and its electoral, financial, and ideological supporters—is not.
- by Chad Pearson
- June 11, 2013
LAWCHA
Time for Truth and Reconciliation by the AFL-CIO?
A remarkable commemoration occurred recently in Winston-Salem, North Carolina–a tribute to the connections forged between civil rights and unionism 70 years ago.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 29, 2013
LAWCHA
A “Death” the Whole World Should See
I saw a fascinating documentary recently at a local film festival. The name of it is “A Band Called Death,” and it is.
- by Clarence Lang
- May 19, 2013
LAWCHA
Labor historian Bob Korstad on “why I chose to be arrested”
On May 6, Bob Korstad joined civil rights activists, 2 former presidents of the Organization of American Historians and other concerned citizens to.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 13, 2013
LAWCHA
Howard Zinn’s Greatest Error
Shortly after Howard Zinn’s death in January 2010, the Occupy movement took to the streets, many of its most vocal proponents brandishing his.
- by Mark Lause
- May 9, 2013