Working-Class Pride: Promise or Peril?
Pride in something seems to be a good thing to have. But pride can lead to prejudice. And it can also lead to displacement and.
LAWCHA
OpEd
Martin J. Bennett, “50 Years Ago: King, Memphis, and the Poor People’s Campaign,” Beyond Chron, May 31, 2018
Most Americans know that a white racist assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,1968 – fifty years ago. But.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 25, 2018
OpEd
Eladio Bobadilla, “Creating a humanitarian crisis — while ignoring U.S. history,” Herald Sun, June 18, 2017
In an effort to “send a message” to potential asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America, the Trump administration and the Jeff Sessions-led.
- by Eladio Bobadilla
- June 19, 2018
LAWCHA
How the Haitian refugee crisis led to the indefinite detention of immigrants
President Trump’s recent visit to Southern California to view prototypes for his much-touted border wall drew protests and new pledges by immigrants and.
- by Carl Lindskoog
- June 18, 2018
LAWCHA
The Sweat of Their Face: Exhibition Review, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, through September 3, 2018
I came in through the back entrance. It offered a clue to one strength of The Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers,.
- by Carol Quirke
- June 15, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
LAWCHA 2019 Conference CFP: Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements
The Labor and Working-‐Class History Association, an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators and activists, welcomes proposals for the 2019 LAWCHA conference.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 31, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
LaborOnline
LAWCHA
Call for Papers: LAWCHA’s 2019 Conference
The Labor and Working-Class History Association’s 2019 Call for Papers Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements Duke University, May 30-June 1, 2019
- by Jacob Remes
- May 30, 2018
Labor History
Teaching Blog
New Teaching Labor’s Story Guide: Triumph of the Paraprofessionals, August 22, 1970
Nick Juravich’s new TLS guide is an op-ed written by civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin on the signing of the first union contract.
- by Nick Juravich
- May 8, 2018
LAWCHA
New Book Interviews
Christo Aivalis on His New Book, The Constant Liberal
LaborOnline’s no-longer-quite-monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues. Christo Aivalis’s The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 3, 2018
Opportunity
WILL Empower: Apprenticeship Program for Women
WILL Empower is a bold and ambitious new initiative to identify, convene, train, and nurture a new generation of women labor leaders.
- by Lane Windham
- April 26, 2018