“Communal Sensibility”: the Minneapolis Mass Strikes of 1934 and Today
“In these terrible happenings you cannot be neutral now,” Meridel Le Sueur wrote of Minneapolis in 1934. “No one can be neutral in.
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New Book Interviews
Julie Greene on Her New Book, Box 25
John Enyeart spoke with Julie Greene, editor of Labor: Studies in Working Class History, about her new book, Box 25, based on essays.
- by John Enyeart, Julie Greene
- March 11, 2026
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2025 Labor History Bibliography
Here’s my annual list of books published in labor history, this one for 2025. If you know of a book published last year.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 19, 2026
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Maryland250 Labor History Project
The big questions for labor historians interested in public history are: what for? And who for?What for: to help build a real labor.
- by Bill Barry
- February 16, 2026
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Teaching Blog
Start! A Labor Drama
Teaching Labor’s Story is excited to add a labor drama to LAWCHA’s labor history sourcebook: START! A Play in Seven Scenes. Written and produced.
- by Leilah Danielson
- January 27, 2026
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Sex and the Power of Publicity: OCAW in the 1970s
Sarah Milov’s essay,“Damned Women: Fetal Protection as Employer Offensive at American Cyanamid,” in the December 2025 issue of Labor: Studies in Working Class.
- by Sarah Milov
- January 23, 2026
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Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section
I am thrilled to announce a new collaboration between LaborOnline and LABOR: Studies in Working Class History called Going Public. As a new.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- January 5, 2026
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Don’t Stand Alone: Working Together and Sharing Stories of Black Labor Activism
In light of current attacks on labor unions, Black history, academic freedom, and public humanities, we are grateful to be able to share.
- by José Cotto, Max Krochmal, Jana K. Lipman, Mary Niall Mitchell, M. G. Olson
- January 2, 2026
In Memoriam
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John Laslett: A Scholarly Remembrance
Labor historian John Laslett died on March 23rd, 2025 at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his scholarly engagement with.
- by Michael Laslett, David Brundage, Tobias Higbie
- December 12, 2025
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Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery
On October 17, historian Rudi Batzell presented at the Labor 2025 Big Book forum about his new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow.
- by Joseph Rathke
- November 14, 2025