Race AND Class, Then and Now
Just a few days after white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, my husband and I went to see Kathryn Bigelow’s film, Detroit. Set amid.
LAWCHA
Call for Proposals
Call for Papers: 2018 Louisiana Historical Association Annual Meeting
The complex history of Louisiana with a narrative that does not neatly fit into the 13 colony Anglo-American story has resulted in leaving.
- by Ryan Poe
- September 12, 2017
Labor History
OpEd
The media still gets the working class wrong — but not in the way you think.
This will be the first Labor Day since America rediscovered its working class — or, more accurately, one part of its working class..
- by Lane Windham
- September 11, 2017
Call for Proposals
Southern Labor Studies Association Dissertation Prospectus Workshop
The SLSA will hold a Dissertation Prospectus Workshop on the first day of its upcoming conference in Athens, GA (May 17-19). Doctoral students.
- by Ryan Poe
- September 11, 2017
Labor History
Karl Marx Makes a Comeback
Several months ago the Communist party in Russia updated their visual propaganda by giving three of their most controversial icons—Lenin, Stalin, and Karl.
- by Kathy M. Newman
- September 7, 2017
Activism
UnKoch My Campus
UnKoch My Campus works with passionate students, fiery faculty, and concerned community members to fight the corrupting influence of Koch brothers’ funding at.
- by Ryan Poe
- September 6, 2017
Labor History
New Book Interviews
Lane Windham on her new book: Knocking on Labor’s Door
Lane Windham’s new book, Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide, was officially.
- by Jacob Remes
- September 5, 2017
Labor History
East Side Freedom Library
Happy Labor Day! I want to call our project — the East Side Freedom Library — to your attention. We are three years.
- by Peter Rachleff
- September 4, 2017
Labor History
It’s Time to Fire the “Union Boss”: Here’s Why
In case natural disaster, nuclear war, and unpredictable political leaders are not enough to keep us up at night, we remain under threat.
- by Daniel Graff
- September 4, 2017
Labor History
More Than A Picnic: A Lesson in Labor Day
Before there were Labor Day barbecues and Labor Day sales, there was Labor–workers in the 19th century pushing for an eight-hour day and.
- by Bill Barry
- September 4, 2017